The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-01
The Senate Coaferees Yielding
TO Public Clamor.
House Conferees Hopeful, but Sena-
tors Refuse 10 Talk.
Senator Camden, the Sugar Spec ator,
10 Cenfroated with Evidences OF HI.
Guilt, but Repeats His Denial-Ihe
appropriation Bills.

NAsHISSToS CITT, Jaiy 3l.-The pros
poets Of an agreement on the tariff were
much improved today For the first time
in many days the house Democratic con-
ferees came from the meeting with the
statement that previous irreconcllable
differences were in progress OF amicable
adjustment. With much satisfaction the
house members stated 10 their associates
that the senators had shown a disposition,
for the first time, TO meet the house half
way. As TO when q full agreement will
be perfected there was some difference OF.
opinion. One conferee said il would prob
aoly be this week. Another thought il
would be soon" Chairman Wilson
would not even admit that the under
standing had gone far enough to warrant
the prediction Of a speedy report. He
said. however, that the conferees had st
least done business and made progress to-
day, which was more than could have
been said of past meetings The senate
conisrees came from the meeting without
showing the hopeluiness of the house
members. They said the conference was
as far from an agreement as it had been
While there was this conflict among
those thoroughly informed of the inside
belief prevailed that the hopefulness OF
house conferees had some substantial
foundation. One Of the eonfsrees said
that while no final agreement had been
made ON iron, coal and sugar. yet suffi-
cient had been developed in conference TO
show that an agreement could be reached
on these three most important items
which would be acceptable to the senate
and house conieress and also to the house.
As to whether il would be acceptable to
the full senate, this conferee expressed
some doubts. In this connection it de-
yeloped today that Senator Gallery, of
Louisiana, who has been most active on
the sugar question. had a long, and it is
said satisfactory, conference yesterday
with Speaker Crisp andsChairnan Wilson.
While the house conferees were much
pleased At the bright outlook, their SEN
atorial colleagues centented themselves
with ing that while they were hopeful
of reaching an understanding nothing had
transpired in conference to base this hope
upon. They declare that upon the essen
tial items of Disagreement the conferees
are as tar apart as they ever we're. An in
creased hopefulness that a bill will DO
agreed upon is noticeable, however, upon
the part Of Democratic senators who are
not members of the conference. One of
the leading conservative senators said. as
he was leaving the senate chamber to-
night, that the tariff bill would be finally
agreed upon by next Monday, aud he
added that the bill would Do virtually the
senate bill.
The day developed the possibility of
report OF partial agreement, and while
this report at first appeared as a vague
rumor, its probability was afterward con-
timed by senators not members of the
conference committee. The fact that the
conferees had other schedules than those
relating TO sugar. coal and iron ore under
consideration today is one fact confrma-
tory Of the report.