The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-07-19
THE CONFEREES AGREE
All the Tariff Differences
Have Been Settled.
DEMOCRATS TO SEE BILL MONDAY
A New Sugar ScheduIe-SenatOr Aldrich
Claims 1t Is Not a Complete
Surrender.

WASHINGTON, July.-When the Re-
publican conferees on the tariff ad-
journed at o. M. today, the announce
ment was made, on behalf of each bouse,
that they had agreed on all the items of
the bill, and that the result of the partI-
san conference would be submitted to
the Democratic members of the confer
ence at full meeting to be held Mon
day.
The announcement had 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. 1t ap-
peared, after the informal statement was
made, that there was still much to be
done in the way of putting the bill in
shape, and the conferees spent six hours
in close application to the work in hand.
They were, for the most part, merely
running over the bill, but there were
still rates to be agreed upon which had
been passed over until the sugar sched-
ule 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 to-
night.
"We cannot" said Senator Allison,
''say just what the attendance of Demo-
Gratis on Monday will be, for there is
still much to be done to get the bill in
readiness for them.'
It is understood that some of the
members will work tomorrow for the ac-
complishment of this purpose, and it is
hoped to have the bill printed and pre-
pared for the inspection of the Demo-
Gratis by 10 O'Clock Monday. The Re-
publicans still further hope to secure
the assent of the Democratic members
in reporting the bill at one session, and
they hope to be able to present it to con-
gress at the beginning of the session
Monday.
All such changes as these are accepted
without question by the house conferees.
They also accepted in most cases all
these alterations made by the senate in
order to secure the passage of the bill
in that body. Senator Jones of Nevada,
holding, as he did, the practical balance
OF power, both in the senate and in
the conference, was enabled to secure
many concessions for Western interests
In the senate, and these he held for with
out exception in the conference. He
even succeeded in securing a degree of
protection for beet-sugar greater than
was given either in the senate or house
bill.
The bill, as agreed upon, will, when
made public, present an entirely new
sugar schedule, at least, in the main
item of the duty on raw and refined
sugar, the the fourth presented since the
bill emerged from the recesses of the
ways and means committee.
When the announcement of an agree
ment was made, the indications were
that the senate had surrendered every
thing in the sugar schedule in the house.
No one in possession of all the facts
could see how it could be otherwise,
when it was known that the house differ
ential of one-eight of cent had been &C.
cepted, and the senate provision for
throwing off one-tenth of cent on low
grade sugars Teceded from.
"You will discover" said Senator
Aldrich, in discussing the matter among
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