Show THEM ALL LIKE i great democratic house caucus held all by crisp to work for the 1 tariff bill absent members arced to attend the sessions and work to redeem the pledges of the party washington jan 5 there wag a good attendance at alie democratic caucus tonight giolman presided itwara estimated that out ofa total of house democrats we represent when the proceedings began it was decided to limit the speeches to biye minutes wheeler made vigorous speech against duttine coal arid iron on the free list speaker crisp followed he offered a resolution declaring it the duty of every democrat to vote for th consideration of the bill and also t duty 0 all democrats to attend the of the house and maintain a quorum until tho tariff bill was disposed of in a ringing speech crisp sharply reprimanded the democrats responsible for tho inaction of the house during alie past tarco days he said the proper way to act for those dissatisfied would be to take the bill up and have it considered alicy would bo given an opportunity toi offer amendments and these amendments under the terms of the resolution of the committee on rules could be voted upon the ma ity would decide no member would lose any of his rights and it would be to the honor and credit jf the party to go forward and legislate the party had been given a commission commie sion from alie people and it was its duty to carry it out the spectacle of the past three days has been a disgrace to the largo democratic majority in the house and he sincerely hoped it would not be repeated the words of the speaker were loudly cheered I 1 kickler of new york in replying to the speaker declared it was no part oi the duty of any democrat to vote for the consideration of the revenue bill some features of which biad not yet been reported by the committee ho directed his assault chiefly against the proposition for an income tax lie declared democratic popular and impolitic f of connecticut followed on the same line justifying his course in refusing to vote on practically the same grounds he carefully avoided mention of the tobacco schedule which is understood to be the clinef ground of his objection to the wilson bill outhwaite followed in support of the speakers position the time for debate was enough and more than enough what abo country wanted was action sibley of pennsylvania contended it was not time enough roberts of louisiana alio has refrained from voting for the last three days except on tho last vote of today ana is opposing free sugar created something of a sensation by a ringing speech in support of the resolution he wanted the democratic bill passed though the wilson bill discriminated against his state he had started out to oppose Us consideration but when ho behold the republicans in a solid phalanx charging the broken lines of the democratic party his democratic blood rose and ho resolved to support tho democratic measure with atie liepe his party would overrule the committee on the sugar proposition dewitt warner of kentucky also supported the speakers resolution he had received 2000 letters in the past few weeks from his constituents not a man of whom opposed certain features of the bill but on one proposition they were a unit they wanted the uncertainty removed they wanted the house to act and act at once loud applause greeted his statement after further discussion crisps resolution was adopted without division as follows resolved it is the sense of this caucus that it is tho duty of every democratic member of the house to vote for the pending resolution providing for tho consideration of the tariff bill in order that the house may have an opportunity to redeem the pledges of the party respecting tariff reform resolved further it is the duty of every democratic member of the house to attend the daily sessions and we hereby express the opinion that those members alio are absent owe it to alie party and to those of us who are hero to immediately return in order eliat pressing public business may be attended to another resolution was adopted that it 1 the sense of the caucus that the proposition for an income tax waa reported from alie committee two days additional time bo given for debate after alie resolutions had been adopted harter of ohio and robertson of Loui siara introduced amendments providing for a duty on sugar but before a vote was had on either amendment chairman holman recognized black of georgia to move adjournment the motion was carried with a rush and at 10 the democratic adjourned jour ned after adjournment chairman wilson said the caucus was entirely satisfactory to him it lias shown the great democratic bicart is beating for alio people he said the resolutions passed express the sense of the party in the fullest |