The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-10

WASHINGTON. August 0.-Tho Demo.
cratic tariff conference had expected TO
be able TO announce an agreement to.
day, bat reached no definite conclusion.
The day closed with the bill In quite as
uncertain state as. ever before in its
history, with tho situation in no wise
improved, and with tho feeling between
the friends Of tho senate bill aud the
houee bill intensified instead Of al
layed, and with no one prepared to say
what the outcome would bo or when
the end would DO reached.
It was apparent at tho very begin.
ming Of tho conference that those who
had come 10 the conclusion at the I'D.
tournament OF yesterdays session that
an agreement would bo arrived at to-day
had not taken sufficiently 10 account
the possibility OF misunderstanding or
a change OF mind. This discovery was
made when tho sonate confcrees pro-
pared 10 go on with tho bill upon tho
basis Of o duty Of 400 per ton on coal,
and free iron ore, whoreupon tho house
conterees announced their unwilling.
ness to assent to this arrangement, and
stated that thcy would insist upon re.
vessaI Of those terms, with coal FREQ and
iron ore dutiable, II either was to be. as
they understood that they wore to have
choice between tho two. The avowal
OF this position produced immediate
confunion and led TO an exchange OF re-
marks which wero not altogether polite.
SENATE STANDS PtRa.
The senate coaiesees thereupon de-
clded to report tho state of affairs to
tho conservative senatots. and, whom
che oonferees adjourned called Senators
German, Brice, Smith, and Murphy in-
10 consultation. The whole situation
was outlined to them. They were not
only made aquaintcd with tho demand
Of the house conferees for FREQ coal,
but were also given TO understand that
other material CONCESSIONS would ho OK
.pected by the house contcreos along tho
line OF the bill, including woolens. cot
tons, metals, glass aud earthenware.
They decided upon an emphatic mega
tive In the reply TO these propositions,
saving that il the body OF the bill was
not preserved virtually as It passed. tho
senate, tho report OF the contereea
when made, would not he accepted by
the senate.
Senator Bricc proposed an innovation
In the shape Of q proposition that the
house conterees be given an opportun.
ity to secure FREQ sugar. His Idea In do.
tall was thnt the senate conferees should
volunteer to recede entirely from the
senate sugar schedule, leaving both raw
and refined sugar on the free listas pro.
vided In the house bill, and that the
senate bill should be otherwise accepted
virtually ia It's present shape, with both
coal and iron on the dutiablo list at tho
rate Of 40 cents per ton.
ANOTHER OBSTACLE.
The conferees adopted the suggestion
and presented tho proposition to the
afternoon session OF the conference. 1t
ia understood that tho proposition
created some surprise on the part Of
the house members, who at frat evincel
a disposition to accept 1t, but declined
to vouchsatc au answer without further
consideration. The question was thero-
fore undispoaed OF whom tho conference
adjourned for tho day.
Chairman Wilson authorized tho
statement at the close OF tho conference
to-day to the effect that President
Cleveland had interfered with the In
formal agreement reached last nightwero
wholly unwarranted and untrue. Mr..
Wilson said tho executive was carefully
rofraining from exerting any Influence
OH tho conferees and was leaving the
members to shape thcir courses as thoy
saw ct.
As TO the Misunderstanding through:
out the day the house men understood
when tho conference adjourned last
night that the senators had conceded
that either iron ORC or coal was 10 go on
the FREQ list, tho other remaining on the
dutinble list.
What had caused the change was not
made clear, but In discussing II tonight
tho house contoreea said with no little
feeling that 1t was clearly due to tho in.
huence Of those Interested in the sugar
schedule. and wGs apparently another
effort TO involve thein formal agreement
on sugar reached last week.