Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-08-24
TARIFF BILL PASSED.
HOUSE REcEDEs FROM ALL
AMENDMENTS.
sep.r.te Measurss for Free Sugar. Iron.
Coal and Barbed Wire Pssssd-CrisI
Offers the Resolution ON Which the De-
cision Was Finally Reached.
Victory for the Senate.
Washington correspondence

lWeo0l0Rt0n CO~ffc6pOuOeuCe.l
The long struggle over the tariff bill
came to q close at i o'clock Monday
evening. wken the House by q vote Of
1872 to los decided to discharge the
House conferrees from further c0nsid-
position to the 634 al endments and
agree to the same. 1t was a complete
victory for the Senate. The House
made an absolute surrender.
The result grew directly out of the
sensat onal course of events in the
Senate and in the capitol precipitatsd
by Senator Hill Friday. Up to that
time the House conferrees had stood
firm against the Sena g amendments,
especially on the three disputed sched-
ules OF coal, iron ore and sugar, and
the temper and voice of the House
was for war-war to the end. But
the indications that the Democrats of
the Senate might be unable to longer
hold a majority of the votes in line Tor
even the Senate bill and that the bill
was in desperate jeopardy forced the
House Democrats TO immediate action.
at last admitted that they were beaten
and that another vote could not be
risked in the Senate; that it must lie,
either tire Senate bill or no bill.
The whole question wa precipitated
at the caucus held ,ust before the
House conve ed, at which, after q.
thorou gh review of the situation and
speeches in favor OF receding ty
Speaker Crisp. Chairman Wilson and
others, it was decided to take,
the Senate till ami Immediate
ly afterward pass separate bills.
placing coal, iron ore, sugar and barbed
wire en- the free list, n by so doing
place the house on record and at lea It
partially overcome the humiliation in
volved in its defeat. The program
arranged in the u was carried out.
to the letter in the House after an
iron-clad special order.
The caucus net promptly. There
was no wait for q quorum. When
Chairman Holman banged the desk
with his gavcl there we 6 1873 nemhers
present. Ten minutes later every
Democratic member in the city was in
side the chamber. There was feverish
expectancy on every face. All felt that.
the eyes of the country were upon
them. The Senator, themselves-cold
and far removed from public touch
betrayed their interest in the outcome
of the aucus tven Senator German,
calm and ever in perfect control Of
himself, cut his greetings shorter than
usual. And Senator Brice twirled his
glasses around his forefinger with
great rapidity.
In administration circles there wa,
keen anxiety. There, more keenly
than anywhere else perhaps, the i'm.
portance of the caucus action was ap.
preciated. Nothing but the Senate
bill seemed probable. In the hotels,
clubs. %streetcar, and streets What
will the caucus do?" was the sole topic.
Some men like John Dewitt Warmer
spoke vehemently for continuing the
fight. But the majority favored sur
render and the prompt settlement Of
the controversy already much too pro-
longed.
Proceedings in Secret.
The doors of the House were tightly
closed and extra guards placed to pre-
vent outsiders hearing anything of the
proceedings within. No o"e was per-
mitted in the gallery corridors, and it.
was only after great effort that the
Sergeant-at arms was induced to open
the working-rocm Of the press gal cry.
AS Congressman came from the caucus
chamber they were button-holed for
information, and like coed sensible
men answered all questions fully and
promptly.
The caucus was exciting, but not tu-
multuous. Wilson, McMillin Crisp.
and Cochran spoke, the last in OPPOSE
ton to the surrender, and then the
vote was taken on the all-important
point of surrender or no surrender.
The resolution offered by Speaker
Crisp to accept the Senate bill went.
through with q whooD.
Immediately after the caucus adj
journed the rules committee Withdrew
to the Speakers room to D q.
rule providing for tho immediate con-
s%ideration of the tariff bill. The ma
iority in caucus having decided to sur
render, the hest way to carry out ito.
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