Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-08-10
ALL AT SEA ONCE MORE
TARIFF BILL. CONFEREES
CANNOT AGREE.

The Fact Will Probably Be Re.
ported To The Two Houses To
mOrrOw-suxar, Coal And Iron
siiIl The Bone OF Contention.
WASHINGTON, Aug. TO-, The Demo
cratic conferces resumed their sitting to.
day, and during the beginning of the CON
ference there was an interchange of sug.
gestions based upon the offer made by
the Senate confcrees last evening to nc.
cept free sugar as provided in the House
bill, the Senate bill on other items to be
accepted by the House. 1t did not take
the conferccs long to find that they could
come to no agreement on this basis, and
the first House member to make his ap-
pcarancc said so.
Within half an hour after the confer
eucc began the Senate conferccs left the
room and met Scnanor Gorman in the
committee ON appropriations. Other
Senators were then sent for, and it was
said that the point was then reached
where a decision one way or another
must be reached. One of the House con.
ierees said that the tension was very
great and the situation unsettled, but
there must be a breakup soon as the
present condition of affairs could not
last.
1t is stated on the authority of a Sena-
tor that the Republican conferces will be
called in today and that the Senator's
will make proposition to report disa-
gree mcnt on the tariff bill lfthc House
will not accept this, a resolution is to be
presented in the Ssnate recalling the SEN
ate conterces. at will be lively in here
today" said one of the Democratic Sena.
tors who had just conferred with those
managing the Senate end of the contest.
One of the Republican confcrccs said,
just after II o'clock, that the Rcpubli-
cans had not yet been called in, but said
cmphatically that a disagreement had
been decided upon by the Democrats.
In the Senate Gray moved at 1920 to
80 into executive session. The motion
was defeated, yeas. 81; navs 80.
Hill IN. Y. moved a resolution that he
conferees on the tariff hill report to the
Senate if there was anv hope of agree.
mcnt and il not what it was keep them
apart. The motion prevailed.
Harris said that the conierees had not
agreed upon the items OF coal. iron and
sugar, but if they could agree on t hem
he believed the conf,rces could speedily
agree on the ret OF the bill.
Allison suggested that better wav
would be to instruct the conicrces to
report agreement if they could. and, if
not, to report disagreement. 1t was
not, Allison said, a conference that had
been discussing the bill. but friendly
party consultation. The Senate, in view
of the long delay. should take decided
stand and instruct the conlcrccs to re-
port either one thing or the other.
Gray, Delaware, objected to present
consideration of the resolution, but Hill
contended that debate had preceded for
Is minutes and that Gray was too late.
1T has been proceeding by unanimous
consent" said Gray.
There was considerable debate on this
point. participated in by Hill Mandcr-
son, Hoar. Ransom and Others. Man
dcrson and Hoar supported the rcsolu-
tion.
Villas opposed consideration Of the res
olution, contending that the rule did not
particularly limit an objection to the
minute, the res luton was proposed,
and that it provided that all resolutions
should lie over one day in order to pre-
vent snap Judgment and surprises.
AT the suggestion of Vest, Hills rcso.
luton was read to the Senate and Hill
accepted Allison's amendment to hav'
the confcrccs report agreement or disa-
grccmcnt." The chairman ruled that
the resolution was not privileged mat
ter. Then Vest created some surprise by |
saying that. as one of the conierccs, he
was heartily in favor of the resolution.
lie thought it was time that the calcium
light should be turned on the work of
the conicrccs.
lie was tired OF hearing "all these inla
nous lies" about the Democratic mem
bcrs OF the conference committee, and he
proposed, when the resolution was con
side rcd tomorrow, to tell some things
about that conference.
us the Senate ready to proc cd to-
day." softly asked Hill, amid laughter.
"l'm ready at any time" said Vest.
Hill contcndcd that the objection to
consider resolution could not be made
after consideration had begun on the
merits of the resolution.
Chairman Jarvis ruled against Hill,
and the resolution went over till tomor-
row.