Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-15
For the Four Bills Sent From the
 House
AS SEPARATE TARIFF BILLS
Systematic Movements to Force an Adjournment Now in
 Process by the Senate.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-There was something of furry about the senate to- day during the earlier hours of the session when the four separate tariff bills came over from the house, for it was feared that in some way action might be forced and q showing of hands compelled to be made. Especially was this true of the bill to put sugar on the free list. There appears, how ever, to be no hope for any of these bills to become laws, as there is disposition upon the part of the leaders to smother them in committee. The sugar bill, of course, possesses the most political significance, and it cannot be doubted but there are very many democrats who would like the op- portunity to vote upon the question of free sugar as an independent proposition.
 The repu blicans can be depended upon to do all they can to prevent the democrats from carrying out any desire they may have in this direction.
 One of the leaders said tonight that the republicans made free sugar, and gave the growers bounty and that the democrats repealed that law. Now the democrats wanted the republicans to assist them in putting sugar back on the free list without the bounty. This the republicans will not do.
 It Is believed that all these bills will be sent to the finance committee without much trouble, this being the usual course. Should there be any effort on the part of those anx- ious for free sugar, to attempt to prevent this and secure immediate action, as Mr. Vest suggested today, then the bills will be called up one at time and made the basis of fotmation of another tariff bill.
 MT. Hill began tbat work today when he gave notice bf an amendment providing for the repeal or the income tax. MT. Stewart is ready to lay before the senate a free coin- age amendment for each of the independ dent bills. MT. Allen will offer as amendment the Peffer tariff bill and MT. Aldrich will offer amendment that repeals the enact ing clause of he bill to which the house agreed yesterday.
 most determined fight will be com menced should there be any disposition shown to treat these independent measures with any degree of seriousness. In view of the anxiety of members of congress to get away and secure the close of all business, it does not appear how quorum can be main tained 10 keep up this sort of thing, for the republicans would insist that the democrats provide the quorum with which the senate should do busin ess. Already senators are preparing to leave the city. Messrs. Teller and Dixon have taken their departure. In the house a number of mem- bers have gone home, and the prediction is made in the senate by both democrats and republicans that the end of this week will find the senate without quorum.
 The only thing that now keeps the senate together is the sundry civil appropriation bill and the tariff bill, which will reach the president tomorrow. With these two things out of the way there would be no reason why an adjournment should not follow. Senators do not place much faith in the story that the house will refuse to adjourn until the senate acts upon the bills mentioned, but as soon as matters uow at- tracting the attention of the senate are out of the way the house will be put 10 the test by the passage ou the part of the senate of joint resolution providing for time for adjourning sine die.
 An attempt to frustrate an adjournment means the inauguration of period of fili- bustering and the consumption, of time by the senate, with the inevitable result that nothing will be accomplished.