Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-07

TEE TARIFF BILL.
Conferees Unable to Make
an Agreement.
COAL AND IRON ORE
Formed the Basis for the Con-
tentiO0 Yesterday.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CALLED.
Mr.. sprinser's Petition revived ANA
the Necessary signatures secured
within n Few Moments-Labor
Unions After Judge IIciss-rhc
Anp hist mi.

Within Few Observation-Disclosures
Unions After Judge RIciss-rhc
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~.
Was. g Aug. e..-chairman
| Noornee~ n, finance committee,
mas peen'g u. q, 20 attend the con-
stlll collineo - house. he has
not been heard IN on the points now
At issue among the c0nferces IL has
7 been assumed that he stood with the
senate conference managers not only
Ter the. selate GUty on sugar but also
Tor duty on -oal and iron. lie
announced to the contrary in an inter-
view with Il reporter VINO called upon
him at his house today and asked
| HIM for his vlews. He talked very
freely. advocating such concessions ON
the part of the senate as would bring
about a speedy agreement and TOOL;
strong ground IN favor OF yielding
to the demands OF the house for FREQ
coal and free Iron 1rs. fIe said:
II seeris to me there ought to he
little II sny difficulty in reaching an
agreement between .he two houses.
The ways and means committee OF
the house did not in the first instance
HNIHtN ~ AAAN0l VI AAtG EuEtti nul were
overruled by the house aud free sugar
was put In the Wilson bill. would
gladly have concurred IN this but 1t
was soon esccrtained with mathe-
mhticai certainty chat such a bill
could by no possibility pass the SEN
ate on this roint Of differences OF
the two houses | look upon the presi-
dents letter e. MI Wilson as help
rather shan hlndrance towards a
coJnprcinlsc settlement. The conces-
sion which the president advises to the
house 10 make OF sugar Is liberal and
ought to be nj once satisfactory TO
every legitimate sugar interest | can
entertain no Doubt tha' it will furnish
the basis of successful sugar
schedule. Mr.. Caffery has announced
in the senate, as I understand him.
that Louisiana viii accept 40 per cent
al valorem without a;iy reference to
the trust. especially IL the bounty or
at least a portion OF II ~ continued
to the planters few months longer.
Under these circumstances l anu un-
able TO see how the sugar issue can
remain any longer an obstacle to AN
agi ten Ont.
The only other points of serious
trouble are embraced In the uuasti IN
whether coal and iron snail be free
or nave a tauff dury laid on them Of
40 cents per ton. These ere exec I'd
inFly small and insignificant items OF
controversy on which to defeat a great
natlonEi system OF revenue reform,
obstruct all legislation looking to that
end. dlsappoint and strangle every
business OF the country, greatly em-
barrass the Democratic rarty and in
fict the greatest calamities on all
classes of people. II legislation SHAH
entirely fail at this time, owing to a
stubborn disagreement as to Width n
there shall be small duty on coal
aIaaN. H. a
whether these Two articles shall be N
the free list, the men who make that
result inevitable. may resi- assured that
they viii be held In everlasting refIem-
branoe and everlasting execration.
They will be hanged in eiligy from one
ocedn to the other and their names
will be pillories In the estimation OF
the American people. There Is so iit-
tie ground In my mind now for final
disagreement that these who continue |
to insist on small things and thus |
compel such disagreement would be |
held as criminals by all just minded |
people The sugar schedule being |
practically out OF the way as / have |
shown by concessions, the senate ought |
in my Judgment 20 ccncedc free coal |
and free iron, and Of course Il would !
do so but for a membership In that |
body which could DE counted on IKE |
fingors Of one hand. ] have no dis |
those who differ from hle III opinion |
but this small minority OF the senate
which has substantially carried their |
point M sugar. can very easily and |
very honorably AFFORD to make concss-
sions on coal and iron. Such action on
their part and the great result whlsh
would follow would be hailed by the
American people as a blessed deliver
ance from the present crisis IN our af-
fairs"
The coal and Iron ore were consid-
cred almost to the exclusion Of every
other topic and the discussion proceed
ed upon a basis OF the duty provided
on those articles by the senate amend
ments with the limit OF time that the
duty shall continue four years The
house conferees held out stubbornly
for the entire recession OF the senate
from its amendments, and there APP
pearing no possibility OF reaching an
understanding the senate conferees
withdrew to n separate room.
The day closed with a request on
The part OF the house conferees that
thew be given until tomorrow TO de-
eide tiflon line Of action on the coal
and iron ore question and II WAS grant
cd. II Is not understood that the
house members have agreed positively
10 accept or reject the senate prppo-
sjtlon tomorrow. but that u Is possible
thew may tAulllA q 'tAiltNA ft-l'3-N'II
lion with the hope that 1t would be
screntablc 10 the senate. A member q
re- conference tonight said that with
Inc ore questions disposed Of there
,,,o,,,d he. he thought little more time
, mSr 10 reach an agreement on
ne tarifY bin He admitted that there
NJ, ~ = virtual understandable on al the
M, echeduies. including EuFar' ne
o e,.n ssi6 mat the developments 80 far
snsde indicated differences on coal and
i ,rnn ore, and ha1 no, been q char
.acter 10 create m aEFesEient at AT
s,ss,,,,d mieht be found on these two
articles. .....,...-, as,ators
e-acerv and blanchard Of Louisiana