The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-30
Hayemeyer's Men Standing Sol
idly by Their Guns.
HOUSE QUITE AS DETERMINED.
The Senate Conferees Will Not Saeri-
flee the sugar Trust.
Another Disagreement Likely to Re
Reached Today-The Caucus Cali Dis
pIeases the Ways and Means Lenders
Forecast OF Congress.

been no meeting Of the Democratic con-
ferees on the tariff bin since the adjourn
ment Saturday, and the Democratic man
ayers on the part OF the senate are vet un-
informed - TO what will be the purpose of
the reply which the Democratic man
asers on behalf Of the house will make in
response TO the senate's position that the
conference must accept thss senate bill
Having at the Saturday meeting made
plain TO the house members of the con-
ference why this demand on their part
had 10 re made and Why IL should be ac-
cepted, the senators have, since TIE ad-
journment on Friday, given very little
attention TO the tariff affairs and
say when spoken to that there is
nothing tor them 10 do until the house
members make known their acceptance or
rejection of the proposition. II it be ae-
cepted they think the report can be made
after brief conference. If rejected. they
say they see no reason for a long parley.
as under the circumstances they cannot
abide their demands without endangering
the passage of the bill in the senate The
senate conferees have said to those of the
house that TO strike oct the differential on
sugar probably means the loss of eight
votes in the senate. and also that il is
equally important that coal and iron ore
should remain in the bill as arranged in
the senate.
1t does not appear that any difficulty
has arisen over coal and iron ore in the
present conference, and the house MEM
bers have indicated willingness to leave
them as agreed upon in the senate If the
sugar schedule can be changed so rs 10
eliminate the special duty of x of cent
on refined sugars. This is the only ques-
ton of real contention, and the senators
are apparently determined to stand firm
for the retention of the ditferential Fur
thermore, they do not appear to be hold
ing out for the senate schedule purely
on the ground of expediency, but they
also contend for the justice of the
proposition 10 giye protection to
the refiners. When Chairman Wilson,
of the house managers. advanced the
proposition on Saturday that the ad
valorem rate of ~ peg cent. would. on ac-
count of the differences in the market
price of raw and refined sugars, give the
refiners an advantage of about one-Q uarter
OF a cent pound, heswas replied To very
sharply by the senate conferees, some of
whom displayed figures to prove the con-
trary, while others said the proposition
was too absurd for argument. They also
went over the argument as TO the cost of
manufacturing sugar in this and other
countries, the house members contendiag
it is worth taking into account, and the
senators attempting TO demonstrate the
absnrdity OF this position.
Ii looks very much like a deadlock un-
less the house conferees yield, as there is
Of e h.
OF the senators TO do so. The conferees
talk frankly about the situation and plant
themselves firmly upon the position that
the sentiment in the senate is such that
il must be the senate bill or no bill.
The full conference by members of the
two houses will be held at O'Clock tomor-
row. Previous To that time the Demo
cratic managers of the two houses will
meet informally, when 1t is presumed the
senate eonfsrees will be informed of the
decision of their house colleagues of the
conference on Saturday. The decision
will be Hat refusal on the part of the
house conferees TO yield to the senate de-
mand in whole or in part. The determina-
tion TO give this negative response has
been agreed on definitely by the house
conferees. Ii had been expected that the
intense feeling OF the last week would
clear the atmosphere and lead TO some
common ground of agreement. but when
the house eonferees were met by demand
10 yield IN toto on sugar and iron they as
sumed an equally aggressive and deter
mined stand. At their meeting each of
the four house members Was asked 10
state ii his views had changed in any way
since the former conference. 1t developed
that not one Of the four had modified his
views in the slightest They were. there
fore, a unit in declining 10 accede to the
demand of the four senate eonferees, and
a solid front of opposition viii be made
known 10 the senators in the morning.
It is stated tonight that Representative
Springer, of Illinois, has been persuaded
bv the house Democratic leaders To with
draw his call for a caucus Of Democratic
members of the house. which was 10 have
been called Tuesday Il the tariff conferees
did not reach an agreement by that time.