The record-union., 1894-08-09
Special to the REooRD-UNros.

epeciaI to the REcoRD-UNToS.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-The Posts Wash
ington special says; The tariff conferrees
have agreed. This announcement was
made at 3 o'clock. The agreement is in
formal and is by the Democratic MEM
bers only. The Republicans members
have been notified to attend meeting to-
morrow.
The basis of the agreement is the sugar
schedule agreed to last Friday, forty
cents ad valorem, with one-fifth of per
cent. differential on refined sugar. Iron
ore is free and coal forty cents ton, q re-
ciprocity clause.
The agreement will, it is said by the
Democratic conferrees, be satisfactory TO
all forty-three Democratic Senators. Ii
so, formal report may be expected to-
morrow or next day at the latest. and the
Presidents expectation of having an op-
portunity to sign the bill this week may
be realized, though it is doubtful, as the
change in the Senate bill offers reason
for debate and it is believed the Repub-
licans will take advantage OF II. Cleve-
land men say they have won. The Cor
man people say it is a compromise.
v
journed late to-day it was said on all sides
that the Democrats would report to the
full conference tomorrow. Members Of
the conference supported the general
faith by their statements, which were
more or less sanguine or guarded, de-
pending on the temperament OF the
speaker, while the utterances at the time
OF adjournment were not as strong as
those which were heard early in the alter
noon. They were sufficiently assuring
to justify the statement that, barring inn
probable incontingencies, the Democratic
members of tie conference Will lind
themselves prepared some time during
tomorrow, or at the latest on Friday, to
call in the Republican members of the
conference for full meeting.
II will not say" said Senator Jones,
ssthat we have agreed, for that would not
be true; but the situation is cheerful, and
the indications are that we shall finish
the work tomorrow. If we do not come
to an agreement / shall consider the con-
ference at an end, for l do not see the
utility of continuing our interview with
the House conferrees longer"
This was the situation at the end of a
day which had started out with a deter
nlination on the part of the Senate con-
terrees, supported by the conservative
Senators, to bring the question at issue 10
2 finality during the day, and which later
brought the positive, though unofficial,
announcement that the end had been ac-
complisned and an understanding
reached.
The report began to gain circulation
about O'Clock, and it grew stronger and
stronger, without receiving positive con-
frmation from those in a position to
know the facts till about $50 O'Clock,
when the mem bers of the conference and
Senators who had been closeted with
them confirmed ii to the extent OF saying
that while the details had not been ar
ranged, they felt confident that basis
had been found upon which the con-
ferrees of both houses could stand and
the terms actually agreed upon which
the conservative Senators would accept.
Both Democrats and Republicans ac-
cepted this as the approach of the end,
and it is equal to a definite announce
ment of agreement. The terms, as given
out, were that the sugar schedule, as pub
lished last week, namely: A duty of 40
per cent ad yaloTem on raw sugar, 40 per
cent. on the value OF the raw sugar il the
refined, and one-fifth of a cent differen
tial on sugar, forty cents ton on coal,
and free iron ore, with slight changes in
the metal, wooden and cotton schedules,
had been agreed to.
When, however, the conference recon-
vened at o'clock it soon developed that
ranged, and also that there was more or
less opposition to the progress, and it was
not long before the conferrees found
themselves bOthering over many Of the
same propositions which they mad been
considering for days. 1t also became
noised abroad that the outlook was not so
bright as it had appeared few hours be-
fore. 1t was understood that objection
had been made from the House to the re-
tention of the duty on coal, and that cer-
tain Senators, among whom was Senator
Pueh of Alabama, had taken decided
stand against what they termed a sacri-
fee of iron ore. These complaints were
sufficient to cause the conferrees to halt
for time, and it is known that some
difficulties were encountered in adjusting
the differences on other schedules.
The conferrees were therefore not as
sanguine upon the adjournment of the
afternoon session as they were when the
forenoon session closed. They came out
OF the conference somewhat anxious, but
still they asserted that tomorrow would
see the final adjustment of their differ
ences. They stated, however, that the
coal and iron ore rates were among those
which had not been fixed beyond recall.
Indeed, sugar appears, from the statement
given out, to be the only article upon
which a definite conclusion has been
reached, but it was understood that either
coal or iron ore would go to the free list
and other articles would be dutiable at the
Senate rates. The metal schedule will
have to be changed to accord with iron
ore. if it is finally concluded that those
articles are to be selected for the free list
Memb bers of the Louisiana delegation
were not pleased with the reported agree
uent They said no bounty whatever
was given the sugar schedule, and the
purpose was to put the new law lnte
effect at once, without giving the contln'
nance they had expected till January Isl
sext There was much talk among them
that the schedule would not receive thell
votes.
TALK OVER THE BILL.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-Senator Jones
and Vest of the Tariff Conference, ano
German and Smith on behalf of the con.
eervative Senators, it is understood. de-
cided to-day that the time had arrived
when the conference should end either by
an agreement or disagreement.
Jones, alter the morning conference
said the Senate conferrees might ask t(
be discharged, but he did not think sucl
a request would be made to-day.
The Republican Steering CommitIet
this morning discussed the proposition K
make sugar free. The opinion was ex
pressed that by putting sugar on the free
list the votes of the Louisiana Senators
WOuIQ D6 1OSt W bnS Olils DuS cShSbOA L SA
fer might vote for il. The proposition &c
pnt sugar on the free list will receive the
support of nearly the entire Republican
side.
AtI o'clock the Democratic conference
adjourned until 2:3o.
When the tariff conferrees adjourned
for a recess the air was full of rumors
among them being statements that al
agreement would he reached at the alter
,,on., caccioO leading conservative
Senator said the House must take the re
sponsibility of risking another vote upol
the bill in the Senate. There seems to be
. llntnr1niraafinn on the mart of the Senate