St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-06

cPedings began. There are 216 Demo-
Gratis in the house, and a caucus quorum
is los. The attendance indicated that
in the neighborhOOd of forty who are in
the city remained away. There were
no conspicuous absences among the
''kickers." AS soon as the roll had been
called. on motion, it was decided to
limit the speeches to five minutes each.
Gen. Wheeler, who was one of the
prime movers in the caucus project,
then took the floor and made a vigorous
speech against the proposition to place
coal and iron on the free list.
Speaker Crisp followed. He offered
o resolution declaring that it was the
duty of every Democrat to vote for the
consideration of the tariff bill, and also
that it was the duty of all Democrats to
attend the session of the house and
maintain quorum until the tariff bill
is disposed of. In a aringing speech:the
speaker took occasion TO rather sharply
REPRD1AND. DEMOCRATS
who had been responsible for the mac
tiOn OF the house during the past three
days. He said that the proper way to
act for those who were dissatisfied would
be to take the bill up and have it con-
sidered. They would be given an
opportunity to offer their amendments,
and these amendments, under the terms
of the resolution of the committee on
rules, could be voted upon. The ma
jority could decide. No member would
lose any of his rights. and it would be
to the honor and credit of the party to
go forward and legislate. The party
had been given a commission from the
people, and it was its duty to carry it
out. The spectacle of the past three
days had been disgrace TO the large
Democratic majority in the house, and
he sincerely hoped thatit was not to be
repeated. The words of the speaker
were loudly cheered.
Gen. Sickles, of New York, in reply
Ing to the speaker, declared that it was
no part of the duty of any Democrat to
vote for the consideration of a revenue
bill, some OF the features of which had
not yet been reported by the commit
tee. He
DIRECTED HIS ASSAULT
chiefly against the proposition for an
income tax, which he declared un-
Democratic, unpopular and impolitic.
Mr.. SperrY, of Connecticut, followed
IN the same line, justifying his course
in refusing to vote on practically the
same grounds. He carefully avoided
mention of the tobacco schedule, which
is understood to be the chief ground of
his objection to the Wilson BILL
Mr.. Outhwaite followed in support of
the speakers resolution, declaring
that the time allotted for debate
was enough and more than enough
What the country wanted, he said, was
action. Mr.. Sibley, of Pennsylvania,
contended there was not time enough.
Mr.. Robertson, of Louisiana, who re-
Trained from voting for the last three
days. except on the last vote today. and
who is opposing free sugar, created
something of a sensation by ringing
speech in support of the resolution. He
wanted Democratic tariff bill passed,
and he thought the Wilson bill discrim-
mated against his state. He had started
out to oppose its consideration, but
when he beheld the Republicans in
solid phalanx charging the broken
lines of the Democratic party, his Dem.
Ocratic blood rose, and he resolved to
support the Democratic measure with
the hope that his party would overrule
the committee Ou the
SUGAR PROPOSITION.
John De Witt Warner also supported
the speakers resolution. He had re-
ceived 1000 letters in the past few weeks
from his constituents, many of whom
opposed certain features of the bill. But
on one proposition they were unit;
they wanted the uncertainty removed.
They wanted the house to act, and act
at once. Loud applause greeted this
statement.
After further debate the Crisp resolu-
tlon was then adopted without divi-
sion. It is as follows:
TIE RESOLUTIONS,
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this caucus that &c is the duty of eyery
Democratic member Of the house to