Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.

The differences between the tariff con-
ferrees are as great this morning as at
any time since the bill was returned TO
them. Notwithstanding the deadlock,
the statement was made to-day by one
of the House representatives that an
agreement might be reached by to-
morrow night. 1t was evident IRON
the speakers tone, however, that ne
hoped for an agreement more than he
eypected it. The situation to-day re-
mains unchanged. The Senate confer
rees offered the House members tnelr
choice of free coal or free iron ore, with
a forty per cent. duty on the remaining
article. When the House representa-,
tives accepted the proposition ana
agreed upon free coal, the Senate con-
ferees withdrew their offer. The House
men this morning assert that the SEN
ate members are trifing with them and
that they (the House conferrees) will not
recede from their position. They say,
too, and they say it with great bitter
ness, that these varying propositions
are not only not made in good faith,
but that they are inspired by the sugar
trust with view of embarrassing them
and ultimately defeating the bill. But
this is not the only trouble that sur
rounds the measure. Back and beyond
any settlement that may be agreed
upon by the conferrees is the uncertain
fate that awaits the report in the Sen
ate. For month past Senator Quay,
of Pennsylvania, has been gathering
statistical and other ammunl-
ton to fire against the report ii
it changes the Senate bill in any
essential particular. The matter Is
now in manuscript and it measures
four feet in height. One firm Of wooden
manufacturers in Philadelphia has sent
him nine hundred pages of closely writ,
ten manuscript, covering in detail
every feature of the industry and show
ing the effect not only upon the trade,
but upon the wages of the men employ
ed of any change in duty. Senator
Quay says the delivery of the speech
will occupy forty consecutive days.
He will deliver it, he adds, without
any regard to what his Senatorial as
sociatts may do. The republican mem
bers of the conference have not been
formally notified to meet with the COM
mittee, but were told this morning that
disagreement would be reported and
were asked if they would agree. They
consented: and disagreement will, 1t
is said, be reported to-day. a mo-
ton to discharge the conferrees
will follow the disagreeing report.
The Senate conferrees yesterday even
ing proposed TO put not only coal and
iron, but sugar on the free list, Mr..
German making the proposition with
respect of COAL The House conterree~
agreed to accept provided their Senate
rial colleagues would guarantee that
such bill would pass the Senate. OF
course, they couldn't, and the guaran-
tee being still insisted upon, the propo-
sition was Withdrawn. AT four o'clock
this evening the tariff bill was just as 1t
has been from the first.
According 10 an arrangement made by
Mr.. Meredith yesterday, the Mt. Vernon
Railroad bill was laid before the House
by the Speaker at an early hour to-day.
and Mr.. Heard, chairman of the Dis
trict committee, moved that the amend
ments made to it by the Senate be con
Cured in, so as to avoid the necessity
of q conference committee aud thereby
expedite its passage. Messrs. Baker
of New Hampshire, Coombs of New
York and D;ngley OF Maine, though
the clerk had read the amendments
and they had been printed in yester-
DAYS Record, didn't understand them,
or rather, said they didn't, and owing to
their opposition the bill had to go over
until tomorrow. Strong opposition TO
the bill had been made by the Wash
ington and Georgetown cable line.
General Malone, as usual of late,
was in the lobby OF the House today
He says he is more opposed now 20 The
running OF republican candidates for
Congress in his State than ever. The
President, he says, has broken up the
democratic party, and if the latter, in
Virginia were let alone and allowed to
fight among themselves this fall they
would be in such sorry trim at the
legislative election in 1895, that the re-
pubicans would then sweep the State.
The different contingents OF the 'un-
employed workingmen' composing the
"army of the Commonweal," now en-
camped at Rosslyn, on the Virginia
side Of the Potomac river, did not va
cate their rendezvous to-day, in accord
ance with Governor O'Ferrall's proca-
nation of yesterday, ordering them to
do so. In view of this, Adjutant-Gen-
eral Anderson, OF Governor GFerrall's
stall, has telegraphed him the condition
of affairs at the camp, and tits probable
that the Alexandria Light Infantry will
tomorrow be ordered out to clear the
camp. The men may not, however, be
arrested, as the Commissioners of the
District OF Columbia have promised to
grant transportation to the members of
the California contingent as far as St.
Louis and Cincinnati. The men say
if they are transported the entire dis
lance to Colorado they will go, and not
otherwise. But unless they accept the
offer of the Washington authorities
they will be summarily dealt with.
General Malone still processes conf
dence in the purchase of the lot in
which he is interested for the site of the
government printing office. The report
of the conference committee on the
sundry civil bill, with the provision for
the purchase of that lot stricken out,
was read in the House to-day. The
friends of the provis on, among whom
are all the Virginia members except
one, will endeavor to instruct the House
conferrees to insist upon the purchase
OF the lot.
THE Pope TO AMERICANs.-The