Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-08

A vote in the negative would
imply that the House di not have confidence
in its confe-ees, and no member desired to
Place himself in such attitude. He was will
ling to incorporate the substitute as part of
his resolution, but would not agree to it as
a substitute. If Mr.. Wilson would state
that he believed q satisfactory conclusion
could be had in time, it would be satisfac-
tory to him and he would not press the
re solution.
Boatner said he never dreamed il often
sive to any person for Democrats to meet
and confer. The time had come when the
House should express its opinion as to the
pending amendments. In the course of his
remarks he said that Senator Mills told him
the House must recede from its objections
to the Senate amendments and agree to
them if the passage of the bill was desired.
Mr.. Mills, tariff reformer in the best
sense of the word. was of the opinion that
the only thing which could come out of the
conf renee would be the Senate bill.
Cooper stated that he believed Mr.. Mills
as well as good many members of the
House, had been led to believe the bill
would fail in the Senate if smendod. Ger
tsin gentlemen in the Senate, who repre-
sented nothing but their private interests,
kept the country in fear of the failure of the
bill, to effect their own purposes. Recent
ly the mask had been torn off and they were
standing uncovered in the pillory, under
the indignant gaze of the whole people. Mr..
Cooper believed if it had not been for the
efforts to call off the House conferees by
the calls for caucuses and the representa-
tons that the Republicans were not united,
those senators would some time ago have
yielded and the tariff bill would have been
enacted into a law ere this.
C.. X. Breckinridge, member of the COM
mittee on ways and means, assured the eau
Gus that the House conferees had not set
its ultimatum on anyone's schedule as re-
ported, but they were at work with their
senatorial associates in an effort to secure
an agreement all along the line.
Messrs. Bynum and Livingstone suggested
several changes in their resolutions. Be-
fore anything was accomplished Speaker
Crisp took the floor. He said he was glad
the caucus was called. 1t gave the Demo-
Gratis an opportunity of expressing their
sentiments. He thought it inadvisable to ad-
journ the caucus to another field. If the
reassembling of the caucus was fixed for
Friday next it would be equivalent to say
ing to the conferees, 'If you don't agree
by that time we shall instruct you what to
do" If they are going to instruct the con-
ferees to agree to the Senate amendments,
they might as well do it now.
Mr.. Crisp said he WAS confident that the
House would stay here so, 60 or even 90
days, rather than go home without securing
the passage of satisfactory tariff bill
The effect of the Bynum resolution, if
passed, would be to impress the Senate con-
ferees With the fact that all they had to do
would be to wait and the House conferees
would come to them. The House conferees
were entitled to the same support that the
Senate had given to its conferees. The
conferees were waiting to secure an agree
ment and no other action was necessary.
There were 3S men in the Senate who
favored the House bill.
Mr.. Crisp said coal, iron ore and sugar
were not the only important items in the
bill. The Senate increased the
rates in nearly all the sched-
ues and many concessions would
be secured on these if the conferees were
permitted to continue at work. He hoped
no resolution would be passed as Mr.. Will
son was still hopeful of an agreement He,
himself, was inclined to the belief that an
agreement would be made inside of two
weeks, and that upon report that would
pass both Houses.
Mr.. Bland stated that he was not in favor
Of the Senate bill under any conditions and
should net vote for it unless the House con-
ferees asked him to do so.
Mr.. Fithian said; 'How about sugar?
don't want to stay here for the coal and
iron schedule"
He was told that he need not worry about
he schedules named. The conferees were
endeavoring to get concessions not only up
on these articles, but all along the line.
A voice-"O, What is the use of doing
anything"
Speaker Crisp-"Well, if it is agreeable
on both sides, am ready to move that the
caucus now adjourn"
Thereupon Messrs. Bynum and Living
ston withdrew their resolutions and the
caucus adjourned sine die.
The action of the caucus was disappoint-
ing to its promoters who hoped for result
whereby speedy settlement of the matter
in dispute between the two Houses might be
reached. Those present were also dissp-
pointed because Mr.. Wilson failed to in
form the caucus precisely what progress
the conferees had made.