The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-07
CAUCUS OF The SENATOR'S.
The Pop Gun Tariff and Free Sugar
Bills Dead.

No Organized Effort to BE Made to Push
the Measures in the Senate, and No
oloture Rule to Be offered With the
Endorsement of the Caucus-Certain
Measures Of Legislation to Be Pushed
to Completion If PossibIe-The Cur
renoy recommendation of President
Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle
Only Touched Upon in an Informal
Manner.
Washington. Dec 6.-when the dem
ocratic senatorial caucus adjourned
this afternoon at o'clock those who had
been trying to get some action that would
make 1t possible TO pass the so-called pop-
gun tariff bills and strike the differential
duty of y of a cent pound on refined
sugar from the sugar schedule, gave all
hope up. No organized effort win be made
10 push these bills, nor will there be any
closure bill offered in the Senate with the
Endorsement of the democratic caucus
This much was determined by the refusal
of the caucus to act affirmatlvely upon
propositions which had in view both clos
ure and the passage Of the pop-gun bills.
After long discussion the caucus did
agree, however. on certain measures of
proposed legislation to be presented for
consideration, and pushed to completion
If possible The subjects are as follows.
A bankruptcy bill; bill for the con-
struction of the Nicaragua canal; a cur
rency bill; bills for the admission Of the
territories Of Arizona and New Mexico.
and the consideration Of the House Joint
resolution providing for the election of
United States senators by the peoples also
such other measures. including the appro-
priation bills as the steering commit
tee" may deem important. This commit
tee was instructed to report to the eau
Gus the order in which those subjects Of
Legislation shall be considered. While the
committee has not discussed the matter
tully II is known that the bankruptcy bill
will be selected as the first measure to
be taken up in the Senate 1t having al
ready passed the house and been reported
TO the Senate with several amendments
And after a full discussion of the closure
sentiment, majority was against It,
and Mr.. Daniel withdrew the resolution he
had offered and for the time being at
least, there will be an end to the discussion
along that line, so far as the supplemental
tariff bills are concerned. 1T was ad-
mitted that they could not be passed. for
the republicans during a short session
could easily talk any measure TO DEATH
these bills do not appear In the list of sub
jects agreed to. This conclusion was
reached at the session of the caucus Tues
day, and they were not referred to to-
day.
The recommendations Of President Cleve-
land and Secretary Carlisle were only
touched upon in an informal manner The
recommendations were neither endorsed
nor condemned. The finance committee
was asked to prepare such currency bill
as they deemed best and report it at an
early day, and the steering committee was
instructed to make II one of the favored |
subjects for legislation.
The bankruptcy bill was the only one
upon which a vote was taken. the result |
being 2l to in favor Of pushing it through |
"a vote so nearly unanimous that no !
record was made of it. The other matters |
were incorporated in the order of business |
without objection.
Those absent from the caucus were |
Senators Butler, Gray, Irby Brice, Nc |
Pherson, Hill, Mitchell and Blackburn. All /
of these are out of town except Mr.. Nc /
Pherson, who is ILL., Mr.. Voorhees, re-
mained but few minutes and then went |
up town to one of the departments. In |
the Presidents caucus he told his col /
leagues very plainly how fruitless any |
effort to pass the tariff bills would be, and |
having expressed himself fully and freely.
did not appear to take any interest in the |
discussion to-day. There are two or three
democratic senators who declare their in
tention Of calling the tariff bills up in the
Senate, but member of the caucus, in a
position to speak with authority says that
this will NOT hP b.s
party. The whole situation has been can
vassed from every point of view and the
final and irreyocable conclusion reached
that there can be no "tinkering' with the
bills that went into effect on Aug q last,
for the first effort in that direction Will
be the commencement of a contest that
will fmperil other matters in which the
party it vitality concerned. and which the
leaders hope to see enacted into law
before the end Of this session.