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Show STILL FAR APART. Senatorial Pactions on Cuban Bed-proclty Bed-proclty Have Not Agieed. Washington, June 7 The Conciliation Committee, representing tho beet sugar senntors, held Its second meeting with the Itepubllenn membets of the hen-ule hen-ule Committee on Cuban Itelatlons to. da). The effort to reach an understanding under-standing on tho Cuban icclproclty bill was continued, but no ngieeinent was arrived ut. The positive announcement was mndo after the conference that the differences aro no nearer adjustment than before the first tonference was held. Tho two hours' sitting todny was devoted de-voted to very earnest talk, but no ills-position ills-position wns manifested lo leld a point On the one hand tho Piatt reso. lutlons und President JIcKlnle) s promises prom-ises wete pleaded, while on the other II wns contended that advantage hnd been tnken of those promises and of the genernl outlook by men of menns tn make Investments In the Island of Cuba which would be greatly enhiueed In value In case tho promised concessions conces-sions should be made Tho testimony taken by the Cuban Committee showing the large holdings of Cuban teal estate by Americans was iniolcd ln substantiation substan-tiation The friends of the beet sugoj Interests Inter-ests repeated their nssuranco of w llllng-ness llllng-ness to grant a rebate, but they declared de-clared that they were lint prepared to grant a tariff reduction for tho benefit of Americans whose wealth was mado manifest b) their large Investments Another conference will bo held Honda). |