The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-03
IN CONFERENCE.
How the Work of Settlement
Has Been Conducted.
Senate Yielded When Compelled
Sugar the Stumbling Block Now.
BY The Associated Pres.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Before the tarin
conference began they session to-
day the House eonferrees APP
peared especially encouraged with the
progress they had made during the
! week. and said that a bill could be report
ed which would pass both houses and be
| come a law. One week ago the Senate,
| after three tie votes, sent the bill back to
! conference. The next day the conferrees
met.
Substantially, the spokesman of the
| Senate conferrees said to the members OF
| the House:
"Gentlemen: The tariff bill has tust
escaped defeat by three tie votes, and the
fact that a Republican Senator re-
trained from voting. Now, you know
the situation. 1t is a positive fact
that the Senate bill and no other can
pass. 1t will be unsafe to trust it in the
Sens e with any change whatever.
'The only way in which there can be any
tariff legislation is for you gentlemen to
take this bill and pass It,"
The session was very short. The Senate
conferrees announced to their colleagues
LnhI inc IlOusC IL oo0
The House members held a short confer
ence among themselves. No other meet
ing of the full conference was held until
Monday.
The interval gave the House conferrees
time to ascertain the sentiment OF the
House and on Monday they announced
that that they were willing to con-
fer and see il a compromise could not be
reached, but would not accept the Senate
bill in it's entirety as has been insisted
upon Saturday
Then they pointed out several defects
in the Senate bill. There was for the first
time a wavering on the part OF the
Senators, who had stood behind
what was known as the caucus bill.
, Many Democratic Senators, not including
those known as conservatives said that the
House was entitled to some consideration
and that it never was the understanding
that there should not be some conces-
sions to the House. There were sc
many Senators who were of the same
opinion ss the House conferrees
: that they made themselves felt, and IN
{ stead of adhering to the position of Sat
4 urdey, viz: the Senate bill in it'
entirety or no bill, the conference ha'
proceeded with -view-oL adjusting
differences and making concessions, cor
: r~sctions and changes. Neither side ex
= poets to get all it wants, but both Senat'
q and House conferrees do expect a tarif
y bill.
= 1t is true that the three main points o
" difference have not been adjusted, bu
d they are in a fair way TO be settled
From the start the sugar schedul
o has been the main point o
difference; while the House by Its vot
" made sugar free. 1t is conceded now that
). duty is necessary for revenue. Tn
~ difference between the price OF ray
sugar and refined, which will regulat
a the amount Of duty to be levied, can b
manipulated by the Sugar Trust to II
, great benefit and the injury OF the consu
Is mer n the revenue of the Govern
ment.
r. The Senate conferreos tell the Hou:
members to write the schedule so as
no prevent any such manipulation and
* will be acceptable IL IL retains the san
's duty and protection to the sugar interes'
er contained In the Senate bill.
~ 1t il this problem that has been engal
ing the conferrecs for a day or two, sr
st many propositions have been present'
Iy and rejected, but the opinion
gn expressed that IL will finally
adjusted. The other main points Of di
at ference, coal and iron, have also been q
subject Of more or less discussion, wi
~ but little success, as the points
compromise do not afford mu'
Mt latitude as the sugar schedule. The Heu
ay conferrees feel that they eau adjust Il
as matter by securing free cosl,-ni
nd q provision hat the senate rate
40 cents a ton, shall be lmpes
no upon coal coming from those count
which refuse the free admission OF &C
"a produced In the United states. IL
zee agreed that iron ore will not be- allow
to stand in the way Of = final agreemei
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