Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-08
The Conference on the Tariff.

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3 meeting of the conferees on the tariff
4 this morning, but no action was taken.
4 owing to the absence of the democratic
members, and an adjournment was
had 10 await the action of the senate
touching the deeiination Of Sens. Bay
ard and Beck.
At II o'clock, the vacancies not nav
ing been filled, the republic IN mem
bers of the committee again met in the
DOM - the committee on finance,
where they are still in session. One of
the republican members said in reply
to a question, that they could go on
with the bill regardless of vacancies on
the committee, and would submit their
conclusions to the two houses.
LATER.
The conference committee on the
tariff bill again adjourned without &C.
ton of the republicans.
Mr.. Carlisle, one of the democratic
copferees on the part of the house
raised the point of order that the COM
mittee could not proceed to the consd-
Grafton OF business with which they
were charged unless each body was
fully represented that in the absence
of the two members on the part of tn e
committee it would not be full con-
ference. After some discussion, Mr..
Morrill,, chairman of The conference
committee, sustained the point of or
DIR and the committee adjourned, sub
ect to the call Of the chairman. Those
present were Senators Morrill,, Sher-
man, Aldrch and Representative Kel-
ly, Nickerly, Haskell, Carlisle and
Spear.
THEY ALL REFUSE.
Senators Morgan and German de-
clined to serve on the conference COM
mittee, and the president of the senate
appointed Senators Davis of West Vir-
ginia and Jonas, but they also declined,
and all were excused.
The president of the senate then APP
pointed Senators Butler and Maxy.
They refused to. serve. The president,
assuming that no democratic senator
would serve on the committee, appoint
Sens. ingalls, and Malone. ingalls, de-
clined, and Miller (Cal. was appointed,
who also refused to serve. McDlll was
then appointed and they accepted.
The conference committee on the
tax and tariff bill adjourned at mid
night till $3.50 a. m. tomorrow leaving
the most of the important points in
controversy in regard to the tariff rate
the members saying it was practically
senate bill and as such, when in con-
ference committee, the senators ought
to expect that the house would insist
on notifications and it was but fair TO
concede to the house conferees that
it was right. In this liberal ex-
preston Senator Sherman was Joined
by Malone. The chairman, Morrill,,
Aldrlch and McDill fav )red the
lower rates, and were joined by Car
Isle. In nearly all differences the COM
mittee was divided as between senate
and house members until tow trds the
close, when Sens. Sherman and Malone
showed an Inclination to join with the
house conferees. 1t is thought, even by
some mem bers of the confe. ence COM
mittee, that the chances for agreement
upon q bill are very slight, though the
situation Is such as to render 1t posi-
BILE that an agreement may be reached
in very short time tomorrow morn
ing.
the principal items upon which the
committee failed to reach an agre.-
ment during their prolonged sessions
this afternoon and evening are iron,
Besemer steel and steel and steel rails,
wool, C ttop, sugar and earthen ware.
The changes thus far made in SEIZED
ules as adopted by the senate, aside
from the above mentioned items,
are so slight rs to cut no
figure in the work of recon-
Cling important disagreements of
opinion that still exist in the commit
tee of conference. The high .protec-
tionists made concessions throughout
the consideration of the bill, although
in dealing with the iron schedule and
also in regard to wooden manufactures
there was an Effort TO hold rates up to
pretty nearly the figures of the house
bill.