Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-07-26
ONLY COURSE OPEN.
Tariff Bill Goes Back 10
Conference.
HOUSE SEEMS SATISFIED.
Demands OF Consei ivatives and Louisi-
anna Senators Must Be Met.


scceds 10 the reeues, OF tie house fo
smother conference on the tariff bill. anC
its conferrees will return TO the meeting
with those Of the house untrHmmelled bJ
any specific Instructions whstever Thii
was the conclusion Of the Democrat,
senatorial caucus, which adjourned SIM
die last evening after a two-dsys' sitting
While the caucus did not commit itsel
20 any definite line Of policy in so many
words. the oonfsrrses feel, with their re
spectiys colleagues. that they understand
what a majority Of them desire, and they
believe this to be that they shall stand
substantially for the senate bill
This is not the individual preference OF
msny. nor perhaps Of . majority of the
Democratic senator's. but II represents the
opinion OF most OF them as expressed In
the caucus ~ to the only practical course
open 70 the Democrats who think that
the present congress must pass q tarih
bill OF some kind. whether 10 be wha,
they prefer or not
Must Meet Conservative Demands
In other words. the result Of the caucus
Just closed is the rsasoertaining Of what
wss known when the three days confer
enos closed last March, that IL is tmprao,
ticabls TO pass any tariff bill through the
senate which does not meet tho demands
of the so-oalled conservative senators and
the Louisiana senator's
IL became evident soon after tho caucus
convened yesterday that the resolution OF
Senator Jarvis 20 send the bill back 10
conference without Instructions was the
only course open to the caucuA
The other propositions presented were
those OF Senator Villas and his friends,
one Of which provided for instructions 70
the senate conference TO receds from the
one-eightb OF a cent diffsrential on refined
sugar without any other change In the
sugar schedule, a duty Of 45 per cent ad
valorsm without any diffsrsntiaL and
that of the conservatives 20 inssrucs the
committee 10 stand by the senate amend
ments
Senator Villas and two eT three etker
senators opposed the lsstsr course, and
the conservative senators declared abso-
lutsly and emphatioaily that they would
not accept the Villas propositisn to TO
ceds from the diffeysntial, even though
the I'D valorsm should be increased TO IS
per cent OF any other sum within reason.
Senator Smith declared that such q
change meant the shutting down Of the
refnerfes Ia his state. the throwing Of
thousands Of men out Of employ yms snt and
. general disturbance of industrial condi.
tions such a. he could not contemplate
and would not accept
No Formal Instruction.
The Louisiana senators indicated q
Willingness, as they had previously done,
TO accept the su ubstitution OF t5 per cent
straight The proposition did not, how
ever. meet with general favor a. the wissss
course TO pursue, In View of the hos
tility Of the New Jersey senator and those
who acted with him. and In view Of the
fact that several senators who stated that
they agreed with Mr.. Villas In his opposi-
tion to the Sugar trust a. q matter of
principle. advised In favor Of the csssa-
tion Of all efforts to give formal instruo-
tiona
There have been few secret conferences
from which so many conflicting reports
emansted. sand II was apparent that each
senator took away an understanding TO
suit himself as 70 what implied instruc-
tlons the conferences were under. Some
felt that the senate bill would be adhered
to. others that the main point Of dtffsr-
snos, the one-eishth Of osnt per pound
on refined sugar, was to be eliminated,
and perhaps q new sugar schedule pre-
sented-
Bot from those senators who have been
managing the bill the statement oame
with forceful emphasis that upop shs
main propositions upon which the house
difPered--sugar. coal and Iron ore--there
could be no change from the senate bill
when it was returned from conferences.
One thing which every one felt assured Of
was that % votes could be counted on to
send the bill back to conference
House IL Satisfied.
ceived with much satisfaction by mem.
bers OF the house, and throughous the
evening they gathered at the public CEN
ters and discussed the prospect OF q
speedy settlement Mr. Springer said
that the caucus action would be readily
accepted by the house. ~ the point had
been reached when the house wanted q
bill without any further wrangle over the
details
DoinEs of Congress-
The proceedings In the senate yesterday
were tame 20 the point of wesrinesa The
Democratic managers maneuvered no as
70 prevent any further pyrotechpie dis
play until the result Of the attempt to get
together az the caucus was asceytaiued.
Mr.. Gallery completed his speech, begun
Tuesday, but said nothing Of u sensa-
tioual nature. and Senators Hunton aud
Daniel OF Virginia took occasion TO ex-
plain that they were not among those
Democratic senators who had demanded
concessions as the price Of their support
Of the bill. the former announcing htm-
self, however. In favor Of a revenue duty
on coal, iron aud sugar.
just before the senate went into execu.
tive session. Mr.. Quay gave notice OF
three amendments 10 the pending mo-
tions Of Mr. Villas and Mr.. Gray that the
senate recede from the whole sugar
schedule In two instance. and from the
one--ighth ditfcrential In favor OF reflners
In the other In this way each motion
will lie plicated by direct vote on
the sugar schedule.
The day 10 the house was given up 70
the consideration of general pension bills
and q number were passed. Several bills
OF local interest were passed and the con.
terence report Of the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill was agreed
to.
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