The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-08-14

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WARRINGTON, Aug. 13.-Ons hour obe.
fore the time set for the caucus Speaker
Crisp was Joined In bis private office by
Chairman Wilson and Representatives
Turner, McMillin and Montgomery, the
full membership Of the house democratic
conference committee. and Representa-.
tive Breckinridse Of Arkansas, advisory
member. for . flnal consultation. Tho
current feeling among tho members Of
the house seemed to be setting strongly In
favor Of accepting the senate bill without
further delay. At 10 o'clock Crisp and
the confsrses fled out Of tbs speakers
ONCE and took their seats In the body OF
the house. At that time 163 democrats
were on the hoor.
Chairman Wilson took the floor imme.
diatsly after roll-call. The members
crowded around him, listening intently to
every word. Wilson began with recital
OF the difficulties encountered. He said
each step had been pursued with an ardent
desire to support with honor the desires
OF the house to resist what was regarded
- the unreasonable demands Of the sen.
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conferences on disputed items. He took
up each proposition on sugar and spoke Of
the vast profits to tho sugar trust which
would result from many Of them. He did
not indulge In the sharp criticism that
was expected on tho motives of the senate
conferees.
While Wilson was speaking, word Was
passed around that the conference In the
speakers room had resulted In decisive
action and that Speaker Crisp himself
would move that the house recede and &C.
cept the senate bill.
Wilson spoke Of the light made BY the
house conferees for . specific duty on
sugar on the ground that under the ad
valorem system Il would b impossible to
tell. on account Of invoice methods, the
exact advantage which would accrue to
the sugar trust. He made the remarkable
statement that he had been creditably in.
formed and believed that tho sugar trust,
anticipating the enactment Of the senate
sugar schedule. bad purchased ell2, ,000, 900
worth Of raw sugar. II this Was true, he
said, the profits accruing to the trust from
this investment on account Of the senate
schedule would be at least $4,000, 900.
"The great battle" said Wilson, warming
up, ''is between the American people and
the sugar trust. II 10 battle In which the
trust has taken the people By the throat,
and It will never end until We throw on
the grip"
There was enthusiastic applause at this.
He proceeded to state the senate
conferess had been willing TO concsds al.
most everything except those vital items
on sugar, iron and coal. The senate con.
ferees had also seemed willing to concede
much, but were apparently dominated by
the representatives demanded, the bill
could not pass, and an agreement would
be useless. Wilson closed at II :05 o'clock,
having talked Just an hour.
Montgomery, McMillin and Turner cor.
roborated his statements. Crisp followed.
He spoke with much spirit and round after
round Of applause greeted his remarks.
He spoke Of the critical condition Of the
country and the apparent need of accept.
Ing the senate bill, and then II need be to
introduce separate bills for FREQ sugar,
iron and coal. He said II was ''the senate
bill or nothing" A long % there was
desperate chance Of securing the concess.
ions the house demanded he Was In favor
Of standing out, but hs was satisfied the
time had come whom further insistence by
tho house was useless. He offered q reso-
luton instructine the house conferees to
recede from their disagreement and the
ways and means committee to bring in
separate free sugar. iron and coal bills.
A buret Of applause greeted the reading
OF the resolution, but half q dozen more
democrats were on their fect demanding
recognition, prominent among them being
Bourke Cochran Of New York. Owing to
the lateness Of the hour tho rule was
adopted limiting further speeches to five
minutes.
Cochran delivered Q vigorous and elo-
quent speech against surrendering to tho
senate. "Better no tariff Legislation than
the senate BILL" he declared.
The resolution TO recedo was adopted,
1870 to q. A division OF the Crisp resol,i-
ton was demanded, so as to have O sep.
aratc vote on the first part to recede from
the disagreement TO the senate amend.
ments and the provision for separate bills.
The first Was adopted by rising vote of
l3O to II, and tho second part without di.
vision. The caucus then adjourned
Among those who voted against the reso-
luton were the Louisiana members. War.
ncr and Strauss, Tracy. Cochran, Covert,
Dunphy, Of New York; Cooper. Indiana
johnson, Ohio; Kilgo re, Texas; Tarsney,
Missouri.
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