The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-15
THEY MAY REPORT THIS WEEK.
Tariff Conferees Will Probably
be Unable to Agree.
Senator Brice Says Disagreement WILL
be Reported to the Two Houses We'd
nesday and Another Conference VIII
be Had-Other Senators do Not Think
the Report VIII be Made 40 Early.

WASHINGTON, July IA Senator Brice
was laconic tonight whom asked for in
formation as to when the tariff confer
ees would report. The report" he
said, will be made to the two houses
on Wednesday of next week. The con.
forces will report a disagreement and
both houses will instruct for another
conference" When asked if he did not
think there would be a partial agree
ment he replied that he did not, as no
inclination had been manifested to make
a divided report.
Other Senators also predict that re-
port will be made during the week, but
they are not so positive as to the day,
and some OF the members OF the com
mittee, in their conversation with news.
paper reporters. whatever they may say
to.their fellow Senators and Representa-
tives. discourage the idea that report
may DO expected during the week They
say that 1t Ia yet too early to say when
conclusion will be reached by the
Democratic conferees without taking
into consideration the possibility of
delay after the Republican mem bers of
the conference are invited to participate
in it's proceedings.
On this latter point Senator Aidrich
said to night that If, when the Republi.
C ms are asked into the conference, it
should appear that the Democratic SEN
atorial conferees had made concessions
sufficient to materially alter the charac.
ter OF the Senate bill, they would GER
tainly ask for full inform ation as to tho
reasons for the changes, and that in
that event the probabilities wero that
considerable time would b. necess airy,
after the beginning OF the full confer
ence, before the report could be made.
If, however, Senator Brice is correct in
his prediction that there will not DO
divided report, and that the report
made will simply state the facs Of dis
agreement, there would seem to DO no
reason for the Republican conferees do
handing prolonged consideration in the
comm ittee.
With reference to the proceedings of
tho conference day it can only be
stated that the sugar schedule has con-
sumed the greater part, If not the en-
tire tune, Of the com mittee, and that
the work has been devoted largely on
the part of the Senators to persuading
Repu blicans 20 consent to tho retention
OF the one-eighth cents differential on
refined sugar. Inquiries have also been
sent out by the conferees as to how
much less than 40 per cent. ad valorem
will satisfy the sugar producers. The
Louisiana members of Congress say
nothing whatever can be yielded from
the 40 per cent rate, and the response
to the conferees was to that eject
While 1t is true that during the week
almost every schedule in the bill has
been under consideration, it is fact
that as yet few, if any, rates have been
fixed other than tentatively and when
mem bers OF the conference say that
nothing has been absolutely agreed
upon, they are technically within tho
bounds OF truth. 1t appears from the
best information ootainable that great
part of the time has been given rep
resen tation TO the House conferees by
the Senate members of the necessity Of
making the most liberal concessions
possible in the interest of the nal pas.
sage of the bill through the Senate