The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-07
A CAUCUS ON THE TARIFF.
Bylum Starts the Movement, and
Holman Signs the Call.

mouse Oonferees-WOson to Resign
the Chairmanshlp of the Wavs and
Means Committee if Bynum Carries
Bis Point.
Washington, Aug. 6.-The House Is
again in process of revolution Repre-
sentative Bynum of Indiana is
the latest Moses to lead the
democrats out of the Wilderness
Representative Springer tried to solve
the matter by caucus. He was called to
the white house and rubbed down, and
he suddenly decided that caucus was
not necessary. Representative Bynum
knows he could be caioled in the same
way so he has fixed the hour for the eau
Gus as o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
This will not give him time for visit TO
the President. Mr.. Bynum's object in
calling the caucus is to have resolutions
passed ordering the House conferees TO
! recede. He disclaims his motive, but
such are his hopes and intentions. Should
| the caucus take such action 1t would prac-
| tically be discredit to the conferees
! from the House, and Mr. Wilson would
resign his craftsmanship of the ways and
means committee, Tonight Chairman
| Wilson, Speaker Crisp and Representa-
tive Montgomery are in consultation If
Mr. Bynum refuses to Withdraw his call
tomorrow, then Speaker Crisp will take
command of the situation and ask
| The democrats to indorse the posi-
tion Of Mr.. Wilson, in the face of
fight from the speaker they will
haroly DO otherwise. Nothing will be
gained by caucus except possibly to fix
! the HOnEp committee 3.
sition.
The conferees got no nearer 10 -day than
! they were week ago. The report that
the Senate cOuferees had left the confer
eucc IN hutS and would refuse further to
participate until the House committee
was ready TO agree caused the greatest
alarm IN the House and inspired Mr.
Bynum to call a caucus
There will be q bill 1t would be mad
ness for the democrats to adjourn without
one. They will not adjourn until Mr.
Cleveland signs a tariff measure. If this
Dill should fail to-day in one week
another measure would be in the House
and possibly passed
| CAUCUS OF THE DEMOCRATS.
| BY the Southern Associated Press
| Washington, Aug. "a caucus of the
House democrats will be held at o'clock
! tomorrow to consider what action shall
| be taken TO secure the early passage Of
! the tariff bill At 4 O'Clock this after
noon Representative Bynum, one of the
| members OF the ways and means com
! mtttee, started through the cham
Der to get signatures for the
! call. A sufficient number 10
| lustify the calling Of the caucus
was soon obtained. II was not
! intended TO agitate the question of a
| caucus before Wednesday Of this week
! and then only in the event that an agree
ment was not In sight. The reports from
! the conference committee to-day
! show that the conferees are
| still far apart, and 1t was for this rea-
son that the effort was made 10 hold
| the caucus tomorrow to determine what
action shall be taken with reference TO
| tho matters In dispute between the two
| houses.
| HOLMAN SIGNS THE CALL.
Fifty three signatures were attached 10
| the call, and Chairman Holman of the
caucus committee 10 night issued the call
naming 3 o'clock tomorrow and the hall
! of the House as the time and place
! Among the signors were these: Messrs.
! Springer, Bynum, Black of Illinois
| Hooker, GearY, DeForest, Enloe, Brick
ner Washington, English, Bailey Patter-
son, Sperry, Allen, McNagny Martin,
! Mcguire and Capehart
I
! cured within half an hour from the time
| tho petition was started. Intense feeling
was developed as soon as the caucus move
| began. Members gathered in the lobbies
and talked excitedly for and against the
step. Representatives Straus Warner
| and others friendly to the administration
/ denounced it as fire in the rear"
CRISP AND WILSON IGNORED.
Neither Speaker Crisp nor Chairman
! Wilson had been consulted as TO the can
! Gus, and it was recognized as directly in
! oppositian to their wishes Representa-
| tive Outhwaite, an associate Of Speaker
| Crisp on the committee on rules, said
| The caucus is not indorsed by the com
/ mittoe on rules or by the Conferecs 10 Is
| evidently a move against the House con
/ fcrecs. The members OF the rules com
mittee will probably enter the caucus.
! but I expect the conferees will remain
| away, in view Of the fact that adverse ac-
tion by the caucus would be equivalent
TO a vote Of want Of confidence
MAY PROVE A BOOMERANG.
Representative Straus, close friend
| Of Chairman Wilson, expressed the
! opinion that the caucus would prove a
| boomerang He believed that Mr. VII
son and the other cOnferees and their
| friends would attend the caucus and un-
! dertalHe 20 carry II. With such men as
| Speaker Crisp, Chairman Wilson, Bourke
! Cochran and others urging loyalty 10 the
/ House conferces. Mr.. Straus did not
think an antaRonistic resolution would
pass. Mr.. Straus said also that ne ex-
| pecJed the caucus would bring out some
| startling conference secrets, which would
insure the conferees support from the
House,
Representatives Springer and Bynum
make no conCculment Of the fact that the
caucus is for tho purpose Of ending the
! contest by accepting the Senate bill IN
this connection they quote a statement
made 70 them by Senator Mills 10 the ef-
feet that further House resistance meant
the killing Of all tariff legislation
BETTER FEELING.
When the democratic tariff conference
adjourned to-day there seemed 20 be a
better feeling among the conferees than
Ht the close Of previous sessions. Mem
Dors from both houses announced that
the chairman had been making over the
schedules and that progress was be-
ing made, but they did not indi-
cate when report would be
reached, though some of the
conferees expressed the opinion that an
agreement was In sight For a cOusid-
erable portion Of the day the senator's
were not IN the conference room, but 10
was stated that no significance was 10 be
attached 70 that fact, az they were al