The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-20


the vote was being taken. When the
Speaker announced the vote, 1856 ayes
$50 Tepublicans and five Democrats, II,
noes, 1O6 Democrats and - Populists,
the Republicans broke into loud cheers
The House then at 1917 a. H., took q
recess until Wednesday.
THE CONFERENCE REPORT.
Changes Made in the Tariff Bill by tn,
Committee.
Washington, July 19.-The tariff bill
was pushed through the conference stag,
today after two hours discussion befor'
the full conference committee-Democr
and Republicans-held in the Senate
finance committee room this morning. A
the outset the Democratic conferee asked
until Tuesday morning to go over the re
port, saying this course was preferable tc
going over it with the Republicans. To
test this question, Mr.. Vest, Democrat OF
Missouri, moved an amendment to ad
journ until tomorrow, which was defeated
by a strict party vote.
The Democratic conferees then offered
amendments to the report, but were met
with the statement that it would merely
consume time to urge amendments as
they would be rejected. $50
Representative Wheeler, Democrat OF
Alabama, offered amendments placing
cotton bagging and cotton ties on the free
list; also substitute proposition for re.
bates on these articles
These and other amendments were
withdrawn however, as there was nc
prospect of favorable action on them
Shortly before noon Mr.. Dingley moved
that the report be submitted to the two
houses. This prevailed by a party vote
and the meeting adjourned There was
little clash during the discussion and the
Democratic members Of the conference
contented themselves with a protest
against the report and the manner Of
agreeing to it.
Washington, July 19-The Republican
members of the tariff conference commit
tee called in the Democratic members a,
ten O'Clock this morning.
Among the Democrats there was dis
position to allow the Republicans to have
their way and make the report at once 81
that the debate in the lower branch O.
Congress could proceed this afternoon.
Before the full committee met in thu
room of the finance committee of the Sen
ate, the Republican members held ar
hours consultation in the appropriation
committee room
AS the final act of their 1abors, they
affixed their signatures to the conferenc,
report.
When the bill was submitted to tn,
Democrats the Republicans said the,
would report the bill today.
I The Democrats We're given an oppor
tunity to sign the conference report, apc
Withdrew for consultation among them
selves as to whether or not they woult
sign.
| In the sugar schedule of the tariff bill
the conference inserted the words NINETY
five one hundredths' six in line IS befor
the words lone cent SO that it vii
read: Zone and ninety-flve one hun
dredths Of one per cent per pound" ant
dredths" in line / 5, and inserted tn
words "Thirty-five one thousandths. ;
The rating makes the duty begin a
| ninety five one hundredths of a cent
pound on sugar testing rs degrees accord
ing to the polariscOpe and makes q polar
iscopic graduation Of thirty-f1ve one
thousandths of cent or three and one
half one hundredths on each additions
degree.
Hides of cattle, raw or uncured, dry
sailed or picked, Is per cent ad valorem
provided that upon all leather export
made from imported hides there shall b.
allowed drawback equal to the amount
paid on such hides to be paid under sucl
regulations as the Secretary of the Treas
ury may prescribe.
The conference restored to the free lis
of the House paragraph on books and en-
cravings imported by authority of tn,
United States for the Library of Congress
and made some verbal alterations in tn,
amendment inserted by the Senate
putting books, maps, etc., which haC
been printed more than twenty years OF
the free list, but they were not material.
The paragraph relating to the free in
PRODUCTION of books, libraries and reason
able furniture of persons from foreign
countries was simplif1ed and altered SO a,
to provide that where they were intro
duced for sale they were to be allowed
free entrance where they had not been Sc
used for less than one year.
The conference restored the House pro
vision on camphor merely making FIRE,
crude camphor and including crude
liquid camphor.
The following is the paragraph agreed
upon anthracite coal in the free list:
Goal, anthracite. not specially pro
vided for in this act and coal stores O.
American vessels, but none shall be un
loaded"
Following Is the paragraph agreed up.
on on coal tar in the free list
Goal tar, crude, pitch of coal tar, and
products Of coal tar, known as dead o.
creosote oil, benzol, toluol, naphthalin
eylol, phenol, cresol, talufdine, xylidin
cumindin, binttrotoluol, binitrobenzol
benzidin, tonlidin, dianisidin naphto
ana naptylamfn. diphenilam, benzal
dehide, benzyl, chloride, retsorcin, noitro
benzol, and nitrotoluol, all the foregoine
not medicinal and not colors.''
The conference restored raw cotton tc
the free list. The paragraph in regard
to the free admission of fresh fish canght
by American fishermen was amended Sc