New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-10
PRICE THREE CENTS.
GORMAN'S BOLD STROKE.
CHECKMATES THE PRESIDENT
HE AUDACIOUSLY OFFERS COMPLETE
RECESSION FROM THE SUGAR
AMENDMENTS.

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THE CONFERENCE coMMITTEE-MR. cLEvE-
LANDS WOUNDED SELF ESTEEM BRINGS
NEGOTIATIONS FOR AGREEMENT
TO sTANDsTILL.
rBY rrrRoRApg THK TRiBrxRj
Washington, Aug 9.The expectation OK the
Democratic conferrees on the Tariff bill that yes
terday's informal agreement the three para
mount items Of sugar coal and iron ore might
be extended to-day to cover all the other differ.
ences between the two Houses proved decidedly
misleading. and the Democratic managers sepa-
rated at 6 o'clock this evening rather downcast
over the prospect OF securing an agreeing report
or a report OF any kind before the end OF the
week. The conferrees took pains to explain that
the hitch in their programme Of prompt agree
ment caused by controversy over the de-
tails Of the woollen and iron schedules, the House
managers insisting material reductions in the
Senate's rates and the Senate managers refusing
firmly to allow any cuts
The real obstacle to a complete adjustment OF
the differences between the two branches seems
however to have been. of a very different char
acter. Although Mr. Wilson and his associates
vehemently deny the fact. there can be no doubt
that since the terms Of last nights one-sldeo
agreement on sugar. coal and iron ore have be-
come public the President whether or not he
was a consentng party to Mr.. Wilson's sur
render" has showed a very decided tendency 70
repudiate the adjustment in SO far as II relates
TO the duty on coal. Mr. Wilson and his cuckoo
colleagues in the House seem to have mistaken
very seriously the quality of Mr.. CleVeanos
political and personal vanity when they agreed
with the Senate managers to abandon the Presi-
dents contention for free coal as one OF the car
dinal and essential conditions Of Democratic
Tariff Reform" Having announced with the
authority Ct Roman Pontiff that the imposition
Of a tax OF any sort or coal would constitute
BETRAYAL Of Democratic principle" Mr.. Cleve-
land was naturally indignant TO find his agehts
in the House abjectly repudiating this vital
tenet Of party faith and accepting and indorsing
the 'perfdy" of tax on coal committed oy the
| heretical ard mutinous leaders of the Senate
! II is no wonder that, in his chagrin at the hu-
| initiating capitulation Of the House conferrees,
| he should have SHARPLY censured Mr.. Wilson for
the hagrant failure Ct the reported agreement 70
! redeem the Democratic promise OF free coai
made to the Presidents personal friends OF the
| Dominion Coal Company u-mited). nor 10
strange that he should this morning on sleeping
over the significance Of the political ana per-
sonal triumph gained at his expense by Mr. Ior'
man have threatened the House conferrees WIFI
another mandate in which he would denounce &c
the country and the party their fa!thlessness u
the trust imposed upon them by the WILSON
| letter Of July q
HE FEARED A COUNTERsTRoKE.
Mr. Cleveland's wounded self-esteem. indeed
more than anything else may be said to have
| brought the negotiations to-day for iur'her
agreement to decided standstll, and there arc
GOOD reasons for thinking that, but for fear OF
commensurate from Mr.. German, OF which ne
.
roon have attempted 10 smash" the agreement
~ Yesterday as last october he smashed the
silver-purchass compromise projected by Mr.
! German and the other Democratic leaders
n the Senate The counter-stroke planned oy
Mr. Ciorman which evidently made the Presi-
! dent pause was born Of the desperate cohV'o-
rlon that Mr. Cleveland's tactics OF scheduIe-
breaking could be met effectively only oy meas
ures as drastic and sensational as his own on
hearing of the Presidents disposition to upset
the coal agreement reached yesterday, MI. Hor-
| man communicated 10 the Senate conieTrees "is
| nlan Of counter, heck, which in its smphci'! ana
audacity easily matched anything so lar SHOWN
4, tho strategy of the Executive. The Maryland
leader saw the vulnerable point IN the fres'-
,ort.s mock heroic attitude toward tariff ,egisa-
tion ard struck boldly at IT, He proposed 10 'he
Senate managers to submit to the House CONFER
roas = .ononlete recession from the Senate amend
,,er,s an sugar Such a recession would leave
sugars both raw and refined. on the free ist'
whore the House put them last January by an
overwhelming vote At the same time IL wouio
relieve the Senate from the odium OF naNIns
forced into the Wilson bill schedule dra"h eo"-
| fossadlv in the interest OF the sugar trust
| Az President CT -veand Is one or the mose
vigorous advocates OF a duty on sugars-ootn
raw and refned-and favors substantial conces-
sIons both to the sugar planters ana 10 ,ne re- re-
Su,ng trust the retreat OF the Senate from It's
amendments would put the Administrator anu
the "Cuckoos' in the House IN the eihoa
ns,,ion ~ heing left the sole and unwilling de-
tenders Of the interests OF the planters ana 'ns
refining monopoly. Mr. Wilson couu not ~
course without complete stultiication reIuse ~
allow the Senate to yield Its views 10 those oA
the House so emphacally expressed, anu tme
House 'Cuckoos would thus nave 20 cnU",e r,nrs or
tween abandoning the Presiient one ia an
throwing away their former proressions , anu e 20
listing Orenly as the agents ana pro'eo'o'o W
the Trust
| CONSULTATION AT THE WHITE HoosT'
The highly demoraizing and dangerous char-
acter of Mr. Gorman's proposal was SHOWN ~
once by its effect when submitted 10 '''e io"''
conferrees Withou, pretending 10 go pa'h '"
oopsult IN, Sneaker or the other House leaders
on accepting this complete surrender o' '"e '."-
ate on the sugar question: Mr.. wilson hurrieuIy
| holted the conference and took CAP LOT .ne
White House where his announcement oi MI
f.or,nan's programme must have produced any
f ,hing hrI an agreeable and queting impression.
The Presidents answer 10 this ooa stroke an. a. ms
waIl-known lenency toward the sugar interest,".
was not brought back to the conierrees al .ne
Capitol II is well understood dhowever' , that ne 70
highly alarmed at the new turn IN MI ,'orhan
nolIcy FOR he sees as everyone else does tnas
he cannot afford. for the sake OF DESTROYING 'ne
duty on coal. to be driven into the atutu1e @ "
defending himself and obliging the House Cuck-
COS, 10 defend the tainted and odious sugar
schedule whose enormities had been repuolated
even by the "compromisers OF the senate ENeu
less could ne afford TO let sugars OF All kinos 90
in the free list for such step would mean 'ns
certain defeat Of the whole bill
This is the situation tonight at the Whlte nouss
and at the Capitol What effect Mr.. Iorman
latest move will have on the hazardous aho
changing fortunes OF the pending agreement can
onIv he discovered in to-morrow's Developments