The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-25
PROGRAMME OF THE HoUsE.
The Democrats to Push the Appropria.
tion Bile.


WASHINGTON, May 24.-As a result of
the most harmonious and busipess>like
democratic caucus held for years Speaker
Crisp was able to predict Tonight with con-
siderable confidence the adjournment Of
congress on July l, unless the Senate delays
matters. The prompt determination Of the
House democrats TO postpone the pure food
bill, Conger lard bill, anti-options bill and
all other bills except the appropriation
bills, shuts out all further attempts at tariff
legislation unless the caucus should change
It's mind later on. Silver legislation was
postponed, Of course, on the floor of the
House In open session and was not meu-
toned in to-night's caucus. The belief that
nothing can come OF tariff legislation, the
Senate burying all bills sent to it in the
finance committee, was the reason assigned
tonight for not pressing other tariff bills
In this particular, however, there may be q
change of policy later on.
DETAILS OF THE PROCEEDINGS.
By the Associated Press
WASHINGTON, May 24-The democrats
OF the House met in caucus tonight for the
purpose of considering the order Of busi-
ness. The result was q decision to put the
appropriation bills ahead of everything
| else and prepare for an adjournment Of
congress as early as practicable. There was
an unusually large attendance nearly every
| member in the city being present Mr..
Hatch, in the iHtere5t of the anti options
bill, fought the motion to give the appro-
priation bills precedence with great vigor
and vehemence, but was outvoted by q
large majority. He has not given up the
| fight, however, and 1t is very likely that
he will oppose the appropriation bills on
the floor of the House.
The caucus was held in response to a call
circulated to-day by Mr.. McMilln of
Tennessee. The speaker and leading mem
bers of the majority in the House were
anxious to push the appropriation bills
forward as rapidly as possible, but Mr.
Hatch announces his determination to
antagoniZe consideration with the anti
| options bill. The object of the caucus was
to secure further delay In the discussion on
the anti-options measures. Soon after the
caucus met Mr.. McMillin offered a resolu-
tion providing that precedence should be
given to the regular annual appropriation
bills over all other bills.
Mr.. Hatch, in lively speech which Gre
ated some i'll feeling, opposed the resolution.
He insisted that the anti-options bill should
be taken up after the Sundry civil bill. He
declared that the caucus had been called
without due notice, that snap Judgment had
been taken, and said that he would not be
| bound by the caucus action, but would an
| tagonize consideration of the appropriation
bills on the floor and demand the yeas and
nays on taking up the anti-options bill.
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
The river and harbor bill was brought
| into the discussion, and the caucus got into
| a parliamentary tangle over an ameudment
| to Mr.. MoMillin's resolution, offered by
Mr.. Clark of Alabama providing that the
river and harbor bill be included among
the regular annual appropriation bills
having precedence over other measures
Mr. Bynum Joined Mr.. Hatch in opposi-
tion, and the other side-Messrs. lin,
Sayers of Texas, Blount and Dockery-
urged the wisdom Of speedy action on the
appropriation bills. Mr.. Clark, on assur-
ances OF q number Of members that the
river and harbor bill was all right and that
it would not be injured by not being in.
cluded in the McMillin resolution. with
drew his amendment and the resolution to
give the appropriation bills free right OF
way was then passed by a large majority
Mr.. Hooker Of Mississippi offered a reso-
luton directing the committee on rules to
report a rule providing that whenever O
member asks unanimous consent for the
passage Of any bill it shall be granted uu-
less ten members object The object of the
resolution was to put an obstacle In the way
of Directors Watson aud Kilgore. Oppo-
sition was developed to the resolution on
| the ground that it would make possible the
passage of measures which there might be
good reasons to keep in the background,
and it was lost. The caucus then adjourned