The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-24
CUBA MUST WAIT
The House Will Not Take Ac-
tiOn This Week
On the BeIligerency Resolution
Passed by the Senate.
WAITING ON M'KINLEY
Democrats Are Organizing a
Fight
Against Internal Revenue Fea-
lures of the Tariff Bill.

Washington. May 4-The Morgan reso-
luton recognizing the beIligerency of the
Cuban insurgents. which passed the SEN
ate on Thursday. will not be acted upon
by the house this week. That is the de-
cision of the Republican leaders. They
have decided to block the resolution I'M
til the plans of the president, which are
now maturing. are formulated. There
will doubtless be a demand on the part
of the minority for immediate action, but
they are powerless to secure cOnsidera-
ton unless the rules committee viii re-
port a special order. This the rule COM
mittee viii not do.
The majority will antagonize any at
tempt TO force consideration with mo-
ton to adjourn until Thursday on
Thursday the conference report on the
Indian or sundry civil bill may be ready.
If one or the other is not ready the house
will adjourn until the following Mon
day.
On Tuesday. ten weeks and a day after
the beginning of the session, the senate
viii take up the tariff bill, for the pas
sage of which the session was especially
called. The bill was to have been called
up today but the death of Senator Earle
of South Carolina will render necessary
an adjournment for a day. Senator AID
rich viii call up the bill. move its con-
sideratiOn and make a speech in its sup
port The Democratic amendment
striking out the internal revenue features
of the bill will be introduced by Senator
Vest.
After this the course of procedure is
somewhat indefinite The Democrats
are not clear as to whether they will per-
nit the immediate taking up of the
schedules or will demand an opportunity
n max OF T,e
general policy of the bill. The prevailing
opinion among the Democratic leaders is
against the policy of general speeches at
the beginning of the discussion, but they
will not attempt to restrain individual
senators who may wish to be heard.
There are some Democratic senator's
who are disposed to discuss the general
features of the bill and who incline to
the opinion that the best time for such
speeches will be while the debate on the
bill is young. Senator Vest does not ex-
pect to make a speech in presenting the
motion to strike out the revenue features,
but the motion may lead to immediate
debate, and in case exception is taken to
it. the Missouri senator will be heard
from The Silver Republicans and Popu-
lists viii seek opportunity during the
tendency of the bill to present some re-
marks of a political nature and some of
The general sentiment among straight
Republicans is adverse to the encourage
ment of any general discussion of the bill
or to long speeches on the schedules, but
no party policy has yet been decided up
on. A caucus has been called for this
purpose to be held Monday afternoon.
There will undoubtedly be strong opposi-
ton to some of the schedules on the part
of Republican senators, and amendments
nil 10
amendments will be offered to the cheml-
cal schedule, the first of the list, and they
will probably be reached during the pres
ent week Other features of the bill
which Republican senators will attack
are those affecting sugar and wool duties
and taking hides from the free list. Sen
ator Pettigrew's amendment against
trusts is certain to prove fruitful of much
general debate when reached.
Senator AIdrich says he will not speak
to exceed an hour in time. He will give.
for the first time the estimate of the
Republican members Of the finance com.
mittee of the amount of revenue the bin
will produce and will explain the commit
tees plan of action, giving the reasons
for some of the cnore important amend
ments made His statement is antici-
pated with much interest
In reply to a question Mr.. Aldrich who
viii nave charge OF the bill on behalf OF
the Republican side of the senate, said
today that when the bill was once taken
up, he would press consideration to the
exclusion of all other business except
conference reports. until it should be fin
ally disposed of
The conference report on the sundry
civil appropriation bill probably will be
considered some time during the week.
The conference committee has practically
agreed upon a compromise on the for
estry reservation provision, which they
hope will prove satisfactory to all par
ties, but whether it will or not can only
be determined when the report is pre-
scented to congress.
Not how cheap but how good is the
way we try to do our work. Peerless
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