The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-31
The Leaders Have Recovered from
the Teller Resolution, and Are Now
Ready to Join in Battle.
THE HOOSIERS DISAPPOINTED
EXPECTED TO RETURN FOR DIS
TRICT CONVENTIONS TUESDAY.
Dispute in the Senate on Hawaiian
Treaty May Lead to Sensational
Charges This Week.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, JAN 30-The sergeant
alarms Of the House has served notice on
every Republican member to be in his seat
tomorrow at 12 o'clock. Absent members
were telegraphed for this morning and
there will be very few absentees when
Speaker Reed calls the House 70 order. The
Republicans have completely recovered
their nerve and will move on the Teller
resolution like a trained army under the
direction of their chosen leaders and along
the lines laid out for them. Yesterday and
last night some of the weaker Republicans
were on the verge of the nervous tremors,
but a great change has come over their
spirit and there is no longer the slightest
disposition to dodge the issue. 1t is OFTEN
thus with Republicans. They are prone to
shrink before the firing begins and at the
singing Of the occasional bullet, but when
the time fer heavy fighting arrives they
present an unbroken front and revel in ac-
ton. To this condition is the House battle
against free silver shaping and the history
that will be made tomorrow will show
what discipline and stern purpose can ac-
complish.
A programme cannot be formally agreed
on until tomorrow morning, but a general
been practically reached. The ways and
means committee will make an adverse re-
port on the Senate resolution and the rules
committee will report an order for the i'm
mediate consideration of the matter, limit
ing the debate to two or four hours, two
on a side 1t is barely possible that only
an hour a side will be given, or that a vote
may be forced without any time being given
for hII Ia
among influential Republicans tonight
is to devote four hours to the business and
extend to members the privilege of printing
speeches in the Record. Such an arrange
ment would fatten the Record enormously,
make work for an extra force of printers
and save the country weeks of wearisome
talk. If the fioodgates of oral argument are
once opeLed there would be an entire sus-
pension of public business until two-thirds
OF the members of the House could be CIV
en- opportunity to spout for home consump-
ton and many OF them make two three
speeches That would carry the discussion
in:o spring.
Democrats are not so radiantly joyous
as they were. Now that the first flush of
the empty Senate triumph has worn off
they realize that after all the situation has
not changed, except to define with greater
distincgDess the issue on which the cam
paign of next summer and fall will be
fought. an issue which both great parties
understand perfectly, and which both have
been inviting. From this issue there was
no possibility of escape and Republicans
have more reason to rejoise at it's early
introduction into the campaign than the OPP
position. The stronger and more continuous
the light is poured in on proposition
grounded on sound principles the better
and this is the cheerful view that even the
more tirnid among the Republicans are be-
ginning to take of the situation.
Several Indiana Republican representa-
tives have been obliged to break home en-
gagementS on account of the emergency
call for their presence in Washington to-
morrow. Mr.. Lands, like MIR. Steele, had
positive engagements to be in their districts
Monday and Tuesday, but of course neither
can now get away, and they have to disap-
point their local friends Other members
are in the same boat.