The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-08-18
Solution of the Tariff Middle
Rests With Them,
THE FINAL STRUGGLE TODAY
Senate Is Waiting Until the House
shall Have Had an Opportunity
to Express Itself.

tariff leaders. They have been on til,
go from early morning until late to
night. It has been a day of conference,
at the White house, at the private resi-
dences of the conierrees and at the no.
tells. Secretary Carlisle was with Pres
fdent Cleveland throughout the after
noon. The senate and house conferreet
made no effort to get together and
they remain as wide apart as when
their meeting broke up Friday night.
The house conferrees were in consul
tation informally most of the day.
though at no time were they all to-
gether ut once. Chairman Wilson
spent the day with representative
Breckinridge of Arkansas at the Nor
mandie hotel, and there was called
upon by the other conferrees. Mr.. VIII
sou did not see the president today.
dhe meetings of the house men were
brought about through an understand
1ng among them as to line of action at
the caucus tomorrow and in the subse-
quent proceedings of the senate and
house. They reviewed the situation
from every possible standpoint and
prepared themselves for all emergen-
cies. As one of them said tonight, it
was going over the field of battle and
learning the topography of the field
the night before great fight.
The House Holds the Key.
Speaker Crisp had been asked to ex-
anime with care the presidents bearing
on the case, and it is understood that
he IN turn had consulted Carlisle. who.
as ex-speaker of the house, is regarded
as one Of the best authorities on the
parliamentary law. From the exam
ination which has been made the con-
ferrees were fully satisfied that the
mouse had right to pass the senate
OIL now or at any time. This deter
mination went much further than has
heretofore been understood. Ii was
that the house, having actual physical
possession of the tariff bill.
could pass it with the sen.
ate amendments before Senator HilPs
resolutions passed tomorrow, or after
the Hill resolution was defeated. They
Recognized that there were some prece-
dents against this position, hut thew
regarded the overwhelming force OF
authority as with them, and thew
therefore accepted as settled that the
house had supreme authority over the
bill without reference TO what the SEN
ate might do tomorrow or thereafter.
This conclusion was of the utmost inn
pOrtance in bearing Oh the action of
The caucus tomorrow. 1t assured them
IN the first place that there was no
need of precipitate action to-
ward accepting the senate bill
before Senator Hips resolution
had passed. This resolution
could be taken up in the senate at ii
O'Clock, aud 1t had been feared at first
that the house caucus, which begins at
10 O'Clock, will tie compelled 10 take
hasty action in accepting the senate
Dill In order TO prevent the house from
losing its opportunity to pass the sem
ate bill 10y the adoption of the Hill res
)lution. IL was agreed, however, that
no such haste was necessary. On the
1t was felt that the house. in
having possession of the bill and a par
right to pass it at any time,
had everything to gain aud nothing to
lose by deliberate action.
The House WIN Walt.
Under these circumstances it was
deemed advisable to inform the house |
July as to the situation and to explain |
hat precipitation in accepting the SEN
ate bill would gain nothing, while de-
liberate action In waiting to see what
he senate would do might accomplish
much good work. 1t was pointed out
n this connection that the house need
Do In no fear of the Hill resolution be-
ng rushed through. Mr.. Wilson and
ais associates have some strong friends
a the senate, notably Senators Villas,
gray, Lindsay and others, who could,
t the occasion required, insist on a
very complete debate of the Hill reso-
alton which might last from
lay to day. This the house
10 ferrees regarded as assuring
hem a breathing spell and was making
plain that the house need not Tush
o its conclusion. Entertaining these
Jews, the house cOnferTees did not
relieve 1t was necessary or prudent for
he houee caucus tomorrow morning to
t once pass resolution to accept the
enate bill. They realize that the
lie SO critical that the question
{ accepting the senate bill might come
efOrs the caucus and develop
uch overwhelming and resistless
1rcs that it would be useless to
ppose 1t. They were prepared for this
and were ready to accept 1t
1t came. IL was felt, however, that
dispassionate statement of the case,
lOwing the house would lose none of
g right to pass the senate bill by de-
'rring action for day or so, would
ring about conservative result In the
sucus. Exactly what this action will
> will not be definitely outlined, al
lough the house conferrees thought it
ouId perhaps De for the caucus to adj
urn aud wait TO see what the senate
d.