Evening journal., 1894-07-30
PERHAPS A DEADLOCK.
Outcome of the Tariff Confer
ence Very Doubtful.
MUST BE THE SENATE BILL OR NONE

say, and the House Members Have Agreed
TO Refuse to Yield.
WAsutNGToN, July 3O.-Thcro had been
no meeting Of the Democratic conferees
on the tariff bin up TO this morning since
the adjournment on Saturday, and tho
| Democratic managers on the part Of the
| senate are as yet uniformed as to what
will be the purport Of the reply which tho
| Democratic managers in behalf OF tho
house will make i'm response TO tho SEN
ato's position that the conference must &c
ccpt the senate bill.
Having at the Saturday meeting made
/ plain to the house members Of the CON
| ference why this demand on their part had
4 TO De made and why IL should be accepted,
the scnatorl have since tho adjournment
ON Saturday given very little attention TO
tariff affairs and say when spoken to that
| there iB nothing for them to DO until the
house members mako known their accept
anco or rejection of the proposition.
II it be accepted, they think the report
can be made after a brief conference; If re-
iected, they say they SEQ no reason for
long parlcy, as under the circumstances
they cannot ahate their demands without
endangering the passage Of the bill in the
senate
The senate conferces have said to those
of the house that to strike out the differ
ontial on sugar probably means the loss
of eight votes in the senate, and also that
Il is equally important that coal and iron
ore should remain in the bill as arranged
In the senate.
Cannot Agree on Sugar.
They do not appear TO be holding out
for the senate schedule purely on the
ground of expediency, hut they also con
tend for the justice of the proposition TO
give protection to the rehncrsA When
Chairman Wilson of the house managers
advanced the proposition ON Saturday that
the ad valorem rate of 40 per cent would.
on account Of the difference in the market
price of raw and refined sugars, give tho
renners an advantage of about quarter
of cent a pound, no was replied to very
sharply by the senate conforees, some of
whom displayed figures to prove the con
trary, while others said the proposition
was too absurd for argument. They also
went over the argument as to the cost of
manufacturing sugar I'm this and other
countries, the house members contending
&c was not worth taking into account, and
the senators attempting to demonstrate
the absurdity of this position.
IL looks very much like a deadlock un-
less the house conferees yield, as there is
no Indication of any purpose on the part
Of the senators TO do so. Tho senate con-
fcrees talk frankly about the situation and
plant themselves firmly upon the PROPOSE
ton that tho sentiment in the senate is
such that it must be the senate bill or no
bill.
Full Conference Today.
The fun conference between mombers
of tho two houses, with Republicans rs
ne natttearnfa will hn hold
nt o clock today. Previous to that time
the Democratic managers Of the two
houses will meet informally, whom It is
presumed the senate confereos will be in
formed Of tho decision of their house col
. leagues ON the senate ultimatum Of Satur-
day. The decision which the senators arc
awaiting will be a fiat refusal on the part
I of the house oonfcrees TO yield to the sem
nte in whole or i'm part. The determine
tion to give this negative response has
been agreed on definitely by the house
= conferees. II had been expected that the
i intense feeling of the past week would
, clear the atmosphere and lead TO some
' common ground of agreement but when
the house conferees were met by demand
to yield i'm toto on sugar. coal and iron
they assumed an equally aggressive and
y determined stand At their meeting each
of the four house members was asked to
state If his Views had changed in any way
2 since the former conference. IL developed
= that not one of the four had modified his
views i'm the slightest They were there
= Eore unit in declining to accede to the
. demand of the four senate confercos, and
), the solid front of opposition will be made
II known to the senators this morning. In
- | speaking of the preliminary meeting
u one of the house confcreos said that the
breach was wider than ever, as it was ac
y oentuated by the intense personal feeling
that had boon aroused Ho added that II
IL a house caucus was held there would hG
lines of argument presented and influences
brought to bear which would result in in
dorsing tho.rosistanco of the house confer
eos and thus making the contest more dc
ia terminod than ever. This view is shared
. by all the house conferecs as well as by
Speaker Crisp, SO that the movement t'
have the caucus desert the house confer
n ecs promises TO be futile.
rs More Tarin Debate Inevitable.
10 Tho proceedings in the senate during
IF the present week win depend largely upoi
I the conferees on the tariff bill II the.
a should reach conclusion during th
week, as every one expects they Will, On
r report will BIO made TO the senate tina
is body having granted the request for con
7s ltitncci ana tnc report Will ue tAheh h
I'd at the first opportunity.
OF Whatever the nature of the report Their
Or Is sure 20 BIO moro or less debate upon it
e Even should the senate bill De accepte
re i'm its entirety 10y the house there will b
some speeches ON the part OF the TART
In leaders and possibly other senators, thong
b. I'm this event there would be a general dis
sr position TO curtan them both in lengt
an and number ON account Of the desir
On which is felt in all quarters TO bring th
session 20 a close at the earliest possibl
z. date. This disposition would not be n
ne lowed TO control I'm case the report shout
elk indicate any material concessions TO Oh
in house.
s. In oase Of reductions on either coal, iTo
10 ore or sugar there are Democratic senator
who would resist the report and anothC
ar family quarrel on the floor Of the senaI
TO would De the inevitable result
Nv There are also Democratic senators VIII
ut would make strenuous opposition ia IN;
ell terial changes i'm the mCtal, wooden an
n cotton schedules. and the Republican
would I'm the lattcrcv be found partic