The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-13
ACTION OF THE HOUSE CAUCUS.
The Bill to Be Passed and
Then Separate Ones on
Sugar, Coal and Iron.
CRISP OUTLINES THE PLAN
Committee on Rules Frames Orders
to Carry it 0ut-What
Will the Senate Do?

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, 1884, A
gloomy morning broke upon the majority
of the House of Representatives and
members were tardy in reaching the
Capitol.
A meeting was held in Speaker Crisps
room this morning to decide what ac
tion the House leaders should take with
reference to the tariff dill in the caucus.
There We're present in the committee
room besides the Speaker, Mr.. Wilson of
West Virginia, the Chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee; Mr.. Nc
Mililn of Tennessee, Mr.. Montgomery of
Kentucky, Mr., Turner of Georgia and
Mr.. Breckinridge of Arkansas, also mem
bers of the committee. AT five minutes
before ten o'clock the statement was
made on the authority of one of these
gentlemen that it had been decided to
accept the Senate bill
At ten o'clock not more than two
Every one felt that the time had arrived
when some decisive action should be
taken regarding the matters in dispute
between the two Houses, and the hope
was generally expressed that no opposi-
tion would be made to the Senate bill in
order that a speedy termination of the
long contest should be reached.
CONFLICTING RUMoRS.
As +ba ,oar,ohs,s eretbarad tho DIR was
f,,1, of ,,,n,o,.s ana n dozen conaic+insy
stories vare in circulation The intima
tion was hroadlx,. pit7en ont last night
hv Soma of tba Housa leaders that the
senate hill would he accented without
material obiaction at the caucus TODAY.
while +hare was anntber renort that at
todav,s cauc,ls the House leaders would
ihsist unon a nolicy of DELAY in the hope
that some agreement might yet be
reached in conference fairly satisfac-
tory 10 all Sides
Ii however. the story which comes
from the Speakers room this morning
is correct, and it comes from the highest
authority. that the House leaders have
decided as outlined in the United Press
dispatches of last night, that the only
hope of tariff legislation is in the ac-
ceptance of the Senate bill, the caucus
will make short work of the matter.
MIR. Holman, Chairman of the caucus
took the chair When the roll call (which
showed that 152 members were presently
was completed, a. hush of expectancy
fell upon the caucus.
WILSON'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Wilson Chairman of the Ways and
Means Committed took the floor. AL
though outwardly calm and cool, he was
manifestly laboring under deep emo
ton His speech for the first five min
,ltes was general in character and con-
tanned no specific points 1t was devoted
in the beginning to an explanation of the
endorsements under which the House
confarAes had lahored He said that the
,.a,,.osa,,+oti,,es of the House had gone
-. fe,,a,,o. NTH q dasira of faith
e,,,,,, ,.o,,.osa,,t.+ino tho xvisbes Of their
ae,,soe,s, T,t,+s7bsa f.,1ad 70 roach a
r.e,,,sio eo,,s1,,.;o, ~
- - T5a,,ao 80 - ~
Il..1N..ti. - ~ tto;,. fo,,l+
eHioc- 81 Pc - ,.-.,'.o -,
ooii 'iiiui.ie W. " $50 .li' 80
reference 70 the sugar scheuule. ne oile-
ny stated the inherent proposilioh' re-
lating to sugar whlch had oeen advanced
IN the conference, anu proceeoeo 10 snow
at some length the prohts winch would
accrue to the trust from the acceptance
of these various propositions
NO CRITICISMS.
Contrary to expectation he made no
reference, except incidentally, to the Sen
ate conferees, or did he in any way criti-
else the position taken by them regard
ing this and the other items in dispute.
Mr. Wilson went on to show that the
House people had contended stoutly for
specific rather than an ad valorem duty
on sugar A specific duty would show
precisely what benefits the trust would
get, while it would be impossible to de-
ternnine this accurately under the ad
yaloren system. He said that the sugar
trust. becoming convinced that the SEN
ste schedule would be adopted had
r,ade bea,r1, ,,,rcbasas of foreipn raw
,,sro, ua +ben roadeE the startlin, stata-
,,sa,s+ -, tha aItboritv of = Iaadine penn
aana;o senator tbat the trust had
,,o,,o,+ smear to the amount of s112 600
oeo =. ~ foraien markers in anticina-
10, If the senate suear schedule receiy
ing the approval of the President. Under
the senate schedule the trust would
rean q nrofit of $4,000. 0Oo
The declaration made by Mr.. Wilson
that .tbe sugar trust had the people By
tbe throat and that it was now bat
tie between the people and this great
monopoly, was greeted with a hearty