Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-30
PERHAPS A DEADLOCK.
Outcome of the Tariff Confer
 ence Very Doubtful.
MUST BE THE SENATE BILL OR NONE

ence Very Doubtful.
 MUST BE THE SENATE BILL OR NONE
 Loss of Eight Votes, the Senate Conferees
 Say, and the House Members Have Agreed
 to Refuse to Yield.
 WASHINGTON. July 30.-Thcrc had been 70 meeting of the Democratic conferees on the tariff bill up to this morning since the adjournment on Saturday, and the Democratic managers on the part of the senate are as yet uninformed as to what will be the purport of the reply which tho Democratic managers in behalf of tho house will make in response to the sen- atc's position that the conference must ao- eept the senate bill.
 Having at the Saturday meeting made plain to the house members of the con ference why this demand on their part had to be made and why 1t should be accepted the senators have since the adjournment on Saturday given very little attention to tariff affairs and say when spoken to that thcrc is nothing for them to do until tho house members make known their accept ancc or rejection of the proposition.
 If 1t be accepted, they think the report can be made after brief conference; If rc- iected, they say they sec no reason for n long barley, as under the circumstances they cannot abatc their demands without endangcring the passage of the hill in the senate.
 The senate conforces have said to those of the house that to strike out the differ sntial on sugar probably means the loss pfuhf in hN nI 1t Is equally important that coal and iron orc should remain in the bill as arranged In tho sentatc.
 Cannot Agree on Sugar.
 They do not appear to be holding out for the senate schedule purely on the ground of expcdiency, hut they also con tend for the justice of tho proposition to givo protection to the refiners. When Chairman Wilson of the house managers advanced the proposition on Saturday that the ad valorem rate of 10 per cent would. on account of the difference in the market price of raw and refined sugars, give the refincrs an advantage of about n quarter of n cent n pound, he was replied to very sharply by the senate conferces, some of whom displayed figures to prove the con trary, while others said the proposition was too absurd for argument. They also went over the argument as to the cost oi manufacturing sugar fin this and other countries, the house members contendinp 1t was not worth taking into account, and the senators attempting to demonstrate the absurdity of this position.
 It looks very much like deadlock un. less the house conferees yield, as there is no indication of any purpose on the part of the senators to do so. The senate con. ferces talk frankly about the situation and plant themselves firmly upon the proposi. ton that tho sentiment in the senate i: such that it must be the senate bill or nc | bill.
 Full Conference Today.
 The full conference between members of the two houses, with Republicans as 1 well as Democrats present, will be held mt o'clock today. Previous to that time the Democratic managers of the two houses will meet informally. when it it presumed the senate confcrecs will be in formed of the decision of their house col leagues on the senate ultimatum of Satur day. The decision which the senators art I awaiting will bc flat refusal ou the part of the house cOnfcrecs to yield to the sen ate in whole or in part. The dctcrInina tion to give this negative response ha: | been agreed on definitely by the house | confcrccs- IL had been expected that tn, intense feeling of the past week woult I common ground of agreement, but wheT the house cOnferecs werc met by n demand l to yield in toto on sugar, coal and iroI ! they assumed an equally aggressive ana determined stand. At their meeting eacl | of the four house members was asked t' state if his views had changed in any wa, since the former conference. It deyelopet that not one of the four had modified hi views in the slightest. They were there fore unit in declining to accode to thu demand of the four senate conferces, anG the solid front of opposition will be mad known to tho senators this morning II speaking of tho preliminary meetin. one of the house Cunfcrr,-s said that tn | breach was wider than ever. as it was ac | ccntuated by the intense personal fcclin; l that had been aroused. IIc added that | ! house caucus was held there would h lines Of argument presented and influence brought to bear which would result in in dorsing the resistance of tho house confer ees and thus making the contest more dc termined than ever. This view is share by all the house CnnfCrccs, as well as h Speaker Crisp. so that the movement | have the caucus desert tho house confer ecs promises to be futile.
 More Tarin Debate Inevitable.
 The proceedings in the senate durin the present week will depend largely upo the conferces on the tariff bill. If the should reach a conclusion during tn week. as every one expects they will tn report will Ee made to the seunte, tha body having granted the request for coI ference, and the report will be taken U at tho first opportunity.
 Whatever the nature of the report, ther Is sure to b9 moro or less debate upon il Even should the senate bill be acccptc in its entirety by the house. there will | some speeches on the part of the tari leaders and possibly other senators, thoug in this event there would be a general di, position to curtail them both in lcngt and number on account of the dcsir which Is felt in all quarters to bring tn session to a close at the earliest possibl date. This disposition would not be n lowed to control in case the report shoul indicate any material concessions to u house.
 In case of reductions on either coal, fro
 ore or sugar there arc Democratic senator
 who would resist the report, and anoth'
 family quarrel on the floor of the sena would be ths inevitable result.
 There aro also Democratic senators WI
 would make strenuous opposition to m
 terial changes in the metal, woolen ar - cotton schedules, and the Republican
 would in the latter event be found partiC
 pating. It is not probable that Senat
 Quay will submit quietly to any impo