The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-25
SENATORS WILL
NOT SURRENDER
CauSCuS Of the COnSpratOTS Shows That the
Battle Is Yet On.
Villas ALONE Is SYMPATHETIC
All the Others Vow with New Vehe-
mence thatif the Tariff Bill Passes at
All 1t Will Be Substantially in the
Form That 1t Left the Senate-Will
Postpone indefinitely Before They
Will Yield.
WASHINGTON, July q


n FEW minutes nfter o'clock this
IAN afternoon, after the senrte ad-
I5\ journed, the Democrat senator's
II u went into caucus for the purpose
of formulating programme in regard
to the disposal of the tariff bill. For
three hours the discussion continued,
and at the time without having reached
any conclusion an adjournment was
taken until tomorrow at the same hour.
Three members of the Democratic
party were conspicuous by their
absence from this conference. These
men were Senators Hill, Murphy and
lrby. two OF whom has b9en said to he
ready to vote against the bill In certain
emergencies, and one, Mr.. Hill, who
has time and again declared his opp0-
sition TO the bill so long as the income
tax remains part of it. Every other
senator now in the city was present
except Mr.. VOORHEES, and Mr.. Daniels.
excused by illness.
Mr.. Hill was not notified officially OF
the caucus until just few minutes
before the adjournment Of the senate.
lie was then notified in the cloak room
by Mr.. German and requested to bs
present. Mr.. Hill frankly told the
chairman of the caucus that inasmuch
as be was opposed to the bill and
would do all he could to defeat it SO
long as the party saw fit to keep the
income tax in 1t he did not believe he
ought to participate in "a conference
that had for its object the passage of
the measure and the settlement of party
quarrels. Neither Mr.. Murphy nor
My. Irby went tG the caucus and their
absence caused some Remark.
THE CAUCUS AT WORK.
Soon after the caucus convened Mr..
Jarvis, of North Carolina, offered
resolution tnat the bill be sent back to
conference without instructions OF any
sort to the confereea. The couserva-
tives, so called. the men who formu-
laled the present bill, did none OF the
talking, but those who did talk were as
serious in their advocacy of the senate
bill rs any member Of the conservatives
could be and insisted as strenuously
tnat the senate bill should prevail.
Almost all OF the debate and cross fire
between s4nators was directed at Mr..
Villas in an effort to induce him to
Withdraw his motion to strike out the
differential ON refined sugar. Mr.. Villas
did not indicate just what he would do
in this connection, but made q plea for
the administration. Senators Caffsry
and Blanchard said that they woulI BE-
content il tho senate placed fiat"
duty of 40 per cent. on all sugars raw
and refined and give the planters half
the bounty for 1894 This increase in
the duty they said would compsu-
safe them to some extent for the loss Of
the bounty which the committee
promised them should be given and
which was decided upon by the former
Democratic caucus.
II the senate would not agree to this
change which Mr. Caffsry, especially,
said WAS of advantage to the growers
of sugar. the Louisiana senators must
insist not only on the one-eishth OF
cent differential but the bounty that
was promised He went further and
warned the caucus that unless this was
done he and his colleague would vote
against the bill. This sugar talk had
gone this far when Mr.. Smith, of
New Jersey, took the floor ami made
short but very effective speech, in
which he notified the caucus that if
the difftrential rate was disturbed-a
rate which he said had been promised
and agreed upon in eaucus-tnen there
would bo forthcoming tho necessary
Democratic votes to indefinitely post.
pone the conference report.
COAL AND IRON DUTIES STAND.
Coal and iron ore proved to DO as in
teresting subject for others of the
southern men as WAS sugar. Not much
was said on the su joct, but what was
said was emphatic aud certain. Mr..
Pugh, of Alabama, 10 short speech
told his colleagues that neither OF these
articles must he touched. The pre-.
vious caucus had agreed to leave them
on the duiiable list and had fixed tht
rate, and that agreement, he said, must
not be violated. II it WAS and the so =
ate conferees receded from the senate
amendments on those items, he warned
senators that neither he nor his
colleague would support the bill,
and he lk wise assured them that
there were other senators who stood
ready to vote the same way, inasmuch
as these three items-coal, iron ore and
sugar-were the three items of dis
agreement Nothing else was dis.
cussed in detail The sentiment was
almost solidly in favor of the senate
bill. The general feeling among DEM
ocrats of the caucus was that tho end
was in sight and that the senate bill
would yet pass safely through the last
Legislative stngs and receive the Sig
nature of the president.
WANTS FREE COINAGE.