The record-union., 1894-08-14
The House Accepts the Amend
ments Adopted by the Senate,
EXCEPTING THE COAL. IRON AND
SUGAR SCHEDULES
The Lower Branch of the National
Legislature Votes to Put the Three
Articles on the Free List. Making
Them Separate Bills to the General
Tariff Measure.
Special to the REcoRp-UNIoN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN-
WASHINGTON, Aug. Is. = The long
struggle over the tariff bill came to a
close at o'clock this evening, when the
House. by a vote of 162 to los, decided to
discharge the House conferrees from
further consideration of the bill. recede
from it's opposition to the ga Senate
amendments and agree to the same. 1t
was a complete victory for the Senate.
The House made an absolute surrender.
The result grew directly out of the SEN
sational course of events at the Senate
end of the Capitol, precipitated by Sem
ator Hill on Friday. Up to that time the
House conferrees had stood firmly
against the Senate amendments, eSpe-
cialIy the three disputed schedules-coal,
iron and sugar-and the temper and voice
OF the House was for war; war to the end.
But the indications that the Democrats of
Che Senate might be unable to longer
hold majority of the voters in line for
even the Senate bill and that the bill
was in desperate jeopardy, forced the
House Democrats 10 immediate action.
The Democratic confeTrees of the House
at last admitted that they were beaten,
and another vote could not be riskod in
the Senate; that it must be either the
Senate bill or no bill.
The whole question was the precipita-
ton with the caucus just before the
House convened to-day, at which, after a
thorough review of the situation and
speeches in favor of receding by Speaker
Crisp, Chairman Wilson and others, it
was decided to take the Senate bill and
Immediately afterward pass separate
bills placing coal. iron ore. sugar and
barbed wire on the free list. and by so
doing place the Senate on record, and at
least partially overcome the humiliation
involved IN It's defeat. The programme
arranged in the caucus was carried out to
the letter in the House, after an ironclad
special order.
The scenes in the chamber throughout
the day and evening were exciting and
at times sensational. The galleries were
hacked and the members Napplauded and
cheered their respective leaders to the
echO Under the terms of the order but
two hours were allowed for debate on the
main proposition to recede and agree to
the Senate amendments to the tariff bill.
Parliamentary skirmish preceded the
pitched battle, but points of order raised
by the ReDu blicanS were swept aside.
The Speaker ruled the House with an
iron hand.
The principal speeches for and against
the main proposition were made by Mr..
and eX-Speaker Reed and Mr.. Burrows
on the other. There was no time for
preparation, and all the speeches were
hot from the forge Of the brain, and were
greeted with rounds OF cheers and ap-
plause. Bourke Cochran of New York
and Nr. Tarsney of Missouri. both mem
bers OF the Ways and Means Committee,
delivered scathing and sensational
speeches. denouncing the surrender Of
the House as cOwardly and indeiensible.
The Speaker replied TO Mr.. Cochran.
whose effort was most brilliant one,
with such temper that the latter took 1t as
4 personal aifrout, although the Speaker
disclaimed such intention, and made a
vicious lunge at Speaker Crisp. There
was no attempt on the part of the Demo-
cratic leaders to claim a victory. They
all admitted they were accepting the In
defensible, justifying their action on the
ground that the Senate bill was better
Jnan the Mckinley law.
The most startling feature of the day
was Mr.. Cockran's eloquent appeal to
Chairman Wilson to name the Democrats
in the Senate vino threatened the defeat
of all tariff legislation If the attempt TO
adjust differences between the two Houses
was persisted in, but Mr.. Wilson made
no response.
When the vote came to be taken at 6
o'clock, thirteen Democrats, Messrs.
Bartlett, Cochran, Hendrix, Dunphy
New York;. Davey, Meyer and Prince
Louisiana), Everett Massachusetts, Cor
man (Michlganl and Johnson Ohio and
Tarsney (Missouri) voted with the Re-
DubIicans against the resolution. The
Democrats then put through, one after
another, what the Republicans described
as the popgun bills, placing coal, iron ore,
barbed wire and sugar on the free list,
and which in the debate, one each, they
maintained, would be proposed only to
go to death in the Senate.
HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
They Resolve to Adhere TO Very Many
of the Senate Amendments.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Bone hour be-
fore the time set for the caucus Speaker
Crisp was joined in his private office by
Chairman Wilson and Representatives
Turner, Mcmillan aud Montgomery, the
full membership of the House Demo-
cratic Conference Committee, and Repre-
sentative Breckenridge of Arkansas ad-
visory member, Tor final consultation.
The current OF feeling among the MEM
hers of the House seemed to be setting
strongly IN favor of accepting the Senate
bill without further delay.
at 10 o'clock Crisp and the conferrees
fled out OF the Speakers office and took
Gratis were on the floor.
Chairman Wilson took the floor imme-
diatelv after roll-call. The members
crowded around him, listening intently
10 every word. Wilson began with a re-
cital of the difficulties encountered. lie
said each step had been pursued with an
ardent desire to support with honor the
desires of the House to resist what was
regarded as the unreasonable demands OF
the Senate. He reviewed The differences
IL the conference on the disputed Items
He took up each proposition on sugar
and spoke of the vast profits to the sugar
trust which would result from many OF
them. They did not indulge in the sharp
criticism tnat was expected Oh the
motives Of the Senate conierrees.
Wilson spoke OF the fight made by the
House conierreeS Tor a specific duty on
sugar, Oh the ground that under the ad
vaIoTem system 1t would be impossible
TO tell. on account o. the invoice meth
oas. the exact ad vantage " hich would ac-
crue to the sugar trust He made a re-
Jiark2bIe statement. He had been cred-
1bIy informed and believed that the
sugar trust, anticipating the enactment
ct the Senate sugar schedule. purchased
cfi2.0000 900 worth of raw sugar # this
WAS true, he said, the profits accruing 10
The trust from this investment on account
OF the senate schedule would be at least
O.O9O. .000. The great batlle,h said VIII
son. warming up. lis between the Amer
icau people and the sugar trust. Il IS a
!iastle in which the trust has taken the
1eople by the throat, aud il viii never
end ill they throw OF the grip.
There was enthusiastic applause at
this.