The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-25
HILLS HOT FIRE
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accordingly at o'clock the senate adj
| jpurned and the Democratic members
walked into the marble room aud closed
| the doors Senators Hill, Murphy and
IrbY were the only Democrats present at
the capitol who did not respond to the eau
Gus call. Senator Hill was not notified or
the intention until the last minute and
then declined TO enter because of bis atti-
| tude on the bill. Senator Ir5y left the
| capitol without giving any explanation OF
! his absence. Senator Murphy Went away
pleading 10 engagement.
The Caucus continued for three hours
and without reaching any conclusion or
| taking a vote on any proposition, ad-
| jOurned until tomorrow AT 3 o'clock, when
| another meeting will be held. The discus
| sion of some points was very warm, aud
especially just before adjournment, when
! Senator NIlss was speaking. Several sena-
| tors Interrupted him with questions and
criticised the course he was pursuing IL
! the senate. This called forih equally tIrt
| replies from the Wisconsin senator aud
there was a pros pect OF the debare becom-
| ing more personal when, upon the sugges-
ton of Senator German, the adjournment
took place.
The caucus merely served TO emphasis
| the two facts that the Democratic senators
are all anxious to pass tariff bill, and
that there are still wide difference DIS tC
the kind of bill they can pass.
1t WAS recoGn .zed from the beginning
that Senator Villas motion TO strike out
the differential duty on sugar occupied a
most important position in the present
controversy, and several senator's iutimat-
ed that until there could be assurances of
IFS withdrawal no conclusions could be
reached in caucus.
Senators Caffrey and Blanchard of Louis
lana were both conspicuous in the caucus
proceedings. Instead of showing any dis
position 10 yield the sugar diff-rential,
they asked that the conference committees
be asked to retain that feature and 80 per
cent al vaIOrem, and to add the one-tenth
of cent additional on sugar imported
from countries paying a bounty on sugar,
and also 20 continue for this year enough
of the bounty paid under the Mckinney
law On sugar grown in this country to
make the duty equal to cents per pound.
The Louisiana men reminded the caucus
of the result of the last conference and de-
manded that the agreement be lived up to.
Senator Villas and those who stood with
him, including Senators Mills and Palmer,
expressed great concern over the passage
of a bill of some character and united IN
saying that while they considered the sem
ate bill a. preferable to he Mckinley Law,
they thought the chances for The passage
of a bill would be greatly improved by the
elimination of the dIffereutial, on account
of the temper of the house
During the caucus Senator Harris, in re-
ply to questions, explained his view upon
the parliamentary status of the bill He
stated he considered Mr.. Villas motion out
of order, but indicated that the motion
might be changed so as TO render it in
order. He also stated that he did not be-
lieve a motion to postpone would be in
order, because the bill was now in the pos
session of the two houses, and not of the
senate alone.
The only motion made during the after
noon was one by Senator Jarvis, to send
the bill back to conference without in
struetions, aud while nothing like a vote
was taken, the indications now are that
this motion will prevail in the end.
Almost every senator present made
brief addresses durin! the continuance of
the caucus.
Senator Smiths speech caused some
thing of sensation. He said he knew
four Democratic senators who would vote
against the bill if the proposition of Mr.
Villas should prevail. During the course
of the debate Senator Jones said the
senate cOnferees had m de more conces-
siOns than the house couferses.