Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-31
SENATORS WATERING.
Cry of Senate Bill or No Bilr'
 Growing Weaker.
HOUSE CoNFERBEs ARE CONFIDENT.

Which Is Being Brought to Bear on the Democratic Senators May Result In a Compromise Schedule.
 WAsHINGTUN. July 3I.-For tho first time since the tariff bill has been in con ference there werc signs of wavcring in the strong line that has stood behind the senate bill. senate bill or no bilI'' had been repeated during the day, but less frequently and with less emphasis than heretofore.
 The only explanation for the brief con fcrenccs is tho fact that the house confer cos feel that the situation is changing in their favor. There arc many reasons ad- vanccd to show that this statement has good foundation.
 It is known that the mails and the tcle- graph are bringing to the Democratic sen ators urgent appeals tO pass n bill which will not favor the trusts and which will be in line with the demands of the party platform. In fact, these requests upon the senators arc indorscmcnts of the posi- tiOn of the president and tho house in the main points of difference. That these tclcgrams arc having effect cannot bc de nicd and have caused the senators who
 
 regards coal, iron orc and sugar no little concern.
 The house members also find ccnsidcra- ble comfort in their analysis of spccches made by the Democratic senators when the conference disagreement was before the senate. in which they find that but one Democrat besides Mir. Hill made any pledge of his vote, and that was senator Gallery, who declared that fl the Louisiana intprasFs t,pt I,a would not vote for the bill.
 The Three Debated Points.
 None of the other senators, it Is claim ed burned the bridges behind them. None Of them declared absolutely that they would vote against the bill if the one eighth difTercntial on sugar was not re tainCd or If the duty on iron orc and coal was stricken out. But, murr than this, many of tho senators declared their desire to obtain n bill which would secure I3 Democratic votes.
 It is pointed out that none of these sen ators, not even Mir. Gallery. havo placed themselves in position in which they cannot support n bill if it is returned without difTcrcntial protection to the sugar reflners and with coal and iron ore on the free list.
 It is known that great deal of pressure Is being brought to bear on the Democrat ic confcrccs of the senate to report an agreement with notifications of the tl,rcc principal items, n compromise being sug- gestcd to the extent of flat ad valurcm rate on sugar of 4j per cent with an cx- tension of the bounty to Jan. I. lr:I5 fTco iron ore, coal i5 cents ton. with a reel procity provision that coal shall bc admit ted free from such countries aS grant frcc admission to coal produced in the United States.
 WhilC this proposition ha, not been sub mittcd with any assertion that it l. an ultimatum of the house confercos. there is great deal oC talk that such n prupD- sitiOn is likely to bo submitted This, it Is believed, will secure the votes of the Louisiana senators, tho two pupu- lists, Allen and Kyle, and Irby of south Carolina. In that event it woull takc thrco other Democratic senators besides Hill to defeat the bill, and the house mCm- bcrs declare the number cannot be found. senate May Have to Yield.
 It is n fact that the situation. turning ns It docs on these lines has caused Cun>ttl erablo unCasincss among tho Democrats | of the senate and especially those who arc known to be s:"adfast in their demands | for the senate bill in its main features Tho reliance of the hnuso upon outside pressure and the Democratic sentiment that seems to be rallying around the pres ! ident and the house from the country at | largo, it Is claimed, will grow stronger | from day to day until the senate confer ees will he compelled tu yield. | The prestige which the administration obtained in tho co3fCrcnCc over the un- i conditional repeal of the silver purchasing law has been painted out ns being cvi. dcnCe of n determination now which, with solid backing by the Democratic l lpaHprS of flp h,tIl-.s N i'll hrin,r s1lAOt1t n similar result on the tarifr bill.
 The tension between the senate and house was as marked at the clusc of the session aS il had been at any previous time.
 The Democratic members Of the con ference found themselves in q complete | deadlock when they met during the fore noon. and the full conference found itself without business hct"r,' it when il con vcnCd.
 The full conference did not continue to exceed l1 minutes. and the broccoli nEs consisted in q statement by tho Demo crats to the Republicans that the Demo. cratic Cunf,rUe- had ben unable 10 relch an understanding and a suggestion on the part of Chairman Wilson of the house Cvn ferees that the conference adjourn subiec; to the call of the chairman. which sugges tion was acquicsced in by the Republicans
 The impression which OK. speaker Rc.L obtained of the situation was CmbodiC, in a rough diagram which hs drrw whiis the conference N Is in session. which rcp resented the senate as d locomotive rush Ing down n steep grade under Eu'l steam
 Stretching across the track ani; dir,ctll in front of the engine is an immt nse, wei supported bumper which is labeled House, the Republican house confer ecs being represented as safely lodged il tall trees
 MT. Reed Pictures the Situation.
 That is tho situation" he said wv all know what must happen when an ir rcsistiblc force strikes an immovablo ob icct.'
 This Is a5 much of n statement of tn situation as could be obtained from an source. Democratic members of botl houses appreciate to the utmost the OK trcme gravity of the situation. The Dem ocratic senators who will say anything ol the subject say that to all appearance the house conferccs are as unyielding q they have been at any time It is state that at the Democratic confercncc tn house members appeared even more deter mined than ever to maintain their pos ton.
 . Occasionally Democrat could be foun
 on the senate side who would express til
 hope that the house conferces would COT
 tent themselves with this last demonstri = tion of disapproval and subscqucntl
 agree to como to the senate's terms
 Conferences among Democratic leader
 in the senate and between these senator
 and Democratic members of the hou have been frequent during the day sin , the conference adjourned, and they ha
 been held with the view of harmoniziI
 the differences if possible Tho Democra
 will meet in informal conference aga = today.