Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-08-13
A COMPLETE SURRENDER
HOUSE WILL ADOPT TIL: SEN
ATE BILL
SPEAKER Crisp and Chairman VIII
son say L, Must Be This or No
TariH I.e eg'slatiOu separate Bills
For sugar, Iron Ore and Coal,

WASnINCroN, Aug l3-A mc,ting
was held in Speaker Crisps room this
morning to decide what action the
llouse leaders should take with reference
to the tariff bill in caucus There were
present, Lcsidcs the speaker. Wilson OF
West Virginia, Mcmillan of Tennessee,
Montgomery of Kentucky, Turner of
Georgia aud Brcckinridgc of Arkansas
At iIvc minutes before 10 O'Clock the
statement was made on the authority
OF one of these gentlemen that it had
been decided to accept the Senate bill.
Wien ticcaulus met Wilson chairman
OF the WAYS and means committc) took
the floor. Although outwardy cool he
was manicstly uboring under deep emo
ton. lie said that the rcpr, ,scntatycs
OF the House had gone into the confer
cuCrS with the desire OF faithfully repre-
scntng the wishes of tll,I colleagues;
that they had failed to reach a Satisiac-
tory conglusion--a conclusion honorable
cratic party-was not their fault. VIII
son went on to show that the House
cohlrccs had contended stoutly for a |
specific rather than an ad-valorcm duty
on sugar. The specific duty would show
the benefit the trust would get and it |
Would be impossible 20 determine this |
wdcr an ad-valorcm system. lie SAID
lhat the sugar trust, becoming con.
Nlnr q thHt the Senate schedule would be |
adopted, had made heavy purchases of
i'r'lgn raw sugar. He then made the |
startling statement, on he authority of
a leading Democratic Senator, that the |
must had bought sugar to the amount |
al $Il2,OOO,UDO III foreign markets in
anticipation Of I've Senate sugar schedule |
receiving the approval OF the Pr, Sidcnt. |
udcr the Scnatr's schedule the trust |
would reap "A profit Of $4,000 600.
The declaration MADE hy Wilson Il at |
the sugar trust had the ,copIc by the
throat and that II was now Il bate
between he people aud this gryat mo
uopoIv, was greeted vi |, a hearty round |
ut applause.
Wilson referred to he proposition
- W ~ ''N 'i'ine NpI'itIttS bN l'Wl' |
senatorial associates to accept free
sugar. This proposition was rejected,
iUasmuch rs the representatives OF the
House had asctrtaincd that compact
existed III the Senate to defeat tariff leg.
lsIatlon or postpone It's consideration
until hcAt December II tree ,ugar wer,
made a part ct the cont,r,rc c report He
turned at tins point aud called II on his
ASSOCIATES MontGum ~. lirockiuridsc.
Mcmillan and Turner to substitute this
statement.
McMilin sald that from the bcginniup|
"i nc conference they had been given to
rndcrS' and, from day To day, that an'
dlsrIat,n"It OF the Senate votes on
sugar, coal and iron ave would lead to
the absolute defeat. or at least the post
poncmcnt ot The bll.
Wilson stated substantially that there
was no prospect tor tarili legislation ui.
less the Scnat" WI was adopted.
VI htn Wilson mad tn'sHcd Speaker
Orisp arose. Tie began by saying that
"!il: the Senate hlIl must be adopted,
lionsc would make 4 determined effort
lnr &c sugar, ii,S declaration that the
House representatives, had used every
honorable ana tar means to secure the
pass 'Gc ot their bill was vigorously dp-
lludcd.
Speaker CriSp closed his bri,i speech
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