The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-08-09
SOME TARIFF
PREDICTIONS.
COnferreeS Express the Belief That
the End is at Hand.
BUT THEY STILL ARGUE |!
Senator Jones Admits no Agreement
Has Been Reached, but Declares the
outlook is Cheering.
TUT THEY STILL ARGUE !

WASHINGTON, Aug 9.-When the Dem |
Dcratic tariff conference adjourned last |
evening it was understood on all sides |
that the Democrats would report to the
full conference today. Members of the
conference supported the general faith by
their statements, which were more or less
sanguine or guarded, depending upon the
temperament of the speaker. While the
utterances at the time Of adjournment
were not so strong as those which were
heard earlier in the afternoon they were
still sufficiently assuring to justify the
statement that, barring improbable con-
tingencies, the Democratic members of
the conference will find themselves pre-
pared some time during the day, or at the
latest tomorrow, to call in the Repub-
lican mem bers of the conference for full
meeting.
II will not say" said Senator Jones last
night, that we have agreed, for that
would not be true, but the situation is
cheerful, and the indications are that we
shall finish the work tomorrow. If we
do not come to an agreement tomorrow
shall consider the conference at an end, for
do not see the use of continuing our in
terviews with the house conferrees any
longer"
which had started out with a determine
tion on the part of the senate conferrees,
supported by the conservative senators,
to bring the question at issue to a finality
during the day, and which later brought
the positive, though unofficial, announce
ment that this end had been accomplished
and an understanding reached. The re-
port began to gain circulation about
o'clock, and it grew stronger and stronger,
without receiving positive confirmation
from those in a position to know the facts,
until 2:3O, when members of the confer
ence and senators who had been closeted
with them confirmed it to the extent of
saying that while all the details had not
been arranged, they felt confident that a
basis had been found upon which the con-
ferrees of both houses could stand and
terms actually agreed upon which the
conservative senators would accept. Both
Democrats and Republicans accepted this
as the approach of the end, and as equal
TO definite announcement of agreement
When, however, the conference recon
vened at o'clock it soon developed that
by no means all the details had been ar
ranged, and also that there was more or
less opposition to the program, and it was
not long before the conferrees found
themselves bothering over many of the
same propositions which they had been
considering for days. 1t also became
noised about that the outlook was not SO
bright as it had appeared a few hours be-
fore.
1t was understood that objection had
been made from the house to the reten-
tion of the duty on coal, and that certain
senators, among whom was Senator Pugh,
of Alabama, had taken a decided stand
against what they termed the sacrifice of
iron ore. These complaints were sufficient
to cause the conferrees 20 halt for a time
and it is known that some difficulties were
encountered in adjusting the differences
on other schedules.
The conferrees were, therefore, not as
sanguine upon the adjournment of their
afternoon session as they were when the
forenoon session closed. They came out
of the conference somewhat anxious, but
| still, as they asserted, hopeful that today
would see the final adjustment of their
differences They stated that the coal
and iron ore rates were among those
which had not been fixed beyond recall.
Indeed sugar appears from the statements
given out 10 be the only article upon
which definite conclusion has been
reached, but it was understood that either
coal or iron ore would go to the free list
and the other would be dutiable at the
senate rate. During the day it was first
ore and then the other of these articles
that was to be free, and finally it was left
open until today.
The Republican steering committee of
the senate held a session Immediately af-
| ter the adjournment of the senate to con
| slider the situation. The understanding
| among them was to the effect that the
Democrats had got close enough together
| TO allow the tariff bill to be reported back
TO the senate today. There were present
Republicans who had information as to
the status of the bill, and they stated that
upon the manufacturing schedules the
| senate rates in the main obtained, but on
the three principal items sugar, coal and
iron, a compromise had been reached. 1t
was from this standpoint that the Repub-
licans discussed the bill and the possibil-
| ity of defeating it.
1t was first ascertained that every Re
| publican and the Populists PETER and
Stewart would vote against the bill, and
that Mr.. Hill would also oppose it, Three
more votes were necessary to defeat it.
| The announcement was made with con.
siderable directness that both Messrs.
Caffery and Blanchard, of Louisiana,
would vote against, though they were
not considered absolutely certain.
One Of the senators had asked Senator
| Allen as to the position Of himself and
Mr., Kyle, who voted for the bill when it
passed the senate, and while he hal not
received a positive answer, the Inference
was that the Populists seemed to think it
was a part OF their policy to vote against
the bill. with the Republican side solid,
and Hill, Gallery, Blanchard and Allen
with them the bill could not pass. The
Republicans had to acknowledge how
ever, that the prospects of getting all three
of the last named was extremely doubtful,
The impression prevailed that the de-