Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1893 — TO ACTON THE TARIFF [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TO ACTON THE TARIFF

PROBABILITY THAT CONGRESS WILL NOT ADJOURN. Xeaders of tile Democrats In the Bouse Favor an Immediate Attack on tho McKinley Bill—President Cleveland's Wishes to Be Consulted. Doings at the Capital. Washington correspondence:

IT is the plan of Bland, Springer and Crisp to go right on with Congressicnal business _ > and avoid an adjourument. The sentiment of nearly ||m all the Democrats pga and a strong contingent among the Republicans is in jjjßft favor of continuing liipßSjm session and go at the tariff, the tvp*££2_.propriations and all Bunnimpr- other qu esti on s rW ;.i which press for setn[ Utlement. This is ! , particularly true of the Southern and

Western Democrats who dislike to gohome and face the reseptment of silver constituents over the House outcome on the Wilson bill. Aside from that, as stated by Fithiari, Dockery of Missouri, Sayers .of Texas, and others, they believe that prompt, radical steps in tariff revision will allay the indignation of their people. They are getting letters every day which show their districts to be afire over the silver question. They think a strong tariff bill might be used in the nature of a wet blanket to smother these silver flames. It can be safely said that three out of every five Congressmen here do not want to adjourn, but are eager to push on with the work and get tnrough. However, this wants to be remembered: Congress proposes but Cleveland disposes. Congress will adjourn or not just as President Cleveland wishe3, and no one has heard whether Mr. Cleveland wants it to.adjourn or not. There are one or two reasons to believe that Mr. Cleveland will not a-k them to adjourn. He said in his message that he had intended to conveno Congress in September to look after the tariff. September is here, and if his former tariff mind holds good ho will want Congress to keep right on. Another reason is that the treasury i; cleaned out of cash for general expenses. It is dipping into the gold right now, and the last department pay roll was paid off in gold, from white house to navy yard. If it is decided to issue bonds to put money in the public purse to pay the nation’s daily way with —and most people here believe Mr. Cleveland will favor that —he will need Congress to authorize it and back the play. So there are all those reasons for believing that Congress will continue right along. But it will be as Mr. Cleveland says. If it does, Bland and others will at once introduce every form and sort of silver bills and there will be one more silver fight at least before all is over.

E outlne Proceedings. Senator Sherman, In his speech Wednesday, submitted no plan, but made a few suggestions. Ho thinks that tho silver bullion now in tho Treasury should all be coined, and ho is also in favor of authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury or the President to issue bonds wbonover it is necessary. Mr. Sherman was followed by Mr. Teller, and at the conclusion of Mr. Teller’s speech the Senate went into executive session. Tho House is still discussing rules. Mr. Wolcott, of Colorado, addressed the Senate Thursday, deprecating the repeal of the Sherman act; he was opposed by Mr. GaiTery, of Louisiana. The resolutions of the House on the death of Representative Mutehler, of Pennsylvania, were laid before tho Senate aDd resolutions expressive of the sorrow of the Senate were offered by Mr. Cameron and agreed to, and the Senate, as a farther evidence of respect to tho memory of the deceased, adjourned. The House was occupied all the day with its rules. Friday, after some twenty minutes spent in the ordinary routine morning business of the Senato (none of which was of public importance) the House hill to repeal part of tho Sherman act was taken up The House resumed the consideration of the new code of rules, the pending question being on the amendment offered Thursday by Mr. Boatner (Dem.), of Louisiana, which would practically put It in tho power of any member who is in charge of any proposition on the floor to propose closure at any time that he thinks It advisable to do so. The amendment was rejected. In the House the debate on rules was continued. In the Senato the House deficiency bill was reported and passed with some small amendments A hill wits introduced by Mr. Dolph anpropriatlng $300.000 to enable tho Secretary of the Treasury to enforce the Chinese exclusion act. A large hatch of nominations was received from the President, and a still larger ono confirmed. It is likely the Senate will devote three weeks to silver talk Monday the Senate continued discussion of the silver question. Mr. Cullom speaking for repeal. Some unimportant business was done in both houses, but the House was chiefly occupied in consideration of its rules. Substantially the entire day. in the Sonate, Tuesday, was consumed by Mr. Stewart, who took positive ground against the repeal of the Sherman act until silver was remonetized. The vote of the Senate—3s yeas to 28 nays—to proceed to the consideration of executive business was ths first set-back the repeal men have thus far sustained in the Senate. Among the hills introduced was one by Mr. Peffer creating a department of education, under the supervision of a secretary of education, who, within throe years after the passage of the hill, shall cause to be constructed a college of scientific learning, in which shall he taught all the classics and professional studies, arts, etc., to he known as the Scientific University of the Red. White and Blue Cross. The House was inactive, awaiting committees’ reports.