Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-08

said, by any action that would notliy the senate that if 1t would hold out to a given date the house would instruct it's confer ecs to reCcde.
 If the house Democrats could propose any plan likely tO sustain the house bill and assist its cOnfcrccs, the conferees would welcome it
 MT. Bland of Missouri spoke up with the suggestion that the house should pass bill tO put sugar on the free list and then take up the income tax, but as it was offercd in n humorous vein no notice was taken of it, and Mir Livingston of Goor- gia proposed a substitute for the Bynum resolution expressing the confidence of the house in its confercCs and leaving the matter entirely in their hands
 Then followed n discussion of the posi- ton held by the scnate and the prospects of agreement MT. Brcckinridgc of the ways and TnIans committee arose to cor rcct the iL:prcssion, which might bC main tained, he said, if not COrrCctCd. that any ultimatum from the senate had been re ceivcd by the house conferecs and opposed by them.
 The Senatorial TItimatum.
 One of the Louisiana members argued that speedy action was necessary; that 1t was plain the senate would not yield, and proceeded to pay q high tribute to Senator Mills as n pioneer in tariff reform. and said that this conspicuous tariff rcfOrmcr had personally assured him that il was the senate bill or nothing, and unless the house soon recognized this all tariff legis- lation would fail.
 MT. Cooper of Indiana said senators around MT. Mills had been trying to ere ate the impression that nothing but the senate bill could pass. and this might have had its effect on Mir. Mills These claims werc being made by senators under cover MT Cooper said that now that the Amer ican people had been informed of the at titudc of the senators they had been pub | licly pillOricd- They would have surren- i dered already, he said, if these caucus | movements had not given them hope that l the house was weakening.
 During this discussion MT. Bynum offer | cd to amend his resolution 10 extend the time within which it was designed 10 bring about action by the confcrecS-
 Speaker Crisp Saves the Day.
 Something of n sensation was started by the forging to the front of Speaker Crisp l when the general debate was well under way. The speech of the speaker was tenn pcratc, but very forcible and its logic was so irresistible that at its conclusion Mir Bynum. the mover of the resolution, | withdrew his motion.
 The speaker declared that 1t was and should be the purpose of the Democrats of the hO1sc, as Democrats, to redeem the pledges they had made to the people The tariff bill had gone to conference Ia be met with tho most determined opposition from the senate
 He pointed out the workings of confer cnccS. the long struggles which sometimes took place over disputed points, and illus tratCd it with r,.fCrCnCcs to appropriation bills which had bccn again and again sent to conference. the house rciU>ing IO H. senate protesting that 1t never would CUn- sent. but finally cOnscnIing
 He dCprcCatcd the pass --' uf any rcSO- lutiOn at this time. The -Cus-e had not withdrawn its support from he senate con fcrCCs, and the hOusc should Sand hy its | representatives No vote of confidence was needed. while on tho other hand JhC passage of MT. Bynum's resolution would Dc a virtual surrender. He gave it as his opinion that the cunfcrN,s could mach au agreement within d couple "f weeks al most, but they should not Ia lar.asscll by a back .irc" from their own hOUsc-
 Wilson Would Promi>e Nothing.
 The huu<, should h. loyal tO itself and its rCpr,s, natives The proposition for d joint caucus of the Democrats nf the '-ou -a and senate in Casa nu a4-rSru3ent WI. rcachc,l, lnAdc by Mir Bynum, the >Gs- sl,rl ChataCt"riEsd an IbInd 'nImcnt- .G~' n resolution to that C:FCct. " said hC- .aac you scrv, notice an tho scnl1c that y"u want tn mtst with them IL you dot3 .:
 you might we'll hold joint CaSEcsns D
 mOrruw-
 The speaker sp,Uch was rcccjvcs. WI
 manifestations of approval. and in oaD
 clusiOn hc suggested that the caucu:
 should adjourn.
 Mir Bynum evidently r,alizCi thA; ;hr
 caucus had slipped out uf his hands II,
 n .~H--
 to withdraw his resolution if MT Wil>oI
 would rise and say that an az,rccmCnt Wa.
 in sight He paused for n rsply. Mir
 Wilson made no move He gave nu ap parent recognition Ia MT Bynum- , The action of the chairman excited nt
 little comment as II was taken tO mean : dcClinatiOn to have a C'ntrOvCrSy will MT. Bynunl-
 . Inquiries were made r,gariing tn D status of the negotiations upon sugar. Coa l and iron. but nu definite information Wa [ forthcoming speaker Crisp said that Ih
 senate bill was more highly protective il most of its schedules than the house . and therc wCrC many points of difference [ to bC settled. and inIimaTcd that the, !. were Icing settled but that was a. muCl Q enlightenment a> the inpuiring Demo 7 crats obtained Finally Mir Bynun wilh : drcw his resolution, explaining that h
 was satisfied with the representation f made. and on motion Of speaker Crisp th = caucus adjourned
 senators Growing Impatient The tariff conference was CntirCly sub ordinate tO the caucus and was devoid Q
 interesting features. The cOnfercc~ hcll two brief sessions during the day and dis
 cusScd the coal and iron ore questions b.
 sides re>orting t0 the sugar schedule Tn latter however, served tO no purpc-e ex ccpr 10 emphasize the fact that tho dis,i . grecmcnt Is still unbrokcn and tha; litJl if any progress l. being -.Le- The purpose Uf taking mp IL, >uEa ' schedulC again cannot bc learned IL
 also impossible 10 ascertain Wha; rta>ss:l the houS' C'Dfcrt~'> assigned for dsN3inin . . to accept t!, sliding scale on COal and irO ore proposed by the senate cOnfcrHS It would aPp1ar from all infOrnatiOl
 that can be sccurcd that without Eivini any special rcasOn they rasun!cd their ar gumCnt for frCc raw material II ha come to be understood that at thCs,s Mc,'i ings house Incmlcrs are doing the .-TcaIc part of the talking and that the senator have come tO bc very impatient listeners,
 The yielding of Senator NoUrh,vr> ha
 led the hOus,, C Ilferc-s to the conclusion a that other conuucStS are pa>-iblC. am Th