The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-29
SALT n HgNDAr July
the House members present said the sit

the House members present said the sit
uation was critical.
A member of the Ways and Means
committee, who is not one of the con-
Iferees, stated that a strong sentiment
was developed in the House in favor of
recalling the House conferees and pass
ing the Senate bill, as grave fears were
entertained that it was dangerous to
continue the contest much longer. He
said that in all probability a call for a.
caucus would be circulated today and
that If an agreement was reached by
Tuesday night, the caucus probably
would be held at that time with a view
to pass the Senate bill with such
Ichanges as could be gained.
Rates on Rails.
When the former conference broke up
the House members were disposed to
hold out Stiffly for considerable conces-
lsions on cutlery and steel rails. The
prospects, now, are that the rates on
rails will be lowered somewhat but that
the cutlery rate will not be changed.
The Senate conferees probably will ac-
Icept the House rate of 81 per pound on
wrapper tobacco. retaining the Senate
IphraSeolOgy. There will also be some
tchanges 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 a duty of
40 per cent on articles of this class of
less than 80 cents per pound value and
OF 90 per cent. on articles of greater
value. The indications are that the
rate will be made 45 per cent A sim
liar change will probably be made on
wooden articles not especially provid-
ed for, but it is not believed that the
Encouragement will extend to women
and children's goods. The House rate
on rovings and tops Of rs per cent. viii
be accepted.
Cotton Cloths and Yarns.
Cotton cloths and cotton yarns will
probably be reduced to the extent of
about per cent, as will laces and en-
broideries. on which the rate will
probably be made As instead of so
cents. The rates on china and earthen
ware, which are slightly higher than
those of the Senate bill, will be ac-
copied
The Senate, probably, will recede
from its increase of the tobacco tax,
and it is probable that there will be
a compromise on the bounded period
extension, the tax being fixed at $1.O0
and the bonded period at five years.
Called to the White House.
Chairman Wilson arrived from West
Virginia this morning and within a
short time received d message from
the executive mansion requesting his
presence there. He was with the pres
ident for some time, until it was nee
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 presidents
request of Mcmillan to come to the
White House last night, were all ac-
cepted in Congressional circles as ev-
idence that the president was willing
to let Chairman Wilson and Mcmillan
know Just exactly what his opinion
was before the conference was re-
sumed
When the visit of Mr.. Wilson to the
White House became known among
the members it was felt on all sides
that a settled policy on the part of
the administration had been agreed on
and there was intense eagerness as to
which course it would take.
1t was an almost unanimous express
sion of the members that but two
courses were open, in view of the att
tude of the Senate and the tie vote
yesterday, viz; to accept, practically,
the Senate bill, or to leave the Nc
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 the legislative panic, and
avert the probable failure of all tariff
legislation. A member whose relations
with the President are very close, said
that while he could not speak with
authority he had no doubt that an
agreement between the conferees, even
though itNbe- an acceptance of the SEN
ate bill, with some mOderatiOns, would
be acquiesced in by the President 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 commit
ting the President irrevocably against
the Senate bill if it was obtainable
from a conference.
Extremely PrAcariOus.
Chairman Wilson saw several mem
bers of the House during the early part
of the day, and while he avoided a di-
rect committal on the fight between
the House and the Senate the members
got the impression in general way
that Mr.. Wilson regarded the situation
as extremely precarious and as pre-
SeuIluS a ClOlCe UGCWGGn LuG O6udlC
bill, somewhat modified, and a cOntin-
uance of the Mckinley law, and that
he regarded the former as the lesser
evil. Members of the House, in speak
ing of accepting the Senate bill, use the
words as meaning coal, iron and sugar.
As there is no doubt of compromises
on many of the other schedules, on
these three items House members feel
that there may be some slight change
in the Senate rates, although the sub
stantial feature will stand. The early
session in conference was devoted en-
tirely to an exchange of views on the
situation with the Senate members do
ing the greater part of the talking
They told the House members that in
the present feeling in the Senate it was
out of the question for the Senate con-
ferees to make any concessions on the
principal articles in dispute and that in
their opinion the conference would
have to adopt practically the Senate
bill or there would be no tariff legisla-
ton.
Chairman Wilson was surprised to
learn that a call for caucus was in cir
culation. 1t was the general opinion
that the call was the elimination of
sentiment that had been growing some
days in the rank and file of the House
to end the tariff struggle without ref
erence to what the leaders of the
House conferees desire.
Notices have been sent to the Repub-
lican members that the full conference
o'clock.
TOLD A FAIRY STORY.