Evening journal., 1894-08-10
PLANS WENT ALL AWRl
Another Elaborate Tariff Agree
ment Gone to Smash.
SITUATION AS TANGLED AS RvEB
The House Wanted Tree Coal Instead o
Free Iron ore, and ile senate Conforee
Refuscd-B Brice oHcrs "a new Compro
mise-Eepuhiican Senators Threat.


Eepubiican Senator'S Threat.
WASHINGTON. Aug TO- The Democrat
io tariff conference had expected Co Doe abl
60 announce an agrccmcnt. Instead
reaching any definite conclusion the da.
closed with the bin in quite ns unccrtai
state ns over before in it's history, witl
the situation in nowise improved. ant
with the feoing between the friends
tho senate bin and The hluco bin ntcnsi
fled instead of allayod and with no on,
prepared 90 say what tho outcome woule
bo or whom the end would Doe reached
10 was apparent nt tho worry boginnini
Of the conference chat those who had CONT
Co the conclusion at the adjournment
the previous days session that an agrco
mont would ho arrived a- hnd not takcT
sufficiently into account tho possibility
a misundor tarding or change OF mind
This discovc-t Nns nuade when the scnati
conforocs prepared to go on with tho bil
upon tho basis nf q duty of 40 cont1 pc
ton on coal ard FREQ iron ore, wheroupoi
Che house c0nforccs announced their un
willingness Co accept this arrangement
and stated tlat they would insist upon ,
reversal of thDaC terms. with coal free anc
iron orc dutiablc If either was to bo, "a,
they understood that thoy wcro 90 hayo
choice between the two.
The nyowal of this position producot
Immediate confusion and led TO AN ex
change of romarks which wore not alto
gethcr polite
senate Refuses The House Flaty.
The senate conforoos thoreupon deoidec
TO report tho state of affairs TO the con
scryntiye senators, and when the confer
cnco adjourned called sonntors Goman
Brice, smith and Murphy into consulta
tion. The whole situation was outlined
to them. They were not only made ac
qualntod with tho demand of the houst
conieroes for free coal, but wero also givo1
20 understand that OthCr material conccs
sions would Do expected by tho house con
fcrccs along the entire line of the BILL An
Guiding wuolens cottols, metals, glass
and onrthonwaro.
Ihoy decided upon an emphatic mega
tive In reply TO these propositions, saying
that If the body of the bin was not pre-
served virtually as it passed the senate th,
report of the conference when made would
not De accepted by the senate.
Senator Brioo proposed an innovation
in tho shape of proposition that the
house conferoos be given an opportunity
to secure free sugar His idea I'm dotai
untocr Co rocodo entirely from tho senate
sugar schedule leaving both raw and no
fined sugar on tho free list as provided In
the house bill, and that tho senate bin
should beothorwise accepted virtually IN
its present shape, with both coal and iron
on the dutiablo list at the rate of 80 cents
per ton.
In urging this upon the conforoos ho
said 10 would necessarily produce ono of
three results. If 10 should be declined hy
the house conieroes, 10 would place the ro
sponsibillty for tho sugar duty upon Them
IL 10 should be accepted, and the senate
should on This account refuse TO adopt the
committees report the house confcreos
would stlll bear the odium for insisting
upon amending the senate bin.
IT, thirdly, ho said, they should ac
copt; II "a report should he made upon
these lines and If tho report should DO ac
ccptod by both houses and should become
a law we should be happy
Would Not Answer.
The conferces adopted tho suggestion
and presented tho proposition to the after
noon session of the conference 10 SIS un
dorstood that the proposition created some
surprise on tho part of the house NOM
hors, who at first oyinced disposition Go
nccept it, but after considerable discussion
of the merits of this feature OF the propo.
siton and of tho other features involving
the acceptance OF the other senate amcnd-
monts declined 20 vouchsnfo an answoi
without further consideration. Tho qucs.
tion was therefore undisposcd of whom the
conference adjourned for tho day.
The Republican senators were also I'm
consultation with the senatorial tariff con.
NHHfafHa g. "a d
they gave notice than il there Is material
change I'm the moro important schedules
relating 60 manufactured articles they
viii resist the immediate disposition of
the committees report whom made and
have stated that I'm chat event moro tariff
oratory may Doe expected
Tho house conlerocs have thoir side ol
the situation to tell Chairman Wilson
authorized The statement at tho close of
the conference that tho reports current
through tho day 90 the ofcct that Iresi.
dent Cleveland had ntcrfered with the
Informal agreement reached Wednesday
night WCrC wholly unwarrantcd and un-
truo
AIR. Wilson said the executive was care
fully rc.raining from oNorting amy innu-
encc on the cuniOrcci and was leaving tho
mCmhCga 20 shape their courses as they
saw llL Aha chairman called on Che pres
idcnt occasionally Doc said, but it was not
very often, and at these times Mr. Glove
land showed doliCacy i'm saying or doing
anything which could bo construed GEES aR
oXcrtiou of executive or administrative
influence on tie work of the confaugcs.
4 Day or Observation-Disclosures.
AS to- tho misundorstaudngs through
out the day, the house mon understood
: WHOM the conference adiuuruod Ncdncs-
! day night that 1ho senators had conceded
! that either iron ore or coal was to go ON
/ the free list, the other remaining on tho
| dutiable lisc Whilo ,hc house msn had
! giycn no definite aunounccmont of thoir
I choice between tho two items. 30 was gem
Z orally understood thnt thoy would prefer
h TO have iron ore on tho free list.
When however, they ontovd the con-
] foronco Thursday they had concluded
/ among themselves that 30 would be prof.
crahlo TO have coal ON the FREQ list leay-
ing iron orc dguahle at so conts q ton.
/ This conclusion was definitely announced
/ Go Che senators but the house mon were
I surprised Co find that tho willingness GO
concode them the choice was somewhat
nhatcd