Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-27
NEWS By TELEGRAPH
From All Quarters.
RILLPUrADUTYONC
Decided Upon by the DEM
ocratic Senators.
WILLIS RECALL NOW DEMANDED.
BouteIIe Puts a Resolution
in the House.
one OF The FUGlTIvES killed.
Fought Against Blood
Hounds and Men.
one OF The FUGlTIvEs killed.
rHRy FOUGHT ON sUcAR.

THEY FOUGHT ON SUGAR..
II was the Bono OF Contention In the
Caucus OF the Democratic Senator's
There Will BE . Duty OF Fifty Cents
Atom on Coal-ImportanS Changer
Made to the Free List.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28-The democratic
senators met in conference this morning
for an hour and half and for almost fou,
hours this afternoon with positively nc
conclusion on the tariff bill. They did,
however, take long stride In the direction
of getting together, and 1t Is probable at
the meeting tomorrow progress will be
made. The discussion was on the general
lines and was participated in freely. No
proposition of any sort was put to the con-
ference and no vote was taken. but before
the bill is laid before the finance commit.
tee every disputed schedule will be disposed
of and action taken that will insure the
united support of the party.
The terms of but few schedules were
made public. Sugar was bone of CON-
tention. The sub committee offered q
daty of one cent . pound on raw sugar and
An additional one eighth of q cent on re-
fined. Mr.. White of Louisiana made q
vigorous speech. The democratic senators
are convinced they must give duty, but
are opposed to yielding what the Louis
lana men demand. The latter believe, how
ever, that the duty will not fall below II
cents. when the conference adjourned
this eubjsct was still under discussion. It
ie definitely settled that coal will have .
duty of 30 cents ton.
A number of other changes have also
been made by trsnsfers from the free to
the dutiable list of such articles as will
yield revenue. Among them may be men
toned apples, green and ripe, dried and
evaporated, pinespples, dates. cocosnuts,
olives, green or prepared, boiling cloth,
bone, charcoal, coke, gambler, CUTS sailed,
plaster of paris and sulphate of lime, I'M
ground, shot and gun barrels, rough and
bore Some important changes have been
made to the free List and 1t Is said dia-
monds and other precious stones, uncut,
which hava given a revenue of one million
year, are stricken from the dutiable Est.
1t is now said lead OF all descriptions, lead
ore and all lead products are to be put on
the free list
Messrs. Pugh and Morgan of Alabama
this afternoon advocated a duty on lumber
to protect the great lumber regions of their
state. They also want q duty on iron, and
while asking rs cents q ton it is said would
To willing to accept 80 cents. It is thought
they may get 20 cents. Mr.. White of CAL
ifornia spoke for fruits, and Messrs. Fsulk-
ner, Camden and German for coal. The
tax on whiskey has been discussed but lit
tie, and the final disposition of this article
is uncertain.
During the discussion this afternoon Mr..
Vest took Mr.. Brice to task for an inter-
view in Q New York paper In which he
quoted certain statements made by repub-
licans concerning the finance committee.
Mr.. Brice replied 1t made little difference
as to who made the statements, the essen
tial fact to be known WAS whether or not
they were true. Mr.. Brice denied that he
was making fight for wool, but said he
wanted to see q bill constructed upon
which all democrats could agree.
Short speeches were made By Mesers.
Lindsay, Blackburn, Ransom, Jones and
others, all indicating desire to have the
disputed points settled before the bill was
made public. The idea was brought out
in d. bate that If this could be accomplished
the democrats would do little talking when
the bill came before the senate. The ses-
sion of the senate will be very brief, for
another early adjournment will be taken
to hold q caucus. 1t Is expected that after
the bill has been discussed an effort will be
made by the fenators to take action.
To, days caucus was the result of talk
Mr.. Brice had with Mr.. Cleveland one day
last week. The senator told the president
the democrats were at eea and stated his
idea of how the majority of the finance
committee was proceeding in making its
bill. Mr.. Brice told the president his
course was Irritating q number of demo-
Gratis and the result would be trouble in
the senate when the bill came In, with .
prospect of its recommittal. The presi-
dent then suggested that the democratic
senators should confer together and have
an understanding before q report was had.
It is thought that it will be impossible to
go over the bill before Wednesday after
NOON