The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-11
MAKE 1T FOR GOOD.
Conference Meetings Are Sus-
pended for the Present.
To All Appearances They Might
as Well Be for Good.
HILLS RESOLUTION.
1t Would Compel the House to
Accept Senate Bill.

WASHINGTON. Aug IA crisis in
the tariff affairs was reached yester-
day, both in the open senate and in
the secret councils of Democratic
tariff cOnferrees- When the confer
ence closed last night it was with the
understanding that the meetings
would be suspended for the present.
No time was set for reassesa aiding the
conferrees to-day or thereafter, and it
was felt that no further sess oas
III ght be necessary, in case the
senate acted fasorabl on Senator
liiIl's resolution. direct ng the senate
conf rrees - report the situation OF
affairs. What was Of more import
anee was the feeling expr ssed b. the
house conferrees at the close OF the
inference that IN case the LII 1850
IxtiOn pass sd-and they believed 1t
wOuld-the conference would practlc-
q ly be relieved of is wOra., AMI it
would remain only for the house to
accept the senate IL a = lesser evil.
a they believe, than the Mckinley
lz.w.
These conclusions ware reached af-
ter day of intense 6xclt~ N q nOng
the tariff leaders The day opened
with the senate prop ; -tion for free
sugar st IL pending before the confer
ence Chairman Wilson aud his house
associates were satisfied that the ten
der of free sugar was not made IN
good faith, and they had, therefOre,
requested the senate cOnfefrees TO
furn sh poll of the senate show
ing that if the prOpOSit on were
acc pied it wollI b. adopted by the
senate ami the bill passed. The poll
was con 5idered as soon as the con err
ence convened. 1t disclosed that in
the event of the acc ptance OF the
free sugar amendment the bill as a
whole would be vote against by tlllr-
ty-cight Repu blica1s and by SenatOrs
Kyle. Allen and PETER, POpulists, and
Gallery and blanchard, Democrats, a
total sufficient TO deIeat the bill.
This poll WIS made on the best
Judgment Of the senate con 3errees-
The house accepted it as showing con-
clusively that the tender Of the free
sugar nlmc Mt, while male in
good faith by the senate cOnferrees,
vas n means adopted by the con-
s.arvat.ves for the pur Ose of defeat
ing thrift legislation and leaving the
Mckinley law in force. The discus
sion brought out for the first
time the statement that the
defensive alliance between GER
tain mem ers hal proceeded further
than mutual coop .ratiOn and was
now reduced to a signed agreement
While members OF the conference did
not ella m to have seen the agre enent
they stated a fact that Senators
KYLE, A len, Pef r. blanchard and
CdHCfY ntlQ re "a uCeQ L0-ir u. tcfSttnI-
in to black ana white and had gaed
l. to the eff ct that they would vote
against any iii " hich did not contain
a bounty clause for sugar
As free sugar would eliminate the
bounty provis on, the agreement " s
regarded rs show NJ that the five
senators com bine " tn the Republi-
cans would defeat the bill.
Senator Brice, speaking of the
situat on last night. said that for the
first time he had to admit that the
chances for the bill are not good. but
he b ieved t.iat the pArl anne ntary
tssngie on lie Strengthened 50 that
tie senate b Ii could be pissed.
''BrusEing a idc ali parlia me ntary
cobvebs. y Il sail. --an1 using com
mon sense. til re- is no reason why the
house cannot at any time concur in
the senate amendments AMI pass the
b II. If the senate should now take
some further act on like indefinite
pootponement, it might cOmpllc-lte
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