New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-19
THEY COULD NOT AGREE.
.,,r,E, CONFERREES WILL MAKE RE-
PORT OF DISAGREEMENT.
. oo,,urTEE FAILED TO GET TOGETHER ON
A SINGLE POINT IN DIsPUTE~RCMoRs
OF AN UGLY FIGHT.
f,y TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNK.)

x,,h,noton July 1S.-The general expectation
,bo conference Committee the German
wilson hill would report general disagreement
w. boon realized. When Senator Voorhees, as
80 the Republican conferrees yesterday that
,ha democratic conferrees had nDHnderstanding
arnone themselves that such report would be
so no was probably as ignorant Of the true
,o,a ~ affairs as he was when he denied with
- much assurance and vehemence Senator
.,sr,cb.s statement that the Democratic men,
IS ~ the Finance Committee of which he Is
49, nominal chairman had secretly agreed upon
.~,.oral hundred amendments which were to be
osared to the German bill in Committee OF the
whole as the price for Democratic votes to carry
chat measure through the Senate. 1t would be
.,s,ra % assert or believe that the resolution
"a report a general disagreement was loriheo
10 the brief secret sitting of the Democratic con-
fsrrees this afternoon before the hepuohoaA
.onferrees were admitted.
The report will be submitted TO the House OF
representatives tomorrow. and 1t Is expected
49,. .ro hours will be given to debate before a
vote Is taken on the motion that the House ad-
,,o N IT'S position and invite another confer
- II is also expected that only members or
~, WAYS and Means Committee will take part
T., this discussion There is no doubt that the
,Iorsa will sustain its conferrees, although 1t Is
orted bv one Democratic member or the
was and Means Committee that at least fifty
nsmocratic Representatives are ready ana WILL
,rs 70 vote to concur In all the Senate amend
rents and that many others VIII do 50 rather
than have the bill fail Of passage.
Many other Democratic Representatives now
.vsr regard the situation of the bill as critical
4, the extreme, and the prospect OF any "tarilr
-e,orro" legislation by this Congress as most
a,scouraging Some Of them also contend that II
,rou,d be better for their party and for the
country 10 have no tariff revision at all than
Oar the House to yield to the Senate. Whether
Sneaker Crisp and the House Democratic CONFER
zoos all hold the latter view 1t is now Impossible
"a say but they all evince a disposition TO staho
nv the Wilson bin to the last and 1t is asserted
With great confidence that they are encouraged
No. president Cleveland to maintain this attitude
Mr. McMillin. who is one Of the House con-
..rress said 10 Tribune correspondent late this
afternoon that the Conference committee hau
-, .creed upon a single item that is in dispute.
and that the line of disagreement ran through
tho internal revenue provisions well as through
the tariff schedules. He expressed the oplnloh'
howAver that some sort of bill Will ulti-
-natalv be passed" from which II is to be IN
tsrred that he foresees a compromise What the
no,ura of that compromise will be nobody seems
,,,,rg N guess 1t is strongly asserted that
rras,dan, Cleveland is so anxious that iron ore,
oo., and other raw materials" shall remain on
tho free list that he will consent to and advise
a compromise on the sugar schedule.
II Is understood that Geographic dispatch
,ras cant from here to-day by a LOUISIANA
Democrat TO a member Of the Sugar Planters
Association In New-Oreans TO the effect that
the President would ne willing 70 have uni,
form duty Of As per cent ad valorem placed on
nil sugars II Senators Caffrey and Blanchard
would vote for the bill with iron ore and coal
on the free list.
Feeling runs high against Senator German
and his Conservative" colleagues among tariii
reformers" In the House Of Representatives. ana
IT is said TO be shared by several OF the Senate
conferrees as well as by other Democratic Sena-
tors who swallowed some OF the Conservative
amendments with WHY faces and other evidences
of excessive discomfort and disgust. So bitter Is
the feeling in the House that the report that
Chairman Wilson would take advantage OF the
opportunity that will be afforded him tomorrow
TO attack Senator German and his "Conserva-
tive" colleagues who are described as holding
the Senate conferrees by their throats" excited
a lively interest and elected many expressions
Of satisfaction.
trust that Wilson will give us a plain talk 50
that. the country will be made TO realize just
where the responsibility for the present state OF
affairs rests" said one Of the most prominent
and influential members Of the House this AFTER
noon Unfortunately the condition Of Mr.. Will
sons health which grows worse rather than
better from day to day. is such that he may not
be able even II he so desires, to deal with TINS
matter in such fashion as some or MS lrlehuS
hope and expect him 10. .-.
A Democratic member Of the House VINO IaNors
all or nearly all Of the Senate amendments sal!
tonight that he had been Informed by one Oh
the Senate Democratic cOnferrees mat ii lhey y.
other Senator's should be made the 0b)ects OF
attack in the House they would uhdoupteuIE
reply. and the debate thus provoked might pe
protracted He thought that II wouIu pe
wiser not 10 provoke the Senate. ana eApi'ssru
the opinion that 10 do would destroy all pros
pect Of tariff legislation. which he would other-
wise regard as promising. ,,.,
Another Democrat who takes an optimistic
view Of the prospect Is Mr.. Springer, who was
chairman OF the Ways and Means Committee IN
the last Congress He has not been consulted by
the conferrees. nor has he volunteered any ad-
vice. but he said to-day that il seemed rather
strange that the House could not or would not
See that II there to be any tarir legislation
whatever BY this Congress II must be on the
lines OF the German bill. He thinks that was as
clear 10 any statesman of perspicacity and sa-
gacity month ago as II now H.
The decision Of the Conference Committee 70 re-
port total disagreement on the Tarin Dill was re-
celved with complacency by both political parties
IN the Senate. II gave some annoyance OF course
70 the little group Of ex-tarin snashers on ne
democratic side. represented by Mr.. Mis- ana MT.
Villas. but these once energetic refOrmers nave
neen snubbed and suppressed so constantly from
me beginning Of the tariff fight that few ad-
@sional sights can scarcely affect them Inc
senate managers feel that they cannot venture 10
expose the Tariff bill 10 the chances OF another
struggle In the "deliberative branch. ana they
VIII continue 10 insist that the only practical way
easily regulated parliamentary machine. 70 swal-
low It's opinions and accept the German Oil prac-
IDEALLY as It stands
having pledged themselves both TO the Demo-
vrlatfe conservatives" and to a large number or
nspuolican Senator'S 10 see through the "conces-
sSons by means OF which the passage or the
~ through the Senate was so greatly facintateu
we Senatorial conferrees are unwilling to face
.aefr colleagues with any proposition OF surrender