The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-07-16
IN CONFERENCE.
Nearly the Whole Day Devoted to
Sugar and Wool Schedules.
Comparatively But Little lnformation
as TO the Progress Made Finds Its Way
to the Public-No Uneasiness Over
Hawaiian Annexation Question.

There is no uneasinesS among the
friends of annexation in congress
about the Hawaiian situation. Neither
the attitude of Japan nor the persist
ent opposition of the sugar trust, it
is believed, can weaken the position of
the administration.
The foreign relations committee of
the senate is to meet Wednesday and
Senator Davis, the chairman of the
committee, said Tuesday morning that
he was going to try to secure favor
able report on the Hawaiian treaty at
that meeting if quorum could be OBJ
tanned.
Neither Senator Fry, Senator Lodge
nor Senator Gray, mem 5ers of the
committee, were at the capitol Tues
day. 1t is not the present expectation
that the treaty of annexation will be
ton exists which may hasten the mat
ter 1t is believed that if the attitude
of Japan toward Hawaii becomes more
threatening it will force annexation at
once. though theefriends of annexation
will not be in haste unless develop
ments render speedy action necessary.
The house took recess TUESDAY, I'M
til Wednesday at noon without trans
acting any business Mr.. Cannon, the
chairman of the appropriation COM
mittee of the last congress, announced
that it was evident that the deficiency
bill would not be ready to act upon
until Wednesday, and he, therefore,
moved a recess until Wednesday at
noon, and the motion carried. The
house was in session but three minutes.
WASHINGTON, July 14-The repre-.
sentatives of the two houses of con.
gress in the conference on the tariff
bill spent busy day, devoted for the
most part to work in the conference
room. There were occasional consulta.
tions with other senators or members
Of the house upon points at issue, but
these were brief, so that comparative.
ly little information as to the progress
made found its way to outsiders II
is known that almost the entire day
was devoted to the sugar and wool
schedules, and the best information
obtainable is that a final agreement
was not reached upon either.
Senator Platt, of New York, who has
been absent most Of the time since the
bill went into conference, returned
and was in close conference much OF
the day with Senator Quay
At one time during the afternoon
the senate and house conferes sepa-
rated, the house men repairing to the
ways and means committee room. It
was generally believed that this action
on the part of the house men was for
the purpose of deciding upon line OF
policy on sugar, but they declined to
give out any information.
Contrary to published reports it is
positively asserted that the sugar
schedule has not been agreed upon and
in fact that all the big questions be.
fore the conference which have seem
ingly been settled are only tentatively
agreed to, one side or the other insist
ing that they shall be held open.
Nothing will be finally closed so far
as the matters of Importance are con-
cerned until all have been decided up
on and the conferees are ready to come
to complete agreement
1t is believed that the wool schedule.
which occupied the attention of the
conferees more or less Monday and
Tuesday, can now be settled when
ever other matters have reached
stage for final adjustment. The SEN
ate conferees are ready to compromise
the differences on first and second
class woods by making them both
dutiable at IL cents, and compromise
on third class woods has been
suggested by house members of the
conference, concerning which they ex-
press the hope that it will be satisfac-
tory to both the wool growers and the
carpet manufacturers, but this is not
assured. This compromise proposition
looks to fixing a rate of cents pound
on all wool of a value less than 10
cents ga pound; of cents on wool
valued at more than 10 and
less than 13 cents a pound, and of
cents on that above Is cents pound
in value. This proposition was sub
mitted to the representatives in the
senate of both the wool growers and
the carpet manufacturers, and both
sides took the matter under advise
ment. Senator Penrose, representing
the carpet men, telegraphed for some
of them to come to Washington for
conference. The attempt of some of
the house conferees to secure an
increased rate on slxirted woods has
failed. The question of jute,
Jute bagging, burlaps, cotton bagging
and cotton ties which the senate placed
on the free list, is causing much trou-
BILE. The house conferees insist that
these items shall go back on the dutia-
bic list, and the senate conferees plead
that If they are put back delay must
be the result in the senate
If the conferees can reach a COM
plete agreement by Friday, one of them
said Tuesday, he would be more than
satisfied.
WASHINGTON, July 14-The senate
has agreed to a resolution authorizing
the committee on Indian affairs to
continue its Investigations heretofore
begun by visiting Indian reservations,
Indian schools, etc, during the recess
Of congress.
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