Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1894-08-09 | Page 2 | It Looks as Though the End Was Near

IT LOOKS i AS THOUGH THE END WAS NEAR Tariff Agreement May be Reported Re-ported Today t FULL DETAILS ARE NOT YET ARRANGED r1 nUT A BASIS HAS BEEN FOUAD OX I WHICH TO STAND Some Conferees Are TTaverlnff Slightly But That They Will Fall Into Line Suprar Having Been Agreed Upon Coal and Iron Ore it Is Believed Will Cut But a Small Figure The Republicans Virtually Concede the Paksnse of the Bill os It Will Be Reported But They Are Still Grasping at Straws p < L Washington Aug 8When the Democratic Demo-cratic conferees adjourned late today it was understood on all sides that the Democrats would report to the full conference con-ference tomorrow Members of the conference supported J the general faith by their statements which were more or less sanguine or guarded depending on the temperament of the speaker While the utterances at the time of the adjournment were not strong as those which were heard early in the afternoon i they were sufficiently assuring to justify the statement that barring improbable contingencies the Democratic members I of the conference will find themselves prepared for something during tomorrow or at the latest on Friday to call in the 1f Republican members of the conference r for a full meeting r I I will not say said Senator Jones that we have agreed for that would not 1 be true but the situation is cheerful and p the indications are that we shall finish the work tomorrow If we do not come I to an agreement tomorrow I shall consider con-sider the confernce at an end for I do not see the utility of continuing our interview in-terview with the House conferees longer lon-ger Still Hesitating i The situation was at the end of a day which had started out with a determination determina-tion on the part of the Senate conferees r supported by the conservative senators to bring the question at issue to a finality final-ity during the day and which later brought the positive though unofficial L announcement that the end had been accomplished ac-complished and an understanding reached reach-ed The report began to gain circulation about 1 oclock and it grew stronger and stronger without positive confirmation from those in a position to know the facts till about 230 when the members i of the conference and senators who had t been closeted with them confirmed to the extent of saying that while the details t de-tails had been arranged they felt confident i con-fident that a basis had been found upon which the conferees of both houses could i stand and the terms actually agreed upon which the conservative senators would accept Both Democrats and Republicans accepted ac-cepted this as the approach of the end and as equal to a definite announcement of agreement The terms as given out were that the sugar schedule as published last week namely a duty of 40 per cent ad valorem on raw sugar 40 per cent on the value I of the raw sugar in the refined and a I fifth of a cent differential on sugar 40 I cents a ton on coal and free iron ore with slight changes in the metal woolen and cotton schedules The Terms as Given Out When however the conference reconvened recon-vened at 3 oclock it soon developed that by no means all the details had been arranged ar-ranged ana also that there was more or less opposition to the programme and it was not long before the conferees found themselves bothering over many of the t same propositions which they had been considering for days It also became noised abroad that the E outlook was not so bright as It had appeared e ap-peared a few hours before It was understood h under-stood that objection nad been ma6 from the House to the retention of the duty on coal and that certain senators among ifI < wlom was Senator puh of Alabama had taken a decided stand against what they termed a sacrifice of iron ore These complaints com-plaints were sufficient to cause the conferees con-ferees to halt for a time and it is known that same difficulties were encountered in adjusting the differences on othr schedules The conferees were therefore 11 not as sanguine upon the adjournment of tf their afternoon session ts they were when the forenoon session closed k They came out of the conference somewhat some-what anxious but still they asserted that 1t tomorrow would see the linal adjustment of their differences They stated however that the coal andiron and-iron ore rates were among those which had not been fixed beyond recall Indeed sugar appears from the statement given out to be the only article upon which a definite conclusion has been reached but it was understood that either coal or iron ere would so to the free list and the otter would i > e dutiable at Senate rates The meta schedule will have to be < harged to accord with free iron ore If t is finally concluded that those articles are to be releted from the free list Members r Mem-bers of the Louisiana delegation were e not pleased with the reported agreement They said no bounty whatever vas given in the sugar schedule uid the purpose Ias to nut the new law Into effect at cnce without giving the continuance they had expected till January 1 next There vas much talk among them that the scledule would not receive their votes Renresentative Catchings of the rules committee is hopeful that the tdjourn n ent of Congress will occur next week Grasping at Straws t Representative Catchings of the Rules committee is hopeful that an adjournment of Congress will occur next week The Republican Steerage committee of the Senate held a meeting immediately t immedi-ately after the adjournment of theM the-M Senate today to consider the situation The understanding among them was to the effect that the Democrats had got ose enough together to allow the tariff bill to be reported back to the Senate tomorrow There were present Republicans who had information as to tht status of the bill and they stated that upon the manufacturing schedule the Senate rates in the main obtained but on three principal itemssugar coal and iron ore a compromise had been reached It was from this standpoint C stand-point that the Republicans discussed the bill and the possibility of defeating it It was first ascertained that every Repubican and the Populists Peffer and Stewart would vote against the bill and that Mr Hill would also oppose op-pose it Three more votes were necessary neces-sary to defeat it The announcement was made with considerable directness that both Messrs Caffery and Blan ohard of Louisiana would vote against it though they were not considered absolutely ab-solutely certain One of these senators had asked Senator Allen as to the position posi-tion of himself and Mr Kyle who 4 voted for the bill when it passed the Senate And while he had not received a positive answer the inference was I that the Populists seemed to think it was a part of their policy to vote I against the bill With the Republican side solid and Hill Caffery Blanchardi I and Allen voting with them the bill could not pass The Republicans had I to acknowledge however the prospects i of getting all three of the last named I was extremely doubtful The impression prevailed that the decisive I de-cisive vote would be taken tomorrow j and absent senators were telegraphed to return to Washington It is not the J purpose of the Republicans to consume i any time in debate It is probable that I they will be willing to take a vote soon after the report is made Their motion will be to indefinitely postpone the bill and this they think will be the test The motion by the friends of the I bill will be to agree to the report of the conference committee But if the motion mo-tion to indefinitely postpone fails the motion to agree Is very likely to be carried car-ried by the same vote