Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-26
SEEKING SETTLEMENT
Signs Pointing to Peaceful Solution Of
the Tariff Problem.
Senators See Secretary Carlisle-Re-
Free Sugar Amendments.

A quite general canvass OF the democratic
side Of the Senate confirms the statement
that the democratic Senate conferees will
return to the conference with the under
standing that it is the sense of the caucus
that they should stand substantially by the
Senate bill. and the indications are even
stronger today than they were last night
that the conferees will not regard them
selves in position II yield anything to the
House on articles which are considered i'm
pcrtant by even one or two democratic SEN
ators.
In a word. all factions in the party in the
Senate are still holding out substantially for
what was agreed upon in the Jones amend
ments, and the Senate conferees, finding
themselves confronted with the necessity OF
holding forty-thIee votes, will be compelled
to say to the House that IL a bill is to be
passed the House must accept the material
amendments made by the Senate. This is
esI ecially true of sugar. coal and iron ore,
over which the greatest contention has been
from the beginning.
POpuIists Demand the Bounty.
Senators Allen and Kyle (populists), 1t Is
understood. have renewed the demand for
the continuance Of part Of the bounty for
the present year.
Senators whose constituents are interested
in the coal duty say that the Senate rate
canot be reduced, but there is, at this time
considerable friendship manifested toward
the reciprocity proposition on coal which
is suggested by some that there may be q
slight lowering of the duty on iron ore,
which, it IS claimed, can stand a reduction
better than cCal.
1t is understood that the conferees, at
their former sitting, practically agreed upon
all the other changes. and that this work
will not be gone over. There will be large
number of these, but a majority of them
will be unimportant.
Seeking Some Settlement.
Senators Harris and Jones had a long
conference with Secretary Carlisle at the
Treasury Department this morning with q
view to a settlement Of the tariff compli-
cations on a basis of honor to the radical
and conservative elements Of the democratic
party. After leaving the conference Sena-
tor Harris is credited with saying that
there was no longer any doubt of the ulti-
mate passage Of the Senate bill with GER
tain notifications Of a character to meet
the Presidents wishes for freer Jaw ma
terial and making a straight duty OF IS per
cent ad valorem on sugar. These confer
ences between Senators and a representa-
tive Of the President are assumed to indi-
cate sincere desire for harmonious action
in the matter.
Future Course Of Republicans.
The republican Senator's having found
after a consultation held before the Sem
ate hcl tOudy tney cOulQ not carry
the free sugar amendments proposed by
Senator Quay yesterday decided that Sen
ator Quay should withdraw all his amend
ments offered yesterday, with the under
standing that they will be renewed in a
different form by some other republican
If the vote shows that Senator Quay's
vote Will strike out the one-eighth differ
entail 1t will probably be cast on that side
The republicans do not know how the pop-
ulists will vote. On the proposition to vote
for free sugar there was found a serious
complication. For the republicans Sena-
tors Manderson and Perkins were afraid
that the proposition might go through and
the bill pass. 1t was understood that in
case free sugar was added to the bill Sen
ator PETER would vote for it. The repub-
licans felt that the only proposition which
would go through and which will endanger
the bill is that instructing the conferees
to strike out the One-eighth differential.
This would carry by only the margin of
one vote If all the republicans, all the pop
ulists and Senators Hill and Irby voted for
il.
There is little hope that the republicans
of the Senate will be able to strike out the
one-eighth differential on sugar, even if
they would all vote for it. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Stewart New, whose vote. is
necessary to carry the proposition, will not
vote with them. 1t Is not known whether
he will vote at ALL but even then the vote
would be tie and the motion lost, :. .tr.,