The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18

putting the bill in shape, and the con-
ferees spent six hours in close applica-
ton to the work in hand. They were
still some rates to be agreed upon on
articles which he been passed over un-
til the sugar schedule should be finally
disposed of. The revision was not even
completed during the afternoon session,
and some of the members returned to
renew the work tonight.
I'VE cannot" said Senator Allison,
''say just when we shall expect the at
tendance of the Democrats on Monday
for there is still much to be done to get
the bill in readiness for them
1t is understood that some of the
members will work tomorrow for the
accomplishment Of this purpose, and it
is hoped to have 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 bill after one session,
and the house be able to present it to
congress at the beginning Of the ses-
sion Monday. -
The members of the conference still
reserve the strictest silence in regard
to the changes made, giving out no
official confirmation as to the changes
made in the bill 1t is learned, however,
from an entirely reliable source, that a
very large majority ofthe senate amend
ments were accepted. This was rem
dered necessary by several circumstan-
ces. A number of amendments made by
the senate were verbal, others were
trivial, and still others were made
necessary to secure harmony of con-
struction, and would have been natural
in a bill under consideration as long
as the senate had this. All these
changes were accepted without opposi-
tion by the house conferees. They also
accepted almost without exception, all
changes made in the senate in order
to secure the passage Of the bill in
that body. Senator Jones, of Nevada,
holding as he did, almost the balance
of power both in the senate and in the
committee, was able to secure many
concessions for Western interests in
the senate, and these he held without
exception in the conference. He even
succeeded in securing a degree of pro-
lection 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
item of duty on raw and refined sugar
the fourth presented since the bill
emerged from the recesses of the ways
and means committee. When the an
nouncement Of an agreement was first
made, the indications were that the
senate had surrendered everything in
the sugar schedule to the house No
one not in possession of all the facts
could see how it could be otherwise
when it was known that the house diff
ferential of one-eighth of a cent had
been accepted, and the senate provision
for throwing off one-tenth of a cent on
low grade sugars, receded from. ''You
will discover, said Senator Aldrich, in
discussing the matter among his col
leagues, that the senate saves some
thing after all, and that it is not a
complete surrender on our part
The wording of the sugar paragraph
was as follows, and shows that he was
right:
Sugars, not above No. 16 Dutch standard in
color tank bottoms syrups of cane juice,
meada concentrated melada, concrete and
concentrated molasses, testing by the polar
iscope not above 75 degrees, 95-100 of 1 cent
per pound, and for every additional degree
shown by the polariscope test, 31a-100 of l
cent per pound additional, and fractions of
a degree in proportion; and on sugar above
No. 16 Dutch standard in color and on all su-
gar which has gone through a process of
refining, 125-1000 Of 1 cent per pound add.-
tional.
It will be observed that the modifica-
ton of the sugar schedule still leaves
the rate on pure sugar. testing 100 de-
grees, 1.95 cents per pound, which was