Evening star., 1897-04-29
THE TARIFF BILL
Conference Between the Two Wings
of the Senate Committee.
BETTER UNDERSTANDINGS BOFHSIDES
No Time Yet Fixed 10 Make the
Report.
MIR. QUAY'S AMENDMENTS.

The conference between the republicans
and democrats of the Senate finance COM
mittee today resulted in a better under
standing between the two wings of the
committee.
There is now a prospect that an agree
n.ent may be reached by which the repub-
licans will be enabled to report the bill to
the Senate within day or two after it has
heen reported to the full committee. The
republicans assured their democratic asso-
ciates on the committee that their only OBJ
ject in asking an immediate report was to
avoid the opportunities which would be
overwhelming as soon as the bill was made
public. and that there was no purpose to
curtail the opportunity of the democrats to
make complete examination of the bill.
hey proposed to the democrats that the
time necessary for the opposition to make
Up this case should be given after the bill
was reported to the Senate, instead of be-
fore.
What the Democrats Want.
The democrats replied that they could
rot tell what it might be necessary for
them to do until they had seen the bill,
but that they would be willing to do any
thing reasonable.
1t was urged by the republicans that the
opportunities resulting from a long delay
in committee after the bill was made pub
lie would be scarcely less annoying to the
democrats than TO the republicans
The upshot of the conference was that
the democrats said that after they had
seen the bill there would likely be things
IN the bill on which they would want to
put the republicans of the committee Or.
record. \ day or. two might Sufh &c fer
that, and then they might be disposed to
Permit the report to be made, with an
agreement on the part of the republicans
that they the opposition) should have the
time necessary for a careful examination
of the bill before it was called up for con-
sideration.
Details of the Conference.
The committee was in session for an
hour today. four republicans and four dem
ocrats being present. The absentees were
Piatt, republican, of Connecticut; Jones,
democrat. of Arkansas, and Jones, silver
republican, of Nevada No conclusion of
any kind regarding the tariff bill was
reached. although the republicans said
they hoped to be able to report the bill
to the full committee on Monday. Tie
republicans asked that time be fixed
for reporting the bill to the Senate, but
the democrats would not agree to- fix a
date, saying they wanted a reasonable time
to consider the bill and that there would
be no undue delay The democrats were
not shown a copy of the bill nor did they
receive any information regarding its char
acter.
The republicans stated that their work
was not sufficiently advance to permit
TIE presentation of copies of the bill tc the
democrats. but they vouchsafed TO infor-
nation in regard to changes beyond stat
ing that they were generally in the line of
reductions The discussion was Of a con-
versational character, and was participated
in by all the senators present.
One Thing Uncertain.
One fact developed during the conference
was that the republicans did not feel abso-
lutely assured of the vote of Senator Jones
of Nevada in committee. On the other
hand. the democrats expressed confidence
that he would stand with them, at least to
the extent of seeing that they had time for
consideration of the bill in committee
Senator Quay's Amendments
Senator Quay of Pennsylvania today in
troduced il the Senate list of amendments
to the tariff bill, which he proposes to Of
fer when the bill is before. the Senate
The amendments propose to place on the
free list crude asphaltum and bitumen
mackerel, salmon and h1ubut, resalia
gems, statues. statuary and specimens of
casts OF sculpture imported for the use of
educational or religious societies or bodies
or institutions of learning. not including
however, personal property of individuals
Other amendments propose to change
hops from II to cents a pound hydraulic
cements. Roman. Portland and others from
to II IL cents per 100 pounds. diamonds
and other precious stones from Is TO 10
per cent ad valorem; oranges, lemons,
lines, grape fruit and shaddocks from a-4
TO IL cents per pound
Printing paper for books and newspapers
IL is proposed to change from - per cent
to 1-2 cent per pound and 10 per cent and
the following rates on wood pulp are pro-
posed: Mechanically ground. IA cent per
pound; chemical unbleached. 3-S cent
h,eached. IL cent.
Cattle valued at more than $40 per head
the senator proposes to charge 80 per cent
ad valorem on. and he offers a new para
graph providing that cattle, horses. sheep
and other domestic animals which NAV
stray across the boundary into a foreign
country. or be driven across for pasturage
may, with their increase, be readmitted
free.
Rates on cast polished plate glass, sill
Vered cylinder and crown glass; silvered
and looking-glass plates are suggested as
follows: Not exceeding 16 by "a inches
square. III cents per square foot; above
that and not exceeding "a by 80 inches, IL
cents: above that and not exceeding 24x6O,
z cents; all above that, 30 cents
Changes in the duties on cork bark are
pitch of coal tar and creosote oil are pro
posed to be stricken from the free list: car
bons for electric lighting Of II inches
length or less. so per l,OOO; over u inches
$40 for each II inches or fraction thereof
To Enlarge the Bond Vault,