The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-04-23
CONGRESSIONAL FORECAST.
The Senate to Debate the Tariff Bill
Paragraph by Paragraph.

Press dispatches sent out from
Washington give the following
forecast of Congressional work for
this week:
The prospect is that the tariff de-
bate in the Senate will continue
this week much on the same lines
as have been observed since the
agreement for the regulation of
hours of debate was entered into,
Notwithstanding the arrangement
that the reading of the billby para
graphs shall be begun on Wednes-
day at / o'clock. The Republican
Senators are counting upon the
continuance of this programme for
at least another week, and expect
to 90 on with their general speech
es Just as they have been doing for
the past three weeks,
General debate" said Senator
Aldrich in discussing the outlook,
twill conclude Tuesday at 3 o'clock
and be resumed Wednesday at l
o'clock. Senator Aldrich is among
those who have not yet spoken up
on the general features of the bill
and he will not have time to get in
before the reading of the bill is be-
gun. He will possibly speak on
Wednesday or Thursday, though
probably not until the beginning of
next week. Besides replying to
Senator Mills, he will devote himself
to the revenue features of the
pending bill.
The speeches announced for the
week are those of Washburn on
Monday and Mr.. Mills and Mr..
Palmer on Tuesday; Higgins on
Wednesday and Collum on Thursday
or Friday, Among other speeches
one by Senator Lindsay, of Ken
lucky, will be made on another of
these days and if no one else should
be prepared to proceed at any time,
Senator Quay will continue the
speech of which he has already de-
livered several installments.
Nine Republican Senators will
make manifest their disposition to
contest every inch of ground at the
very beginning of the discussion of
the paragraphs on Wednesday by
attempting to have the provision
of the first paragraph providing
that the new tariff shall go into
effect on the Both of June changed,
They will contend that the custom
has always been to give at least six
months notice in making change
of the tariff laws. They also say
that three other provisions in this
paragraph which require careful
examination, and number agree
in saying that it is probable that
the chemical schedule, the first in
the bill, will not be reached before
next week,
Senator Harris, upon being asked,
said that no agreement had been
reached for the continuance of the
present agreement as to hours for
debate, and he was not prepared to
say what would be done in that re-
spect when the stage Of the consid-
eratlon of the bill should be reach
ed
ut will depend upon circumstan-
ces," he said, whether we shall go
on as at present. We possibly may
during this week, but / should say
no longer, We have already had
the bill under consideration for
three weeks, and its opponents
have consumed the greater part of
the time, They certainly should
have had opportunity to exhaust
their long speeches and if deposi-
ton should be shown to make them
! shall ask for an extention of the
daily time for debate, We shall
come to that soon if it becomes ap-
parent that those who are unfriend
ly to the bill mean to adopt dilatory
tactics. think we shall begin by
meeting earlier, and if that change
does not suffice to effect sufficient
progress we shall gradually extend
the hours into the night and will
then begin contest which must
either exhaust the Senators or ex-
haust the debate and result in final
action upon the bill"
The House will likely continue to
hammeriug away on the dull and
monotonous appropriation bills, 1t
is possible this programme may be
interfered with by the introduction
and discussion of some resolution
in connection with the coming of