Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-22

New Phases Of the Contest.
CALL FOR DlafocRAfIc oAuCcA
The following call for Q democratic caucus, to be
held Tuesday evening, was issued last night:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March n, 1884
In accordance with the request Of Messrs. John
Hancock, James f. Miller, j. X. Tucker, Burr W.
Blackburn, A q. Curtin, H. W. siocum, W. r Nor
Tison, W. s Holman, Patrick A. Collins. Frank H
a aurd John Ellis J. K Jones W. S. Rosecrans
son, W. II. NJ. Pussy, and other democratic Men,
Ders OF the House, hereby invite the members OF
ives To mse pa o. tas a AeSe Of
O'clock In the hall OF the House of Representatives
5. S. Cox, Chairman
The Democrats Will All Go Into the
Caucus.
But WILL THEY HARMoNRE?
lhere Will probably not be a democrat In the
House who Will not go into the caucus Tuesday
night Governor Curtin signed the call for the pur-
pose OF taking from IT. as far as possible its fac
tional flavor. But those who know best say that
TN, there Is Is no possibility of an agreement upon
ence 20 the tariff In the call the proteCtOnistS
M s,o'aS,, not go into the caucus. AS 1t is
VIII, they say. as democrats, go In and dis
cuss matters OF party interest. If the question
arises as an abstract principle whether the demo-
Iofrevenue with incidental protection, heywill make
the night In the caucus With the hope OF a victory
A
MORRISON Dill, they say they Will not be bound by
an Endorsement OF IL.
WHAT PRoTECTIoNIsT DEMOCRAT SAYS
"There are three parties in the House." said one
OF the most prominent protectionist democrats In
Congress to THE STAR to-day, after eXactfng
promise that his name should not be used "They
are the republicans who for protection their
paramount principle the reformist democrats
VINO are for tarif1 for revenue only, without the
question or protection entering into their consider
alton, and the tariff democrats who occupy middle
ground, declaring for tariff for revenue with fnci-
dental protection. These are we'll defined.
The difference between the tariff democrats and
lhe Republicans Is simply that the former sub0rdi-
nate protection to revenue and the latter suuordi-
nate revenue to protection"
ms Is believed TO be the present position upon
the tarlf question. and there is more compatibility
between the republicans and the tariff democrats
than there is between the 1.-TWO democratic par
ties"
THE TARIFF REFoRMERs ARE FIRM,
and Say they Will stand by the Morrison bill, come
what may They Will make it square issue, and,
If the proectionIsts do not follow the party it is
their own lookout.
MIR. MILLS OF TEXAS,
said to a STAR reporter to-day: 1--WE shall adopt
the Morrison bill as party measure in the eau
Gus Tuesday. We have strength enough
to pass it in the House, and shall go before the
country squarely on that issue. The party lines
Will be drawn tightly: the protectoniStS side
and the refOrnlers on the other. And we shall WIN
too, he added emphatically. Il know what the ac-
ton OF the CAUCUS will be. | know we shall Stdnd
nfln. And do not think Mr.. Randall and those
holding his opinions VIII stand out against
They cannot afford it,
OPINIONS OF MISSOURI DEMOCRATS.
Representative Morgan, OF Missouri, said to-day:
~ believe that the caucus Will adopt substantially
the Morrison bill Why, we can't do anything else.
II the protectionsts can't support that they can't
support anything short OF high protective meas
Gre. We (the tariff reformers) have in this very
Morrison bill abandoned nine points TO satisfy the
protectionistS and have held on to only one and
n
that point. The Morrison bill is not tariff reform
measure 1t is only preparatory; it only blazes the
way. It's step In the right direction, and that's
ALL but we say to the opposition are willing to
take this as concession to YOU l tell you will
not abandon it,"
But can you pass it?n asked the reporter
yes, we can, was the positive reply. Il have
talked with the eastern democrats, and pretty
much all OF them who are opposed TO tariff egiSa-
ton, ard my judgment is, based upon my CONVEX
satlonS that 1uily half of them viii vote Tor the
Morrison bill as ii now stands"
Representative Dockery, OF Missouri, said he
could not undertake to foreshadOw the action of the
caucus, but 1t was meeting for conference. He
Gated or tolerated There were no 'ultimatumS,'
ana The democrats would meet TO discuss the stu
atIUn and act Tor The good or the party He believed
mat harmony and unity would be obtained.
ONE OF THE EASTERN DEMOCRATS,
who has been counted among the men who would
follow Mr.. Randall in continued hostility to the
Morrison bill. and who declared In recent inter-
view with STAR reporter that he meant to go with
his party In whatever 1t decided, said: 50" have re-
ceived dozens OF letters from my constituents all
approving the position have taken. Without ex-
ception, so far as | have heard from them, they
indorse me in standing by my party" He added
that, with few exceptions, the manufacturers or
his state admitted that the Morrison bill would do
them no harm.
MR.. WATTERSoE, IN HIS LATEST DISPATCH,
expresses the prevailing sentiment In the Morrison
ranks when he says: EITHER we have or we have
not democratic party. If we have not, the sooner
we know 1t the better. II have, 1t Is full time
its accustomed methods should be invoked to de-
term1ne just where we stand and Just what we
shall dO.n