Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-26
ANOTHER CONFERENCE.
Democratic Caucus Has Agreed
 Upon 1t.
THE TARIFF SITUATION CLEARING.

wAsHINGToN, July 26.-The senate will nccedc to the request of tho house for an- other conference on the tariff bill, and its conferees wil! return to the meeting with those of tho house untrammeled by any specific instructions whatever.
 This was the conclusion of tho Demo cratic senatorial caucus, which has atl- Journed sine die after n two days sitting While the caucus did not commit itself to any definite line of policy .n so many words, the confcrecs feel with their Dem ocratic colleagues. that they understand what n majority of them dcsirc, and they believe this to bc that they shall stand substantially for the senate hiE.
 This is not tho individual prciSrenoe of many, perhaps of n majority, of the Dem ocratic senators, but 1t represents the opinion of most of them, as expressed in the caucus as the only practical cOurse open to the Democrats who think that the present congrcss must pass a tariff bill of some kind, whether 1t Dc what they prefer or not
 No Progress Since March.
 In other words, the result of tho caucus which has just closed is the roasccrtaining of what was known when tho thrcc days caucus closed last March-that it Is i'm practicable to pass any tariff bill through the senate which does not meet the dc
 
 tors and tho Louisiana senator's It became evident soon after tho caucus convened that the resolution of Senator Jarvis to send the bill back to cOnfcrcncC without instructions was tho only course opaS to the caucus. Tho other propositions presented wcrc thosc of Senator Villas and his friends, one of which provided for In StructiOnS to the senate cOnfercyS to recsdC from the one eighth uf n cent diffcrcntial ,ffr.,.N EK,
 in the sugar schedule. and the other to substitute for the present tariff schedule q duty of 45 per cent nd valorCm without any dinercntial, and that of the cunscrva- tiyes to instruct the committee to stand by the senate amendments.
 Senator Villas and two or thrce other senators opposed tho lattcr course. and tho conservative senators declared abso- | lutely and cmphatically that they would
 not accept tho Villas proposition to rcccdc from the differcntial. even though the ad valorem should bc increased to h per cont | or any other sum within reason. senator smith declared that such a | change meant the shutting down of the | rcflneries in his state, the throwing of | thousands of men out of employment and | . general disturbance uf induSt rial Condi
 tions, such as he could not contcmplat, with composurc and would not accept. hC A-bhlSItillsA StIilttES t WILL
 ingncss, as they had done Tuesday, to ac-
 ccpt tho substitution of 41 per cent | straight. Tho proposition did not, how | ever. meet with general favor as the N isrSt | course to pursue in view of tho hostility of | tho New JcrSoy senator and those who | acted with him, and in view of the fact that several senators, who stated that thoy
 agreed with Mir. Villas In his opposition
 to the Sugar trust as matter of prInci- FN1n aIx s,.l inf | all efforts to give formal instructions. | Confcrecs Not Ipstructcd. Therc have been few secret conferences
 from which so many conflicting reports
 emanatcd. and it was apparent that each | senator took away an understanding t.
 suit himself as to what implied instruc- | tions the confrrccs were under. some felt | that the senate bill would bc adhered to, 1 and others that the main point of differ cncc-thc one eighth of n cent pcr pound ! on refined sugar-was to be eliminated | and perhaps n new sugar schedule pr,'>Cnt- | cd. But from those senators who have l been managing tho bill the statement
 came with forCcful emphasis that upon
 the mirfn propositions upon which the | houses ditfCrvd-SuSAr. cual and iron orc -thCrc would he nu change from the sen | ate bill when it was rturnrd from con
 fcrrnce Ono thing which every ono felt l assured of was that IS votes could be
 counted on to sond tho bill back to con | ferenC1
 | The spcrchcs wcrc generally shorter and | wcrc as n rule devoted to advising q strcn- | uous effort to sccurc party harmony on | the basis of n bill which would rcccIvc the
 support of 43 members of tho senate. Sen | ntor Nifls spoke in general terms of the
 constitutional right uf the house to orig
 inatc financial legislation. and without | denying the concurrent right Of the sen l ate he suggested that the house privilege
 in this respect could not be ignorr,I with
 complaccncy or safety. lIe cautioned tho
 caucus in strong terms Ia avoid all ap l pqsrance of faVOring mopupolicS in view l ofthe prC<cnt feeling on that subject Senators Smith. Blanchard and CafTrry | also mado SrC"chcS Uf some length. Scua
 tor German devoted himself tu a verbal
 statement on the parliamentary status uf | the hIll. GrrIt caruC>tnC~~ was exhibited l in the SpcCchcS uf tho New Jersey and | Louisiana senators.
 Other senators aS n rule spOhC without
 any manifestation of feeling. and tho | meeting was upon the whul" far mor' | pleasant than that Uf Tuesday.
 \ vast majority "f thus' who partici | patCd In the caucus CAulv out when it ad | journcd with their faces wr%lth,,I in
 smiles. and most uf them indicated by l tlt'll@ tiltt tllt'N lRiltNtti ltt' lsNl
 inauguratvd a line If Ia,liry which would l insurC the ras~at.S' 'f a tI!JT bill ~,,mr | of them, w'i" would >.ly nujhin.. .f the | proc'Tding> = the Clucus IuUvuncsgl
 themselycs HS Cr.nfidvut fl t!r ultimate
 success Uf the bill
 l Hill, Murphy and Irhy Absent. l The vote on the resolution "a ~rnd Ihu | bill to confcrcncC again was mnt urani-
 nous, Senator Villas and few others up-
 posing 1t and explicitly stipulating that
 their participation in tho caucus should I not be considered as binding them 70 sup
 port tho rcport Of the conference commit
 tee when again presented.
 During tho proccctiinGs the attitude of | the Populists-Scnators Allen and Kyle
 who have generally voted with thu DcmO-
 crats on the tariff bill, was alluded tn. and
 one of tho senators prrsent stated that he
 had been authorized by senator Alien to
 say that he thought the bounty on sugar ! should bo continued for the present The | suggestion was not received with favor | and the action taken indicated no prob | ability of recommending tho adoption of | the suggcstion-
 Senators Hin. Murphy and Irby were | again absent from tho caucus. It Is un- | dcrstood that an attempt will be made in the senate today to carry into effect the instructions of tho caucus to havc tho bill sent back to conference. TherC may he some delay caused by morc spcechmak- ing, but the senate members of the con ference committee arc of the opinion that the conference will bc rcopencd by Friday | morninv