St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-30
But the House Conferees Re-
fuse to Yield.
SOLID FRONT OF OPPOSITION
70 Be Made Known to the
Senators Today.
R9ySE CAUCUS SPECULATION.

WASHINGTON, July 29.-There has
been no meeting of the Democratic
contereeS on the tariff bill since the
adjournment at 10:30 Saturday. and the
Democratic managers OH the part of the
senate are as YET uuinformed as to VIII at
Will be the purport of the reply which
the Democratic managers on behalf of
the house will make in response to the
Selate'S position that the confere nee
must accept the senate bill. Having at
the Saturday meeting made plain to the
house members of the conference why
this demand on their part had to be
made and why il should be accepted.
the senators have since the adjourn
ment on Saturday given very little at
teniion to tariff affairs, and say, when
spoken to. that there is nothing tor
them to do until the house members
make known their acceptance or rejec.
tion of the proposition. If it be ac-
cepted, they think the report can be
made after brief conference; if re-
Jected, they say they see no reason for
A LONG FARLEY,
as, under the circumstances, they can
not abate their demands without endan-
gering the passage of the bill in the
senate. The senate conferees have said
to those of the house that to strike out
the differential on sugar probably loses
seven votes in the senate, and also that
1t IS important that coal and iron ore
should remain i'll the bill as arranged in
the senate. 1t does not appear that any
difficulty has arisen over coal and iron
in the present conference. aud the house
members have indicated a Willingness
to leave them as agreed upon in the
senate If the sugar schedule can be
changed so as to eliminate the special
duty of one-eighth OF cent on refined
sugars. This is the only question of
real contention, and the senators are
apparently determined to stand firm
Tor the retention of the ditferantial.
Furthermore, they do not appear to be
holding out for the senate schedule
purely on the ground of eXpediency, but
they also contend for the justice of the
proposition to give protection to the
renners. When Chairman Wilson, of
the house managers, advanced the
proposition Saturday that the ad va.
loren rate of 40 per cent would, Oh ac.
count of the difference in the market
price OF
raw and refined sugars, give the redn-
ers an advantage of about
one-fourth of cent pound,
he was replied to very sharply
by the senate conferees, some of whom
displayed figures to prove the contrary,
while others said the proposition was
too absurd for argument. They also
went over the argument as to the cost
OF manufacturing sugar in this and
other countries. the house members con-
tending 1t was not worth taking into
account, and the senators attempting to
demonstrate the absurdity of this posi-
tion. 1t looks very much like a dead
lock unless the h0nse conferees Weld
as there is no indication Of any purpose
on the part OF the senators to do so. The
senate conferees talk frankly about the
situation and plant themselves firmly
upon the proposition that the sentiment
IL the senate is such that it must be the
senate bill or no bill. The full confer
ence between the members of the two
houses, with Republicans as well as
Democrats present, will be held at
o'clock tomorrow. Previous to that
time the Democratic managers of the
two houses Will meet informally, when
it is presumed the senate conferees will
be informed of the decision OF their
house colleagues on the senate ultima
tum of Saturday. The decision which
the senators are awaiting will be
AFLAT REFUSAL
on the part of the house conferees IN
yield to the senate demand in whole or
In part. The determination to give this
negative response has been agreed Oh
definitely by the house conferees. 1t
had been expected that the intense feel
ing OF the last week would clear the
atmosphere and lead to some common
ground of agreement, but when
the house cOnferees were met by
demand to yield in toto on
sugar, coal and iron, they assumed
an equally aggressive and determined
stand. At their meeting each of tho
four house members was asked to state
If his views had changed in any way
since the former conference. Il devei-
oped that not one of the four had modl-
fled his views In the slightest. They
were. therefore, unit IN declining to
accede to the demand of the four sen.
ate conferees, and the solid front of on
position will be made known to ths SEN
ators in the morning. In speaking TO.
night of the preliminary meeting YES
terday, one OF the house conferees said
the breach was wider than ever. as I,
was accentuated by the intense personal
feeling that had been aroused. He
added that if a house caucus were held
there would lie lines of argument pre-
sented and influences brought to bear
which would result in indorsing the re-.
siStauce of the house conferees, ard
thus making the contest more deter
mined than ever. This view is shared
by ali the house conferees as we'll a: