The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-20
The Proceedings.


Washington, July 1s-The floor of the
house presented an animated appear
ance long before the speaker raped
that body 10 order today.
Members stood about in groups and
discussed. sometimes in excited tones
the result Of the conference agreement
on the tariff bill.
The conference report on the general
deficiency appropriation bill was
adopted.
This out of the way Mr.. Dingley
arose and, holding aloft the report and
a great mass of paper, he said. in calm
tones:
''AIr. Speaker. I desire to present the
conference report on the tariff bill"
GREAT WAS THE APPLAUSE.
SaIvos of applause from the Repub-
Hcan side greeted this announcement.
An effort was made to secure an
agreement for vote.
Mr.. Bailey said the minority desired
three days. but knowing they could
not obtain them. would be satisfied
with two.
Mr.. Dingley refused to agree to this.
saying: Talk at this time is very ex-
pensive. 1t costs the treasury 100000
a day"
Not so expensive as the DAYS YOU
the sugar trust" retorted Mr.. Bailey,
amid q counter round of applause by
his followers.
Mr.. Dingley. in reply. pointed out
that never before in legislative history
had q tariff bill been in conference so
brief a time The Mckinley bill had
been in conference two weeks, and
our friends on the other side said he
addressing the Democrats. in 1894
were in conference six weeks without
reaching an agreement
THE trouble in 1894" retorted Mr.
Bailey. was that we were trying TO
run the Democratic party with lot of
uaugwumps in command" daughter
and aDDlause-)
Mr.. Dingley continued his efforts TO
FIX q time for a vote, the Republicans
during the discussion crying Vote,
vote, vote"
BAILEY SARCASTIC.
= suggest we wait until sugar stock
goes up little higher said MI
BAILEY. sarcastically. 1T has gone up
ss & share since the agreement was re-
All efforts to reach an agreement
having failed, Mr.. Dingley opened his
Sneecn on the conference report He
took up each schedule, explaining in
detail the changes made and following
closely the LoTndl SldlSiiISHl given Jul
bv the committee
Concerning the sugar schedule Mr..
D;ngley read from the official state
n,enl. adding brief comments BY the
rezy ARRANGEMENT about $6,000,000 in
crease of revenue would be realized,
as the Increase had been placed on
paw sugars al the point where revenue
xroilld be received and at the same
4i,r,e the beet sugar industry would re-
ceive substantial benefit.
when Mr.. Dingley referred 10 the
ei;,nination of the stamp tax, Mr.. Todd
rDem.. Mich asked him if he then
confessed" that they had aban-
doned the idea Of taxing the stock
s-arl iDlers of Wall street.
-N3t al all" replied Mr. Dingley
s.xV,. discovered that the sales on Wall
street. could not be followed. No record
Is kept. The machinery Of collection
would be too complex
Nr. Cooper (Rep.. Wis., wanted an
exclamation of the net result of the
cbanee in the sugar schedule.
sIr Dingley explained ii along the
,s,-ss of the statements submitted by
- conferees. The differential TO the
Liner he said was exactly the same
: m. house bill. This started a vOlley
- Questions about the sugar schedule.
~ Johnson (Rep., Ind) wanted 10
,-roV- If the increase in the rate on re-
ed sugar. would not increase the
traits Of the trust in anticipatory
ii,.,y'arta lions of raw sugars
NJ Dingiey explained the impossi-
f,s1ftv o.. preventing these profits
THE PRESENT LAW.
III. Dinglex.. after a calculation. af-