The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-09
The BEGINNING OF THE END.
Tariff Report Will Probably be-
Made To-day.
It is Understood That che Confereos Have,
at Last Gotten Together and wfifl
Reach an Agree ment This Morning.
Iron Ore to Go on the Free List, Bus:
Duty is Retained on Coal. M


WASHINGTON, Aug. s.-The "to.mors u
row" upon which the tariff conferees
have been TOR weeks promising an agrees
ment at last gives promise OF fulfll%s
ment. When the tariff conferees adj
journed at few minutes before 6s
o'clock TO- night 1t was with the under
standing that at the session tomorrow
morning all the details should be-
arranged and the Republicans called In!
In the afternoon and informed Of what
their Democratic colleagues had done.
One OF the most prominent managers
on the part OF the Senate made the en-
phatic statement that tomorrow would
see the end Of the conference, and that
by night there would be either an agree
ment or general break up of the COM
mlttee. But one thing, he said, could
postpone the result any longer. Should
the House conferees agree to an agree
ment and the arrangement Of the de-
tails consume such time as to run the
work over into the next day, that would
be permitted, but otherwise the close of
to. morrow would witness the end of the
lebors Of the conferees on the tariff
bill.
SO little Is yet to be accomplished.
however, that there is every likelihood
that the Republicans can be called at an
early hour and there would be no sur
prise II the Senate should have the re.s
port OF the conferees at q reasonable
early hour in the afternoon.
The hitch that still remains for settle.
ment is iron ore and coal. So far as the
principle is concerned these items seem
TO be disposed Of finally, one OF them Is
to DO free and the other made dutiable.
These matters were the gu beet of three
distinct changes to-day. At O'Clock In
the afternoon 1t was decided that iron
ore should be made free absolutely and
that coal should retain the rate OF 40
cents ton fixed by the Senate for q
period of five years at the end of which
time 1t was to be free.
subsequently proposition was made
to Tx sliding scale that should reduce.
the duty specific per centage each
| year. Ihis was antagonized, but the
House men, anxious to gain as much
In the way OF concessions as possible,
persisted and the result was that this
matter was left until to morrow morn
ing for final decision.
at the conclusion of the conference
all the members from both sides of the
capitol appeared to be in a very happy
frame of mind and there seemed to be
very good reason for their statements
that an agreement would soon be made.
One OF the managers on the part of the
Senate said that If there was an agree,
ment the sugar schedule would remain
as it was published in these dispatches
FRIDAY OF last week, to wit: 40 per cent.
on raw sugar; 40 per cent. on the raw
sugar in the refined and LIS OF cent
ditferential on refined sugar. As far,
then; as sugar is concerned it has cut
no figure in the conference but is looked
upon by the conferees as settled.
There are Indications that the reason
the conferees did not finally settle coal
and iron to night was that the Senate
mem bers may have On opportunity OF
consulting with their colleagues 20 see
how the proposition submitted in con-
ference was received. The latest prop.
osition is to put iron ore on tho free list
and reduce the duty on coal five cents
per annum until it reaches the free list.
a careful canvass OF the Senate showed
the Senate conferees that they could
not touch coal without imperiling the
whole bill, while iron might be tam.
pered with without having that disas-
| trous effect.
That report OF some kind will be
forthcoming tomorrow is almost GER
tainty. What its fate will be the next
few hours will to l. What the policy OF
the Republicans will be cannot now be
foretold. This element of the Senate,
active and alert to embrace every on.
portunity to defeat the bill, has not
been idle. During the afternoon session
OF the Senate the leaders were In con-
ference but they have succeeded In
keeping strictly secret ala that they did.
1t being known that the bounty on
this years sugar crop Is not to be given
there is much concern among Demo-,
Gratis to know what course Messrs. Gallery
and Blanchard will assume towards tho
bill. Mr.. Gallery declines to talk, but
rests on the speech he made recently
in the Senate when he declared that IL
would be his duty to consider the i'm
forests OF his State before he did that of
the party at large. Both the Louisiana
Senators are receiving large numbers
of kilograms urging them to vote against
the bill unless the bounty Is given.
Messrs. Kyle and Allen are also both
quoted as saying that they could not en-
dorse the bill unless 1t provided for
bounty on sugar. In view of the fact
that these four votes are essential to the
success Of the bill how they will be cast
will have much to do with the future OF
tariff reform in this Congress.
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Deplorabls Tragedy.
MONTGOMERY, Aug. s.-A special to