Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-26
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
Tho Jarvis Resolution Touching The
Tariff Bill Adopted.
is THE END At HAND?
II Looks ~ II Agreement Might After
All BE Reached To-Day-vilas
the stumbling.B Block.

OF to-day's Democratic caucus Is obeyed.
tomorrow will see an end Of the debate on
the conference report on the tariff bill.
and that measure will go back to the
conference without Instructions. After
the debate Of over three hours yesterday
and upwards OF that time to-day. the
Jarvis resolution that the bill be sent
bacl without instructions was agreed to
by unanimous consent, although at no
time did Mr.. Villas give the assurance
to the caucus that he would not press
his motion to strike out the differential
duty on refined sugar.
The caucus met promptly at o'clock.
and the first speech was that of Senator
Gordon, who counselled unity of action,
and said he hoped that the result of the
meeting would be that all proposed mo-
tions looking TO instructions to the con-
ferries would be withdrawn and the bill
be sent back with a simple insistence of
the Senate upon its amendments. Several
other speeches were made in this strain
bv Nessrs. Gray jarvis. Lindsay, Walsh,
etc.
1'he first step In this direction necessl-
tated the ascertainment OF what Mr..
villas intended to do in respect to his mo-
tion to strike out the differential duty
placed upon refined sugar. In response
10 a direct question put TO him, Mr..
Villas said he was In favor OF taking out
this differentlal because he believed by
so doing much Of the opposition that was
manifested against the bill would be re-
versed and the way be paved for the ad-
justment Of the differences between the
two houses. With this duty. which he
said was the chief bone OF contention.
out of the way, there should be nothing
TO interfere with "A speedy settlement or
all the troubles and the early passage OF
the bill and its approval by the President
For that reason, Mr.. Villas said. 1t was
his intention to press the motion and
cause 1t 10 prevail II possible.
THE LOUISIANIANS.
Messrs. Caffery and Blanchard both
spoke on the sugar schedule and advo-
Gated a nat" duty Of Is per cent. on all
sugars and the balance Of the bounty for
this year, where. they asserted, some
thing had been promised by the Senate
and had not been given. Both of the
Louisiana senators declared that If this
change to ~ per cent. was not made the
Louisiana people would insist that the
full measure of protection PROMISED them
in the pending bill should be granted. or
they would vote against the bill. They
said they would insist that they be given
the 10 per cent. on raw sugar, the l-s-oi-
accent dfferential on refined, which bene-
fited their people az much as II did the
refners. and that the bounty for 1884
should be paid the growers of sugar in
nd ba.
be abrogated. Unless this was done, they
served notice on the caucus that they
would vote against the bill IL mattered
little 20 them what instructions II any
were given to the conferrees; what they
were concerned about was the final agree
ment. II Il did not include these points
II could not receive the sanction or the
Louisiana senators.
Mr.. Villas spoke in reply to this. ant
again urged that the diiferentlai p'
stricken out. This called MIR. smith, o
New Jersey, to the floor, and he made
speech in tones that even the marbl'
walls OF the building could not Keep IRON
penetrating the outside. Mr.. Smith wa
emphatic and vehement.
MR.. Villas WARNED.
He warned Mr.. Villas that he wa
trihng with a welghty subject when III
talked of changing bill which had beer
tho result of SO much hard work In TN
senate. and which had only passed by Tn
very slim majority OF one vote MI
Smith said that number OF senators
who had been opposed TO the income
tax had been induced to vote Tor ,he OH
h.c,,lse the schedules relating to the In
dust,,as Of the great States they repre-
sentad had been arranged, SO that thel
shnns would not be compelled 10 shu
mn or their vorkmen be thrown out
ampIoyment. Because this had been done
thev had consented to swallow the III
come-tax. and given their pledge IN eau
cus that they would stand by the party
A duty had been placed on raw sugar
and if that was right, 1t was. ne sAiu
no more than right that diilerentii
dutv should be placed on rehned sugar
an Industry that gave employment i
thousands OF men in the states "neIe III
refining OF sugar was conducteu' An
attempt to change this scheduie OF an!
other schedule striking Al 'he sanch
no,n,s of the bill, all OF which had Drei
dIsuosed Of in a previous caucus Wouiu
MIR. Smith said. be hailed WIN sa'iSiao
tion by those who had bolted the income
,a~ bscause they were very sick of thei
bargain. and would jump at anything ina
would release them from II.
Mr. Smith. I'm the further course OIL III
remarks. told the caucus, and MT NliaS
% whom his remarks appeared 10 ID
mainly addressed, that II any arrange
r,,.nt had been made through the a''
90 the votes OF the senators from LOUIS
ana whereby the sugar schedule was
bc changed. there were enough votes
command without those OF the susa
cenators to indefinitely postpone the coi'
ference report and Kill II.
CHALLENGE TO Villas.
Tn solemn tones Mr. Smith challenged
AR Villas to make this effort. and eau
TONED him that if he did he would hh'
that the bill would be as dead as any
thing could possibly be. Mr.. sinlth ans
said that IL was "A very serious matt
whether the bill could even be got pdci
to conference, so narrow was the pet.,o
cratic majority, and the attituue Oh 'i'
Villas was such that he was greatly I'M
pariiiAg the slim chance whlch the D''
did have. -. l.,
Mr. Berry. Of Arkansas, said that III
had much reason to hope in some way
that sugar might be put on the iiee "9'
He was d candidate for re-eleclioh
his State, he said. and anything ihe
tax on sugar was very uhpoPui",'
Mr Villas made his motion to strik
out the differential and voted ior II
AR Berry said he would become com
peled TO do 50, as that was Tue wa
he desired TO vote; but If 1t was thoush
that the only way the bill could De passe'
was to leave the duty in, he would Vou
with his colleagues. Mr.. Berry saiu' NV ~"
ever. that he knew that If Mr.. VIA
and he would vote to strike 1t out. other
wise he would set aside his own politica
chances and vote 80 as to pass the pill
FOR ne wanted some sort OF tariff bill
passed. even II IL did not entirely SUI
him. -, -
Mr. BrIce remarked that his nam
came next to that of Mr.. Berry, and tha
II he voted 10 strike out the differential
he too. would vote the same way, 70
he believed In free sugar, both raw an
refined.
Mr.. Brice reminded Mr. Villas OF IN
trouble the Finance Committee had Il
getting a bill that would command IN
support Of the necessary forty-three votes
and said that as a member OF the Steer
ing Committee, he had at the outset ana
lived the vote In the Senate, and foun'
that bill could only be passed by care
fully considering the concessions de
manded by senator's who represented In
dustrial States.
CONCENTRATION ON Villas.
Much OF the discussion consisted Of In
terrogatories between M. Villas an
other senator's. the bent OF all being I
get the Wisconsin senator to agree Z
withdraw his resolution. which was locke
upon as putting the whole bill In jec
pardy.
In one OF these cross-hres. Mr.. Smit
recalled 70 Mr.. Villas a speech he formeri
made In the caucus, In which h
-too1a1 for unffv ood had insisted tha