The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-07-21
MOVES THEM TO WRATH
Senators Indignantly Protest
Against the Conference Report.
THERE'S TROUBLE AHEAD
Butler Says the South Has Been Insulted
and Tillman Threatens to Keep
the Senate in Session
Until December.


day, but there was very little evidence
of an exciting contest when the session
opened. Several senators who had been
absent from the city We're back again
anticipating that every vote might be
needed. On the desk before Allison, In
charge of the tariff bill, was the pom
derous manuscript of the tariff confer
ence report. Immediately after prayer
a message from the house announced
the agreement Of that body To the con-
ference report. Considerable routine
business was disposed of before the
tariff report was called up.
A resolution by Morgan was agreed
to asking the president as To what in
| demnity. II any. had been asked OF
the Spanish government for the arrest
and subsequent expulsion of Samuel
| I. Tolan, an American citizen, from
| Cuba.
Allison then formally presented the
tariff conference report and asked for
its consideration, but at the instance Of
| Berry. gave way for the immediate
| passage of resolution empowering the
president To take steps for the release
| OF Ona Melton and other Competitor
| prisoners. The resolution vas passed
by a unanimous vote.
The vice president announced in re-
| sponse to an inquiry by Allen that the
pending Union Pacific resolution was
| unfinished business and would come up
at p. IN. unless displaced.
This drew from Morgan a statement
that Is was intended 10 discuss the
tariff report in all its political. finan-
! cial and historical bearings. Aside from
! this II was proposed to secure consid-
| Grafton for the Union Pacific resolution,
! either by itself or during the tariff de-
bate IL this became essential. Morgan
(, said IL was more important to save $50, =
100000 by the Union Pacific resolution
than to pass the tarif bill.
The conference report was then read
in detail. When the first clause was
read Jones made an earnest protest
against proceeding on a technical re-
port without an intelligent explanation
of Its meaning. There had been no op-
portunty for the democratic conferees
! TO consider IL In committee. Ii was due
to the American people. he declared,
that some explanation be given. The
! reading of the lengthy conference report
then proceeded.
There were frequent Inquiries by
Jones and brief explanations from Alli-
son. When the Item of window glass
was reached Jones read telegram re-
ers of New York saying the restoration
of the Mckinley rate would place a
duty equivalent to lt0 per cent on this
article. which would he prohibitory
and would stop all revenue from this
source. The lumber amendment led III
an animated debate. Teller and Vest
contended the 81 rate on white pine and
the retaliatory clause against Cana
dian logs In effect permitted a double
tax. Teller declared the whole thr .
was conceived In the interests Of few
mill men of Michigan. Minnesota and
Wisconsin. by which they would be en-
abed To raise the price of pine 81 to 81
per thousand
/ Pettigrew severely criticised the con-
ference amendment. He said the s.
was designed to benefit a few men who
( own what standing pine there H. In
Michigan. Wisconsin and Minnesota.
one Michigan lumberman was worth
sl0,00O,o00 and was prominent In re-
publican politics. He is the man who
manipulates the election OF senators in
Michigan" asserted Pettgrew. lie said
the conference report ought To be re-
jected on this lumber item, Comment
ing on newspaper clippings as TO the
gathering of lumbermen In Burrows
room. Pettigrew said il showed that
the pine amendment would take mo'e
than $4,000. 900 out of the pockets Of the
people and put In the pockets of this
little group Of lumbermen gathered in
Burrows room"
The debate was fruitless of result
and the reading of the bill proceeded
until the amendments To the sugar
schedule were reached.
( Vest said this was the storm center
of the bill and he asked Allison il he
l.. a.. A. Ia.
house conferees that the house diff
ferential and the general features of
the house schedule had been pre-
] served.
Allison responded with an explana-
tory statement which was interrupted
by frequent questions. He said the gen.
eral effect OF the amendment was as
stated by the house oonferees. The
senate had provided l95 cents ON re-
fined sugars. where the house gave
lS15. making the senate differential
one-fifth instead of one-eighth. The
house provision was now restored and
the differential retained.
Berry interrupted tu ask how much
less the sugar trust got from the con-
ference report then they did from the
senate amendment.
Allison answered that under the
schedule as modified. taking the point
of 100. the dfferential was l2I, cents
Taking 20 degrees sugar. the 100 sugars
above No. l6 Dutch standard. refined
would receive l.si cents per 100 pounds
more than they would have received
under the house schedule and some
thing les than under the senate sched.
ulc.
Berry complained that this was toe
technical. What he hoped for, ne said
was a plain answer In the plain Eng
lish language. Was IL true that tn,
house had gained a great victory. 81
was that a fraud and pretensee
Allison said he did not know what
claims were being made as Ia the
benefit conferred. hut the facts wer,
that 9G degrees sugar will have about
Ia cents per 100 pounds more duty than
they would have paid under the house
bill. and a corresponding less duty
than they would have paid under III,
senate bill The senate conferees had
sought 10 give the largest measure OF
protection 10 the beet sugar industry
and the rearrangement of rates had
been made with this end in view.
Berry asked for less technical infor.
nation. Il know of no man who car
give more intelligible answer To {
plain question than the senator from
Iowa tAllison) II he wants TO-" saiC
Berry. amid laughter. and 1 know
Of no man who can muddy the waters
more than he can, IL he wants to- IL