The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Sugar Trust Tries to Look
 Disappointed.

Disappointed.
 From Our Regular Correspondent
 WASHINGTON, July 23, 1897.
 The expected has happened. The re- publicans of the tariff conference com mittee have agreed to cut out the senate sugar schedule and insert the house schedule with several changes, just as stated it would be- It is heralded as a defeat of the sugar trust, and the agents of the trust are doing their best to look disappointed, while they are en rely satisfied, as the amended Dingley sched- ule gives them a little more than they expected to get, although, of course, not everything they wanted; they want the earth and the fullness thereof. Now that the farcical fight III conference has been concluded, there is very little doubt that the onference report will be accepted and the bill sent to Mir Mc- Kinley during the present week. There may be little delay in reaching vote
 
 of senators wish to express their opinion of several bunco schemes which were worked in the conference, notably the restoration of the $2 duty on white pine lumber, which will put a tax of some thing like $40 ,OO0 ,00O on the people for the benefit of the white pine combine, and the replacing of cotton ties and bagging on inc dutiable list.
 Mr. Terrence V. Powderly, the ex- ,.,r...- E.. 7.r l~-.s, '-rl hia rrvr-rd f0r making Mckinley campaign speeches last year. Jv having his nomination @ be commissioner general of immigration sent to the senate Terrence was on the anxious bench for quite while, and in fact, he had very close call, owing to the opposition of the labor organizations to his appointment.
 "Why doesn't John Sherman resign ?'' asked one Ohio man of another, after ha had been listening to some of the cur rent talk about the manner in which the old gentleman is sighted and humil- iated by Mir. Mckinley. That question has become one of the conundrums ot the day, and it has been discussed more frequently since the publication of the instructions given to Ambassador Hay, concerning the seal fisheries negotiation. Although those instructions were signed "Sherman, there are few who believe that Secretary Sherman wrote them, ,ano some who openly express a doubt as to whether he ever even saw them previous to their publication. There IS nothing obiectionable from an American poln' of view in the facts upon which those instructions are based, but the language is not that which one who has been SC long connected with things diplomatic al Mir. Sherman has been, by reason of hi service on the Senate Foreign commit tee, would be apt to use. One gentle man, whose long and close intercours' with Mir. Sherman, said: "I will stalk my existence that Sherman nelthe wrote nor was given an opportunity t edit those instructions; also that h knew nothing of the intention to hay them published" In view of this sol of talk, IS it any wonder that men ar ! astine why Sherman doesn't resign Assistant Secretary Day has had charg of all Cuban and Spanish matters eve since he came to Washington. and he the man. credited with having write the Hay il,btI uCtioiio, also '-.o '--
 slo+ed in he secretary of state after LII Ohio election. when it IS believed to b tho intention to use pressure to lorc Sherman out of the cabinet. MT 0i'ei man isp,s the sort of man to have msu warm friends, but he has well-"lSiio' who would like to see him upset LII McKinley-Hanna-Day arrangement o ras;oning now and telling why. bu oficia! title is dear to MT. sherman.
 What has the Carnegie Armor-Plat ; .rrst done to the senate? While demo . ,rots are glad to see even one trust hi l they are at loss to know what It Wa that caused the senate to limit the co' z of armor plate to $300 ton, and sena
 tors to inform members of the hous
 that it was useless to add cent to thi
 limit, because the senate had fully G d'
 tarmined that no more should be pal(
 Renublicans friendly to the Carneg
 trust made hard fight for an increaS
 in the house, but failed, and the tru
 will have to make armor for that pric
 or wait until congress authorizes Il
 payment of more. Mir. Carnegie shou
 apply to the sugar trust for pointers
 how to manage congress. Jerry Sim
 son says that Carnegie is being punishe
 bacanse of his lack of liberrlity in co
 tributing to Hanna's corruption fund
 the last campaign.