Connecticut western news., 1897-07-22
PASSED IN ThE HOUSE
CoNFeREES REPORT ON THE TARIFF
 ADOPTED-fs5 TO 1f8.
Five Democrats Joined With the Repub. licans In Support of the Measure-spir- tied Debate the Sugar Schedule. Bailey Closes For the Minority.

Iicsns In Support of the Measure-spir-
 tied Debate on the Sugar Schedule.
 Bailey Closes For the Minority.
 Washington, July 20.-The conference report on the tariff bill has been adopt ed by the house by a vose of 1s5 to i1s, and the report has gone to the senate for action there. The result was ac- complished after 12 hours of continuous debate. But two speeches were made by the Republicans, one by Chairman Dingley in opening the debate and one by Mir. Payne of New York in closing it. The Democrats were thus forced to put forth speaker after speaker, but their bombardment of the Republican position was unanswered.
 In all ten Democratic and one Popu- list speeches were made, Messrs. Wheel CT of Alabama, Swanson of Virginia, Ball of Texas, Lanham of Texas, Kelly of North Dakota, Fleming of Georgia, Handy of Delaware. Mcdowell of Ohio, Berry of Kentucky, Bailey of Texas and McMillin of Tennessee being the speakers. The sugar schedule was the main point of assault, but the most in- teresting feature of the debate occurred when MT. Bailey and MT. McMillin, the two rival Democratic leaders, crossed swords on the question of orthodoxy of the free raw material doctrine. the for mer opposing and the latter champion ing it.
 The galleries were crowded up to the time the vote was taken. many diatin- guished people being present. Among them were a number of senators, sev- eral members of the cabinet and a few members of the diplomatic corps.
 I DsYN,, sv, 1,1 was present voted for the report The Democrats, with five exceptions. voted against the report. The exceptions were Slayden of Texas, Broussard of Louisi- ana, Meyer of Louisiana, Davey of Louisiana and Kleberg of Texas.
 The Populists and silverites did not vote solidly. Mir. Shafroth of Colorado and Mir Newlands of Nevada, silver ites, abstained from voting. Mir. Hart man, silverite, of Montana did not vote. The Populists who voted against the report were as follows: Poker, Barlow, Botkin. Fowler. Jett, Lewis. Marshall Martin, Peters, Simpson, Strowd and Vincent. Four did not vote-Howard Kelley, Stark and southerland. The other Populists were absent.
 An analysis of the vote shows that 1so Republicans and 5 Democrats voted loA lliN i1IpIA anu lbO Itlllb1IdlS anu A@ Populists against it.
 The Sugar Schedule.
 The schedule which has excited the greatest interest and over which there has been the most acrimonious discus sion is that relating to sugar.
 The sugar schedule agreed upon is neither the house schedule nor the sen ate schedule, but an entirely new one. It will provide more revenue by from $2000.000 to 8, GOO than the schedule originally presented to the conference. It reads as follows:
 Sugars not above No. 16 Dutch standard in color, tank bottoms, sirups of cane juice. melada, concentrated melada, concrete and concentrated mo- lasses, testing by the polnriscopc not above 75 degrees, 95-1, ,000 of 1 cent per pound, and for every additional de- gree shown by the polariscopic test 35- 1000 of l cent per pound additional, and fractions of degree in proportion, and and on sugar above No. 16 Dutch stand ard in color and on all sugar which has gone through a process of refining 1 cent and 95-100 of 1 cent per pound; ; molasses testing above 40 degrees and not above 56 degrees, 8 cents per gall lon; testing 55 degrees and above, 6 cents per gallon. Sugar drawings and sugar sweepings shall be subject to duty as molasses or sugar, as the case may be, according to nolariscopic test"