The morning call., 1894-07-29

day, and While he avoided direct COM
initial on the fight between the House and
the Senate, the members got the impress
sion in a general way that Mr.. Wilson re-
garded the situation as extremely precarl-
Gus and as presenting a choice between
the Senate bill, somewhat modified, and
continuance of the Mckinley law, and
that he regarded the former as the lesser
evil
Members of the House, in speaking OF
accepting the Senate bill, use the words as
meaning coal, iron and sugar. AS there Is
70 doubt of compromise on many OF the
other schedules. on these three items
House members feel that there may be
some slight change in the Senate rates,
although the substantial features Will
stand 1t was significant in this particular
that a leading Democrat of the House,
who expects to start tomorrow on cam
paign tour, prepared his speech practi-
callv on the basis of the Senate schedules
on sugar. iron and coal.
The early session of the conference was
devoted entirely to an exchange of views
on the situation, with the Senate members
doing the greater part of the talking.
They told the House members that in the
present feeling in the Senate it was out of
the question for the Senate conferrees to
make any concession on the principal arti-
cles in dispute, and that in their opinion
the conference would have to adopt prac-
.tically the Senate bill or there would be
no tariff legislation.
a member of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, who is not one of the conferTees,
stated after The conference that a strong
bae in in,
favor of recalling the House conferrees
and passing the Senate bill, as grave fears
were entertained that it was dangerous to
continue the contest much longer. He
said that call for a caucus would be cir
culated, and that if no agreement is
reached by Tuesday night the caucus prob
ably would be held at that time with
view to pass the Senate bill with such
changes as could be gained. 1t is said the
Democratic Senate tariff managers have
telegraphed to Vice-President Stevenson
at his home in Bloomington, ILL.,, to return
at once.
The House Democratic conferrees went
to the Ways and Means Committee soon
after the general conference with the Sen
alOrs ended, the stray members and visit
ors retiring, and the four House cOnferrees
held a secret session. Il was the first time
they had met in this way, and it was taken
TO indicate purpose to decide on line of
action.
1t was stated positively by the House
conferrees that the meeting with the Sena-
tors had been confined to a general going
over of the subject and that no agreement
had been reached on iron. coal or sugar.
1t was also ated that the Republican con-
ferrees would be called in at the next meet
Ing on Monday.
At l 80 P ". the secret session OF the
House conferrees had assumed important
proportions and was regarded as the turn
ing point Of the tariff struggle. The four
conferrees had settled down for a long,
and it was believed. a decisive movement.
It was said by those in a position. to- know
the drift of affairs behind closed doors
that the meeting would last until O'Clock
and that Chairman Wilson and his three
associates were face to face with the plain
proposition of whether or not they would
accept practically the Senate bill or moth
ing. TIE utmost secrecy was observed
but it was said that the final answer 10 this
decisive question was not likely 20 be
reached before the House conferrees separ-
ated.
The Democrats Of the conference will
meet on Monday again, and possibly in the
afternoon the Republican members will be
called in.
The meeting did not last as long as 1t
was thought it would, for early in the
afternoon Chairman Wilson sent for the
entire Ways and Means Committee of
Democrats and Republicans. and some
general legislation referred TO the commit
lee was taken up.
At the close of the meeting in the Ways
and Means Committee room, Chairman
Wilson said the full committee had ap-
proved Representative Doolitte's bill to
admit certain exhibits to the exposition at
Tacoma. Wash. free Of duty. The chair
man declined to state what the tariff con-
ferrees had done at their second session.
Representative Springer late this after
noon circulated a call for a Democratic
House caucus on the tariff a: P. NJ. on
Tuesday next. The call was generally
signed by the Democrats, and a caucus is
assured If the cOnferTees do not agree.
When told of this Chairman Wilson was
surprised to learn that call was in circu-
lation. 1t was the general opinion 1t was
the elimination of a sentiment that had
been growing for some days in the rank
and file of the House to end the tariff
struggle without reference to what the
leaders or the House cOnferrees desire.
Notices have been sent to the Republican
members that the full conference commit
tee will meet on Monday at II o'clock.
Carnegie's Tariff Ideas.
LONDON, July 2S-Andrew Carnegie. in
an interview in the Engineering Review,
is quoted as saying he does not think the
United States now requires protection,
which. he claims, is of little value for
revenue purposes, as manufactured i'm
ports have fallen solow.