The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-01
Apparent Now that There Will Have to
Be Concessions from the Sugar.
Iron and Coal Schedules.
SENATOR JONES DENIES 1T
Camden's Evidence Before the
Sugar Trust Investigators.
Has No Recollection of the Order TO a
New York Broker to Deaf in the
Rich Trust Shares

WASHINGTON, July 31.-The prospects
of an agreement on the tariff were much
improved to-day. For the first time in
many days the House Democratic conferees
came from the meeting with the statement
that previous irreconcilable differences
were in process OF amicable adjustment.
With much satisfaction the House mem
bers stated to their associates that the
Senators had shown a disposition for the
first time TO meet the House half way. AS
to when a full agreement would be perfected
there was some differences of opinion. One
House conferee said it would probably be
this week. Another thought it would be
soon" Chairman Wilson would not even
admit that the understanding had gone far
enough to warrant the prediction of
speedy report. He said, however, that the
conferees had at least done business and
made progress to-day, which was more
than could be said of past meetings. The
Senate conferees come from the meeting
without showing the hopefulness of the
House members They said the conference
was as far from an agreement as ever.
While there was this conflict among those
thoroughly informed Of the inside workings
OF the conference, the general belief pre-
vailed that the hopefulness of the House
conferees has some substantial foundation.
One of the conferees said that while no
final agreement had been made on iron,
coal and sugar, yet sufficient had been de-
veloped in conference to show that an
agreement could be reached on those three
most important items, which would be ac-
ceptable to the Senate and House con-
ferees and to the House of Representatives.
Whether it would be acceptable to the full
Senate this conferee expressed some doubt.
In this connection it developed to-day
that Senator Caffery, Of Louisiana, who
has been most active on the sugar question,
had a long and, it is said, satisfactory,
conference yesterday with Speaker Crisp
and Chairman Wilson. While the House
conferees were so pleased at the bright
outlook, their senatorial colleagues con-
tented themselves with saying that while
they were hopeful of reaching an under
standing, nothing had transpired in con-
ference on which to base this hope. They
declare that on the essential items of dis
agreement the conferees are as far apart
as they ever were.
An increased hopefulness that bill will
be agreed on is noticeable, however, on the
part of Democratic Senators who are not
members of the conference. One OF the
leading conservative Senators said he
was leaving the Senate chamber tonight
that the tariff bill would be finally agreed
on by next Monday, and he added that the
bill would be virtually the Senate bill. The
day developed the possibility of a report
of partial agreement, and, while this re-
port at first appeared a vague rumor.
its probability was afterwards confirmed
by Senator's not members of the conference
committee. The fact that the conferees
had the schedules other than those relat-
ing to sugar, coal and iron ore under con-
sideration to-day is one fact in confrma-
ton of the report. 1t was the first time,
said the conferee, that the Senators had
shown a disposition to meet the House
half way. Representative Springer says
forty-five names have been signed to the
petition for House Democratic caucus
seventy-five by Thursday
The friends of the Wilson bill were full
OF hope. They gathered about Chairman
Wilson and the other House conferels on
the tariff and assured them that the dan
ger. of adverse caucus action by the House
Gratis could now be depended on to stand
by the House bill to the last. At first
there was an inclination among Mr.. VIII
sons friends to remain away from the
is probable that the caucus would have
lacked quorum. But the sentiment is
now felt by them to be so strongly with the
House conferees that Chairman Wilson and
his friends are likely to attend the caucus
and take conspicuous part in it.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, in an inter-
view to-day. said: There is absolutely no
truth in the report that the Senate cor
of the tariff bill, and l see no signs of a
solution. We are no nearer an agreement
than heretofore, and so far as / am con-
cerned we are ready to report to our re-
Spectiye houses a disagreement ar once >,