The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-07
AN AGREEMENT IN SIGHT.
Some of the Conferees Are More
Than Hopeful.

Than Hopeful.
! Washington, Aug. 6.-When the Dem
ocratic conference adjourned today
there seemed to be better feeling
among the conferees than at the close
of the previous sessions.
Members from both Houses an
nounced that the committee had been
working over the schedules and that
progress was being made; but they did
not indicate when a report would be
reached, though some of the conferees
expressed the opinion that an agree
ment was in sight.
For considerable portion of the
day the senators were not in the con-
ference room, but it was stated no sig
nificance was to be attached to that
fact as they were working toward an
agreement. These senators occasional
ly repaired to the committee room of
Senator Vest, and sometimes were in
consultation with Democratic mana
gers in the room of the committee on
appropriations. Considerable surprise
was expressed by the conferees when
they learned that a call for a House
caucus had been issued, and it evil
IDENTIFY was very distasteful to the
House members, who had felt they
We're beginning to see an agreement.
Mr.. Montgomery said the caucus would
make no difference so far as he was
anu he WOulO commune the
work he was engaged in unless some
action very different from that which
he anticipated, would be taken by the
caucus. He said that while the eau
Gus was in progress the conferees
would be at work.
Coal and Iron.
The coal and iron ore questions were
considered today, almost to the exclu-
sion Of every other topic, and the dis
cussion proceeded on a basis of the
duty provided on the articles by the
Senate amendments, with the limita-
ton of time the duty shall continue to
four years.
The House conferees held out stub
bornly for the entire recession of the
Senate from its amendments, and there
appearing no possibility of reaching
an understanding, the Senate confer
ees withdrew to separate rooms, leav-
| ing the House members to themselves.
The day closed with a request on the
part Of the House conferees, that they
be given until tomorrow to decide up
on line of action on the coal and iron
ore questions, and the request was
| granted.
1t is now understood that the House
members have agreed positively to ac-
| cept or reject the proposition tomor-
row, but that it is possible that they
with the hope that it will be accepta-
bic to the senator's
A member of the conference, tonight,
said that with the coal and iron ore
questions disposed of, there would be,
he thought, little more time remaining
/ to reach an agreement on the entire
bill. He admitted there was virtual
understanding on all other schedules,
| including sugar. He also said the de-
velopments made so far made indicat-
ed wide differences on coal and iron
ore, and had not been of a character
to indicate an agreement at all. Still
he was hopeful that common ground
might be found on these two articles.
The interview given out tonight by
Senator Voorhees,, as the official head
of the conference, may change the en-
tire aspect of the proceedings tomor-
row, and it is not beyond the range of
probabilities that it will prove to be
the torch that will set off an explosion
in either the committee or the Senate
tomorrow.