The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-12
STILL WIDE APART
TARIFF BILL C~ONFEREES HAVE
REACHED NO AGREEMENT.
Three Appropriation Bills Passed by
the Senate - Cleveland's Course
in the Strike Endorsed.

WASHINGTON. July 1L-Members OF the
tariff conference committee. both from the
Senate and the House, said to-day, when
the conference closed, just before 8 o'clock.
that progress was being made All agreed
that upon the subjects where the Wilson
and Senate bills radically differ the confer
ees are still very wide apart. II was stated
by one of the House conferees that were
the sugar, coal and iron differences ad-
justed there would be little difficulty in
reaching an agreement on other matters.
The House conferees feel that they are en-
titled to some radical concessions, and the
Senators DO not seem disposed TO yield.
The latter say that it was with the ut
most difficulty that they prepared a bill
which would command sufficient votes to
pass the Senate, and that many changes
would perhaps mean danger to the final
adoption of the measure. To-day, more than
heretofore, the House members have run
against the ~tenacity of the Senate for a
Senate bill, and the adjournment indicated
that the stubbornness on both sides was
keenly felt. The insistence of the Senate is
not alone on the three large questions
sugar, coal and iron-but to-day differences
have been developed in other lines. The
conferees Of the two houses are almost
uCauIOShcu VII the. iutldi, cOllOH anu WOolSn
schedules. The changes in the classical
tons OF the wool and cotton schedules is
one OF the contentious; and one which can
not be easily settled. The Senators say they
represent the views Of their party asso-
ciateS on these questions, and are not dis
posed to yield. The House members are
tenacious for the House bill on woolens,
and claim that this schedule was one of
the most important, as well as most salts
factory, in the Wilson bill, and that they
cannot accept the increases.
The subject of specific and ad valorem
rates may not cause much trouble, as mem
bers of both houses agree that such differ
enceS will not be worth serious disagree
ments If the committee can get together
on other and more important matters. The
changes from ad valorem to specific duties,
the House conferees find, are not so nu-
merous as they supposed, and are largely
in the chemical schedule. 1t is understood
that for this reason there are few disagree
mentS over the first schedule, and that
many of the less important schedules can
now be arranged. Some members of the
conference were so discouraged when the
meeting adjourned last night as 10 say
that it might be two weeks before they
would get through. Efforts are being made
to reach an agreement on all points, so
that no article Or articles shall be reported
separately with the statement that upon
these subjects the conferees disagree and
ask for further instructions and considera-
ton. The men who are more especially In
terested in the keystone articles of disagree
ment are afraid that such a report will be
which the eight Democrats can agree upon
is more liable to immediate adoption than
if disputed points are left for further con-
SideratiOn.