The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-09

his colleagues should act in this matter,
and was told that the day for giving ad-
vice had passed. The conferees might
now, this senator said, bring in any kind
Of report they pleased and the Senate
would vote upon it. Tomorrow will
probably see this report, aud il does not
| necessarily follow that the Senate will
| accept it.
The conferees will meet promptly at 10
o'clock, but no one can tell tonight Just
when their republican associates will DO
admitted 10 the secrets of the conference
| room.
1t may be, however, that the Senate
! conferees may have more trouble than
they anticipate in removing the objections
OF their House colleagues to certain
things that trauspired in the committee
room to-day. There was ample ground
for the many conflicting rumors that
were flying about concerning coal and
iron. At one stage of the proceedings the
Senate cOnferees took the bull by the
horns and told the House conferees that
they could have either coal or iron free
and the House promptly accepted coal
Then began the canvass of the con-
servatives TO see what would be tho
result of this compromise. IL was seen
at once that such a scheme doomed the
bill TO failure and made such men as SEN
ators Faulkner, Pugh, Camden and Cor
man indignant The conferees went back
and told their associates that they could
not grant the concession and despair once
more reigDed in the committee room
Almost in despair, the House men finally
accepted free iron ore as solace for their
injuries. but subsequently insisted that
they should have that which was Origi-
nally given them. This was the condi-
tion of affairs when the conference ad-
1ourned for the night.
AREPoRT TO-DAY ALMOST A CERTAINTY.
That report of some kind will be
Forthcoming tomorrow is almost a
certainty. What its fate viii be the next
few hours will tell. What the policy Of
the republicans will be, cannot now be
foretold This element of the Senate,
active and alert to embrace every oppor-
tunity to defeat the bill, has not been
idle During the afternoon session of the
Senate the leaders were in conference,
| out they have succeeded in keeping
| strictly secret all that they did To-
night quite gathering of the leaders met
at Senator McMillan's for dinner, and it
IS safe TO assume that the po-
hticaI side of the tariff fight
was discussed between the courses.
| When asked tonight what the policy OF
the minority would be, Mr.. Aldrich, the
republican leader, remarked that they
had no policy, and would not have, until
they knew what the democrats intended
TO do. With a smile, Mr. Aldrich OBJ
served that the republicans would be
about the capitol tomorrow, ana would
keep their eyes open.
LOUISIANA SENATORS sHAKY.
It being known that the bounty on this
| years sugar crop is not to be given, there
IS much concern among democrats to
| know what course Messrs. Gallery and
! blanchard will assume toward the bill
| Mr. Catery declines TO talk, but rests on
the speech he made recently in the Sen
ate when he declared IL would be his
duty to.consiaer the interests of his state
before he did that of his party at large.
This Is interpreted as being a threat that
ne VIII not support the bill.
Both the Louisiana senators are
receiving large numbers of tele-
! grams urging them to vote against
the bill unless the bounty is given, and
! the TWO leading democratic organs in New
| Orleans this morning announced that the
| two senators would, under the circum-
stances, be justified in voting against the
! Dill. Messrs. Kyle and Allen are also
both quoted as saying that they could not
| lndorse the bill unless IL provided for a
| bounty on sugar. In view of the fact that
| these four votes are essential to the sue
! cess Of the bill, how they will be cast will
have much TO do with the future of tariff
reform in this congress
JONES CONFIDENT.
Senator Jones declares the bill will
! pass, but there are others who hesitate TO
make any prophesy.
Senator Brice is inclined to think the
Senate Will not accept the conference
| report, if it materially changes the Sen
! ate bill, but says the Senate will amend
the bill by moving to recede, and
after so perfectng it, will send
II back to the House and let them pass
1t. Mr.. Brice is of the opinion that If the
bill comes into the hands of the Senate
again 1t will refuse to grant another CON
ference, but that the bill will, after being
perfected, pass and become law. Others
anticipate trouble and expect some DAYS
to be consumed in debate.
Senator Jones and all of his associates
on the conference committee hold that a
motion to indefinitely postpone or to Law
the conference report on the table will
not be in order, and that this motion can
not be made. Under the Senate rules a
majority can make any ruling it pleases,
and If there should be ma
iority In favor of postponing the
conference report IL would be
an easy matter to sustain an
appeal from the decision of the chair 1t
is this vote that is most feared, and the
apparent indifference Of the conservatives
to the report that may be made only adds
to the uneasiness Of those in charge Of the
Dill. II the bill should get into the Senate
tomorrow night or Friday morning. e is
likely that whatever action the Senate
takes will be speedy and certain.