The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-07-18
JONES HELD THE POWER
He Manages to Secure Conces-
sions to Western Interests.
SUGAR RATES AGREED TO
Republican Conferees on the Tariff Bill
Have Reached an Understanding
They Want to Report the Bill
Monday to Congress.

Washington. July l1-When the re-
publican confor-s ON the tariff bill ad-
journed at 6 p. 10. to-day the announce
ment was made ON behalf OF each OF
the houses that they had agreed on all
the items of IN, bill and that the result
OF the partisan conference would be
submitted Ia the democratic members
Of the conference at fun meeting tn
be held ON Monday.
This announce ement has been made In
formally To the democratic members of
the conference AT noon and had formed
the subject OF general speculation about
the senate during the afternoon. IL ap-
peared after th Informal statement
was made that there was still much 10
be done in the way of putting the bill
in shape and the cunferees spent six
hours In close application To the work
in hand. They were, for the most part,
merely running over the bill. but there
are still some rates To be- agreed upon
articles which had been passed over
until the sugar schedule should he
finally disposed OF. The revision was
! not even completed during the after
noon session and some Of the members
returned TO renew the work tonight.
We cannot" said senator Allison.
SAY just what the attendance of
democrats on Monday will be, for there
is still much to w. done to get the bill
in readiness for them"
| IL is understood that some Of the
members will work tomorrow FOR the
accomplishment Of this purpose and II
is hoped 10 hare the bill printed and
prepared for the Inspection Of the dem
ocrats by 10 O'Clock Monday, The re-
publicans still further hope TO secure
! the assent of the democratic members
| In reporting the'bilI after one session.
and they hope 10 he able To present II
tO congress NJ the beginning of the
| session Monday.
| The members of the conference still
preserve the strctest silence in regard
to the changes made. giving out no OIL
| cial confirmation as Ia the conditions
made in the bill. II IL learned how
ever from an entirely reliable source.
that very large majority OF the sem
| ate amendments were accepted, This
was rendered necessary by several cir
oumstances A number of amendments
made by the senate were verbal. others
were trivial and still others were made
necessary 10 secure harmony Of con-
/ structlon and would have been made
| by the house IL that body had had the
| bill under consideration for so long a
| time az the senate All such changes
as these We're accepted without excep-
| tion by the house conferees. They ac-
| ceptcd in most cases all these altera-
| tions by the senate in order TO secure
| the passage OF the hill in that body.
/
did practically the balance Of power.
both In the senate and committee, was
enabled Ia secure many concessions for
Western interests In the senate and
these held without exception In the
conference. He then succeeded in Sc
curing a degree of protection for beet
sugar greater than was given either In
| the senate or the house bill.
The bill as agreed upon will. when
| made public. present AN entirely new
schedule at least In the main item NJ
duty OH raw and refined sugar-the
fourth presented since the bill emerged
from the recesses Of the ways and
means committee. When the an
nouncement II AN agreement was first
made the Indications were that the
senate had surrendered everything in
the sugar schedule tn the house. No
one w possession of all the facts could
see how II could be otherwise when II
was known that the house differcntial
uf one-eighth Of IA cent had been ac-
cCptcd and the senate provision for
throwing off One-tenth of "A cent in low
grade sugars receded from.
You will discover" said Senator Al
drich. In discussing the matter among
his COLLEAGUES, that the senate saves
something AFTER all. and that IL Is not
complete surrender on our part"