The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-08-14
WE'RE OF ONE MIND
House Caucus Decided to Accept
the Senate Tariff Bill.
RALLoTINa SOON FOLLOWS.
The Long and MOnOtOnOus Tariff
Struggle Will Soon Be AT
An End.
BALLoTlNa SOON FOLLOWS.
Associated Press.

Washington, August 1S-One hour be-
fore the time set for the caucus, Speak
er Crisp was joined in his private office
by Chairman Wilson and the full men,
bership of the house Democratic con-
ference committee, and Representative
Breckenridge, of the Arkansas advisory
member, for final consultation. At 10
o'clock Crisp and his conferrees filed
out of the speakers office and took
their seats in a body. At that time
1853 Democrats were on the floor. Chair
man Wilson took the floor Immediately
after roll call. Wilson began withra
recital of the difficulties encountered in
the conference on the disputed items.
lie took up each proposition on sugar
and spoke of the vast profits to the
sugar trust which would result from
every one of them. He did not indulge
| in the sharp criticism that was ex-
pected on the motives of the senate
conferrees.
Wilson spoke of the fight made by
the house conferrees for a specific duty
on sugar, on the ground that under
an advalorem system 1t would be inn
POSSIBLE to tell on account of the in
voice methods. the exact advantage
which would accrue to the sugar trust.
He made the remarkable statement
that he had been creditably Informed
and believed the sugar trust. antici-
pating the enactment of the senate
sugar schedule, had purchased $12.O0O.-
coo worth of raw sugar. If this true
he said, the profits accruing to tho
sugar trust from this investment ON
account of the senate schedule, will be
at least sl0,OOO,OO. 1T is a great hat
tle." said Wilson, warmly, between the
american people and the sugar trust
10 is battle in which the trust has
taken the people by the throat, and
it will never end until we throw Off its
grip"
There was enthusiastic applause at
this. He proceeded to state that the
house conferrees had been willing to
concede almost everything except those
vital items, iron and coal, and the SEN
ate conferrees had also seemed willing I
to concede much, but apparently were \
dominated by knowledge that If they '
what the representatives de- /
manded, the bill could not pass, and :
The agreement would be useless. VIII !
son talked just one hour. Montgomery, t
Mcmillan and Turner corroborated his l
statements. Crisp followed. He spoke 4
with much spirit. and round after round t
OF applause greeted his remarks. He [
spoke of the critical condition and APP t
parent need of accepting the senate v
bill, and If need be, to introduce sep b
arate bills for free sugar, iron and coal f
de said 1t was the senate bill or Il
nothing" He offered a resolution in t
'tructing the house conferrees to re- n
,ede from a disagreement, and the L
ways and means committee to bring in Ii
free sugar, iron and coal bills. a
A burst of applause greeted the reading &
If the resolution, but a half dozen irate c
Democrats were on their feet demand n
ng recognition, prominent among them
,eing Bourk Cochran, of New York.
owing to the lateness Of the hour. the
ule adopted limiting further speeches 81
o five minutes was enforced. Then v
cochran delivered vigorous and elo- r
Iuent speech against surrendering to p,
he senate. Better no tariff legislation lc
han the senate BILL" he declared. 81
vote was then taken on the Crisp II
esolution, The first part to recede a
rom the disagreements was adopted
" a rising vote, 100 to 21. The second
art providing for separate free sugar,
oal and iron bills, was also adopted n,
Without division. The caucus then ad- m
burned. .,