The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-08-17
II Passed.
The House Surrsnders to the
Senate's Demands.
Wilson Announces the Fact and
Speaker Crisp Formulates the Term.
A Vote OF los to II Decides NJ Separate
Bins for sugar, Coal and Iron The SUI
gar Trust Purchased tothe Aniount
siie.onO.oo0 In Foreign Markets

A Vote OF los to ~ Decides Its-separate
Bills for Sugar, Coal and Iron The su-
gar Trust Purchased to the Amount
siie,onO.oo0 In Foreign Markets
wAsmSGroS. Aug. IA meeting
was held in Speaker crisp;s room Mon
day morning TO decide what actibn the
house leaders should aiss w,tli refers
ence to the tariff bill inithe eaurus
Mr.. Holman. chairman Of 1.-THE caucus.
took the chair Immediately upon the
assemblage of that body at 10 o'clock.
When the roll call (which showed that
1853 members were present. was com
plcted hush of expectancy fell upon
the caucus MIR Wilson. chairs
man Of the ways and means commit
tee, took the floor. Although out
wardly calm and cool, he was
manifestly laboring under deep
emotion. His speech for the first 1--WE
minutes was general in character and
contained no specific points 1t was
devoted in the beginning 10 an ex.
PLANTATION of the embarrassments un-
der which the house conferees had Ia
bored. He said that the represents
tiyes of the mouse had gone into the
conference with q desire of faithfully
representing the wishes Of their col
leagues.
That they had failed 10 reach q salts
factory conclusion conclusion hon
orable alike to the house and 70 demo-
cratic party-was not their fault.
Continuing, Mr.. Wilson made a spe-
cial reference TO the sugar schedule.
He briefly stated the different PROPOSE
tions relating TO sugar which had been
advanced in the conference, and pro-
ceeded to show at some length the
profits which would accrue TO the trust
from the acceptance of these various
propositions
The report which reached the corri-
doris from the caucus few minutesb be-
fore II o'clock was that Speaker Crisp
or some one Of the house leaders would
offer a resolution TO accept the senate
bill, and that the und erstanding was Il
such resolution should be adopted it
would be followed by the passage
through the house during the present
week of a series of separate bills plac-
ing sugar, coal and iron on the free
list.
Mr.. Wilson went on to show that the
house people had contended stout1y for
a specific rather than an ad valorem
duty on sugar. A specific duty would
show precisely what benefit the trust
would get, while it would be irnpossi-
BILE to determine this accurately under
the I'D vaiorem system. He said that
the sugar trust, becoming convinced
that the senate schedule would be
adopted, had made heavy purchases Of
foreign raw sugar.
He then made the startling state
ment, on the authority of leading
democratic senator, that the trust had
bought sugar to the amount OF slla.-
100000 in the foreign markets, in an
ticipation of the senate sugar schedule
receiving the approval Of the presi-
dent. Under the senate schedule the
trust would reap u profit Of so, o0O, COO.
The declaration by Mr.. Wilson that
the sugar trust had the people by the
throat. and that it was now battle
between the people and this great
monopoly. was greeted with n hearty
round of applause.
Mr.. Wilson referred to the PROPOSE
ton made to the house conferees By
their senatorial associates to accept
free sugar. This proposition was re-
jected, in as much as the representa-
tives Of the house had asccrtained
that compact existed in the senate
to defeat tariff legislation or post
pone its consideration until next
December If free sugar were
made part of the conference re-
port. He turned at this point and
called upon his associates, Messrs.
Montgomery, Breckenridge. Mcmillan
and Turner to substantiate this state
ment
Mr.. Mcstillin Immediately arose and
said that from the beginning Of the
conference they had been given to nm
derstand from day to day that any dis
placement OF the senate rates ON sugar,
coal and iron ore would lead TO abso.
lutte defeat, or at Ieast the postpone
ment of the bill
When Mr.. Wilson had finished
Speaker Crisp arose aud was greeted
witk applause. He began by saying
that the house must take the senate
bill. While the senate bill must be
the house would make de-
termined effort for free sugar. He
elaborated his statement that the sen-
ate bill must be adopted or there would
be no tariff legislation at this session,
and his declaration that the house OF
had used every honor
able and fair means 70 secure the pas
sage Of their tariff bill without ayaii,
was vigorously applauded.
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 I'M
clndes u provision placing barbed wire,
sugar, coal and iron ore on the freel
by series of separate bills.
The vote was then taken, and the
resolutions offered by Mr.. Crisp were
by a vote Of iOs to 81. Among
those who voted in opposition to the
resolutions were the four Louisiana
Mr. Wells, Of Wisconsin, and
Mr.. Snodgrass, Of Tennessee.
After the previous question had been
ordered is considered equiya-
lent to the adoption Of the resolution