Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-08-18
The House Just as Amended by
the Senate.
The House Recedes from Its ktti.
tude of Opposition to the
Senate and
Vurrenders Gracefully - Bills for Free
Sugar, Coal, Iron Ore and Barbed
Wire Are Passed by the House
The Action Was Decided
Upon by Demo-
cratic Caucus.

changed, unamended, untouched, was
passed by the house and now awaits
only the signature of the president or
his failure to sign it within ten days to
be enacted into law. 1t was passed ac-
cording to programme arranged and
ratified at caucus of democrats yes
terday morning.
The caucus met at 10 o'clock and ad-
journed at noon with the understand
ing that the senate bill and separate
measures placing coal, sugar, iron ore
and barbed wire on the free list should
be put through the house before ad-
journment, but an unexpected obstacle
was encountered in the absence of Mr..
Cultivate, of Ohio, a democratic men,
ber of the committee on rules, whose
presence was needed in order to enable
the committee to bring in special or
der for carrying out the caucus ar
| rangements. Mr.. Outhwaite appeared,
however, at 2 o'clock and few minutes
later the committee on rules reported
the special order and the house en-
tered into one of the greatest days in
its history.
The special rule was agreed to after
was debated for two hours and after
counter accusations by the republicans
and democrats and severe arraignments
of the majority by several of its mem
bers, the bill was passed by vote of
1S1 to 105. A number of democrats
voted against the bill while the popu-
lists supported the majority. There
was much applause when the trouble
some measure was finally placed out of
| the way.
Separate bills placing coal, iron ore
and sugar on the free list were taken
| up in the order named and passed after
debate lasting half an hour on each
and what was probably the biggest day
in the history of the house from the
standpoint of work accomplished, came
| to an end.
A meeting was held in Speaker Crisp's
room in the morning, to decide what
| action the house leaders should take
with reference to the tariff bill in the
caucus. There We're present in the
committee room besides the speaker
| Mr.. Wilson, chairman of the ways and
means committees; Mr.. McMillin. of
| Tennessee; Mr.. Montgomery, of Ken
! lucky: Mr.. Turner, of Georgia, and
breckenridge, of Arkansas, also mem
| bers of the committee. At 9:55 o'clock
! the statement was made that it had
been decided to accept the senate bill.
| Mr.. Holman, chairman of the caucus,
! took the chair Immediately upon the as
sembling of that body at 10 o'clock.
When the roll call (which showed that
153 members were present) was COM
pleted, a hush of expectancy fell upon
the caucus. Mr.. Wilson, chairman of
the ways and means committee, took
the floor. Although outwardly calm
and cool, he was manifestly laboring
under deep emotion. His speech for
the first five minutes was general in
character and contaiaed no specific
| points 1t was devoted in the begin
ming to an explanation of the embar-
rassments under which the house con-
ferees had labored.
Mr.. Wilson stated substantially that
there was no prospect for tariff legisla-
tion unless the senate bill was adopted.
When Mr.. Wilson had finished, Speak
er Crisp arose and was greeted with APP
plause. He began by saying that the
| house must take the senate bill. While
the senate bill must be adopted the
house would make determined effort
for free sugar. He elaborated his state
ment that the senate bill must be ac-
cepted or there would be no tariff leg
islation at this session; and his declara-
tion that the house of representatives
had used every honorable and fair
means to secure the passage of their
bill without avail, was vigorously ap-
plauded.
Speaker Crisp closed his brief speech
by offering a resolution that the house
recede from its position and accept the
senate bill The resolution also in
cluded provision placing barbed wire,
sugar, coal and iron ore on the free list
by series of separate bills.
The vote was then taken and the res.
olutions offered by Mr.. Crisp were
adopted by vote of 1O2 to 81. Among
those who voted in opposition to the
resolutions were the four Louisiana
members, Mr.. Wells, of Wisconsin, and
Mr.. Snodgrass, of Tennessee.
On the motion to pass separate bills
placing sugar, iron ore, coal and barbed
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vision This having completed the
work of the caucus, the meeting was at
11:52 adjourned sine die.
Immediately after adjournment, the
democratic members of the house com.
mittee on rules retired to the speakers
room for the purpose of preparing the
orders for the dispatch of business q
accordance with the action of the eau
Gus.
The committee on rules, through Mr.
Catchings, reported an order to the
house Tor vote on the senate amend
ments to the tariff bill after two hours
debate, and thirty minutes each on the
bills placing sugar, barbed wire, coal
and iron ore on the free list.
Mr.. Reed made the point of order
against the order that it proposed ac'
tion on a bill not before the house. Mr.
Reed claimed that in the case of dis