The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-27
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Republicans Still Plotting TO Suppress
Democratic Campaign Thunder.

Mr.. Blanchard ETectuaIly Blocks Any
Effort to Provide for Cloture in the
Senate Rules-Louisiana Planters
Enter Suit for Heavy Sums of Sugar
Bounty Money.
Washington, Aug EFF there ever
had been a lingering hope of more legisla-
tion during the remainder Of this session
of congress, that hope was dispelled by
remark made behind closed doors Friday
afternoon by MIR. Quay, that it was un-
derstood that there should be no more
legislation at this session in connection
with contested matters. This was ac-
quiesced in, and a few moments later an
adjournment was had. The closing days
of the session have been marked by
number of peculiar incidents, and the un-
expected has frequently happened. One
of the incidents referred to has been
the transaction of legislative business
behind closed doors. Senators of
both parties have number of
measures that require only the final ac-
tion of the Senate to enact tn EN-, but the
republicans were not willing to provide
the quorum nor would they permit the
business to proceed in the open session by
unanimous consent, for fear the demo-
Gratis would, by some means, find the OPP
portunity to make the campaign speeches
they had prepared. For this reason legis-
lative business, against which no oblec-
tion was made, was transacted behind
closed doors by general consent Thursday
and Friday. Under this arrangement no
speeches could be made, and the record
was prevented from becoming the vehicle
for the dpg of a allpprad paV
literature
Republicans were not, however, the
| only ones who offered objection to the
| consideration of contested matters. Mr.
Blanchard has ef1ectually blocked, for
this session at leasS, any effort to change
| the rules so as TO provide for cloture.
! Mr. Blackburn wanted to have his COM
mittee sit during recess aud consider the
| many amendments to the rules that have
| been offered TO his committee. He asked
| consent to this arrangement Friday, but
Mr. Blanchard, who sees in cloture the
| possibility of free sugar, entered an en-
| phatic OBJ IectiOn.
There will probably be no legislation OF
any sort tomorrow or Tuesday To-mor r
rows session will probably be short, af-
! fording more than anything else an op-
| pOrtunity for the Vice President to an
nounce his signature to various bills. A
| few odds and ends may be cleared up,
| but nothing more than that. Tuesday
! the President win send a message with
his approval or disapproval Of the various
matters that reach him at the last mo-
ment, and at 2 O'Clock the second session
| of the tifty-third congress will stand ad-
lourned with out a day.
SUITS FOR HEAVY SUMS.
Judge Morris Marks Of New Orleans.
| representing number of the Louisiana
| sugar planters, is here for the purpose of
entering suits in the United States court
! of claims for the recovery Of the sugar
bounty for the year lS94-95.
The petition recites the provision Of the
| Mckinley law, that on and after July l.,
| 1891, until July !, 1908, certain bOunties
shall be paid to the growers Of sugar,
upon certain prescribed conditions as to
the filing of bonds and taking out Of
| licenses" etc. II recites that, for the pres
ent year, all these formalities have been
complied with, and have been formally
| accepted by the United States that under
the provisions of the section quoted, the
planters have gone on and enlarged the
areas of sugar planted secured advances
| from their brokers, and have made their
| crops, and they demand that the United
| States shall carry out their part Of the
contract. The total amount of bounty
| expected TO accrue on this years crop
will be somewhere in the neighborhood OF
| s11 100000
LAST BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
But one item of business can be prophe-
sled. of the House this week and that is
the one which has been desired by those
/ charged With the management Of its af-
| fairs-ad journment. According TO the
terms Of the resolution agreed to Friday,
Speaker Crisp's gayel will fall
at 2 O'Clock Tuesday afternoon in
token of the close of the pres
ent session. 1t is not expected that
any business will be transacted in the in
terim-certaiuly nothing of any impor-
tance. A few private bills may be passed
and some additions made to the calendar
upon reports from committees, but that is
all. On Tuesday joint committee of the
House and Senate will be appointed to
wait upon the President and ask him If
he has any further communication 20
make TO congress. and upon its report
that he has nothing to say, the two houses
will be declared adjourned.
DRUNK OR ORAzYP