Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-07

ees and their friends would attend the
caucus and undertake to carry it, With
such men Speaker Crisp, Chairman
Wilson, Bourke Cochran and others urg-
ing loyalty to the house conferees, Mr.
Straus did not think an antagunistic res.
olution would pass Mr.. Straus said also
that he expected the caucus would bring
out some startling conference secrets,
which would insur. the confcrrcs' support
from the house
Messrs. Springer and Bynum made no
concealmcnt of the fact that the caucus is
for the purpose of ending the contest by
accepting the senate bill. In this cOnnec-
ton they quote a statement made to them
by Senator Mills to the effect that further
house resistance meant the killing of all
tariff legislation.
The Tariff Conference.
When the Democratic tariff conference
adjourned, there seemed to he a better
feeling among the confcrces than at the
close of previous sessions. Members from
both houses announced that tho commit
tee had been working over the schedule
and that progress was being made, but
they did not indicate when a report would
be reached, though some of the cOnfcrees
expressed the opinion that an agreement
was in sight For considerable portion
of the day the senators were not in tho
no significance was to be attached to that
fact, as they worc all working toward an
agreement These senators occasionally
repaired to the committee room of Sena-
tor est and sometimes were in Consulta
ton with Democratic managers in the
room OF the committee on appropriations.
Considerable surprise was expressed by
the conferecs when they learned that a
call for house caucus had been issued.
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the house members who had felt that they
were beginning to see an agreement. Mr.
Montgomery said that the caucus would
make no difference so far as he was CON
cerned, and he would continue the work
he was engaged in unless some action very
different from that which he anticipated
should be taken by the caucus. He said
that while the caucus was in progress the
confcrcCs would b. at work.
Discussing Coal and Iron.
The coal and iron ore question was con-
sidered almost to the exclusion Of every
other topic, and the discussion proceeded
upon tho basis of tho duty on these ar
| ticlcs by the senate amendments, with the
| limitation of the time that the duty shall
| continue to four years. The house con-
ferees held out stubbornly for the entire
| recession of the senate from its amend
ments, and there appearing no PROBABLE
| ity OF reaching an understanding the SEN
ate conferces withdrew t. a separate room,
leaving the house members to themselves
the greater part of the afternoon.
The day closed with a request on the
part of the house conferces that they be
given until today to decide upon line OF
action ON the coal and iron ore question,
and the request was granted. 1t is not
understood that the house members have
agreed positively to accept or reject the
senate proposition today, but that it /:
possible that they may submit n counter
proposition, with,the hope that it will bC
acceptable to the senators.
| a membcr OF the conference said thai
with the coal and iron ore question dis.
posed of there would, he thought, bc lit
tie more time necessary to reach an agree
ment on the entire bill. He admitted tina
there was a virtual understanding on Al
the other schedules, including sugar. III
also said that the developments so IA
made indicated wide differences on coz
| and iron orc and had not becn of n chaI
acter to indicate an agreement at all Sti
he was hopeful that common ground
might be found on these two articles.