The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-01
SENATE MAY GIVE IN.
Indications for Tariff Reform More
Favorable.


WASHINGTON, July 30.-For the first
time since the tariff bill has been IN
| conference there were signs Of waver-
ing in the strong line that has stood be-
hind the senate bill. SENATE bill or no
! brl' has been repeated during the day,
but less frequently and with less en-
phasis than heretofore. The only ex-
PLANTATION for the brief conference today
is the fact that the house conferees feel
that the situatior is changing In their
favor. There ara many reasons adj
vanced TO show that this statement has
good foundation. 1t is known that the
mails and telegraph are bringing to the
democratic senators urgent appeals to
pass a bill which will not favor the
trusts and which viii be IN line with
the demands Of the party platform
In fact these requests upon the sena-
tors are Endorsements of the position OF
the president and the house IN the main
points Of difference. That these tels-
grams are having effect cannot be denied
and have caused the senators who are
most insistent upon the senate bill as re-
CARDS coal, iron ore and sugar no little
concern,
The house members also ind consider
able comfort in their analysis of the
speeches made by the democratic sena-
tors when the conference disagreement
was before the senate I'm which they find
that but one democrat besides Mr.. Hale
made any pledge of his vote, and that
was Senator Caffery, who declared that
II the Louisiana sugar interests were not
protected he would not vote for the bill
None of the other senators, IL is claimed,
burned the bridges behind themg none
OF them declared absolutely that they
would vote against the bill If tho one
eighth differential on sugar was not re-
tanned or if the duty on iron ore and
coal was stricken out. But more than
this. many OF the senators declared their
desire to obtain a bill which would Sc
cure forty-three democratic votes. IL is
pointed out that none of these senators,
not even Mr.. CaffeTy, have placed them
selves in a position IN which they can
not support a bill IL Il is returned with
out a differential protection TO the sugar
reiners and with coal and iron on the
free list.
The Compromise Proposal.
It is known that a great deal Of pres
sure is being brought TO bear on the
democratic conferees Of the senate to re-
port an agreement with notifications Of
the three principal items. a compromise
being suggested 10 the extent Of q fiat
ad valorem rate on sugar Of 45 per cent,
with an extension on the bounty 10 Jan
l. 1895; free iron ore, coal 40 cents a ton
with reciprocity provision that coal
shall be admitted free from such couE-
tries as grant free admission 20 coal
produced in the United States.
While this proposition has not been sub
mitted with any assertion that 1t is an III
timatum of the house conferees, there is
a great deal of talk that such a PROPOSE
ton is likely to be presented. This, it
is believed, will secure the votes OF the
louisiana senators, the two populists,
Allen and Kyle. and Irby of South Caro-
lana In that event ii would take other
democratic senators beside Hill TO defeat
the BILL and the house members declare
the number cannot be found.
1t is a fact that the situation, turning
as ii does on these lines, has caused con-
siderable uneasness among the democrats
of the senate, and especially those who
are known TO be steadfast in their de-
mands for the senate bill in its main feat
ures. The reliance Of the house upon out
side pressure and the democratic senti-
ment that seems to be rallying around the
president and the house, from the country
at large 1t Is claimed will grow stronger
will be compelled to yieid.
The prestige which the administration
obtained in the conference over the I'M
conditional repeal OF the silver purchasing
law has been pointed out as being evil
dence OF a dissemination now which with
the solid backing Of the democratic lead
ers In the house viii bring about a similar
result on the tariff biz.
Tension seIi Exists.
The tension between the senate and
house was as marked at the close OF the
session today as it had been at any time
previous. The democratic members Of the
conference found themselves In a COM
plete deadlock when they met during the
forenoon, and the full conference called
for l o'clock found itself without business
before It when IL convened. The full con-
ference did not continue to exceed fifteen
minutes, and the proceedings consisted IN
a statement by the democrats 10 the re-
publicans that the democratic lconferees
had been unable TO reach an understand
ing, and a suggestion on the part Of Chair
man Wilson OF the house conferees TINT
the conference adjourn subject to the
call OF the chairman was acquesced in
by the republicans.
The impression which ex-Speaker
Reed obtained of the situation was EN-
bodied in a rough diagram which he
drew while the conference was in ses-
sion. which represented the senate as a
locomotive rushing down a steep grade
under full steam. Stretching across
the track, and directly In front OF the
engine. is an immense. Well-eupported