Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-09

Washington. Aug, s.--when the Dem.
ocratle conferecs adjourned late to-
day IT was Understood on All sides that
the Democrats would report to the
fun conference tomorrow The nom.
bers OF the conference supported the
general faith by their statements
which were more or loss sanrulnc or
guarded. depending on the tempcra-
ment OF the speaker While the ut
terances at the time OF adjournment
were not so strong as those who were
heard earlier IN the afternoon they
were still sufficiently assuring to Jus.
tify the statement that barring I'M
probable contingencies, the Democratic
members Of the conference will nnd
Themselves prepared some time during
tomorrow or at latest on Friday to
call in the Republican members OF
the conference Tor fun meeting.
81 will not say sald senator Jones,
that we have agreed, for that would
be not true. But the situation Is
cheerful and the indications are That
we Will finish tho work tomorrow. II
we do moi cume 10 an agreement to-
morrow ! will consider the conference
Mt an end for do not see the unity
of continuing our Interviews with tho
house conferees longer"
This situation was at the end OF a
day which started out with deter
minntlon on the part OF the senate cone
ferocs. supported by the conservative
senators. 10 bring the Qunation NJ iaaue
10 n finality during the day, and which
later brought the positive. though un-
official announcement that this end Ind
been accomplished and an underninnd-
ing reached, The report began 10 gain
circulation about ! O'clock and Il grew
stronger and stronger. with aomotlmcn
a positive confirmation from those IN
u position 10 know the facts. until
about $3.50, whom members OF tho con-
ference and senators who have been
eloseted with thom, confirmed II to the
extent OF saying that while all the
details had not been arranged they
felt confident that basis had been
found upon which the conferees Of
both houses could stand and the terms
actually agreed on which the conScrva-
tive senators would accept. Both Dom.
ocrats and Republicans accepted this
MS the approach Of the end nA oqum to n
definite announcement OF agreement
TIE terms AS given out were Tint the
sugar schedule was 10 DO as published
last week, namely. a duty of 90 per
cont ad valorem on raw sugar, 40
per cent on the raw sugar In the re-
fined and i-j OF a cent difforential on
refined sugar; 40 cents ton on coal.
and free iron ores and slight changes
In the metal. wooden ana cotton aehed-
ules.
However, when tire corforenaa ~.
convened at 3 o'clock II soon Developed
that by no means had MI the the detAils
been arranged, and also that there was
more or less opposition 70 the pro-
gram, and II was not long before the
eonfereos found themselves bothering
over many Of the same propositions
which they had been considering for
days. II also became nolsed about that
the outlook was not 80 bright as II
appeared a few hours before. IL was
undoratood that objection had been
made from the house to the retention
of the duty on coal md that some
senators. among whom was senator
Pugh OF Alabama. had taken a de-
clded stand against what thoy termed
the sacrifice OF iron ore. These com
plants were sufficient 10 cause the
conferccs TO halt for a time, ana II is
known that some difficulties
were encountered in adjusting
tho difference IN other fohpd-
ules. The confcrees were therefore not
az anngulnc on tho adjustment al this
afternoons session ms the former sea-
sion. They were somewhat anxious
but asserting that tomorrow VIII see
the final adjustment OF their differ
cnccs. They stated, however, that the