Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-26
WREATHED IN SMILES.
Senators are Pleased With
the Result.
The Bin Referred to the Conference
Committee again without In
structions-Hin Absent From
the caucus-Irby and Allen.

e . 'ngton. July 25.-The senate will
the request OF the house for
a. S1.'S ference on the tariff bill
ana g rees will return to the
meetir< NLT. ose of the house. an
tramm6 ~. specific instructions
Whatever. As the conclusion Of
the Democ senatorial caucus
which adjourned sine die few min
utes after 8 O'Clock today, after two
days sitting. While the caucus did
not commit Itself to any definite line
of policy Ia so many words. the con-
ferees feel with their Democratic col.
leagues that they understand what
majority OF thcm desire. ana they he
lieve this to be that they shall stand
substantially for the senote bill. This
is not -he Individual preference OF
many. nor perhaps Of minority q the
Democratic senators. but Il represents
the opinion OF most Of them as ex-
pressed in the cancuJ - to be the
only practical course open to che Dem.
ccrats who think that tha present c,n-
eress must pass tariff bill of some
kind, whether K be what they prefer
ar not In other words. the result of
the caucus whl,i has just clcs,d is
the roescertaining OF VIVA; vas known
when the three days caucus ciosei
last March, that 1t is impracasabIe
TO pass any tariff bill through the
senate wnich does nor meet the de-
minus VI ele so-la'ie' conservative
senators and the l-ou'siana senators,
il became evident - ~ after the Gnu
ous ronvenoL tni,y n,,, tho ras,,,,-
'''''' NY so'u
lo'i o. senator Iaf'ls 10 send me biil
back to conference without instruc-
lions. was the only. co,,rse ono, 30
d., r.,,.,,, mn
'''e 10 ihe "t"er pEopoaluohs
presented We're those OF Senator Villas
and his friends. one OF walch pro-
,ided f,, t,s,r,,cti,r., 90 ~, -.
-9' '''''' - '"e 'SeHute
V"Hieree9 10 r"eeae rom the one
eighth OF n cent iitferen ial ON refined
sugar without any olher ehappe I'm
49, .rs,,r sat,ol,.,l ~. ,.l.
'"e sNe"' N"'e' ""u me oAher 10
substitute Tor The present tariff sched-
ule guy Oi - per cent. al Ndlorem
without any dinerential, aHd that of
the conservatives 10 instruct the COM
mlttee 70 stand by thc 'cnate amend
ment Senator Villas and two otHer
senaors opposed The latter o7urse and
c3nserVatlEe senators declared abso-
lutelY and empha1odlly that they
Would MOI accept tle Was PROPOSE
tluh 10 feceJe rom the ailtifcntidl,
even though the ad valprem should
be Increased to 40 .cr cent. n any
other sum within reason. Senator
sHlth declared mat such chtnge
meant inc shutting Iowa or rhe re-
nneFe- IN ms state, the thriving OF
IhousandS OF men cut Of employment.
~ l.ouls'apa sena,9Ts hi.ca'eu
willingness, as they had dune yestcr-
day, to accept the SUBSTITUTION II 45
per cent. duty straight lie riopo-
siiun did not, however, rect with
general FAVOR as the wisest "jdrse to
pursue III view OF the hJs1ll'y CT the
New Jersey senator ana those who
acted with him, and II view the
TACT that several ssnatgrs suited trat
lucy az ecu WIN at N!ils III MS op-
position TO the sugar trust as a mat
ter OF principle advised IN f2vor OF
me cessation OF al EFFORTS % give
formal instructions.
Taere nave been lew secret CONFER
cnces from whlch so many connecting
Reports emhhaleu ana II was apparent
that eaeh SENIOR took away ul under
standing to SUIT himseli as 10 what I'M
piled instructions the conferees were
under. Some felt that the senate bill
would be adhered 70 ana others that
the main point OF dinerenee' the one
eikhth OF GENT pei pV 3'ia, On Isl .Ii''
sugars, was TO De ell,hlla,ed anu per-
haps a new sugar schedule presented.
But from those senators who have been
managing the bill the statement came
with forceful emphasis that upon the
main propositions upon when me
house differed-sngar coal and IRON
ore--there would be no changes from
the senate oili when II Wss Ietu l,i,ei,
everyone felt assured OF was that the
forty-three votes could be counted on
10 send the bill back TO conference. me
speeches today Were seneral, ~. snerseP