The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-08-11
THE TARIFF CONFERENCE.
The House Elects Free Coal and The
Senate Gets Its Back up"
Thereat.

The House Elects Free Coal and The
Senate Gets Its Back up"
Thereat.
Washington dispatches, on the
tariff situation, under date of
August 9th have this to say: The
conferees on the tariff bill we're in
session continually today and while
they were in session a thousand and
one rumors pervaded the corridors
as to what they were doing One
of the rumors which created the
most sensation was to the effect
that Mr.. Cleveland had again inter
fered and stricken down all pros
poets of a compromise bill 1t was
said that he wanted the Wilson bill
or nothing, and again, that he was
determined to have both iron and
coal on the free list.
These rumors probably proceeded
from the fact that one of the
southern Senators called on him
today, and during the conversation
the president said he was astound-
ed that thirty seven Democrats
should allow five or six other Demo
Gratis to control them. The usual
response was made by this Demo
crat, who is one of the thirty seven
that there was no help for it, and
that it was the only way to pass a
bill. The senator came away with
the impression that if coal and iron
we're not on the free list Mr.. Cleve-
land would doubtless veto the bill,
even if it were passed,
Then again Mr. Villas, who is very
close to the president today stated
to members of the house that it
would be better to pass no bills at
all than to yield to the demands
made by the conservative senators.
All these things had the effect OF
giving the color of truth to the re-
port.
In the meantime the conference
committee continued to work right
along and, it is said, made some
progress in getting together. The
conferees are very reticent and de-
cline to do much talking, even to
their colleagues in the House and
Senate, and still less to the news
paper men. The best report, how
ever from them tonight is that coal
instead of Iron, is to go on the free
list if the House conferees are given
their choice between it and iron ore
yet there is another story that the
committee has been engaged all day
in going over the manufactured
iron schedule, reforming it and the
like, which would be inconsistent
with the idea that the duty is to be
retained on iron ore.
The cotton schedule is to be cut
in some particulars and raised in
others, while there is to be big
cut in the wooden schedule. A fiat
advalorem duty of 40 per cent is to
be put on sugar and differential
of one fifth of one per cent is to be
made in favor of refiners.
One of the conferees of the House
said today that the bill would prob
ably be reported to both bodies next
Monday. This may be said to be
the general view. The general i'm.
preston is that though the Presi-
dent will insist to the last on his
views in regard to the bill yet he
will not veto it if coal is put on the
free list. He is anxious that bill
shall become law and insists on a
proper bill. But it is thought here
that it is hardly probable that he
will condemn the country to con-
tinuance Of McKinleyism. Still he
continues stiff in his views and has
the backing in them of his closest
friends in the cabinet,
The House was engaged today in
trying to pass private bills for the
relief in the way of money to differ
ent people, but did not make much
progress. The leaders on the ap-
preparation committee asked Mr..
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