Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-08-03

say both sides made concessions TO
reach an agreement. The democra
tic conferees have been holding
almost continuous inforDa sessions
since the Senate by tie vote de
clined to instruct Its conferees tC
rece de from the amendment plac
ING a diff3rential daty OF one
eighth of cent a pound upon re
fined sugar, but the first formal
meeting of the conference con-
mittee was not held until today.
There IS reason to believe that
the democrats of the House would
have been able to secure much
more substantial concessions Il
Precedent Cleveland had not writ
ten that letter to chairman Wilson,
or at least, If Mr.. Wilson
had not made 1t public. There
are few democratic Senators who
have not been nursing some dis
appointment at the hands Of
President Cleveland; consequently
when he made it point IN that
letter that the bill should put coal
and iron ore on the free list many
of the democratic Senators who
personally favor tree iron and COAL
aud would under ordinary cir
cumstances have been only too
glad to vote for them, determined
to take advantage of the opDor-
tunity to "get even" by j1lniDg
hands with the German Brice
combination to prevent changes
in those schedules of the bill.
Senator Mandersou'S remarks on
the power OF the sugar trust IN the
Senate were straight shots at the
bulls eye and some of his COL
leagues who voted in favor of the
trust when a motion was made to
strike out the differ, initial duty on
r. fued sugar may hear from them
again. He said among other things;
sit is claimed, In this chamber
and outside, that great and power
full combination has tremendous
power oyer legislation, aud 1t
looks to me as though it has. Fol-
no matter how near We come to
the defeat of the differential one
eighth, no matter how confident
we may be that at last we have
the sugar trust under our feet
there is always found the QUE vote
to prevent this differentaI duty
being stricken from the bill; and
apprehend it will be found so to
day. There is always some mar
in ambush who comes to the from
for the purpose of saving the lif'
of this inquiry" When the vote
of Senator Qlay saved the amend
ment while the Senate was con
sideIing the tariff bill the state
ment was made that other 5 Senator'S
would have helped the trust haC
their help been necessary. Tha
statement is now reiterated anC
made to apply to the last escape
OF the trust by reason of Senator
Stewards voting.
The administration doesn't lik'
the bill providing for the inspec
ton Ofimmigrants by L. S. Con
sells. which was put through the
House by the smart parliamentary
tactics gifts author Representative
Stone, of Pa, and which Is nov
before the Senate committee or
immigration. The opposition o
the administration was voiced b.
| Commissioner of immigration
Stump, who in an argument befoT
the committee, said that ii the bill
| became a law it would stop i'm
migration entirely. The chairman
( of the House committee on In
migration and an att, rney repIesen
ting the steamship companies ais
made arguments against the bill
| No action has yet been taken Oh
the Senate committee.
Representative Springer, of ILL.,
is happy. One OF the numerou
bills be has introduced is to l.
taYorab'y reported to the House
with excellent prospects of even
tusIly becoming a law--'that prOvid
ing for the establishment of
national board of arbitration, i
accordance with recommendation
made by Presi lent Cleveland II
1887.
Hon. Carroll ID. Wright, U. S
Commissioner of L sbOr, preside
over the preliminary meeting
the strike commission, which is I
.v1.fkrafn On