Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-17
AC0NFERENCE TODAY
Between the President and Three
Prominent Democrats.
THE ENTIRE PARTY POLICY DISCUSSED.
No Reason to Be Discouraged by
the Recent Elections.
HAWAII NOT AN ISSUE

Messrs. Harrity. Don NJ. Dickinson and
Josiah Quincy. members of the national
democratic executive committee. held a con-
ference with Mr.. Cleveland today on the
general question Of the democratic policy
for the future, going over the whole ground
involving the congressional election next
fall and the policy Of the administration,
which will form the policy of the party in
the next presidential election. The first
question discussed was the recent elections.
and 1t was the unanimous Judgment of all
present. including the President. that the
party policy was not involved in these
elections and should not in any way be in
nuenced by the result.
Policy as to Appointments.
The question of the policy as to appoint
ments and the friction in the Senate which
resulted in some OF these appointments be-
ing held up was gone over. and the under
standing was that the holding UP of these
appointments did not mean their final de-
feat and that the combinations would come
later The general idea. in which all con-
CURED. was that the issues in the election
Of 1892 would still hold in the coming con-
sressional elections without modification or
change and that the tariff policy would be
maintained, and the sustaining of this pol
Icy would be the principal issue in the
campaign.
Party Policy Not Involved in the
Recent Elections.
1t was held by all present that in the
elections held on the first Tuesday in this
month the national policy of the party was
not involved and that there was nothing
in these elections to discourage the belief
that the democratic party would still hold
its strength with the people on the issues
made in 92. 1t Is understood that they had
before them outline of the work that
is being done by the ways and means COM
mittee of the House and that with very
Few suggestions for minor changes the
work was approved of by all of them and IL
was made very clear that the whole
strength OF the administration would be ey
erted to assist in carrying through Con-
gress a tariff bill which would accord with
the democratic declarations in their last
national platform. There was no doubt or
hesitancy on this subject whatever. the
opinion of all being that the strength of the
party would lie in that issue.
The Hawaiian Question Not an Issue.
The Hawaiian question is said to have
been touched on. but on this there was
difference of opinion and II was not regard
ed as an issue to be pressed in the future
campaign There was some surprise yes
terday at the failure of the democrats of
the ways and means committee to hold the
meeting which was advertised for that day
An explanation of the postponement may
be found in this conference of the national
executive committee. as following this con-
Terence the subcommittee of the ways and
means which has been working on the bill
neid a meeting TO go over the proofs and
revise them before submitting the matter
10 all the democrats of the committee The
subcommittee was in session all day and ex-
pect to bring out the approved bill for a
review OF the other democrats of the COM
mittee either tonight or tomorrow The at
titude OF the administration, which is to
take vigorous stand on this question and
press 1t firmly to the front, is in perfect ac-
cordance with the ideas of Messrs. Harrtty,
Dickinson and Quincy.