The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-19
CLASH OF The CONFEREES.
Inability TO Agree to Be Reported to
Congress To-day.


Senator Jones Informs President
Cleveland That Senator German
Prevented Any Concessions on tho
Part of the Senate Conferees-Tho
House Members of the COMMITTEES
to Be Instructed to Stand by Their
Guns.
Washington. July 1S.--The democratic
conferees on the tariff bill held brief
session to-day and adjourned before la
o'clock. They made another effort to
reach an agreement, bat 1t proved ineffec-
tual, and the meeting adjourned with an
understanding that the conference of the
full committee, to begin at 2 O'Clock,
would report a disagreement.
Senator Jones of Arkansas, after the
meeting of the democratic conferees,
drove straight to the white house and
had over an hours conference with Pres
ident Cleveland. 1t is said that he re-
ported to the President that all the move
ments looking to concessions by the Sem
ate TO the House conferees had been
blocked by the influence of the senator
from Maryland (Mr Germany, represents
ing the group of so-called conservative
senators. 1t is also said that Senator
Jones informed the President that this
announcement would probably be made to
the House tomorrow on the part of tho
House conferees, IL being the intention Of
the House cOnferees to let the country
know where the responsibility for the
failure to agree rested.
The democratic confeFees of the House
had consultation this afternoon with
ulFass Ns-ar E..tN
conference, and came away convinced
that they were pursuing the right course
in insisting on the essential features OF
the House bill.
MEETING OF THE FULL COMMITTEE.
All the conferees OF both houses met at
2 O'Clock Within a very few minutes
afterward Senator Voorhees, announced
that IL was apparent that the two houses
were unable to agree, and IL had been de-
cided 10 report general disagreement.
The Senate republicans stood up for the
Senate bill, as did the democrats, while
the House conferees held out
for their BILL and II was for
mally decided that the Disagree
ment should be reported TO their respect
i've houses Before this was done Repre-
sentative Wilson, chairman of the COM
mittee on ways and means, stated that IL
they could get together on coal, iron ore
anu SuRhE Hb DellSNeu Jney COulu Tx up
an agreement that would be satisfactory
to both houses. No proposition looking
TO this end was made and the action here
indicated was taken. The whole thing
was over in few minutes.
THE OUTLOOK.
Representative Wilson stated that after
the conference he would make the report
to the House tomorrow morning. During
the informal discussion in the committee
room he was asked by Senator Jones how
long the House would probably keep the
bill. whereupon Mr.. Wilson replied that
he thought the conference would be in
structed TO insist upon the House bill, and
the conferees would be sent back within
two hours. The same question was then
put TO Senator Jones, and he said that
the action OF the Senate would depend
upon the action of the House. If the
House insisted on heaping Goals of fire on
the heads of the Senate conferees and as
sailing them IL II would be very likely
that the Senate, when the bill came back,
would in like manner debate the bill. 10
is believed, however, that the bill will
again be in conference by Saturday at the
latest Although the report shows gem
eral disagreement on all items, this is not
technically correct, for the reason that
agreements have been made on many
items but ii was deemed best not to ln-
clude them till conclusion had been
reached on the whole bill.
WILSON'S REPORT.
Mr.. Wilson says the report Of the con-
ferees will be a verbal one, and will
simply state that the conference commit
tee of the two houses mas failed TO reach
an agreement.
The committee on rules will probably
meet tomorrow and report special order
limiting the time during which debate
upon the report may continue.
Speaker Crisp could not say to-day how
long the debate on the report OF the con-
ferees tomorrow would be permitted to
continue in the House, but it Is understood
that it will be limited TO two hours-one
hour on each side. MIR. Wilson will oo-
cupy a part Of If not all, the time set
apart for the democrats, if he is physic-
ally able to speak and Messrs Reed and
Burrows will probably be the spokesmen
for the republicans.