Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-13
NO DAY OF REST.
Tariff Bill Conferees Take
to RustIing
THEY WENT EVERYWHERE
Preparing Last Grand Final
Battle This Week.
WHAT THE HOUSE MAY DO,
tn. no, @Sea,e Ae,un, Possession
OF the u.s. May Therefore
Pass r. endment. ana
Ail-wa'hlnI W.

Washington, Aug 12.-rhis has been
anything but a day of rest for tariff
leaders. They have been ON the 20
from early morning until late at night
1t has been "A day of conferences at
the white house, at the residences of
the conferees and at the hotels. Score
tafy Carlisle was with the president
this afternoon The senate and house
conferees made no effort to get to-
gether and they remain as wide apart
as when their meeting broke up on Fri
day night. The house conferees were
in consultation informally most of the
day, although at no time were they all
together at once. Chairman Wilson
spent the day with Representative
breckenridge Of Arkansas at the Nor
mandie hotel, and was there called IN
on by other conferees. Mr.. Wilson did
not sec the president through the day.
The meetings of the house men brought
about thorough understanding among
them as TO the line of action ut the
caucus tomorrow. and In the subse-
quent proceedings of the senate and
house They reviewed the situation
from every possible standpoint and
prepared themselves for all emergen-
cles. AS one Of them said tonight, 1t
was like going over the field OF battle
and learning the topography OF the
ground on the night before the great
nght. At the outset the house confer
eees satisfied themselves of the pRrlia-
mentary situation of the bill. They
he'd done this with the greatest care
toward securing an accurate and author
itative decision. Speaker Crisp had been
asked to examine with care the prece-
dents In the case, and 1t was UNDER
stood that he had In turn consulted
with Secretary Carlisle, who as ex-
speaker of the house OF Representatives
was regarded as one of the b nu-
thorlties on parliamentary proceedings
From the examinations which had been
made, the conferees were fully satisfied
that the house of representatives had
the right TO pass the senate bill now
or any time. This determination went
much further than has heretofore been
understood, II was that the house, hav-
Ing the actual physical possession of
the tariff bill, could pass IT with the
senate amendments before the Hill res
olution passed tomorrow or after the
-
so confident We're the house conferees
OF their right to pass the bill at any
time, that they regarded their rights as
unaffected by anything the
senate could do. with the hin resolution,
or with any other resolution, They
that there We're some prece-
dents against this point, but they re-
garded the Overwhelming force OF au-
thority with them. and they therefore
accepted II as settled that the house
had supreme authority over the bill |
without reference to what the senate |
might do tomorrow or thereafter
This conclusion was OF the utmost
in bearing on the action |
OF the caucus tomorrow. II assured |
them in the first place that there was
no need OF precipitate action. before
Mr.. Hill's resolution had passed This
resolution could not be taken up IN the
senate at 10 o'clock and It had been
feared at first that the house caucus.