The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-17
THE TARIFF DILEMMA.
The Conforees Do Not Seem 70 Be
Able to Get Together.
Iron ore and Coal the stumbling bi"ek'
Chairman Wilson of tn" House
Ways and Means Committee
Defend. the President.

compromise agreed upon 10y the con
fcrces on coal. sugar and ore ye>ter-
day. is an absurd invention. There i
not "A word of truth in il. The pre>i- 4
dent has never interfered in any man (
ner. lie has treated the matter with 4
great dclieacy-
Have You talked with the president \
al various stages of the situation
Il have seen him occasionally during (
the past few weeks. but he has never
manifested the slightest inclination To
instruct the conferee> A. to their duty /
As sav. he has shown unusual dell
cacy i'm his reference 10 the matters IN
dispute have felt it only proper.
since the president j. the head Of the
party. 70 acquaint him with what we
are doing. hut. beyond general con
vcr>ation. nothing of special impor-
tance has passed between u.
The authoritative statement made by
MIR. Wilson was called out by the
stories that were freely circulated
about both wings OF the capitol to-
day. A. the members of the house
dropped into the chamber this morning
they had all heard the same story
which had evidently originated in the
hotels last night. The story was re-
lated with 80 much circumstantiality
az detail that by the hour Of noon
dozen members could be found who
claimed To know positively that il was
correct.
Later in the day came new report
that the conferces were further apart
than ever: that the senate conferee>.
acting under instructions from the
senatorial body. had fatty repudiated
their promise of the day previous. and
that di>agreeing report would likely
he made tomorrow
How much truth there was in the
story tina; the president had overturned
the compromise agreed upon i'm tenta-
tive manner. yesterday. a. far a SUI
gar. coal and iron ore were concerned.
i shown by the frank and >traightfor-
ward statement made by Mr. Wilson 10
n reporter of the United Press. How
much truth there j. in the subsequent
report that the conferee> were to-day
farther apart than ever. may be seen
from the statement Of another member
~ the conference regarding t'-n situa-
ton ~ X NltttpU at INT ilRAl Va
mcnt this evening.
This member. who is a manager on
the part of the house. said that yester-
day the proposition was made that
they might have their choice between
free iron ore or free coal. and that
while this matter was being discussed
Mr. German made a proposition that
the house should have free coal and
that iron ore remain at forty cents a
ton. According to this conferee this
proposition was accepted. and Mr.. Cor
man then sent them another offer in the
shape Of free sugar. This conferee was
frank enough To admit that this second
offer fairly took away the breath %
the house members. but said that
after they had discussed II for a
short time il was declined with
thanks lie said the house conferee'
had made up their mind that they did
not want free sugar, but that they
would stand by the sugar schedule
they had previously suggested. and
which had been agreed 10 all around
IN conferences. to-wit. "a duty OF "
per cent on raw sugar: duty OF 4
per cent on the raw in the refined. ans
onc-ffth Of a cent pound differentia
for the refining interests. so far a
the house was concerned" said thi
ronfcrce they stood just where the.
did last night for duty on sugar. irol
ore taxed at forty cents ton an
free coal
This morning he said the senate in
sisted that the proposition should b
free iron ore and coal dutiable AT fort.
cents ton. and the house refused 4
accept it.
After the conference this aftcrnoo
one of the most prominent senators p
the committee said that he would neve
vote for an agreement that include
free coal for the reason that such a bi
could not pass the senate. and he 81
not propose To lend himself 70 an
s-chcrnc that was intended a trap
get the bill into the senate where
wa. 10 be killed. lie believed ths
"A basis of compromise migf
he reached where a bill coul
b. arranged that would pa
through all the dangers that now ~
rounded IL and yet become a Law
but the proposition for free coal an
free sugar vas one that was not. ;
he believed. intended "a help the bill
60 say the least. This senator mac
the emphatic statement that 60
should not liz free and he declined
say whether there was an agreeme
in sight or TO say that there was NJ
..Wc may agree in an hour, said }
land we may be here for several day
and possibly forever
Ii was said by one Of the senate
that as fast a. an agreement v
reached on one thing something q
that could not be granted by the =
ate was asked by the house and
sisted upon. although 10 give u
iinperillinr the success of the bill
The coal men in the senate are up
arms AT the thought of free coal. q
il looks a. In all that bad been dr
was alolt To be undone. One ~
house corferces offered a. an cNpla
iion for the story that the preside
had scs hi> foot down against
,,,r.a.,, ~ tnal.. last NIGHT. the Nta