Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-15
TARIFF coNFeREEs.


They WIN Meet, as Soon as Appointed,
for . Test of Physical Endurance-Dff-
ference Of Opinion As to the Probable
Length of the Conference, but Only =
Few Days at Most.
WASHINGTON. July s.-The tariff bill
passed the senate yesterday by vote
Of 50 to %.
WASHINGTON July 8.-The first meet
ing of the conferees on the tarff bill
viii be held to-day as soon after rep
resentatives of the house are named
as it is possible for them to assemble.
This and subsequent meetings are ex-
pected to be held in the room of the
senate committee on finance, and the
meetings after the formal gathering
to-day will be as nearly continuous as
the physical endurance of the members
of the conference will permit
The minority in the house will make
no opposition to the republican pro-
gramme of sending the tariff bill to
conference at once. Both the demo-
Gratis and populists see that nothing
can be gained by the interposition of
Fictitious opposition. No sdeinite ar
arrangement has yet been made as to the
time to be allowed for debate when the
As the conferees are the ranking
members of the committee from each
side. the conferees of the house will be
Chairman Dingley, of Maine; Payne, of
New York; Dalzell, of Penn sylyania;
Hopkins, of Illinois, and GrosEenor, of
Ohio, republicans; and Messrs. Gailey,
of Texas; Mcmillan, of Tennessee, and
Wheeler, of Alabama, democrats
As to the length of the conference
there is a difference of opinion among
the house conferees. Chairman Ding
ley. speaking of the conference ON the
Mckinley bill, said it lasted two weeks,
and that there was not as many
vital points of difference between
the two houses then as there
lie now. Gen. Grosvenor, on the
other hand, predicts that the bill will
be law week from Saturday if the
bill goes into conference to-day.
The rumor put ahoat to the effect
that the house managers had agreed to
accept the bill as it passed the senate,
and thus avoid all possible delay, is
pronounced absolutely without foun-
dation. After the bill has been in con-
ference "a hours, and the republicans
have had an opportunity to go
over their differences and ascertain
the temper of each side with re-
gard to the main points in con-
troversy, it will be much easier
to prognosticate the time which will
be required to reach a full agreement.
Probably the most difficult problem
the conferees will have to solve will be
the sugar schedule. The house con-
ferees will make a strong stand for the
house schedule, which. they claim, has
been received with approval by the
republicans and the republican press
of the country generally. On the sub
iect of hides the house conferees are
disposed to yield, but not to the ex-
tent of the duty imposed by the sem
ate. The senate fixes the duty at 20
per cent. ad valorem- Some of the
mem bers of the house talk of COM
promise at ten per cent. A comprom-
Use on wool rates also appears proba-
BILE.
The republican representatives of the
senate in the conference express the
opinion that the conference will be
very brief
I'VE ought to conclude the confer
ence in four or five days" said Senator
Aldrich, land be prepared to adjourn
by the 18th of the month"
81 should say that we should be able
to adjust all our differences in a weeks
time at the most" Mr.. Allison said.
The democratic conferees did not take
SO sanQuine a view.