Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-07
A CAUCUS CALLED By the House Democrats on the
 Tariff Bill TO, SECURE ITS PASSAGE  4 2 m Early Oate-Gold Reserve : EDecreased-Presidential Nominations.
:. SECURE ITS PASSAGE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-The caucus of
 the house d, mocrats will be held at
 o'clock tomorrow to consider what action
 shall be taken to secure the early passage
 of the tariff bill.
 At 1 o'clock ihis afternoon MT. Bynum,
 one of the members of the ways and means
 committee, started through the cham Der to
 secure signatures for the call. \ sufficient
 number tojustify the calling of the caucus
 will doubtless be obtained. It was not in-
 tended to agitate the question of caucus
 before Wednesday cf this week, and then
 only in the event that an agreement was
 not in sight. The report from the confer ence committee today, which has been re- ceived at the house end Of the capitol, in- dcates that the cohfePees are still far apart, and it is for tn is reason that an effort will
 be made to hold the caucus tomorrow to
 determine what action shall be taken with
 reference to the matters in dispute between
 the two houses.
 Fifty three signatures were attached to
 the call and Chairman Holman of the eau
 GUS committee tonight issued the call,
 naming 8 o'clock tomorrow and the hall
 of the house as the time and place.
 Among the signatures were these:
 Springer, Bynum, Black of Illinois,
 Hooker, Geary, DeForest, Brickner, Wash
 ington, English, Bailey, Patterson,
 OptTTy3 AIISu3 NlC1NdBbyJ mdIhlu3 nAd-
 gure and Capehart.
 The success of the movement was secured
 within half an hour Of the time the peti-
 ton was started.
 Intense feeling was developed as soon as the caucus movement began. Mem bers gathered in the lobby and talked ex- citedly for and against the step. Representatives Straus, Warner and others friendly to the administration de- nounced it as a fire in the rear. ' kar Chairman Wilson had been consulted as to the caucus, and it was recognized as directly In oppo
 sition to their wishes. MT. Outhwaite, an
 associate of Speaker Crisp on the committee on rules, said: 'The caucus is not in- dorsed the by committee on rules or by the conferees. It is evidently move against the house conferees. Members of the rules committee will probably enter the caucus, but it is expected the conferees will remain away, in view of the fact that adverse ac- ton by the caucus would be equivalent to a vote of "want of cOnhdence.' Representative Straus, close friend Of | MT. Wilson, expressed the opinion that
 the caucus would prove boomerang. He { ees and their friends would attend the | caucus and undertake to carry it. With such men as Speaker Crisp. Chairman Will 1 son, Bourke Cochran and others urging on the house conferees, MT. Straus did not think an antsg onistic resolution would pass. MT. Straus said also that he ex- peced the ucus would bring out some | startling conference secrets which would | insure the conferees support from the house.
 Mr. Springer and MT. Bynum make no | concealment of the fact that the caucus IS | for the purpose of ending the contest by &C., | cepting the senate bill. In this connection | they quote a statement made to them by | Senator Mills to the effect that further | house resistance meant the killing of all | legislation.
 | GOLD RESERVE FURTHER REDUCED. The gold reserve was further reduced to- l day by the engagement for export by to- | morrow's steamer of $500, ,000. This leaves
 the reserve standing at S52, ,026 ,615. Gold to | the amount of S200, ,00o was gained in or | dinary business iu the west, but this nor I nal gain is being daily wiped out by the | continued abnormal export movement to | Europe. The balance, which includes the | gold reserve, is stated today at SIS, 167 ,00O. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. | The president today nominated Amos M. | Thayer of Missouri to be United States l circuit court judge from the Eighth Judi | cial district Gas provided July 23, 1S94.) James D. Porter of Tennessee to bs | United States district judge for the Eastern | and Middle districts of Tennessee, vice D. | M. Key, resigned.
 | H. s. Priest of Missouri to be United l States district judge for the Eastern district of Missouri.
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