The morning call., 1894-07-29

| phraseology. There will also be som e
changes in the wooden schedule, the most
| important of which probably will be in
the paragraph relating to cloth for mems
wear,
| The Senate bill provides duty Of 40 per
cent on articles OF this class of less than
so cents per pound value aud 30 per cent
on articles of greater value. The indica-
| tions are that the rate will be made 45 per
cent. A similar change Will probably be
made on WOODEN articles not especially pro-
Vided for, but it is not believed that the re-
| arrangement will extend to women's and
children's goods. The House rate on row
ipgs and tops, of % per cent, will be ac-
cepted.
| Cotton cloths and cotton yarns will prob
ably be reduced to the extent of about 5
per cent, as will laces and embroideries. on
which the rate will probably be made 45
instead Of 80 cents. The rates on china
and earthenware, which are slightly higher
than those of the Senate bill, will be ac-
cepted. The Senate probably will recede
from its increase OF the tobacco tax and it
is said to be probable there will be a com
promise on the bonded period extensi
the tax being fixed at 81 and the bouded
period at five years.
Chairman Wilson arrived from West
Virginia this morning and within short
time received message from the execu-
tive mansion requesting his presence
there. He was with the President for
some time until it was necessary to go to
the Capitol for the opening of the second
conference. The Presidents desire to see
Mr.. Wilson before the conference opened,
coupled with Speaker Crisp's call at the
White House yesterday and the Presl-
dents request to Mcmillan to come to the
White House last night. were all accepted
in Congressional circles as evidence that
the President was willing to let Chairman
Wilson and Mcmillan know exactly what
his opinion was before the conference was
resumed. When the visit of Mr.. Wilson
to the White House became known among
members it was felt on all sides that
settled policy on the part of the admins
tration mad been agreed on, and there
was intense eagerness as to which course
1t would take. 1t was an almost unani-
nous expression of the members that but
two courses were open in view of the att-
tude of the Senate and the tie vote yester-
day, viz: to accept practically the Senate
bill or to leave the Mckinley law stand,
and the expressions were quite general
that as between the Senate BILL with such
notifications as could be obtained, and
the Mckinley law the President and Mr..
Wilson would reluctantly accept the
former and thus end legislative panic and
avert the probable failure of all tariff
legislation.
A member whose relations with the
President are very close said that Will
he could not speak with authority, he had
no doubt that an agreement between the
conferrees, even though 1t be an accept
ance Of the Senate bill. with some modera-
tions, would be acQuiesced in by the Presi-
dent as the best thing obtainable. The
Presidents letter to Mr.. Wilson, said this
member, had pointed out clearly what
the choice of the President had been, but
it did not go to the extent Of committing
the President irrevocably against the S en-
ate bill if nothing better was obtAina bic
from a conference.
Chairman Wilson saw several members
Of the House during the early part of the