People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-08-10
A FEW SENATORS WILL NOT
ACCEPT THE SCHEDULE.
CAN THEY DEFEAT The BILL
senators Gallery, Blanchard, Allen and
Kyle Oppose the New Schedule
Their Votes Together With Hills
Would Defeat the Bill-Our
Commerce and Citizens in
Corea to BE Protected.

WASHINGTON, Aug 6.-Tariff con-
ferrees began work again to-day by
talking over the sugar schedule. 1t is
claimed that the senate conferees
pointed out new difficulty which the
new schedule was liable to meet
when the bill was returned to
the senate. 1t was asserted that
with the new schedule the bill
would not receive the votes of
Senators Caffrey and Blanchard of
Louisiana, because no bounty for this
year is provided, or Allen and Kyle,
Populists, and that the four votes,
with that of Senator Hill, would de-
feat the bill. The house members
say that the Louisiana men connot
afford to vote against bill as favor
able to the sugar interests as the new
schedule provides, simply because no
provision for a bounty on this years
crop is included, as congress would
pass a free sugar bill before adjourn
ment
There was hurried senatorial con-
ference to-day, participated in by
Senators German, Smith and Jones.
Previous to this the Louisiana sena-
tors made furious protest against
the proposed sugar schedule which
did not provide for bounty on the
product of this year. The conference
was called after the tariff conferrees
had been in session some time and
when reports had been in circulation
that another hitch had arisen over the
sugar schedule. There have been
some very stormy protests from
members of the house against
it, and some assertions have
been made to the effect that it could
not pass. The senatorial conference
to-day was supposed to have been held
to ascertain if some new arrangement
of the schedule could not be proposed
which would meet with more favor,
Shortly after the conference of these
senators was over, it was stated by
one who knew what had taken place
that the sugar schedule would be
fixed up soon and agreed to on the
lines suggested yesterday and that
the main fight between the conferrees
then would be on coal and iron ore.
When short recess was taken the
house conferrees announced that no
agreement had been reached on the
three main items-sugar, iron and
coal. Some of the conferrees said it
might take three or four more days to
bring the members together.
There is some question as to the
exact provisions of the sugar schedules
submitted to the tariff conferees yes
terday. The schedule provides for a
duty on raw sugar of 40 per cent, on
refined sugar 40 per cent, on the
quantity of raw sugar necessary to
make the amount of refined in any
importation and of one-fifth of cent
additional, also of one-tenth of cent
from countries paying a bounty on
sugar exported.
1t developed to-day that a confer
ence was held at the White house last
night at which were present the pres
ident, Chairman Wilson, Secretary
Gresham and, it is understood, some
others. The new sugar schedule was
gone over and while no one is author
lied to state what conclusion was
reached, the subsequent action of
those present, however, warrants the
inference that the president, and
others at the meeting, believed it
advisable to accept the proposition.
1t was with this understanding that
the house conferrees met the senators
to-day when the objection of the
two Louisiana senators and some
others developed a new and unex-
pected obstacle.