The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-11
BATTLE ROYAL FOR TO-DAY.
HUMOROUS CONFERENCES HELD ON
 THE TARIFF BILL.

One of Them, SO 1t is Said, Was Held at
 the White House and Others st the Ar
 iInrton Hotsl-The Vote Of ths Senate on
 Mir, Hiii's Resolution is Looked Upon as
 Very significant.
 Washington, Aug. 10.-To-morrow Is looked upon as the time set for the bat tie royal in the protracted struggle over the tarifr bill Tonight there has been numerous conferences on the part of both the friends and the enemies Of the bill, and the air Is full of rumors of plots and counter plots that have for their purpose the safety or the de- struction of the tariff measure. One of these conferences Is said to have been held at the white house. while nnother on the part of those inter- ested in the preservation of the house bill was held at the Arlington hotel. at which Chairman Wilson and 1sidore Strauss, a close friend of the president. were present. In an upper room anoth- CT conference was held by certain re- publican senators, aided by ex-Speaker Reed.
 A prominent senator tonight re- peated a story to the effect that there was plot in process of Incubation that meant the laying of violent hands on the tariff bill. and It's presentation io the house for the purpose or having that body accept the senate amend nlents and pass the bill. It Is said that the conferees have become possessed of information that leaves them no room to doubt that it Is the intention of the senate to defeat any report that the conferees may make. The house con- ferees 1t is said, are determined to de- feat this alleged scheme. and have de- cided that they must take the bill back to the house and present 1t to that body for action, regardless of it's par liamentary standing or any precedents The senators who were informed of this alleged plot tonight said that if the house attempted to pass the bill in this way the senate would pass a reso- lution directing its presiding officer to refrain from signing the enrolled bill. and thereby defeat the final official act that would send the bill to the presi- dent.
 The vote to-day by which the senate refused to go into executive session and thereby shut out Mir. Hill and his reso- lution is looked upon as very signii- cant. The resolution will come up to- morrow and the debate promises to be interesting. It is predicted that the friends of the administration will fli- buster to prevent action. It is also pre- dicted by both democratic and republi- can senators that MT. Hills resolu- ton will prevail by a good majority and if the final vote of the day can be reached the bill will be killed.
 When the senate conferees left their associates shortly before o'clock there was every evidence of bad feeling. The house conferees to-day aroused the in- dignation of their senatorial associates by sending for Messrs. Caffery and Blanchard the Louisiana senators, and having a conference with thme. MT. Caffery declined to discuss the matter The house conferees have set on foot some movement looking to the pacif- cation of the Louisiana senators and their populist colleagues Messrs. Kyle and Allen.
 A prominent house conferee stated after the conference adjourned that the house people knew of the expectance of an agreement in white and black signed by Senators Caffery, Blanchcard, Klye and Allen, in which they pledged themselves to vote for no bill that did not contain provision for the bounty on the sugar grown in 1894. This is denied by the senate .conferees. As a result of the indignation of the senate conferees when an adjournment was taken there was no arrangement that the senate conferees should meet the house men tomorrow.
 It is understood that at the conferees' meeting to-day MT. Vest told the house people to write any sort of report and he would sign 1t. The proposition to give the Louisiana senators the bounty was discussed. MT. Mills is quoted as say ing he was willing to do so. Others fa- vored anything that would unite the party.
 Senator Hill tonight gave out state ment in which fe says his object in offering his resolution was to expedite the disposition of the tariff measure Every days delay is injurious to the business of the country and the bill should be disposed of. The conferees ought to know one another by this time. and if they cannot agree the fact of such disagreement should be reported to the house and senate and congress