The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-13
President Suspiciously Quiet Consider
ing He Has Written Down Such
Action as Perfidious.
ON A HOT CHASE ALL DAY
Both Sides Spend Sunday Trying
to Get Together.
Friend of Crisp Said at Midnight the
Bill Would Go to the President by
Noon for His Signature.
snacial to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-Speaker Crisp
at noon to-day authorized the statement
that he has not received any notice of any
kind from President Cleveland which would
Indicate that Mr. Cleveland was undertake
ing to prevent the impending total sur
render of the House end the adoption by
il of a bill which the + .esident has charac-
terized as an act of party perfidy and
party dishonor." Such a statement from
Mr. Crisp was, however. inevitable after
Mr.. Wilson's recent interview with himself
in which the chairman of the House con-
ferees calmly asserted hat Mr.. Cleveland
had never at any time undertaken to in
terfere in the fate of the tariff bill. 1t is
almost incredible that Mr.. Cleveland should
stand quietly by and himself discredit-
ed by his own House without at least max
ing some attempt TO wrest from Mr.. Cor
mans hand the overwhelming victory that
tonight seems in his grasp. Mr.. Isidor
Strauss the admins tration'S representa-
tive on the floor of the House, "vice Tracy,
removed for cause" as Mr.. Reed happily
put it, has not yet surrendered, so that the
few remaining free-trade cucK00S In the
House have not entirely abandoned hope.
The parliamentary experts in both houses
discuss learnedly the situation. Mr.. Reed
and all the other authorities insist that
even if the caucus determine on abject sur
render tomorrow the House cannot act,
because the bill, in a parliamentary sense,
Is not in the possession of the House. That
may be- but the unparliamentary fact re-
mains that the bill and all the conference
papers are locked up in the big steel safe
OF the Sergeant-at-arms OF the House.
Moreover, there is every reason TO believe
that If Mr.. Wilson in accordance with the
caucus decree, comes into the House to-
morrow afternoon to move concurrence in
the Senate amendments he will be accom-
panied by the Speakers faithful squire,
General Catchings, who will have one of
the customary ukases from the committee
on rules limiting all debate and rairoading
Mr. Wilson's report through the House
The Republicans will then have no recourse
but TO attempt to render legislation impos
sible by breaking a quorum. There are
about 10 Democrats in the city; not quite
a quorum, SO that the Speaker may be
compelled to count quorum-"a fitting
finale" Mr.. Dockery, Missouri free-trader
said tonight, ."tO pass a projection bill
with Reed quorum"
FEVERISH UNREST.
The general feeling of the House Demo
Gratis is of feverish unrest. Many of
the more conservative men say they will
support Mr.. Wilson in any proposition he
may offer that proposes a solution of the
present deadlock. Messrs. Tracy, Strauss
and other administration men are busy
among the members urging them not to be
stampeded by the Bynum-Springer "any
bilP' element. Their efforts are, however,
meeting with only Indifferent success, since
they cannot give an assurance that either
Speaker Crisp or Chairman Wilson have
anything TO offer.
The statement that Mr.. Wilson intends
to advise the House to sit still and do moth
ing, relying on the fact that the bill is in
the possession of the House, is treated by
many Democrats with indignant contempt.
Such a course, they say, is childish. There
is every reason TO believe that unless
some motion comes from Mr.. Wilson or
one of his followers the caucus will break
away from the Speaker and order the con-
ferees to report concurrence.
The Cabinet has been at the White House
in informal session, but the only informa-
tion vouchsafed is the remark of Secretary
Gresham that if the Democrats expect the
Senate bill TO become a law they must
keep Congress here ten days after it's pas
sage, indicating thereby that Mr.. Cleve-
land will not sign the bill, but will permit
1t TO become a law without his signature.
Mr.. Gresham's statements do not carry
much weight, and there is a strong i'm
preston, in spite of the Secretary's Opn-
ion, that if Congress passes the Senate
bill President Cleveland will sign it.
At midnight a close friend OF Speaker
Crisp's said to the Journal correspondent
I'VE intend to have the bill at the White
House by l o'clock to-morrow"
Senator Smith, of New Jersey, is pack
ing up tonight. He says the tariff legisla-
ton will be disposed of Monday afternoon
by the House accepting the Senate bill
sugar schedule, duties on coal, iron ore and
lead, everything just as the Senate sent
| IL to the House. Senator Brice confirms
| this statement. Senator German believes
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Just as il is. Senators Brice and Smith
| say they have reached this conclusion from
statements made to them this afternoon by
leading members of the House. The pro-
gramme arranged is that the Democrats
| shall meet in caucus Monday at 10 o'clock.
| The House conferees will report that it is
the Senate bill or nothing. The Democrats
| will vote in caucus to take the Senate bill,
and then go into the House and pass it,
This seems to leave the President out of
| consideration, but a New York member
of the House is authority for the state
ment that Mr.. Cleveland consented to the
| programme at a conference held with the
| House conferees last night. it being under
stood that just as soon as the tariff bill
reaches him the House will pass free coal
| and free iron ore bills and send them to
| the Senate.
While the informa ton is very positive
that this is the programme, and that the
| effort will be made to carry it out Senator
The tariff bill will not pass. AS soon as
the Senate meets on. Monday l shall cal
up my resolution. and shall insist that the
| bill is in the Senate, and not in the pos
| session of the House"
Senator Hill is very positive that the
1 House cannot carry out its programme
| EX-Speaker Reed said this evening:
| There is no way to get the bill back int
the House except by physical force"
| But Mr.. Wilson has taken possession oi
| the bill and the papers, and is CARRYING
| them around with him. argued.
| He has!' exclaimed Mr.. Reed in "a tont
of surprise; "well. that is just about hi!
! size"
THE HOUSE DETERMINED.