Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-07-16
STILL A LACK Of HARMONY
Prevails Among the Republican
ConfereeS
ON SOME S THE SCHEDULES
Which Are 3 divided in The Amended Tariff
3 PiIl.
HoP,4 PREVAILED FOR A TIME
Pr PREVAILED FOR A TIME
But the Carpet Bosses Bobbed Up with an
Objection, and the Republican Hire
lings Were Forced to Come
to Another Halt.

Washington, July 15.-The tariff confer
ees wereiin more hopeful mood the ear
ly part of ths day than yesterday AMI one
of the leading representatives, of the seE-
ate expressed the opinion at noondhat the
republicans would b. able to conc,u1e
their labers tomorrow and summoa the
democratic members by Saturday. Tn
view, he snid, was justified by the prs
ent appearance of things, but he add Il
that there was still many contingencies
that might arise to prevent 50 early an
agreement and that 1t was Impossible to
say precisely when the end would be
ru4 4ched.
I'VE shall come out all right, however,
AID think soon,'' he added. I'VE have
a tedious job but IT is not a horele.s ons,
and there is no foundation in the report
that we are in danger OF not rxa-hing
an agreement
The day Wis spent in considering m nor
details or the BIN which nave bsen pass
ed over with an occasional refer nee to
the differences on the sugar scnzdale,
which is sti1 the stumbling block. 1nere
was sonia discussion of u compromise
on this schedule and the general impress
sion about the senate was that the
changed aspect in 1.-THE committee was due
to the fact that there was a more yieid-
ing disposition on the part of the r pre-
sentatiVeS of both houses. Senators not
in conferences but in close touch with the
members of it, express the opinion today
that the contending factions are very
near an adjustment which will comprJ-
mise the differences of the sugar sched-
ule On the house side, ON the other
hand, among those in touch with the
corferees 1t is asserted with the utmost
positiveness that the house conferses
have no intention of yielding anything to
the senate on the sugar schedule ard the
opinion Is freely expressed that the dead
lock will continue indefinitely until the
senate yields. The house conferees, they
say, know that they have practically the
unanimous support of the house republi-
cans behind them in lthsdr contention for
the house schedule and moreover they
calm that many of the senate republi-
cans agree with them on this point
The comittee made the discovery today
that there would be still further difficulty
IN arranging the wool schedule on ac-
count of the objections of theearpet man
ufacturers. 1t appears that while the
makers of the more expensive grades Of
carpets gave their assent to the compro-
mise of and s cents, arranged yester-
day, the makers of the cheaper carpets
are not pleased, and ask that the rate
on the lower grades of wool be reduced to
3 cents. The wool men are not willing
to concede this demand. The worsted
manufacturers are also making trouble
over the senate amendment putting
oOuDit uQty Oh WODl Ol the SEcOD1 GLASS,
which may have been washed. Hereto
fore there has been no additional duty
on the washed article, and it Is claimed
the change will work a great hardship.
The democratic side of the chamber is
somewhat disturbed over the vacancy
caused by the death of Senator Harris.
II fear" said Senator Jones, of Arkan-
sas, today in discussing the question,
that the vacancy may, if not filled be-
fore that time, cause no little embar-
rassment when we reach a report on
the conference reports
TT will be remembered" he continued,
that some of the articles on which we
succeeded in reducing the rate of duty,
as on white pine lumber, and on some
as we succeeded in putting on the free
list, we had a majority of only one vote.
Some of these articles, such as burlaps,
cotton ties Paris green, etc, are of i'm
mense Importance to the farmers, and it
would be regrettable, indeed from our
standpoint, that the absence of dem
ocratic senator from Tennessee should
cause us to lose any of them by giving
the deciding vote to the vice president"
The senator said in reply to a question
that he had heard nothing indicative of
the intentions of the governor of Ten
nessee in the matter of appointment.