The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-28
GROVER is ANXIOUS.
He Becomes Very Selections for
the Tariff Bill.
Holds Conferences With the
Democratic Party Leaders
McMILLIN SENT FOR.
Speaker Crisp Also Consults
With the President.

WASHINGTON, July 28.-A messenger
from the executive mansion reached
the house of representatives half an
hour after the senate had voted to
send the tariff bill back to conference,
with a note for Representative McMil-
lin, the ranking house conferree in
the absence Of Mr.. Wilson, asking him
to call at the White house. This fol-
lowing the conference betw the
president and Speaker Crisp eOrlier IN
the day, was taken to indicate the
solicitude the president felt on the
outcome Of the second conference.
Mr.. McMillin decl ned to talk of his
call on the president.
Messrs- AleMillin and Turner re
the only house cOnferees in town, but
Speaker Crisp has word that Mr..
Montgomery and Chairman Wilson
would be here to-day. The Democratic
cOnferees will hold an informal meet
ing to-day, and Senator Jones said
the full conference, includ ng
Republican mem bers, would probably
be called together on Monday. The
gen raj impression about the senate
is that the conference now agreed on
will not be as prolonged as
the former one, as senators are
of the opinion the committee either
will agree on report within two or
three DAYS after the sittings begin or
disagreement. The PREF onderanee of
opin on is. however. that there will not
be another disagree cement. In fact. the
Democratic cOnferrees assert another
disagreement means the defeat of the
bill.
The indications all point to the pro-
liability that the sugar schedule again
will be the principal point of cOnten-
ton, and that but for the differences
on this point an agreement would be
reached after very brief sitting.
The Democratic mem berS of the con-
ference went through the bill very
carefully during their former sitting
and agreed on vast amount OF the
items in it. SO that they will not need
to consider these points again very
fully It is probable, however. that
the Republican members of the com
mittee will ask for an explanation of
the many charges, and this action, Of
course, would have the effect of de-
laying the conference report
Sena tor Blanchard has an entirely
new sugar proposition to submit to
the conference, but it is not regarded
as likely of adoption In outlining his
proposition, Senator Blanchard said
that IN his opinion the best way out
of the com plication would be to
continue the bounty, diminishing II
at the rate of one-eighth each year
and to add to the bounty three
eighths of a cent duty on raw sugars
and fve-eigths of a cent on refined
sugars s-This,'' he said, would
not increase the price of sugar to
the consumer and would yield to the
treasury say s12, 600. 600 to SIS, 900. 600
a year revenue. enough to pay the
bounty from the start, with an ever
increasing surplus each year as the
bounty diminishes in amount The
differential on refined sugar would be
one quarter of cent in the same way
as proposed in the Wilson bill as re-
port d from the ways and means COM
mittee, and only half as much as under
the existing Mckinley law. I would
also retuI the One-tenth discrim ma
ton duty against sugars imported
from countries paying an export
bounty.