The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-08-13

The Heuss Cenfersss Detsrmins That
They Have the whip Hand.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-This has been
anything but Q day of rest for the tariff
leaders. They have bsen ON the 20 from
early morning until late tonight. 1t has
been . day OF conferences ct the white
house, at the private residences Of the
eonfsress and at the hotels. Secretary
Carlisle was with President Cleveland
throughout the afternoon. The senate
and house confsrses made no effort to rot
together and they remain - wide apart
- when their meeting broke up Friday
night. The house confersss were In con.
sultation informally most Of the day,
though at no time were they all together
at once. Chairman Wilson spent the day
With Representative Breckinridee Of
Arkansas at the Normandis hotel,
and was there called upon BY the
other conferees. Mr.. Wilson did not SEQ
the president to-day. The meetings Of the
house men wore brought about through an
understanding among them - to the line
Of action ut the caucus tomorrow and in
the subsequent proceedings Of the senate
and house. They reviewed the situation
from every possible standpoint and pre-
pared themselves for all emergencies.
Az one Of them said tonight, Il was
going over the field Of battle aud learning
the topography Of the ground On the night
before the great fight. Speaker Crisp has
been asked to examine with care the
presidents bearing on the case, and II 10
understood he had In turn consulted Sec.
retary Carlisle, who, a. ex-spsaker Of tho
house, 10 regarded a. one Of tho best
authorities on parliamentary law. From
the examination which had been made
the conferees were fully satisfied that
the house had the right to pass
the senate bill now or at any
time. This determination went much
further than has heretofore been
understood. II WAS that the house, hav.
ing actual physical possession Of the
tariff bill, could pass It with the senate
amendments before the Hill resolution
passed tomorrow, or after the Hill reso-
luton Was defeated. They recognized
that there arc some precedents against
this position, but they regarded the over.
whelming forcc Of authority with them
and they therefore accepted a. settled
that the house had supreme authority
over the bill without reference to what the
senate might do tomorrow or thereafter.
This conclusion was Of the utmost I'm.
portance in the hearing on the action OF
the caucus tomorrow. It insured them
In the first place that there was no need
Of precipitate action toward accepting
the senate bill before Hills resolution
had passed. This resolution could
be taken up in tho senate ai
IL o'clock, and II had been feared q,
first that the house caucus, which begins
at 10 o'clock will be compelled to take
hasty action in accepting tho senate bill
in order to prevent the house from losing
its opportunity to pass the senate bill by
tho adoption Of the Hill resolution. /,
was agreed. however. that no such haste
was necessary. On the contrary it was
felt that the house in having possession oi
the bill and a parliamentary right to pass
it at any time, had everything to gain and
nothing to lose by deliberate action.
Under these circumstances it was
deemed advisable to inform the house
fully as to the situation and 10 explain
that precipitation in accepting tho senate
bill would gain nothing. while de-
liberato action in waiting 10 see what the