The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-07

WASHINGTON. Aug. 6.-CEairman Noor-
hees OF the fiuance comm tie has been I'M
able to attend the conference which met at
IL o'clock toiay, on account o. Ill health,
and j. still confined to his house. He has
not been heard from on the points now at
issue among the conferees IL has been
assumed he stood with the senate confer
ence managers, not only for the senate
dnty on sugar, but also for duty on Goa
aud iron ore. He announced the contrary
in an interview with reporter for the As
ISOLATED Press vino called upon him AT his
house today and asked him for his views.
He talked very freely, Advocating such
concessions on the part of the senate as
would bring about a sp edy agrrsm eni
and took strong ground in favor Of yielding
TO the Democrats of the house for free cOai
and Tree iron ore.
He said: ut seems TO me there ought
TO be but little if any difficulty IN r aching
an agreement between the two houses. The
WAYS aud means committee OF The house
did not in he first ms ance rep irt IN favor
Of free sugar, but Were overruled by the
house AID free sugar put IN the Wilson
i'll ! would gladly have concurred III
this but il was asceTtlined vi. IA mathr-
NAUTICAL certainty that such bill could by
no possibility pass the senate.
CoMNENDs PRESIDENTS LETTER.
''On this point of differences Of the two
houses | look upon the presidents letter
to Mr.. Wilson as help rather than him
drance towards II compromise settlement.
1.-The concession which the president ad-
Yises the house TO make on sugar Is liberal
and ought to be at once satisfactory to
every ltgitim te sugar interest can enter
tain no doubt hat II Will furnish he basis
of a successful SUGAR schedule. Mr.. Calf
cry has announced in the senate as AN
uerstand him. thar louisiana wIll accept 10
per cent ad valorum without any reference
TO the trust, especially II the bounty or at
least a portion of it Is continued TO the
planters few months longer. Under
these circumstances l am unable to rec
how the sugar issue eau remain any longer
tn obstacle TO an agreement
WILL HANG THEM IN rrFIGY.
"The oniy o. her points OF serious trouble
are embraced iD tue { uestiOn whether coal
aud iron shall be free or have a tariff du'y
laid on them of forty cents per ron. These
are exceedingly small and insignificant
] ms If controversy on which to defeat a
great national system of revenue reform,
ObstructiDg all LEGISLATION looking TO hat
end. disappointment and derange every
business Of the country, greatly embarass
the D-mocraric parry and inflict the
gravest alsmiiies on all classes of people.
IF legislation shall entirely fill at this
ime owing 10 a stubborn disagreement AS
O whether there snail be small duty on
coal and a small duty on iron ore, or
whether these Two articles shall be on the
free list the men WHO make tnat result IL
evitable may rest assured that they Will
lie held IN everlasting remembrance and
everlasting ex, Grafton. They VIII be
hanged ia efli-y from one ocean TO the
other and their names will be- pillores IN
tie estimation of tue American people
There Is so little ground in my mind. now
for a final DISBURSEMENT that those who
continue to insist on small things and thus
&; mDtl such disagreement, Will he held as
criminals Dg al. Just minded people.
SUGAR Is OFT OF THE WAY.
TIE su.ar schedule being practically
ont Of the way, as have shown toy conces-
sions, the senate ought, in my Judgment.
10 cnncede free coal AID ire iron ore; and
Uf course it would do so but for a members
ship IN that body which could be counted
On TIA fl gers o. one hand. l have 10 DIS
position to reflect on the motives oi those
WHO fer from me in opinion, but his
small minority have substantially Carried
their p int on sugar. can very easily and
Yer, honor Div afford To make coucessi ,ns
On coal and iron. Such ACTON on their
par aud the great results which woul4
-ilOH, would be hailed by he American
people as Il blessed d-liverance from the
present crisis ia our affairs"