The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-24
DEADLOCK ON TARIFF.
No Agreement Yet on Binding
Twine and Sugar.
SECTIONAL INTERESTS CLASH.
Republicans Muster Quorum in House
and Unseat Democrats.
SECTIONAL INTERESTS CLASH.
The Obstructi onists Covered with
AmazemenJ and Confusion-A Soil.
tary Do-Nothing Kept Watch Of the
Proceedings and Was Photographed.

WASHINGTON CITY, Sept 81 Special. 1.-The
situation relating 10 the conference report on
the tariff bill becomes more and more serious,
and Major Mckinley said today that the report
from Cresson TO the effect that he had notified,
the President that the conteres had come TO an
understanding Was unfounded. The sugars ched-
ule. be says, among other differences continues
t. plague the members OF the committee. and
there is no telling what may result from the
diversity OF opinion respecting binding twine.
There was talk last night OF a compromise on
the subj ct OF binding twine, by which 1t would
be placed on the dutiable list at 1 cent per
pound, and ten senator's from Western states to-
Gay held q meeting ami it 10 sad pledged
themselves to vote against the tariff dill unless
binding twine were placed upon the free list
as provided by the Senate am ndment The
ten senators referred to are ingalls, and Plumb
OF Kansas. Wilson OF Iowa. Paddock OF Ne
brsska, Davis and Wssnburn of Minnesota,
Pierce and Casey OF North DAKOTA, Pettigrew OF
South Dakota, aud Power OF Montana Ii they
adhere to their purpose, the tariff bill IL
doomed.
Anumber OF senators have expressed a de.
termination to vote against any conference re-
port that may be presented in which the sugar
schedule is changed from the rates adopted by
the Senate. On the other hand, the members OF
the House are as firm in their determination to
vote against the report of the committee II the
rates on sugar should be changed There has
been some talk about com promise on the two
points. whereby binding twine would be made
Tree ana the House sugar schedule adopted. 1t
is believed, however, that a compromise will be
reached by which bounty will be paid on sugar
testing SO degrees by the pOlariscope
southern representatives to the number of
Twelve or fifteen, representing the tobacco
growing districts, have held meeting and de-
cioed that they would not vote for the bill un-
less tue House provisions for abolition of the
fow ,VS ~rS~~~ - -
The present rate OF duty on binding twine is
215 cents per pound, and the rate proposed by
the House ~ cents. II the conference should
agree to hx rate OF / cent per pound the North.
western senators, who strcnuously advocate free
binding twine, would be placed in the position
OF voting against the bill or refusing cent per
pound By the defeat of the bill they would
continue the present rate of pa cents per pound
upon their farmer constituents. Notwithstand-
ing their defiant attitude. it is believed they
Will not strike out, but will be willing to COM
promise on the l-cent rate
The sngar schedule is giving more trouble
There is some talk of reporting to the House the
various amendments upon which there has
been an agreement BY the conferees. leaving for
instructions The sugar schedule and binding
twine. unless compromise be made. Those
two subjects are the rocks upon which the tariff
snip is Ia danger of going to pieces
WASHINGTON CITY, Sept 2a-rAssociated
Press THE Republican tariff con ferees tooA
respite from their labors tonight. The situation
Is now such that no good, 1t is thought, can
come OF talking the matter over any further
The conterees have had turned upon them all
the light that can be diffused upon the only
items in the bill now unsettled, sugar
and binding twine, and when they adjourned
tonight it was hoped that by tomorrow one side
or the other will show a disposition to yield.
The basis on which the metal and glassware
schedules, which have been the cause of much
contention, were settled tonight was that the
duty on steel rails and structural iron shall re-
main as in the House bill, and the duty on steel
billets shall be fixed at q rate lower than pro-
vided for by the House bill aud higher than
that liked by the Senate. These are three OF the
principal items In this schedule in dispute The
rates fixed on the other items in the schedule
cannot be given, but are very generally lower
than the House and higher than the Senate
rates. This last statement applies also to the
glassware schedule, on which there were a
great many differences in rates between the two
branches OF congress.
The tobacco clauses of the internal reyenue
section of the bill remain as fixed by the House.
with the exception that the tax on tobacco and
snuff are reduced to cents, instead of cents
making the rate provided by the bill cents a
pound. May is fixed as the period when the
tabacco clauses OF the measure 60 into effect
Special licenses on dealers are abolished. as
provided for by the House.
1t is proposed by some Democratic representa-.
tives that the Republicans shall be compeled
to pass the tariff bill without the aid of Demo.
cratic votes in the House.