The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-08-06
THE SAME OLD STORY
fhe Senate and House Said TO Have
Agreed.
JAPs REPORTED AGAIN VICTORIOUS
The Situation in Congress Seems no
Nearer Solution, and all Sorts
of Claims are Made.
Nearer Than Ever.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-When the dem
ocratic tariff conferees adjourned tonight,
after an all-day session, it looked as
than at any time thus far, and yet the
agreement itself, which is the great end
in view, had not been attained. The
hopes of the conferees last night that
definite results would be reached and
made public today failed 10 be realized.
An agreement on sugar had not been
reached beyond the possibility of recall,
nor had agreements been made on iron
ore or coal. The day closed, however,
much better than it opened. 1t had
brought out the fact that the new sugar
schedule, submitted as an ultimatum by
the conservative senator's, would be ac-
cepted by the house conferees, and that
there was little else than the formal and
final announcement of the acceptance to
make the agreement on sugar complete.
So fully satisfied were the house confer
ees that the schedule would prevail that
they urged its advantages on their col
leagues on the house side and pointed
out that in their opinion it would reduce
the benefits, at least by SO per cent. over
the original senate schedule.
In view of the fact that the PROPOSE
ton came from the senators, this willing
ness of the house men to put out its ad-
vantage and features indicated the COM
mon ground they occupied. Indeed, one
of the conferees spoke of the result of
the days work as equivalent to an agree
ment on the sugar schedule, but said it
was not such a binding agreement as to
cut off the possibility of disagreeing to
it on Monday. Thus it stands, with the
conferees ON the point of agreeing, and
yet not actually at that point. AS to
when the quasi agreement will become
an absolute finality, the conferees had
no definite idea when they separated to-
night. As Secretary Carlisle was with
them a part of the day, it is concluded
the schedule is also satisfactory to the
administration. When the democrats
separated this evening Senator Jones
said he hoped they might call upon the
republican conferees early next week,
possibly. but not probably, Monday,
though he stated something might occur
to upset all calculations and prevent a
full and complete adjustment of the
differences.
The especially new developments of
the day was the disclosure early this
morning that the two Louisiana sena-
tors, Caffery and Blanchard, could not
be depended upon to support the new
sugar schedule. Their opposition was
based on the ground that it failed to take
into consideration the requirements of
the Louisiana sugar planters tor the
bounty on their present crop, at least.
This caused some uneasiness at the out
set, and it was felt the new schedule,
upon which hung the chance Of full
agreement, might be wrecked by the
opposition of the Louisiana senators and
several populists. This feeling wore off
later in the day, however, either through
Indifference of concession to this opposi-
ton element, and it was not regarded at
the close of the conference as a serious
menace to the success of the conferees
efforts.
No attempt was made today, as yes
terday, to disguise the details of the new
sugar schedule, and the conferees them
selves officially confirmed its provisions
as made public yesterday, but pointed
out that the latest phase of the PROPOSE
ton entirely eliminated the one-tenth
differential against sugars coming from
countries paying an export bounty on
sugar. This, it was explained, made
the proposition more nearly approach
]. the decision of the house. In other
words, the new schedule is exactly as
heretofore given, viz
On sugars below No. 16, Dutch stand
ard (raw sugars) 40 per cent ad valorem
on sugars above No. 16, Dutch standard
trefned sugars], 40 per cent ad vaIorem
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