Evening journal., 1894-08-13
HOUSE CLAIMS THE BILL
It's Conferees Are Sure 1t Is IN
Their Hands Now.
THE SENATORS WILL SIMPLY WAIT.

Hiu's Resola.ion Is 80 Longer a Bugaboo
TO the House Members. aud They WIN
Decide TO Accept or Reject the senate
Tarir EnI at Their leisure.
WAsHINGroN Aug. l8. - The tariff
leaders had anything but a day Of rest
Ihoy were ON the 30 from early morning
until late 40 night It was day of con
icrencos at the White House, at the private
residences of tho conforeos and no the ho-
tcls. Secretary Carlisle was with presi-
dent Cleveland throughout the afternoon
Tho senate and house conferees made no
effort to get together, and thoy remain as
wide apart ns when their meeting broke
mp on Friday night The house oonforcos
woro i'm consultation informally most of
the day, although 40 no time wore they
all together 40 once,
Chairman Wilson spont the day with
Representative Breckinridgo Of Arkansas
at the Nomandie hotel and was there call
ed upon by the other conferees. Mr.. VIII
son did not SEQ the president through the
lay
Tho meetings Of the house men brought
about "A thorough understanding among
thcm as to the line OF action at the caucus
today and in the subsequent proceedings
Of the senate and house. tThcy reviewed
the situation from every possible stand
point and prepared themselves for all
emergencies. As one Of them said, IL was
like going over the field of battle and learn
ing the topography of tho ground tho night
before the great fight.
House Conferees Reach "A Decision.
At tho outset the house conferees salts
fled themselves of the parliamentary sit
uatlon of the bill They had done this
with tho greatest care toward securing an
accurate and authoritative decision.
Speaker Crisp had been asked to examine
with care the precedents bearing on the
case and it was understood that he had
In turn consulted with Secretary Carlisle,
who, as exspeaker Of the house Of repre-
sentatives, is regarded as one of the hest
authorities on parliamentary procedure.
From the examination which had been
made the conferees were fully satisfied that
the house Of representatives had the right
to pass the senate bill now or at any time.
This determination Went much further
than has heretofore been understood. 1t
was that the house, having the actual phys
ical possession Of the tariff bill, could
pass it with the sennte amendments be-
fore the Hin resolution passed today. or
after tho Hill resolution passed, or after
tho Hill resolution was defeated
That is, so confident were tho house
oonforees of their right to pass tho bill
nt any timo that thoy regarded their rights
a. entirely unaffected by anything the
senate could do with tho Hin resolution
or with any other resolution. They rec
ognizud that there were some procedents
against this position, but they regarded
tho overwhelming force OF authority with
thom, and thoy therefore accepted 10 as
settled that the house had supromo au-
thority over tho bill without reference to
what the senate might do today or here
after.
This conclusion was of the utmost i'm
portanoe in bearing on the action of the
caucus today. 1t assured them In tho first
place that there was no need of precipitato
action toward accepting the senate bin
before Mr. Hills resolution had passed.
This resolution could be taken up In the