The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-01
A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK.
Prospects for an Agreement on the
Tariff Much Improved.
AMIcABLE ADJUSTMENT PROBABLE
One OF tho House Conferees Expresses tho
Belief That Full Agreement VIII be
Perfected This week-The House Com
ferees Jubllant.

Perfootsu Thts Week-Ihe mouse Con-
ferses JubiIant.
WASHINGTON, Aug 1.-The reSspects of
an agreement on the tariff artS much i'm
proved. For the first time in many days
tho house Democratic conferees came
from the meeting with the statement that
previous irreconcilable differences werein
process Of amicable adjustment. With
much satisfaction the house members
stated to their associates that the senators
had shown II disposition for the first time
to meet the house half way. AS to when
a full agreement would be perfected there
was some difference of opinion. One house
sonferee said it would probably be this
week Another thought it would be
''soon."
Chairman Wilson would not even adj
init that the understanding had gone far
enough to warrant the prediction of
speedy report. He said, however, that
the conferees had at least done business
and made progress, which was more than
could have been said of past meetings.
The senate conferees come from the meet
ing without showing the hopefulness OF
the house members. They said the con-
ference was as far from an agreement as
it had been. While there was this con-
flict amopg those thoroughly informed of
the inside workings of the conference, the
general belief prevailed that the hopeful
ness OF the house conferees had some sub
stantial foundation.
One Of the conferees said that while no
final agreement had been made on iron,
coal and sugar, yet sufficient had been de-
veloped 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 con-
ferees and to the house of representatives.
Whether 1t would be acceptable to the
full senate this conferee expressed some
doubt. In this connection it developed
that Senator Gallery, of Louisiana, who
has been most actiYc on the sugar ques-
tion, had long and it is said, satisfac-
tory conference on Monday with Speaker
Crisp and Chairman Wilson.
While the house conferees were so
pleased Mt the bright outlook, their sena-
torial colleagues contented themselves
with saying that while they were hopeful
of reaching an understanding nothing
had transpired in conference to base this
hope upon. They declare that on the es-
scntial items of disagreement the con-
ferees are as far apart ;.s they ever were.
An increased hopefulness that q bill
will be agreed upon is noticeable, how
ever, upon the part of Democratic sena-
tors who are not members of the confer
ence. One of the leading conservative
senators said as he was leaving the senate
chamber last night that the tariff bill
would be finally agreed upon by next
Monday, and he added that the bill would
be virtually the senate bill.
The day developed the possibility Of a
report of partial agreement, and while
this report ut first appeared US a vague
rumor, its probability was afterwards
confirmed by senators not members of
the conference committee The fact that
the conferess had the schedules other
than those RELAXING to sugar coal and
iron ore under consideration is one fact in
confirmation Of the report.