The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-05
FAR APART ON THE TARIFF
The COnfeTeeS Not Near an Agreement
Yet.

tors Form Combine With Senators
Allen and Kyle to Defeat the Bill if
Their Demands on the Sugar Sohed-
ule Are Not Acoeded To.
Washington, Aug 4.-Another week has
passed and except for rumors the confer
ence committee on the tariff is no nearer
an agreement than when they entered the
committee room.
Speaker Crisp holds the key to the stu
alton. 1t is he who is holding the Senate
at bay He was with the President until
late hour last night and was at the
white house again to-day. The speaker
wants bill more after the order of the
one the House framed, and if it is possi-
bic to get it, it will be had. The House
conferees may not win, but they will not
yield until the speaker is thoroughly
convinced that the bill will
be lost otherwise. He has not reached
that conclusion yet.
The Senate is yielding by inches. 1t
has proposed a sugar schedule which
gives the trust differential Of about half
what the Senate gave it. The conferees
were at work on their proposition all day.
One of the conferees said, to-day 1.-THE
last bar in the fence may be lowered now
at any time and the committee get to-
gether Wednesday at the latest 1 think
will see the report"
THE LOUISIANA DELEGATIONS KICK.
BY the Southern Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. 4-The Louisiana
delegation has Unexpectedly impeded the
work Of the conference by entering an
emphatic protest against the proposed
sugar schedule as made public in the dis
patches yesterday.
MIR Caffery was very indignant this
morning, and held an energetic interview
with Mr.. Jones, in which he denounced
the schedule as being especially antag
Onistic TO the sugar growers. He still
urged that the bounty be paid on the
crop of 1894, but this the conference re-
fuses to do. Mr.. Caffery declares that
the delegation from his state will not
support the proposed schedule, and
bases his objection TO the absence Of the
bounty.
DEAL WITH THE POPULIsTs.
1t is believed, however, that the Louisi-
ana senatars would not vote against the
schedule now in the Senate, as they SUD
ported 1t before. What concerns the con-
ference more than the individual opposi-
tion Of Messrs. Caffery and Blanc lard is
the combination they have been able TO
make with the two populists, Messrs. AL
len and Kyle. According to rumor,
which is accompanied by much de-
tail, the populist senators are looking out
for the interests of the beet sugar grow
ers, and have agreed that they will Join
Messrs Caffery and Blanchard in voting
against the bill If the proposed schedule
is retained. This would make four votes
number sufficient to cause the conferees
much concern. 1t can be stated positively
on authority of two members of the con-
ference committee, representing both
houses, that the bounty cannot well be
put into the bill
AGAINST THE BOUNTY.
Both the House and the Senate struck
the bounty out and the conferees saw
they are not making new bill, only set
ting differences, and the differences be-
tween the two houses is simply one of
rates. The House coEferees seem to be
very determined in this regard and will,
If the proposition should be advanced by
the Senate, resist to the last the restora-
ton Of any bounty clause, however much
the original proposition may be
modified. When the conferees met this
morning they hoped to have reached an
agreement by tonight, but owing to the
snag struck in the opposition of the
Louisiana senator's combination they
will now be compelled to move slowly for
time. All other items IN the bill have
been gone over, and the conferees know
sugar in satisfactory shape.
TWO ANTAGONIsTIC VIEWS.
When the conference committee ad-
Journed this afternoon there were two
antagonist!c views held by the senators,
both of which had adherents. 1t was be-
ueVed on the one hand that a report, sat
lsfactory all around, would be made to
the two houses not later than next
Wednesday, and. on the other hand, that
n 0lCgnFanIDor ho11 90 fo1I
within the next two or three days. A
nearer guess would be-and, after all, the
whole situation is very like guess work
mat the latter part of next week will be
mere before any conclusion of any sort is
reached
When the democratic members of the
conference committee disbanded at 5
O'Clock this afternoon, the House men,
Oers appeared TO be more jubilant than
thelr senatorial colleagues. Indeed,
representatives MCMillin and Mont
gomery seemed to be quite happy. With
out saying what had been done, II any
yAIhg, they declared that nothing had
9een accomplished that might not be un-
gohe when they met again Monday.
mere was that in their manner, however,
mat led to the conclusion that they be-
neyed, or at least hoped, that the eud
was in sight.
lhe Senate conferees were equally un-
communicative. Senator Jones said that
ne believed that there would be a report
some time next week, and he thought
mere was light in the distance. Still
senator Jones was willing to admit that
ne did not feel as cheerful over the stu
a9uon as he did yesterday afternoon.
Hhy he felt so differently, Senator Jones
HHechned to say as that would necessar-
ny nave taken him into discussion of the
matters that belonged only to the con-
ference room
THE SUGAR SCHEDULE.
Despite all rumors to the contrary, the
% uracy Of the sugar schedule sent out
u the press dispatches last night has
Sg SsyH confirmed, although it is not the
ni,a nHat and irrevoca BILE decision of the COM
tIL'v'ee. 1t is the only one of a dozen that
% %n' conservative senator's will agree to
Gogept, and II is the only one the mem
ITS eyS OF the House conferees have not OBJ
;UJIyea 70, the most diplomatic way in
,"Ilch The conferees state that IL is the
GtHeuule which they will agree 10 accept
~ course no schedule can be accepted by
senate conferees thai cannot COM
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