The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-08-05
Some OF Them Think Thoy Have
Reached Final agreement
on Sugar
The senate Passes nnI for the TAXATION
OF Federal Money Other Capital
News.

wA@MoroS, Aug. THE tatih copfe.
reea began work to-day with the sugar
schedule. II ia elAlmed the eonfersea
pointed oat that with the new schedule the
bill will not receive the votes OF Senators
Cahery and Blanchard, Of Louisians, be-
cause no bounty for this year ia provided,
or OF Allen aud Kyle, populists, and these
fout votes. with that OF Senator Hill. would
defeAt the bill. The house msmbers say
the Louisiana men cannot afford TO vote
aRAinst'a bill so favorable 10 the sugar In
TO esta simply because no provision for q
bounty on this YEARS crop 10 included. as
congress certainly could pass a free sugar
bill before adjournment
There was a hurried conference to-day
between Senators Gormsn, Jones aud
smith, Previous TO this the Louisisna
senator's made vigorous protest against
the proposed sugar schedule, which did not
provide for q bounty on the product this
year. The senatorial conferences was sup
posed 10 have been hold TO ascertain il
Bome new arrangement Of the schedule
could not DO proposed which would meet
with more favor. Shortly after the confer
ence OF senators was over IL was stated by
one Of the senators that the sugar schedule
would be agreed to on tho lines suggested
yesterday and that the main 1Rht between
the conferees. he had been told. would be
on coal and ion ore.
When short recess was taken the house
obnferees said no agreement had been
"a AAd nm IA In
i}on and coal Some of the conferees said
II might take three or four days more 70
bling the members together.
,The schedule submitted TO the tariff CON-
fAress yesterday provides for duty on ra "
sugar of 40 per cent; on renned sugar of 20
pr cent; on a quantity Of raw sugar nsces-
stry to mako the amount OF refined in any
i'd portntion one-1fth OF q cent additional;
also one-tsnth of o cent additional from
count les paying bounty on sugar ex-
ported.
When tho tariff confsrses adjourned To-
night, after an all-day session, 1t lookei az
though they were nearer 20 All agreement
than az any time thus far. And yet, the
agreement itself. which is the great end in
view, had not been attained. The hope OF
the conferees last night that definite re-
sults would DO reached aud made public to-
day failed to be realized. An agreement
on sugar had not boon reached beyond the
portability Of recall, nos had agreements
been,rseched ON iron ore or coal.
The day closed. however, much better
than ID opened. II had brought out that
the now sugar schedule submitted as an
nltimatum by the conservative senators,
would be accepted by the house conferees,
and final announcement of this acceptance
TO make the agreement on sugar oomplets,
So fully satisfied were the house oonterees
that this schedule would prevail that they
urged Its advantage on their colleagues or
the house side. and pointed out that IN
their opinion, 10 would reduce she benefit,
OF the trust by 80 per cent over the o:ig.
inal senate schedule.
In view of the fact that the prop ositior
came from the senators. this willingness Of
the house men TO point Out its advan.
thqeous featutes indicated the common
ground they we're occupy ing. Indeed. on,
Of she conterees spoke OF the results oi
the days work hs equivalent 10 an agree
ment on the sugar schedule. but said il was
not such a binding agreement as cut of
the possibility Of disaRresing to 10 on Mon
day. Thus 10 stands. with the oonfeross
on the point agreeing, and yot not actually
at that point. As 10 when the quasi agree
ment will become an absolute finality, tho
conferees had no definite idea when they
80 parated tonight As Secretary Carlisle
was with them part Of the day. 10 is con-
oludsd the schedule 10 also satisfactory 70
the administration.
A nav development OF the day was th,
disclosure. ca .ly In the morning, that th,
two Louisiana senators could not be de-
pended upon to support the new sugai
schedule. Their opposition was based on
the ground that II failed TO take into con-
alteration tho requirements of the Louisi-
ana sugar planters for bounty on theiI
present. crop at least. This caused som'
uneasiness at the outset, and 10 was felt
that the new schedule upon which huns
the chance OF full agreement, might b,
wrecked by the opposition OF the LonislanS
senator's and several populists. This feel
ing wore of later in the day, however
either through indifference or concession
10 this opposing element, and II was moi
regarded at tho close OF the conference as 4
serious menace 10 the success OF the confer
enee's efforts.
| After tho confsrees had reached thsiI
virtual agreement on the sugar schedule
they put this 20 ono side and took up tbs
question OF iron ore and GOAL, but ad'
! iouTned without approaching q conclusion
with respect TO these Two products.
IL developed to-day that a conference
was held at the White house last nigh. a
which were present the president, speaker
| Chairman Wilson. Secretary Gresham and
aoms othsrs. The new sugar schedule wal
gone over. and the subsequent action o
those present warrant the inference that
the president and otheru believed 10 adyia-
able TO accept the proposition. II was will
/ this understanding shat the house confer
ees met tho senators to-day, but the obiec
tlon OF the Louisiana senators developed an
unexpected obstacle,