Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-07-15
CONGRESSIONAL
Tariff Conferees Quarrel.
The EntangIement Liable to Con-
tinue indefinitely.


no immediate prospect of an agree
ment and more than one member
stated that the ENHANCEMENT was
such that settlement might be indet-
nitely prolonged. They started, in a
resverve manner, that there are nu-
merous questions of difference, but re-
fuse to go into details even to other
senators and members. Nothing can
be learned, although there have been
agreements, until sugar, lumber
and lead can be definitely disposed of.
The best reports represents the
house conferees with Speaker Reed be-
hind them, as holding out for the
house sugar Scedule without any
change whatever, and the senators
are quite determined not to yield to
this extent. The house conferees in
sist that this schedule must be
definitely fixed before any other
questions shall again be taken up.
One of the questions of secondary
Importance, upon which sharp differ
ences have risen, is the senate amend
ment for stamp tax on stocks and
bonds. The house members oppose
the anne ndment, but the senators,
while not welded to it, insist upon it
as necessary for revenue. The repre-
sentatives also resist sternuously the
20 per cent duty placed upon hides,
and at the same time perslstently
hold out for the restoration of gunny-
bags, cotton ties, ETC., to the dutiable
list.
A senator, who talked with some of
the conferees, said:
"They are deadlOcked and are tied
up all along the line. 1t looks as If
the situation must remain unchanged
for week"
While this appears to be a correct
outline of the situation. the prevail
ing impression is that settlement of
one or two important schedules would
be speedily followed by a complete
adjustment of all the other difficult
ties.
The senate conferees are disposed to
resent the efforts of Speaker Reed to
Influence the action of the conferees.
The senators are inclined to construe
the speakers participation in the pro-
ceedings as unwarranted and are ap-
parently more determined than before
his attitude was known to hold out
for the senate figures.
The contending forces on the wool
schedule, the carpet manufacturers
and wool growers outside the confer
ence. have practically reached an
agreement which, it is presumed, will
b. ratified by the conferees. This
agreement provides for the restora-
tion of the house rate Of II and 10
cents respectively on the first and
second class woods, and on the third |
class article two of the men agree to
protection of carpet makers by ex-
tending the dividing line from 10 to
IL cents, making the rate on woods of
, this class worth less than II cents
dutiable at cents a pound, and those
worth more than IL cents dutiable at
cents. This increases the rate on
all higher grade woods, which is agree
able to the wool lnen, and the carpet
woods down to figure acceptable to
the manufacturers;
CoUNTERMANDED.
President Mckinley has issued an
order, suspending the operation of
Ex-President Cleveland's order, con-
solidating the pension ageacies of the
country.
NO QUORUM.
The senate was in deadlock for
several hours with business at stand
still, while calls of the senate, roll
calls and other play expedients were
resorted to. 1t was due to the effort
TO secure action on the resolution OF
Harris, of Kansas, designed to pre-
vent the disposal of the government
lein on the Union Pacific railway
under the terms of an alleged agree
ment. There were many roll calls on