The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-08-10
AND THE END IS NOT YET
The Tariff COnferees Fail to
Agree.
Hopes for an Early Settlement
Blasted.
The Senators Disappoint the House
C0nferees.
They Are willing tn Ooncsde Free Iron
Ore but Insist Upon a Duty On
Coal-Fresh Compii-
cations.


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tariff had arn.ctad 70 ha aha - ~.
.
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reacning any onciai conclusion the day
closed with the bill in quite as uncer-
tain state as ever before in its histery.
and with tha s;trat;on in M w;.a i'm.
nr,roa .nd -;.h a.. s..,;. s..--
ro,o. ".u W." ioonnk o0'"oon
.ne ifienos OF tne senate ara mouse Dill
intensified, instead OF allayed, and with
no one prepared to cay what the out
come would be or when tho end would
ha rosohaa
r.
~ was aPPafens ~ tne psGlnning OF
the conferences that those who had con-
cluded at the adjournment OF the ses-
sion Yesterday that an spreement vould
be arrived at TO-DAY had not taken snfi-
ciently into account the possibility Of =
misun nderstandin0 or a chanve of mind
This discoverv was made whsp the San.
ate conferees proposed 70 vo IN with tha
bill upon a besis of a dntv ~ On cents
per ton on GOAL and frea ;ron ora whers-
upon the house conferees Announced
their Willingness To assent tn this ar.
rappement and stated they vonld insist
on reversal Of this arranvement With
coal FREQ and ;ron GRO dntiehI. IL a;thor
we're to be. as thew nndsrstood thew vers
to have a choice hetwesn tha two
The svowal of this poaition nroducsd
great CON fnsior and lad to an svchsnra
Of remarks which var. not .Itoc.ths,
polite. The senate confereas dacided IN
report the state of affairs To the conser-
yatiye senators. and wben the confar-
ence adjourned called Senators Gorman.
Aldrich. Smith and Murphv into conanI.
tation. The whole situation was ont.
lined to them. Thew we're mot onlv
made scouainted with the demand NJ
the house conferees for free coal. lint
were alan pivan to uudevstsnd oth.r vaa.
terial CONCESSIONS wonld be srnecred ~
the house conferees along the entire line
of the bill. including woolens. cottons.
metals. glass and earthenwars. They
decided on an emphatic negative in re.
ply to these propositions. saving If she
body of the bill was not preserved vir- :
tualy ss it passed the senate. the report
of the conference when made would moi
be accepted by the senate.
Senator Brice proposed an innovstion
in the shane of a propoaition that the
bouse conferees he piven an onnortrritv
to secure free sugar. His idea in detail
was that the senate conferees shonld
volunteer to recede entirely from tbs
senate sugar echedule.
The question was therefore undisno.sd
of when the conference adionrnsd for
the dav.
The Republican senators ware also in
cousultatlon with the sanatorjai tar;R
conferees during the dsy and Il ia nm.
derstood have riven uotica that 10 thar.
ia material change in the mora ;mnort-
ant schedules relating 70 manufactnrad
articles. thew will rssiat tho i'm muaa;ato
disposition of the oommittsa'. rsnort
when made. and have s.atsd thst ~
that event more tariff oratorv NAV he
expected.
The house conferess bave thai, s;ds =,
the situation to tell Obairmar Wilson
authorized the statement at the close =,
the conferences TO-DAY. that the rsnort.
current during the dav that Prasdant
Cleveland had intsrfarsd with Tho torms
al AGREEMENT reached last NIGHT war.
wholly nnfopnded and nntrna NJ
Wilson said the chief execnt;vs We. vsrv
careful of exerting anv inf1nsnca with
the confereee. and was leaving the mam.
bars to ahana tba;r oo,,r.s. ..,
saw fit.
As to the MISUNDERSTANDING. tbrorsb.
ont the dsy. the houss man nndarstood
when the conferences ad;onrnad last
night that the senators had concadad
that either coal or iron was To go IN thu
free list the other remainino on ths H..
table list. Wbila the honsa man NJ
given no definite annonncemsnt Of tba;r
choice between the two irams II w..
uara.,llu ,oJo..t..L ~. o.
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