Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-07
CALLED A CAUCUS.
Representatives Who Want to
Accept the Senate Bill.
A SURPRISE IN THE TARIFF FIGHT,

Springer. Bynum and Others in Oppose
ton to Wilson and Crisp-The Necessary
Number Of Names Obtained in u short
Iimc-Opponenis Of the Move Talk of
Capturing the Gathering and Making a
boomerang Thereof The Conference.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.-Within fifteen
minutes from the time house caucus Pc
tition was circulated yesterday fifty men,
beers had signed and the caucus became a
certainty. Members who had not wanted
tosign last week We're now anxious to do
SO. The petition requested Chairman
Holman to call the caucus ito consider
what action, if any, should be taken in
order To secure the early passage of a tar.
iff bill" The call was in response to a
petition signed by fifty-three members of
the house, among whom were Springer,
Bynum, Black OF Illinois, Hooker, Geary,
De Forrest. Enloe. Brickner, Washing
ton, English. Bailey, Patterson, Sperry,
Allen, McNasney, Martin, Mcguire, and
Cathcait. The petition had been circu-
lated 10y Bynum. of the ways and means
committee, and the success of the move
was secured within half an hour from the
time the petition was started.
In Defiance of Crisp and Wilson.
Intense feeling was developed as soon as
the caucus move began. Members gath
cred in the Hobbies and talked excitedly
for and against the CAUCUS. Represents
tives Strauss, Warner and others friendly
to the administration denounced it as IA
fire in the rear" Neither Speaker Crisp
no, Chairman Wilson had been
consulted as to the caucus and
it was recognized as directly
in opposition to their wishes Outhwaite,
an associate of Crisp on the committee on
rules, said: The caucus is not endorsed
by the committee on rules or by the con-
ferrees. 1t Is evidently against the house
conferrees. Members of the rules COM
mittee Will probably enter the caucus, but
/ expect the conferrees Will remain away
in vicW OF the fact that adverse action by
the caucus would be equivalent TO a vote
of want of confidence"
Want the senate Bill Accepted
Strauss, a close friend of Wilson. eX-
pressed the opinion that the caucus would
prove a boomerang. He believed Wilson
and the other conferrees and their friends
would attend the caucus and undertake.
to carry il. With such men as Crisp, VIII
son. Cochran and Others urging loyalty to
the house conferrees Strauss did not
think an antagOnistic resolution would
pass. He said also that he expected the
caucus would bring ont some startling
conference secrets which would insure the
conferrees support from the house.
Springer and Bynum made no conceal
ment of the fact that the caucus was
for the purpose of ending the contest 10y
accepting the senate bill. In this con-
nection they quote "A statement made to
them by Mills to the effect that further
house. resistance meant the killing OF all
tariff legislation.
Voorhees, on the Other Side.
While these representatives We're de-
mandiug II caucus to accept the senate bill
Voorhees,, chairman of the senate finance
committee (who is confined TO his home by
| illness), in an interview with an Associ-
ated Press reporter declared that the sem
ate should concede free iron ore and coal
and the house accept the proposed sugar
compromise He considered the sugar
business good as settled, and declared
that there WAS $50 little ground for final
disagreement that those who continue to
insist on small things and thus compel
such disagreement will be held as Grim
inals 10y all just minded people The
sugar schedule being practically out of
the way the senate ought, in my Judg-
ment, to coucede free coal and free iron
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