The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-08-23
TARIFF BILL PASSED
HOUSE RECEOES FROM ALL
AMENDMENTS.
Separate Measures for FREQ Sugar, 1rons
Coal and Barbed Wire Passed-Crisp
Offers the Resolution on Which the De-
cisiou Was Finally Reached,
Victory for the Senate.
rWashington cOrrespOndence.l

washington correspondence
The long struggle over the tariff bill
came t. a close at d o'clock Monday
evening. when the House by a vote OF
Is. to IO5 decided to discharge the
House conferrees from furth r consid-
position to the GA a i endm ents and
agree to the same. 1t was a com plete
v.ctyry for the Senate. The House
mAde an absolute SUR ender.
The result grew directly out OF the
sen-at cntl course of events in the
Senate and in the capitol precipitated
by Senator Hill FIR day. Up to that
time the House conferrees had stood
firm a.ajnst the Sena amendments,
especially on the three disputed sched-
ules 0. c. al. iron ore and sugar, and
the temper and Y. ice Of the House
was for War-War to the end. But
the Indications tia. the Democrat, OF
the Senate might lie unable to longer
no d Il ma GRITTY of the votes in line Tor
even the senate bill and that the bill
was in desperate jeopardy forced the
House Democrats 10 immv dlate action.
i he Democratic conferrees OF the House
at last admitted that they were beaten
and that another vote could not DO
. ri,ked in the Senate: that it must 10
either the Senate bill or NJ Bill.
The whole question was prec. pitated
at the caucus held ust before the
House conve ell. at which, after a
thOrOi Oh re, lew OF the situation and
, speeches in favor OF leceding by
Speaker Crisp. Chairman Wilson and
others, it was decided to take
the Senate i'll AM immediate-
ly aft :rward pas separate bills
placing al, iron ore sugar and ba bed
/ wire tn The free list, "a. by so doing
plac" the mouse on record an at lea
partially overcome It Q humiliation in
Y, lived in its defeat The program
arranged in the caucus was carried out
to the letter in the House after an
| iron-clad special order.
The caucus met promptly. There
/ was no wait for quorum. When
Chairman Holman banged the desk
with his gavel there we G SO memkers
! present. Ten minutes later every
! Democratic member in the city was in
side the chamber. There was feverf,h
expectancy on every face. All felt that
1 the eyes of the country were upon
/ them. The Senator themselves
and far removed from public touch
| betrayed their interest in the outcome
OF the caucus. Even Senator German,
calm and ever in perfect control OF
himself, cut his greetings shorter than
u .ual. And Senator Bricc twirled his
! glasses around his fOreinger with
great rapidity.
In administration circles there wa,
keen anxiety. There. more keenly
than anywhere else perhaps, the i'm
pOrtance of the caucus action was ap-
preciated. Nothing but the Senate
bill seemed probable. In the hotels,
clubs. streetcar and streets Nv hat
will the caucus do:" was the ~ole topic
! Some men like John Dewitt Warner
spoke vehemently for continuing the
fight. But the majority favored sur
render and the prompt settlement Of
the controversy already much too pro-
/ lOngcd.
Procee lings in Secret.
The doors of the House were tightly
c,O-ei and extra guard, placed to pre-
vent ou; silers hearing anything of the
prOceediA gs within. No O"e was per-
mitted in the gallery corridors, and it
wa, only after great effort that the
Sergeant-at arms was induced to open
The working-rO m of the press gal cry.
| AS Congressman came from the caucus
chamber they wer, button-holed for
information, and like coed sensible
men answered all questions fully and
promptly
The caQcus, was exciting, but not tu-
multuous. Wilson, McMillin. Crisp
and Cochran spoke. the last in opposi-
ton to che surrender. and then the
vote was taken on tho all-important
point of surrender or no surrender.
The resolution offered by Speaker
Crisp to accept the Scnat, bill went
through with u whoOp.
! Inn e19ately after the caucus adj
jOurned the rules committee withdrew
to the Speakers room to prepare a
rule providing for the immediate con
sideration of the tariff hi l. The ma
iority in caucus having decided to sur
render. the lest way to carry out its
decision wa to surrender.