The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-02
NO TARIFF AGREEMENT.
HOUSE And sENAIE CONFEREES As
FAR 1PAKT As EYER.
it IL Known that the sugar schedule Alone
Prevents sn Agroement-1be Sugar
Trust EKsrtcd Undue Influence.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. lit was
thought that when the Democratic mem
bers Of the conference on the tarin bil
adjourned this evening, something def
nite would have been agreed upon, but
the reverse was the result The conferecs
were, 70 use the language Of one Of the
senators, as far apart as the first day
they met about the conference table. At
the close Of the morning session Chair
man Wilson. Of the Ways and Means
Committee, who represents the admins
tratiou on the committee. went directly
10 the White House and had "a long con-
ference with the President. During the
afternoon SenatOr Jones visited secretary
Carlisle and discussed the situation with
that official out of these two visits it Is
believed harmony and unity of action
would come, but such hopes were doomed
to disappointment
Whom the couierees met again this af-
ternOon a nUmurr 0l tentative prOpo-i-
lions We're advanced by the House, but
none Of them were such that could be
accepted by The senate.
sCGAH THG BONE or CONTENTION.
1t IS known that the sugar schedule
alone prevents an agreement and that
as soon ~ tlai is Vut of the way the
rest OF the work viii require but n very
short time. Al the conference to-day the
House members Offered as a solution Of
The trouble the original sch odule pre-
posed by the senate. granting q specific
duty Of one cent pound for suEar test
ing SO degrees, apG tncn progressing up
wards 10 refined sugar, but tnis was Tee
Jectcd as not dCCcpttDle % the rtll;lte.
several other suggestions were made,
but the Senate cOulerccs notified their
colleagues tnat no schedule could he
agreed 10 that dlI not include tne dlf-
fcIential to refined sugar. After more or
less OF discussion the conference adj
J0urned TO meet tomorrow morning az lj
O'Clock in the hope That tne ullhcalt
problem might be solved at tnat time
1t is learned that the hopes Of the SEN
ate for speedy action was due tJ me
talk Of the House members yesterday, in-
dicating that they We're ready TO consider
light, but when they came into confer
ence again to-day The House members
pursued their former pohcy W Ir-N.i' i'.
to consider anything hut lel-uown on
the part of the Senate. The senate
members were feeling very hlu- over iie
situation tonight. and one senator uOt
a member OF Tie conference, Nul ono WHO
is iu touch with all that 4. done there made
the statement that he would Dot bc SUR
Urised b. another disd.r.e.us report Was
made within the nrAt 1910 or lHfc, dtl s.
When it was su sD-ieu ndt tuia mia lt
XIII the bin the only reply Waf, Dee
President is Responsible for that result. II
DO comes upon the country and nO one
This sentiment was also echoed by
another leading member OF the so-ca.-i
Conservatives, who has been EevI lns
"a very close watch on tie proceedings
Of the conference.
THE SUGAR TRUSTS UNDUE INFLUENCE.
1t is probable that The select commit
tee of the Senate, appointed 10 luNesu-
gate the dOlIes OF the sugar trust lu
connection with the formation VI the
tariff bill, viii make its report TO The
Senate Committee tomorrow. The
committee was iu executive session TO-
day CONSIDERING tne question OF report
and publication OF tlc testimony taken
on the latest phase Of tLe case -tn-
alleged charges ainst senator tamacn-
charging MIN with having sptculated ~
sugar certificates. 1T la understood to-
ul-.ut that upon this. ,art 90 f1c ir.
CATION Tie committee VIII be- quite uLaui-
nous. and that they win suggest tAat
Mr. Camden has conducted his business
affairs ia this matter m such a. way
that there was some ground for the
newspaper publications.
ON the other matters at issue. the
part the sugar trust played in tue whole
business. there VIII Dee a. divergence OF
views, and the Republicans viii take
the ground tnat tlc trust probably eX-
crtcd an unaJc influence I'm the tOuGla-
tiou Of the sugar schedule. and had
some powerful friends az court when
the sugar question came up for cOnsiI-
eratiOu.
The printed testimony which viii be
given out with the report contains llt-
te OF general interest that las not been
published heretofore.