The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-07
CAUCUS TODAY.
The House Has Got Tired Of
Inaction OF Committee.



WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE growing I'm
patience Of members Of the house over the
failure 10 agree on q tariff biu eliminated
last night when Chairman Holman Of the
house caucus committee issued the follow
ing call:
TO the Democratic Members Of the House,:
There win be osuous held In the hall Of tho
house ON tomorrow. Tuesday, Aug. z. At .
o'clock p. m. w. q. HOLMAN, Chairman.
The call was In response to q petition
signed By b8 members of the house. The
petition had been circulated by Mr.. By
NUN a tho ways and means committee,
and the success of the move was assured
half an hour from the time the petition
was started
Intense feeling was developed as soon a.
the caucus move began. Members gath
cred in the Hobbies and talked excitedly for
and against the step. Representatives
Straus, Warner and othors friendly to the
administration denounced IL az "fire In
tho rear" Neither Speaker Crisp nor
Chairman Wilson had been consulted as
to the caucus, and 10 was recognized as di-
rectly In opposition to their wishes.
Conferrees May Stay Away.
Representative Outhwaite, an associate
Of Speaker Crisp on the committee on
rules, said; "The caucus Is not endorsed
by the committee on rules or by the con-
ferrees. 1t Is evidently0 move against the
house oonferrees. Members of the rules
committee will probably enter the caucus,
but I expect the conferrees will remain
away In view Of the fact that adverse ac-
ton by the caucus would be equivalent TO
u vote Of want Of confidence
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Mr.. Wilson's, expressed the opinion that
tho caucus would prove boomerang. He
believed Mr.. Wilson and the other con-
ferrees and their friends would attend the
caucus and undertake to carry it. With
such men as Speaker Crisp, Chairman
Wilson, Bourke Cochran and others urg-
nng loyalty TO the house conferrees, Mr..
Straus did not think an antagonistic
resolution would pass. He said also that
he expected the caucus would bring out
some startling conference secrets, which
would insure the conferrees support from
the house.
Messrs. Springer and Bynum make no
concealment OF the fact that the caucus is
for the purpose Of ending the contest by
accepting the senate bill. In this connec-
ton they quote statement made to them
by Senator Mills to the effect that further
house resistance meant tho killing of all
tariff legislation.
Nc signs Of Report.
When the Democratic tariff conference
adjourned yesterday thero seemed to be
better feeling among the conferrees than
at the close OF previous sessions.
Members from both houses announced
that the committee had been working over
a schedule, and that progress was being
,nade, but they did not indicate when
report would be reached, though some Of
the conferrees expressed the opinion that
an agreement was In sight. For con-
siderable portion OF the day the senator's
were not in the conference room, but it
was stated that no significance was to be
attached TO that fact, Us they were all
working toward an agreement.
These senator's occasionally repaired to
the committee room Of Senator Vest and
sometimes were In consultation with
Democratic managers In the room of the
committee on appropriations. Considerable
surprise was expressed by the conferrees
when they learned that call for house
caucus had been issued, and it evidently
was very distsstefuf to tho house members
who had felt that they were beginning to \
see an agreement.
Mr.. Montgomery said that the caucus
would make no difference SO far as he was
concerned, and he would contiue the work
he was engaged In, unless some action
very different from that which he antici.
pated should be taken by the caucus He
said that while the caucus was In progress
che conferrees would be at work.
Work Of Congress.
The discussion of Senator Chandler's
Dominion Coal company resolution and of
Senator Hills anarchist exclusion bill oc-
cupied the time Of the senate yesterday
and furnished the texts for two very inter
esting and at times lively debates. The
resolution was sent over without action
by the expiration Of the morning hour and
the exclusion bill was passed. The con.
ference report on the river and harbor bill
was resubmitted and agreed to.
The house transacted some unimportant
routine business, but spent most of the
day debating the senate amendments to
the Indian appropriation bill, providing
for the ratification of the treaties with the
Nez Perce, Yakima and Yuman Indians.
but no vote was taken. Mr.. johnson of
Ohio presented the memorial of the Cen
trail Labor union of Cleveland praying for
the impeachment of United States Dis
triot Judge Kicks of Ohio and it was re-