The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-04
COMPROMISE.
House Men May Accept Con-
servatives' Sugar Figures.
Wool, Cotton and Metal May ProIong
Discussion Between Conferrees.

WAsHrNGToS, Aug. THE undcrstAnu-
No. .nonx the tariff conferrsss when
they adjourned yesterday afternoon was
that the session today should bring aoout
either an agreement on the sugar scheauie
or 4 dec,sion to report Q disagreement
YESTERDAY was devoted by the CONFER
snce 10 a discussion Of the CUES
t,ou. The schedule in detail PROVIDES
for = duty Of 40 per cent sd -aiorem on
..xar bs,ow 10 Dutch
and a. per cent on sugar above ohs
~rsae ths dacy On the refined sugar 70
r. s,F,crsa On the basis OF the sccnhrhne
.rrsDrsh of tAe raw uxax used In ~,
vith Is sert alrsrsntial on the rsnned
ana . dissrfninaring duty equal 10 tno
rxp,rs Suty levied ~ such s~ugar-produc-
Ing esuntriss As pay a bounty on sugar
Thi. schedule was submitted to the
.o,fsr.no. a. the uitlmstum OF the CON-
s~rv.uye senAtors, and thehouse confer
- wsrs given TO understand that the
sohsdule was the nearest approach 10 tne
re~ouiremsnts that the senate could make
wttb anv assurance that the bill would
pass In the senate.
some Of the house conferrees are favor
ably inclined toward the schedule, De-
cause they believe that It defines exactly
the extra duty to be paid on refined
.ugsrs. and IN free from the obJection
urged against the sensts schedule, that.
owing TO the wording Of the schedule. IL
was Impossible to tell beyond the
1.s cent dtfrersntial what the duty
would be ON the reined article. They are
of the opinion that the duty in the sched-
ule presented yesterday will be confined
to the l-b cent eifferential. being Inclined
20 accept these figures AZ the best they
can get.
While the sugar schedule has been the
great STUN bling block In the bill, there
are various other problems which, WINE
not 30 intricate, will prove dincuit OF al
iustmeut. Almost the entire time OF the
present conference so far has been given
10 sugar, and no effort has been mace TO
az rates In any OF the other
Many of these have been gone over easu-
ally. but it Is ~spprshended that when 10
comes to putting down the nnAi hgures
there will be more or less discussion.
This will be feund TO be especially true
on the wooden, cotton and metal schedules
The coal and iron ore questions are stiis
among the undetermined problems, ana
thsre In no doubt that there Will Do a
locking Of horus over them, and mucn
xreater delay 10 possible than Is snticl
pated by the more sanguine.
The senate oonfsrress think, however
that N AN aarssEe at oan be reached early
today, It will be possible to nave tne
work 20 far advanced by the close OF the
day 10 justify the calling IN OF the
Republicans on Monday.
A. A. annnfA md A0neGI-
.llv auonrthc leading senators, 1t was con-
adhered 40 Quite definitely determined thai
the sugar question would be settled on
the b.sis ~iyen. and 30 positive WAS ont
.sustor that this would be the immediate
re.ult that he told some ,f his colleagues
that he considered final Adjournment
possibIs by next Wednesday or Thursday.
No doubt Ii expressed by a majority Of
the members Of the senate that II the
susar schedule II arranged enthusiastically
there will be any great difficulty In
h~armonixing ths 600 and more other items
Of differences in the biz. The agreement
has nlso been considered sufAcisntly
deAnitsly sstrlsd ~ TO render It the sub
feot of nuch comment In the senate
TIE house oonferrees came away from
the meeting feeling that their work wal
nearly ever. One OF them said that {
deauite statsmsn might be given out to
Might
The house nsn would not admit that
deauits eo~nciusien lad 9 reached OF
susay. iron OF essl. although their agree
ment In staoing' that results would prob
Ably be made public tonight or Monday
Indicated that The basis for agreement or
these itsne was In sight.
Az to the assong report OF b latter par
Of the day that an agreement on suga
had been reached, the house men sal,
there was not yst an agreement. although
the meeting had shown that an adjust
ment was In sight
Dancienoy Bill Passes.
The last u the appropriation bills-th
ds6cisncy-was passsd by the senate las
--evsninx. The bills for the admission O
wcve reported to the senate and placed OF
the calendar.
Ths houss bill to subject to state taxa
tiou the national bank notes and Unite,
states treasury spctes was under consider
alton for a time, but was laid aside with
out action
A new "antfoption bill" was intro
duced by Mr.. Davis Of Minnesota and ls
20 n brief wrapgle, the point of orde
being finally made that. ms II was a bill
20 raise revenue. ''the constitution RI
ouired that IT. should originate In tn
house OF representatives" The vic
president reserved his ruling on the poin
Of order.
Several house and senate bills wer
passed, and the conference report on tn
river and harbor bill was submitted, bu
not acted on, when the senate adjourned
Postoniee ClsrkS
The house spent q large portion Of Oh
day discussing two bihs-one for reclas
ifcation OF the railway mail clerks, an
one for the classification of clerks In Oh
frat and second class postofices, b.
neither was acted upon The conference
report on the river and hArbor bill wa
agreed to without division. sna at
o'clock the house took n recess until
o'sleck. when n number OF pension bill
were considered.