Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-08-04

tive senators, coming through Senator
Smith of New Jersey, and the house con-
fereeS were given to understand that the
schedule was tho nearest approach to the
requirements that the senate could make
with any assurance that the bill would
pass in the senate.
Sugar Schedule Defined.
Some of the house conferees are favora-
bly, inclined toward the schedule because
they believe that 1t defines exactly the ex-
ira duty to be paid on refined sugars and
is free from the objection urged against
the senate schedule-that owing to the
wording of the schedule it was impossible
to tell beyond the one-eighth of a cent
ditrerential what the duty would be on
the refined article. They are of opinion
that the duty in the schedule represented
will be confined to the one fifth of q cent
differential.
1t is understood, however that while
inclined to accept these figures as the best
they can get, and while considering that
in this they secure an advantage over the
senate schedule, they indicated desire
to consider the question over night, and
that it was on this account that the de-
cisiOn, which it was hoped would be
reached yesterday, would be postponed
until today.
\ report received from an inside source
Is to the effect that some o. the house con
ferces found this schedule Objectionable
from several points of view, and when the
time for an adjournment was reached had
not only failed to indicate u willingness
to accept the schedule, but had said that
so far rs they have been able to master its
details they considered it unacceptable.
1t was this expression of opinion on
their part which left the situation in such
doubt when the conference adjourned and
rendered it possible that instead of an
agreement being reached the result might
be n disagreement.
The pressure for bill Is so strong in
the party, however, that the probabilities
are all still favorable to an agreement on
some line.
If the expectation that the work before
the cOnfcrecs on the entire bill can be CON
cludcd today Is to be realized. the confer
ccs will have to put i'm very long day.
While the sugar schedule has b,Cn the
great stumbling block in the bill, there
are various other problems which. while
not So intricate. will prove difficult of ad-
justmcnt Almost the cntir,' time OF the
present conference has far bVrn given
to sugar. and no effort has b,cn made to
fix rates in any of tn" other schedules.
Many of th,S, have. b,r.n gone. over casu-
ally, but it Is apprChCndcd that when it
comes to putting down the final figurrs
their will b. NOR, or less discussion.
Coal and Iron Ore Unsettled.
This will be- found to bc especially true
on the WOODEN, cotton and metal schedules
The coal and iron orr questions arr still
among the undetermined problems, and
thCrc is no doubt there will he "A locking
Of horns over them, and much greater dc
lay is possible than is anticipated by tho
moro sanguinc.
The senate cOnferccs think, however,
that if an agreement can be reached on
sugar early in the day it will be possible
TO have tho work so far advanced by tho
close of the day to Justify the calling in
of the Republicans Monday.
On the floor of the senate and especially
among the leading senators it was consid-
cred as quit" definitely determined that
the sugar question would be- settled on
the basis given, and so pnsitiv" was one
senator. who generally takes the lead in
such matters. that this would b. the i'm
mediate result that he told one If his col.
leagues that he considered final adjourn
ment possible by next "Wednesday or
| Thursday.
No doubt is expressed by u majority of
| the members of the senate that If the sug-
| ar schedule is arranged satisfactorily there
will BE- any great difficulty in harmonic
ing the 600 and more items of differences
in the bill The agreement has also been
considered sufficiently definitely settled
| as TO render it the subject of much com
ment in the senate. The merits of the
| new sugar schedule were very freely dis
cussed during the afternoon, and all the
remarks heard upon it were not of com
plimentary character.
Senator Kyle was outspoken in his op-
position, and it is understood that the
Louisiana senators will be very much dis
pleased If the bounty is not continued for
the present year. Senator Kyle and 9th
ers, after figuring on the schedule the
greater part of the afternoon declared that
it was more favorable to the refiners than
the senate bill and said that instead of
| granting duty of only one-fifth of n cent
differential it increased the duty to about
| one half cent.
| The house conferccs came away from
the meeting feeling that their work was
| nearly over. One of them said definite
| statement might be given out today.
| The house men would not admit that a
| definite conclusion had been reached on
sugar, iron or coal, although their agree
ment in stating that results would proba-
bly, be made public today or Monday indi-
Gated that the basis for the agreement on
| these items was in sight. AS to the strong
report of the latter part of the day that an
agreement on sugar had been reached, the
house men said there was not yet an
| agreement, although the meeting had
| shown that an adjustment was in sight.
| ~ aa.e and House