The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-15
DEADLOCK ON THE TARIFF.
The COnfeTeeS Of the Two. Houses
Unable TO Agree.

Senator Brioe Says a Disagreement
Will Be Reported on Wednesday
and a New Conference Asked-No
Inclination Manifested to Make
Partial Report-Yesterday Devoted
to Consideration of the Sugar
Schedule.
Washington, July 4.-Senator Brice
was laconic tonight when asked for in
formation as to when the tariff conferees
would report. 1.-THE report" he said,
Twill be made TO the two houses on
Wednesday of next week. The conferees
will report a disagreement and both
houses will instruct for another confer
ence."
When asked if he did not think there
would be partial agreement he replied
that he did not, as no inclination had been
manifested to make a divided report
Other senators also predict that
report will be made during the week, but
they are not so positive as to the
day, and some of the members Of the COM
mittee, in their conversation with news
paper representatives, whatever they may
say to their fellow senators and repre-
sentatives, discourage the idea that re-
port may be expected during the week.
They say it is yet too early to say when
a conclusion will be reached by the demo-
cratic conferees without taking into con-
sideration the possibility of delay after
the republican members of the confer
ence are invited to participate in its pro-
ceedings.
ATTITUDE OF THE REPUBLICANS.
On this latter point Senator Aldrich
said tonight that if when the republicans
are asked into the conference, it should
appear that the democratic Senatorial
conferees had made concessions suffic-
lent to materially alter the character of
the Senate bill, they would certainly ask
for full information as to the reasons for
the changes, and that in that event the
probabilities were that considerable time
would be necessary after the beginning of
the full conference before the report could
be made. If, however, Senator Brice is
correct in his prediction that there will
not be divided report, and that the re-
port made will simply state the fact of
disagreement, there would seem to be no
reason for the republican conferees de-
manding prolonged consideration in COM
mittee.
THE SUGAR SCHEDULE.
With reference to the proceedings of
the conference to-day, it can only be
stated that the sugar schedule has con-
sumed The greater part, if not the entire,
time of the committee. and that the
work has been devoted largely on the
part of the senators to persuading the re-
pubiicans to consent to the retention of
the one-eighth of cent differential on re-
fined sugar. Inquiries have also been
sent by the conferees as to how much less
than 40 per cent ad valorem will satisfy
the sugar producers The Louisiana mem
bers in congress say nothing whatever
can be yielded from the 40 per cent rate,
and the response to the conferees was to
that effect.
NET RESULT OF THE WEEKS WORK.
While it is true that during the week
almost every schedule in the bill has been
under consideration it is a fact that as
yet few, if any, rates have been fixed
other then tentatively, and when mem
bers of the conference say nothing has
been absolutely agreed upon they are
technically within the bounds of the
truth. 1t appears from the best informa-
ton obtainable that a great part
of the time has been given TO
representation to the House
conferees by the Senate members of the
necessity Of making the most liberal con-
cessiOns possible in the interest of the
final passage of the bill through the Sen
ate. The House conferees have indi-
Gated in most, if not all, instances what
they thought the House would assent to,
and 1t is the figures given in these cases
which have been accepted as agreements
by those who have heard them reported.