Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-08-09
No Agreement Yet.
THE HOUSE MAJORITY STANDS
FIRM ON TIiE TARIFF con-
TROiERSf.
The C0nrrrees Busy at Work but Can
Accomplish Neihing-Nest and
Jones Held RespOn-
sibip.

WASHINGTON, ID. e., Aug. 3
The oonferees in charge of the tariff
bill made no visible progress to-day.
They were hard at work from 10
o'clock until late in the evening.
Senator Jones lei the conference for
time and held lengthy consul!a-
ton with the President. Mr.. Wilson
and Speaker Crisp held conferences
with the President daily. The con-
ferees on the part of the House, are
acting in perfect accord with the
President, and, it may be said, to Il
certain extent, under his direction.
Brice, German and Smith are as
stubborn as ever, and threaten to
defeat tariff legislation if the sugar,
coal and iron ore schedules are in.
terfered with. When proposition
looking to Il compromise on the sugar
schedule was suggested at the con-
ference meeting yesterday, by COM
mon consent, recess was taken to
give the conterees an opportunity to
consult with their friends. Mr. Will
son conferred with Speaker Crisp
and then went to the White House
to talk the matter over with the
President. Senator Jones went to
Brice, laid the proposition before
him, and Brice said he would think
it over and give an opinion later on.
Brice then jumped into carriage
and drove to the Arlington Hotel,
where he had consultation with the
representative of the Sugar Trust,
and returned soon afterwards to the
Capitol and informed Senator Jones
that the proposition would not be ac-
ceptable.
AS far as the outside world can
ascertain the conferees are about as
far apart as ever on some of the
schedules. They are all hoping, how
ever, for an agreement; in fact, it
seems to be an accepted fact that an
agreement of some kind will be re-
ported. 1t is evident to Senators
Vest and Jones thet if an agreement
is not reported and the Senate given
an opportunity to vote on the bill
openly, that they will be held respon-
sible for good deal of the work of
German, Brice and Smith. Surely
Senatorial courtesy does not go
far enough to prevent Vest andJones
from bringing in an agreement on a
bill that would be embarrassing to
three notorious traitors to the Demo-
cratic party. /
By common consent Voorhees, and
Harris are relieved from all respon-
sibility as conferees, because the
makeup of the bill on the part of
the Senate is directly 10 the hands of
Vest and Jones. If they refuse to
bring into the Senate an agreement
to be acted upon blythe Senate it is
plain that they will be held to strict
accountability by the House of Rep
resentatives and the President. I'M
mense pressure is being brought to
bear upon Jones and Vest to
agree to a good honest compromise
report between the two houses, and
submit it to the Senate. 1t has time
and again been asserted that Cor.
man, Brice and Smith would vote
for any kind of a tariff bill if driven
into a corner, and that their threats
are merely a bluff They ought to
be forced to vote for or against bill
that would be satisfactory to the
House, the President and the Dem.
ocratic people of the United States.
Nothing short of this will satisfy
the House of Representatives or the
President. Several members of the
House are still afraid that the Sem
ate highWaymen may eventually
manage to block legislation and de-
feat the bill.