The San Francisco call., 1897-07-17
c0NFEREES hhGUE IN ANGER.
AHison H. ard Pounding Desk IN Pro-
fesfauoh AJojnst the Tariff Pans
of the House.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 19.-The
deadlock of the conference committee Oil
the tariff continues. The indications
point to disagreement so radical and so
determined that an amica BILE settle me ii
is out of the question. The only thing
left for the conferees to do therefore is to
report that fact to the TWO houses.
This is the third evening there has
been no session of the confeIees. To-day s
afternoon session made up, in its inten-
sity, for several night. sessions, and it is
probable that the chief reason for ad djourn-
ment was general desire 10 avoid a repe-
tition of to-days scenes behind the closed
doors of the Finance Committee room.
The afternoon session began at o'clock
as usual. An hour from that time the
voices OF the conterees were plainly heard
outside in the corridor in angry dispute,
and shortly after o'clock the various
memters OF lhe conference sauntered out
and disappeared about the building, al
though nominally the inference was still
in session. Chairman Dingley went TO the
Speakers room, where he spent an hour
in consultation with Reed.
Shortly after o'clock The conferees re-
assem- bled and sat until about $3.50. Just
before that hour tne passionate verbal
warfare OF the early afternoon was re-
newed. The angry voices OF both Sena-
tors and Representatives were heard ali
talking at once, and be lore the storm was
over the words of one of the Senate con-
ferees were plainly distinguished down the
corridor far as the main door to the
Senate cha m ber, which is about 100 feet
from where the Senator was standing in
the com mlttee-room. He was expostulat-
ing with the House conferees and protest
ing that their attitude was unj Just. The
speaker was Allison, usually "a man oil
mid disposition and TEN perate language
but his angry words to-day were accom-
panied by pounding on his desk which
however, was vigorous enough to drown
the babel of voices caused by the concert
OF indignant House conferees. When the
conference dispersed the Senators were
all In an angry mood, and they resented
what they termed the unfair attitude of
their House colleagues.
1t was learned tonight that the plan
proposed by the House conferees for
breaking the deadlock. and against whici.
tue Senate protested, is the plan favored
by Reed anu the one that ne is endeayor.
ing 10 have the conference adopt. THIS
plan is based on the assumption tbat the
sugar schedule Is the chief obstacle 10
agreement in conference and prov des for
a report upon all other u!spu,eu item
leaving the sugar schedule untouched 10
be passed upon by the House and Senate.
by means OF instructions to TIE conferees
III regard TO tneir attitude upon this par
ticElar schedule. Technically This would
not be reporting disagreement as 10 the
sugar schedule, but practically it would be-.
The Senate conferees say that TO report
a disagreement now would be to run the
r SIX OF having the bill defeated altogether,
and they are standing together as one
man in iavor of the Senate schedule.
The reports representing Senators AL
drich ami Jones of Nevada as being the
only obstinate men among the Senate
conferees is nonsense, as it is very we'll
known 10 those who know about the
doings of this conference that Senators
Allison, Platt of Connecticut and Burrows
are standing up as firmly for the Senate
sugar schedule as are Aldrlch and Jones.
Nicaragua Canal Commissioncrs.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. July 16.-After
discussion i'll to days Cabinet meeting
about the appointment ofthe commission
authorized by Congress TO report on the
feasibility or the Nicaragua canal, the
President said he would nominate Rear
Admiral John g. Walker as naval men,
ber. and Captain o. NJ. Carter. engineer
corps. as army member. Some doubt was
at the meeting as TO whether
Professor Haupt OF the University of
Pennsylvania, who has. been selected as
the civilian member would accept the
r,Iace and the President sent hi m "A ele.