New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-20
TARIFF FIGHT NEAR ITS END
THROUGH ANOTHER STAGE.
REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE COMMIT.
TEE ADOPTED BY THE HOUSE.

THE VOTE WAS ;s5 TO iis-rIvE DExocRAn
JOINED The REPUBLTcANs-LIvELx AND M
TEREsTINo DEBATES AT DAY AND
NIGHT SESSIONS - THE DEMO
Gratis FUTILE STRUGGLE
FOR DELAY.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rnrnrxr,
washington July 19--The House to.r,.NI
suop'eo me conference report on the Tar,1 m,
oS vo'e OF lS' tc us: presen. ana not vo,,n~
-, -, among those voting In the Affirmative v.rs
"s''u' Davey and Meyer, Of Louisiana, ana
ana Siayden. OF Texas There were
present and not voting twelve Ponu,,.,. 90
Democrats The Speaker cast h,s vo,. .r.,. ~
plause. ''e "''io Ap' i.
me oepate ran until almost rnidnt1ht r...,-
d" the time being used by the Democra,. -.
N"e" more or less about the subject unde, A.
eu's'oh The speech OF Mr.. Bailey. of rexas
was sohorous at the beginning. but becans
'o"e"hat attenuated until something he .aia
a"o"' Tree raw materials" angered McMiIin NJ
e'See' VINO attempted to interrup khim. The
N'"0quy "hich followed was an Instructive IN.
'"' was highiy relished by the Republicans q.
." we're the remarks OF a personal nature with
""'e" MT Mcalillin introduced his speecb =,
was perhaps natural that the latter should bav.
oeeh easily nettled. because he had heard IN.
teiisehce from Tennessee which was grIevou.
disappointment to him.
ne oeoate was closed by Mr.. Payne. OF New
iorK' IN most effective speech. mainly 40.
'o'eo 10 the sugar question, Of which he has
o'eh ior years an intelligent and thorough SIN.
uen' Inc speech was repeatedly and entI,usi.
astlca'iy applauded by the Republicans
Inc previous question was demanded nv c,ov.
erhor Dingley at 1l:50 o'clock amid apnIar..
ana was ordered without division. The yeas
ana nays were ordered on the motion. snd the
."t.Iehce report vas then adopted by a vote
OF Ioo yeas to llS nays
~ i'ouse conierrees = ere as prompt as could
navy "ceh oesired or expected. Several OF them
'"''u"'ns CHAIRMAN Dingley. had been almost
o''o'"ii'iy on duty FOR thirtysix hours and Mr.
i-ord' the clerk Of the Ways and Means Commit.
w. ""o "du 10 overlook and compare the print
ed proofs Of the revised bill. had not silent a, Al.
IN the mean time The diligence and labor h.d
'o'o. Before the gave fell at noon in the House
or Representatives the conferrees wer. n ...,.
sears and copies Of the revised BILL showing the
original provisions the Senate amendusr,s ga
the action of the Conference Committee wer.
ready to be laid on the desks OF the members
Inc summary statement showing the scope ana
erect or the action of the conferrees was also
In print In fact. every preparation had been
MADE In order that the House might Immediate
ly proceed with the consideration of the amend.
| ed bill
MR.. DINGLEYS LUCID STATEMENT
Chairman Dingley Of the ways ard Means
Committee. who submitted the report as soon -
one or two routine matters had been disposed of.
showed few signs of the extraordinary and &C..
\ nhv nd -
undergone. and his exposition Of the work OF the
| conference Committee was as luminous and his
presentation Of the essential and important facts
as lucid and satisfactory as his statements to
the House always are, and his grasp Of all the
| details Of his subject was as firm. 1t was fort
innate that such was the case, for ne was tar
! get for questions from every side most Of which
were pertinent, while others were foolish as we'll
as mpertinent. OF course the sugar schedule
| as amended provoked more questions than any
other. There seemed to have been studied
and concerted attempt by newspaper pubca-
| tions and otherwise. to make 1t appear that the
| schedule as reported by the conferrees
more favorable to the refners than either the
| existing law, the original House schedule or the
one which the Senate conferrees had been forced
to abandon, and this attempt was reinforced by
lurd reports from Wall Street which were
| spread broadcast through the hall Of Representa-
| tives. II the purpose of this attempt not
chiefly to stampede the Republicans and prevent
| them from supporting the conference report.
| then its only object was TO affect the stock mar
ket Some shrewd and experienced observers
| were inclined to believe that the latter was the
case. and one Of them was heard to remark that
| there was "a big run Of suckers In Wall Street
| to-day"
THE DEMOCRATIC TACTICS.
The Democrats in the House. from Bailey
down, quickly responded to the tales from New
| York. which they lost no opportunity to repeat
| In and out OF season as the debate proceeded
| and even before 1t began. For example. when
| Chairman Dinghy proposed time for vote
on the report, Bailey replied that 1t would be
better to wait until sugar stock had gone
little higher" and refused to consider any
proposition for vote before tomorrow after
noon II the Democrats hoped. by this sort Oh
| tactics, to discOmfit the House Republican con-
! ferrees, or stampede the Republican MAJORITY
| they were grievously disappointed.
The calm. dispassionate and lucid explanation
made by Governor DingIey. and his apt and
prompt replies to all pertinent questions. salts
fled everybody who was open to intelligent con-
yiction of the groundessness Of the criticisms
| Of the sugar schedule. and that the boom" OF
sugar stocks had no relation whatever to the
action OF the conferrees on that schedule
Until ] Hamilton Lewis bounded into the
| arena Governor Dingey was exceedingly
patient. although at times he must have felt
| that he was teaching a political kindergarten
class and that some Of his pupils were uncom-
monty stupid. But Lewis was too much. ana
the chairman Of the Ways and Means Com
n,t,ee reluctantly declined to pay any A.
tention to him.
THE BILL AS REVENUE PRODUCER"
What Governor D!ngley had to say about the
MEASURE as a revenue producer was reassurinS
-, .,,s,octory en- the WHOLE although he put