Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-07
A CAUCUS TODAY.
Democratic Representatives Anxious to
Secure Tariff Action.
ADMINISTRATION MEN OBJECT.
from the Rear" and Will Prove
Boomerang.

WASHINGTON, August ga caucus OF
the House Democrats will be held at .
o'clock tomorrow to consider what action
shall be taken to secure the early passage
Of the tariff bill At I o'clock this after
noon Mr.. Bynum, one or the members OF
the Ways and Means Committee, started
through the chamber to secure signatures
for the call. A sufficient number to JUS
tify the calling OF the caucus will doubt
less he obtained.
1t was not intended to agitate the ques-
tion OF a caucus before Wednesday OF this
week. and then only In the event that an
agreement was not in sight. The reports
from the Conference Committee which
have been received at the House end OF
the Capitol to-day indicate that the con-
ferrees are still far apart, and IL is for
this reason that an effort will be made
TO hold the caucus tomorrow 10 deter
mine what action shall be taken with
reference to the matters in dispute be-
tween the two houses.
THE CALI.
Fifty-threc signatures were, attached 20
the call. and Chairman HOLMAN, OF the
Caucus Committee. tonight issued the
call. naming 8 o'clock tomorrow and tho
hall of the House as the time and place.
Among the signers were these: Messrs
Springer. Bynum. Black 0llinols). Hooker.
Geary. DeForest. Enloe, Rricknall. Wash
ington, English, Bailey, Patterson. Sperry
Allen, McNagny, Martin, Mcguire, and
C9pehart.
The success OF the move was secured
within half an hour from the time the
petition was started. Intense feeling was
developed as soon as the caucus move.
ment began. Members gathered In the
lobhles, and talked eXcitedly FOR and
against the step. Representatives Straus.
Warner ana others friendly 10 the all
ministration denounced IL as q fire IN
the rear" Neither Speaker Crisp nor
Chairman Wilson had been consulted as
to the caucus aud IL was recognized as
directly in opposition 10 their wishcs.
NOT ENDORSED.
Mr.. Cultivate. an associate OF Speaker
Crlsp's on the Committee on Rules. said:
THE caucus is not endorsed by the Cons
mittee on Rules or by the conferrees II
is evidently n move against the House
Conferrees. The members Of the Rules
Committee viii probably enter the caucus.
but I expect the conferrees will remain
away in view Of the fact that adverse
action by the caucus would be equivalent
60 a vote Of want of confidence.
Representative Straus, close friend ~
Mr.. Wilson's. expresses the opinion that
the caucus will prove boomerane
lie believes Mr.. Wilson and the 9th
conferrees and their friends will attend
the caucus and undertake to carry IL.
With such men rs Speaker Crisp Chair
man Wilson. Burke Cochran. and others.
urging loyalty to the House conferrres.
Mr. Straus did not think an auttgnnistic
resolution would pass. Mr. Straus said
also that he expected the caucus would
bring out some startling conference
secrets which would insure the con-
ferrecs support from the House
FOR SENATE ELL
Messrs Springer and Bynum make no
conc almaut Of the fact that the caucus
Is for the purpose of ending the contest
by accepting the Senate hill I'm this con-
uectiou they quot" a statement made 10
them by Senator Mills To the fleet that
future House resistance meant the killing
of an tariff leg.slnton.