The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-18
ARR IN 4 prApLock.
Tariff BiiI Conferees Unable to
Agree.
BUREAU OF THE SENTINEL.
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WASHINGTON. d. G.. July l6
The tarm conferees ara IN a deadlock.
Privately. conferecs admit IT, The SEN
ate conferees are still standing up for
the senate amendments like stone wall.
They have been compelled 10 frankly ad-
init 10 the house conferees the humillat-
ing fact that In order 60 obtain the
consent OF the republicans 10 close de-
bate on the bin and allow a vote to ba
taken on the passage OF the bin. solemn
promises had To be made by the man
ayers or the bin that the senate conferees
would stand hy the senate schedules on
iron, wool and cotton manufactures.
The agreement made la caucus. called
by Brice. German. Smith. Murphy and
Caffery. also bound the senate conferees
10 protect tho senate bin I'm conference.
The senate conferces say they cannot
break these pledges. II would be dis
honorable on their part TO do 20.
That Chairman Wilson is dlsgusted Is
putting Il mildly Eventually the house
confcrees VIII yield and the senate bill.
with silent notifications. viii become a
law This rs predicted by the most cons
servatlVr members Of the house Thu
senate schedules on sugar whisky coal,
iron and lead VIII probably stand. Tha
average member OF the house Is prepar<
ing 60 eat his crow.
The democratic members Of the tarift
conference committee adjourned earlier
than usual today, and tnc situation 40
the time OF adjournment. from tho best
Information ohtainable. was that the con-
fereca were far from au agreement, and
that within "a short time a diagrecmens
would be reported o. the senate and tho
house. The question winch has been
agittling ihe members seems 20 be just
what kind of a report 40 make. but tha
impression seemed 10 Doe that ~ would
Dee 1t Il general disagreement with, per-
a. fIft IF.sa
10 had not been decided 90 call in tha
republican members of tne conference
when adjournment was taken. '1t N ~
possible thut the FUN conference may
meet tomorrow or nest dHv. ~ was cvl-
dent, from what could he learned. thai
the meeting showed "a tendency Ia get
farther apart than before. and the dis
cussion OF The main questions showed
that there would have o. De Instructions
from the respective houses before thu
conf-rees would feel warranted IN yleld-
ing from the positions they have taken
from the first When the conference ad-
iOurued one ~ the canfcrecs summed up
the situation as follows:
I'VE have accomplished absolutely
nothing today. We have not advanced
an inch after being together all day. wa
are exactly whore Ne We're last Saturday
night There Is no truth whatever IN the
report that we have reached an agrees
ment on sugar ON the contrary. no ar
rangement Is even On sight While theirs
has been talk Of calling la the republican
members on some questions. yet IL had
not amounted 90 an agreement up 10 tha
time OF ad1Ourning I'm fact IL seems
Impossible 10 reach agreements on any
thing OF Importance. Neither Is theirs
any prospect that we would be nearer
10 an agreement at the end Of the wcelS
than we are at the beginning"
In such case there viii be nothing
left but to report a disagreement and lie
each house insists upon It's bill. then a
further conference will be ordered.
II IS stated that the democratic mem-
bers Of the conference committee do not
care TO make a report until the return
of Speaker Crisp.
the house. who intended 20 meet and taxa
action against the continuation OF the
Hawaiian treaty, postponed the meet
ing until tomorrow.