The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-19
A REPUBLICAN, QUAHDARY
Facing a Futile Attempt for an
Early Adjournment.
SENATOR HANNA In A RAGE
All Things Now Pointing TO Pro-
tracted SeSsiou-Some Various
Guesses as to the Determinatc
Date-The Assisted Democrat il
Dissensions Prove Boomerang.

The unknown quantity of special inter
est ulating to the extra session is, When
will IL cease? The expressions to the
definite or nearest approximate day OF
adjournment are various. Republican
sources give an early day, in which respect
theue is very little foundation for their
guesses, which extend all the way from
the early days of July to the 9Th of that
month.
The opinion of a newspaper man. how
ever. who has guessed admirably close for
here until August at least.
The Republicans, it Will be observed,
have already realized the inevIta able. When
the session opened there was an enthusiasm
to rush things, which was extraordinary,
even to the Democrats The Republicans,
however, sDon W cnt to pieces on local issues,
Mr.. Cannoa and silver Republicans stood
in the way OF progress without criticism,
and in less than two weeks there were
Till Threats were made, and the knives
are still drawn, that unless such and such
things were done, the wreckage of the
amended DiEgley Till would be scattered
all over the late summer and fall.
The first piece OF finesse TO make the Re
publicans know that Mr.. Mckinley was
waiting, a. patience only could wait on the
Convenient Washington Monument, was
the reading from time Co time in the
Senate of millions and billions of dollars
worth of imports in anticipation OF the
tauff. All this was perfectly legitimate
under the present tariff law, but the Re-
publCans kept rubbing it in and yet it
had no effect. Then the caucus came, and
there was a belief thereafter, for some
time at least, that the Republicans would
feWaIu silent
But II mas been impossible TO gag gentle
men who are either garrulous OF constitu-
t!onal Lawyers from age The Democrats
have unfortunately established a laundry
on their side of the chamber and hey from
day 10 day hahgout Certa in torn and latter
Ell garments on the back fenc furdryfngaEd
especially for airing. There are two dis
tInct factions on She Democratic side, the
gentlemen whom Mr.. Vest referred to
the new evanEeIs" and the fossils or
conservatives as they are regarded by he
new evangeIists- One OF the new evangeis
speaks OF that body as the Republican
Auxiliary Corps of Five"
This split and fight in the Democratic
ranks were at first re gaFtiei with extreme
delight by the Republicans. They liked
the spectacular feature of the Democracy
in r Vicious, internal, fraternal and sui
oidal fight.
But there has come a change This
Democratic fight was too good a thing
to escape Intervention by the Republicans.
Yesterday, for instance, they pitched in
to egg on the Democratic combatants
against each OF her
MI Hawiey, Mr.. Chandler and others
went on yesterday and exasperated GER
tain Democrats who were bound to reply
and they did reply From the Republican
standpoint, this is wasting time, and Mr.
Hanna said 50 this morning. 1t has to be
stopped, or there is no telling when we
Will adjourn, he is reported to have said
In addition to this, the Democrats have
material enough To make a long anc Iegiu-
mate fight on everything that ought To be
fought.
Private complaint has been made 10 the
Democrats that they are unnecessarily
wasting too much time. but they reply that
the Republicans held up the Wilson bill
for nincty-three days i'll the Senate three
years ago
ON this Mr.. Vest said today. Not only
ali the intelligent Republicans inipetied
our progress three years ago, but every
windbag' on that si,ie OF the chamber
seemed to think he ought TO have something
TO say. We propose to debate this bill from
beginning TO end, to show the country what
enormously high taxes are being imposed
upon the cousumers'