New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-14
RESOLVING TO BACK DOWN.
11o1rsF, DEMOCRATS IN CAUCUS ACCEPT
THE rBILL OF SALE"
by A VOTE OF 100 TO 81 THEY DISCHARGE THEIR
co,.rrpprrs AND ACCEPT THE SENATE
AMENDMENTs-M WILSON TELLS WHAT

" =. ,,, 90 ,ros foreshadowed in the United Press
DISPATCHES last night, adopted resoiu''o" W 80
of 1870 to q dischargng the House co'iiericeS run
further consideration OF the Tariff bill and agreeing
"a the Senate bill. The resolution also pio'iueu W
,,ar coal iron ore and barbed wire should be put
on rho free list by means of separate bills 10 De re-
norted from the Ways and Means committee a'
once The resolution in It's full text was as ioo"S
Resolved That it s. the sense OF the caucus aa.
the order eretofore made requesting h NC
with the Senate on the dsagreeing votes OF thc .W'
houses II. r. 1864 be rescnded 'n mart OF the
ferrees heretofore appointed on tnv , p al hat he
House be discharged from further DUTY on ,naa oe
half and that the House receae from n sa atS b ana
ment the Senate amendments 10 saiu D'i' "''N
agree to the same. . ,, a,u q, onca
nroceed to the consideration OF separate bs placing
The following articles on the free lst, VIZ. sugar ia
al lis forms, iron ore, coal ana DdTpeu VIZ =,
The Committee on Rules is requested to report an
order providing for the prompt oo"'''''
motion and bills , -
This resolution was drawn. by Speaker Crisp and
nrescrted by him. The caucus was In session nearly
two hours and harmonious throughout. MI
Wilson opened with review OF the Work OF the co'
since the second conference was ordered ana
was followed by Speaker Crisp VINO sad IN ei'ec'
that there was no probability OF any 'a,',l 'ee'al
ton at this If the House refused TO accept
the Senate bill
These constituted the two principal speeches. OF
the day Mr. Wilson alone holding the moor Tor hity
minutes. Bourke Cochran. of Newborn oppoSeu
tho resolution as surrender to the Senate. Dut tho
caucus OverWnelfnltsy iaN''"''' ~ -
II passed by a vote of more than nve 10 one
DRAWING Up THE PROGRAMME
7, was not until to-day that the fact became
known that a long conference was held at opeah.
or Crsp's rooms last night. which was ATTENDED,
bv the four conferrees the part OF the House
As we'll as by the Speaker himself Az TINS co''
ference the situation was fully reviewed. the regis
latiye status Of the Senate bill was iuy dscusSeu
and conclusion reached that resolution agreeing
offnr tod
caucus The conference did not break up I'LL mid
n,rh, When It became known TO a select few
,r,rnent Democrat whose influence with the con-
ferrees has been very strong went 10 the spear"
or.s room 20 urge that action be deferred day
or two at least. 1t was then ] O'CLOCK Inc
Sneaker arose and he and his caller discussed tns
new proposition for more than an hour' Out ,ne
sneaker was firm and refused TO recede from MS
position. $780,, 49,,
Al $50 O'Clock this morning the four House con-
ferrees and Mr. breckenridge. Of Arkansas ana MI
Catchngs OF Mississippi. Joined the speaker III
the la,ter's room at the Capitol here again '"e
programme TO be followed was discussed with some
NJ the members coucselng delay The report Oh
rho caucus shows that Mr. Wilson suggested that
the matter Of agreeing the Senate bill be Iad over
temporarily. but the sentiment OF the caucus i"
favor Of unravellng the tariff snari by accep'ins
tho Senate measure was strong that the cnar-
mans request passed UNDECIDED, anu 'ie IeS0'"''O'
was carried like whrlwind.
Mr. Rreckinrdge OF Arkansas. who while not
member OF the conference. has been in constant at
tendance upon the meetings Of the conferrees maze
a statement to-day. in which he said:
Mr. Wilson and his conferrees have MADE al uohs
and noSe fight. regret tho precipltate ACTON OF
the caucus and up TO very late hour last night
had expectation OF such spifiI am ~
There just one more chance ana ~ ~,
work II out before finally gave UP, as me pa
OF Mr. H resolution by t9 n ~, Se"a.f bill
In Wow OF this Il seemed 20 me better 10 wat or d
there was strong assurance would be the case the
conference could be resumed u.irr i,n n, ~
we have but with positive pr,Sf O. our ISas
that all hope OF better results from me senate Wa
hey forced upon me the firm belief that the Senate
conferrees were in such state as rehaersn II
Which could cali for a vote that would make any
test Of eonees sion from e ,h bsbnd the throne
Tho House leaders have no doubt that the Senate
hu is In their possession II was sent to them "heh
the Senate agreed 10 the second conference anu i
| now in the safe OF the Ways AMI Means Committee
They assert therefore. that It Is In their CUSTODY
| not Only In n physical, put III 'eb'' am quinn
| mentary sense IA we'll
WORK OF THE CoNFERREEs REVIEWED
Mr. Wilson in opening his speech in caucus sail
tina, the House conferrees. in correspondence wiA
ha, they considered their duty. had requested This
.oucus They wished to let their colleagues
know the condition ~ the pending Bill Tney
would have called for caucus BEFORE
nm, ~ do this their conference with the Senate
would have had to be abanioaed. Again. II must
no understood that the conference so far had been
,,,,tvc- nothing definite could be reported. No
conference committee hal worked harder TO
| reach an agreement. The House conferrees had
mover insisted on hard and fast lines or oosna'eY
| stool for the House bin This they thought I'M
| practicable and they were always ready 10 give
| req sonable concessions. such as a tarin reform
~ he inc Of
| ference Prospects were bright the conferrees had
| practically agreed. \ compromise sugar schedule
| had been adopted reducing the bonus allowed 70
the Sugar Trust In the Senate o!l ana abrosa'ihg
| the Hawaiian treaty. They then proceeded 10 con-
s,le- the coal md iron schedules. As 10 these the
| senate conferrees proposed fve.years limit to
| the Senate and then reciprocity. The House pro
posed a sliding scale. lowering the duty on these ,..
proposition bc considered Us adopted Ire Sehats
conferrees assentei. and proposed going oyer an
the Items OF differences and see what was be., TO
do this great variety OF items r nhT S5 ors Tbn
House accepted this change ..,u,.os mara
In the chemical schedule certain changes were
agreed to desirable. This was done IN .he ea.tn-
| enware schedule. In the woollen schedule me Sen,
a,e would not make concessions. nut ln'Im ma
| certain Senator. After this consultation any ma
tera reau,9n in s wes W taen taken up and
| found objec,onable-steel rails particularly On
f dns t tHe ed to get the rate Of W
| stored under which. Mr. Wilson said this business
| had prOspereI. Inc SellAt ~ w
suit overnight. presumably with few colleagues
who insisted on high rates in this sehedu!e' Later
| reductions refused.
ALI. PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS OFF.
Before the next meeting reports originating In the
Senate were circulated 10 the effect that all agree
| ments reached heretofore were off. Al this meet
ing the senate conferrees withdrew from the agree
ment on sugar especially as to Hawaii They
! wanted free coal instead OF free iron. The House
accepted this The consideration Of the woollen and
! cotton schedules was then begun. They were open
| to serious objections. Mr.. Wilson said that the
| House conferreee knew that the Democratic party
had fought for free WOOL but never FOR free WOOL
and a duty OF 80 per cent woollens The con-
fcrrees agreed on modca tons largely In the direc-
ton OF reductions under the rates In the Mckinney
| hul which the Senate had made higher The Senate