The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-09
TARIFF PREDICTIONS.
Some Oonferrees Think That the
End Is Near at Hand.
BUT THEY ARB STILL ARGUING.
Senator Jones, While Admitting That Ne
Agreement Has Been Reached, Dcoiarsi
That the Outlook for o Speedy Settle.
ment IL Cheering,

Agreement Has Been Reached, Dcolarei
That the Outlook for o Speedy Settle.
ment Is Cheering.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.--When the Dem
ocratlc tariff conference adjourned last
evening 1t was understood on all side,
shat tho Democrats would report to thu
full conference today. Members of the
conference supported the general faith BY
their statements, which were more or less
sanguine or guarded, depending upon the
temperament of the speaker. While tho
utterances at the time of adjournment
were not SO strong as those which wer,
heard earlier in the afternoon they wer,
still sufficiently assuring to Justify tn,
statement that. barring improbable con
tingencies, the Democratic members OF
the conference will find themselves pro
pared some time during the day, or at the
latest tomorrow, to call in the Repub
hcan members of the conference for full
meeting.
II will not say" said Senator Jones last
night, that we have agreed, for that
T-ould not be true, but the situation i,
Cheerful, and the indications are that we
shall finish the work tomorrow. If w,
do not come to an agreement tomorrow
shall consider the conference at an end, fol
do not see the use of continuing our in
terviews with the house conferrees any
longer"
This situation was at the end of day
which had started out with determine
ton on the part of the senate conferrees
supported by the conservative senators,
to bring the question at issue to finality
during the day, and which later brought
the positive, though unofficial, announce
ment that this end had been accomplished
and an understanding reached The re
port began to gain circulation about
O'Clock, and 1t grew stronger and stronger
without receiving positive confirmation
from those in Il position to know the facts,
until 2:3O, when members of the confer
ence and senators who had been closeted
with them confirmed it to the extent OF
saying that, whae all the details had not
been arranged, they felt confident that 9
basis had been found upon which the col
ferrees OF both houses could stand, aud
terms actually agreed upon which tn,
conservative senators would accept. Both
Democrats and Republicans accepted this
as the approach of the Sud, and as equal
to definite announcement of agreement
When, however, the conference recon.
yened at B o'clock it soon developed that
by no means all the details had been an
ranged, and also that there was more OF
less opposition to the program, and it wa.
not long before the conferrees found
themselves bothering over many of the
same propositions which they had been
considering for days. 1t also became
moist about that the outlook was not SC
bright as it had appes red few hours be
fore.
1t was understood that objection had
been made from the house TO the reten.
rion of the duty on coal and that certain
senators, among whom was Senator Pugh
of Alabama, had taken decided stand
against what they termed the sacrifice OF
iron ore. These complaints were sufficient
to cause the conferrees to halt for a time
aud it is known that some difficulties were
encountered in adjusting the differences
on other schedules.
The conferrees were, therefore, not a,
sanguine upon the adjournment Of theiI
afternoon session as they were when the
forenoon session closed. They came out
OF the conference somewhat anxious, but
still, as they asserted, hopeful that today
would see the final adjustment of their
differences. They stated that the coal
and iron ore rates were among those
which had not been fixed beyond recall,
Indeed sugar appears from the statements
given out 10 be the only article upon
which a definite conclusion has been
reached but it was understood that either
coal on iron ore would go TO the free list
aud the other would be dutiable at the
senate rate During the day it was first
ore and then the other of these articlea
that was to be free, and finally 1t was left
open until today.
The Republican steering committee OF
the senate held n session Immediately af.
ter the adjournment of the senate to con.
slider the situation. The underst andina
among them was to the effect that the
Democrats had got close enough together
to allow the tariff bill to be reported back
to the senate today. There were present
Republicans who had information as to
the status of the bill and they stated that
upon the manufacturing schedules the
s.nate rates in the main obtained, but on
the three principal items, sugar, coal and
Iron, compromise had been reached II
was from this standpoint that the Repub-
licans discussed the bill and the possibil.
fly of defeating it.
1t was first ascertained that every Re
publican and the Populists PETER and
Stewart would vote against the bill, and
that Mr. Hill would also oppose It, Three
more votes We're necessary to defeat it.
The announcement was made with con.
siderable direetness that both AIessrs.
Caffery and Blanchard, of Louisiana,
would vote against, though they were
mot considered absolutely certain.
One of the senators had asked Senator
Allen as to the position of himself and
MIR. Kyle, who voted for the bill when it
passed the senate, and while he hal not
received positive answer, the inference
WAS that the Populists seemed to think it
was part of their policy to vote against
che bill. With the Republican side solid,
and Hill, Gallery, Blanchard and Allen
with them the bill could not pass. The
Republicans had to acknowledge, how
sver, that the prospects of getting all three
ef the last named was extremely doubtful.
The impression prevailed that tho de-
cisive vote would be taken today, and alb
sent senators were telegraphed to return
TO Washington. 1t is not the purpose of
khe Republicans to consume any time in
debate. 1t Is probable that they will be
willing to take vote very soon after the
report is made. Their motion will be to
indefinitely postpone the bill, and this,
they think, will be the test. The other
motion by the friends of the bill will be
TO agree to the report of the conference
committee, but if the motion to indefin-
itely postpone falls the motion to agree is
very likely to be carried by the same vote.
Seven Killed by a bomb.
ATHENS, Aug. "a bomb exploded with
eerrific force in the Jewish quarter of the
city Of Corfu last evening, killing seven