Show house democratic caucus call creates a decided sensation belief that the caucus will end in endorsing the senate tariff bua washington aug 6 A house democratic caucus on the tariff is likely to be held at 3 tomorrow the petition for the call was circulated late today as a result of the reports that the conferees were making little progress representative bynum of the ways and means committees and other prominent members circulated the petition and within fifteen minutes fifty members had signed and the caucus bad become a certainty members who had not wanted to eign last week were now anxious to do eo the petition requests chairman hoi man to call a caucus for 3 to consider what action it any should be taken in order to secure the early passage of a tariff bill petition is not the one formerly circulated by representative springer although the latter is interested in the new move intense feeling was developed as soon as the caucus move began members gathered in the lobbies and talked excitedly of and against the caucus representatives strauss warner and others friendly to the administration denounced noun ced t as a fire in the rear neither speaker crisp nor chairman wilson had been consulted as to the caucus and it was recognized as direct ay iy in opposition to their wishes representative outhwaite an associate of speaker crisp on the committee on rules said the caucus is not endorsed by the committee on rules or by the conferees it is evidently move against the house conferees members of the rules committee will probably enter the caucus but I 1 expect the con ferbee will remain away in view of the fact that reverse action by the caucus would be equivalent to a vote of want of confidence representative strauss close friend J of mr wilson expressed the opinion eliat the caucus would prove a boomerang he believed mr wilson and the other conferees ea and theia friends would attend the caucus and attempt to carry it with such men as chairman crisp chairman aileon bourke cochran and others urging loyalty to the house conferees mr strauss did net think antagonistic resolutions would pass mr strauss said also that he expected the caucus would bring out some startling conference secrets which would insure the conferees support from the senate springer and bynum make no concealment of the fact that the caucus is tor the purpose of ending the contest by accepting the senate bill in this connection they quote a statement made to them by senator mills to the effect that further house resistance meant the killing of all tariff legislation la the senate washington aug 6 the bill for the reportage de portage of anarchists came up and mr hill explained its provisions unless some action was taken by this government such as was now before the senate this country he said would soon be the dumping ground for the anarchists of the world it was not intended to make the belief in anarchy a crime and therefore no attempt had been made to define anarchy he favored the provision of the senate bill for inspection by treasury agents in stolid of by consuls and wai sure no one could attribute his attitude on this subject to a desire to require that patronage of the secretary of the treasury there were no politics in the bill and be favored it because he believed it was better than the house bill mr lodee rep of massachusetts expressed the belief eliat both bills were inadequate for the purpose of restricting immigration but lie was anxious to see some restriction placed on immigration no matter how slight it might bo mr palmer pointed out the difficulty of dealing fairly with the question and the danger of doing injustice to the harmless socialists whilo protecting ourselves against the danger of anarchists ho asked mr hill whether the bill was applicable to undesirable persons already in the country and mr hill replied that it was the discussion then took on a legal aspect and hinged on the right of a country to protect itself against undesirable aliens mr hill pointed out the moderation of the pending bill as compared with the act recently passed by the english parliament and mr kyla pop of south dakota asked nim to more accurately cura tely define the word anarchist for there were ho said peaceable and learned people in boston who held it was possible for a people to become highly civilized as to live together without law and therefore according to the usual definition they were anarchists mr hill replied eliat they were at liberty to have thie belief but if they tried to overturn the laws for the purpose of putting their belief to the test then they become dangerous after some further debate and the introduction of some amendments the bill was passed and hill faulkner and chandler appointed conferees at 20 the senate went into executive session and at 45 adjourned anti anarchist bill washington aug 6 the antian anti an archaist bill passed by the senate today was sent to Congress with a favorable recommendation by secretary carlisle and was a substitute for the stone bill by the house the first bec eec llon provides that no alien anarchist shall be permitted to land at any port in the united states but this provision shall not be so construed as to exclude political refugees the bill provides for hearings in the casca of landing of reported anarchists and in cage the charges be proved the secretary is authorized zed to send the accused back to the country from whence be came the bill also provides for the exportation of any foreign born person who apon a trial in any court shall appear to the judge of the court to be an anarchist it also provides a system of inspection of other emigrants by authorizing thor izing the secretary of the treasury to appoint at such ports as he may deem necessary an immigrant inspector whose duty it shall be to inspect passengers embarking for the united states to erase from the passenger manifest the name of any immigrant who be is satisfied should not be permitted to land in this country and he is also to forbid any person belonging to the excluded classes in the first or second cabin or in any part of the vessel he is also to give information as to any suspected person and to admonish the master of the vessel of the character of any immigrant if objectionable who is to be required to pay a penalty of aloo in case he transports such a person after receiving the warning it provides that the fact that an immigrant should be given notice of intention to become a citizen shall not constitute a bar to proceedings against him |