The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-16
Havemeyer-Searles Syndicate Glad
Enough to Get the Original Ding
ley Bill Schedule.
CONFERENCE STILL BALKED
TARIFF MEASURE MAY BE RE
TURNED WITHOUT AN AGREEMENT.
Enormous Exports of Merchandise
Exceeding All Records of
Former Years.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. July 15.-Under cover of
a great dust kicked up over the sugar
schedule the Senate conferees have secured
many concessions from the House commit
tee, and the time is now about ripe for a
backdown on the part of the Senate on
sugar and its acceptance Of the House
proposition, which will be followed by an
agreement and report to both branches
of Congress. Senator Jones, of Nevada,
has been given to understand that his vote
is not necessary for the passage OF a tariff
bill in the Senate, and that if he carries his
bluff much further he is likely to lose some
Of the advantages given him for Western
constituents in consideration for his sup
port of the bill The report will be an APP
parent victory for Speaker Reed and the
House, and in case this programme goes
through as outlined in the foregoing Mr..
Reed will appear as the hero of the hour
and as the fearless champion of the people
in the overthrow of the Sugar Trust. This
same Sugar Trust, by the way, will be con-
tent to come out of the serimmage as well
cared for as the House schedule provides.
There has been no time since the ways and
means committee reported this bill that the
Havemeyer-Searles outfit would not have
called quits. The increased advantage given
these people by the Senate was only a
strategetc move to place the trust on high
er ground, SO that it might appear to be
routed and defeated when it went back to
the House bill. In this maneuverng very
fine generalship has been exhibited
The general ground plan of the compro-
mise between the Senate and the House is
as reeited above, but it is hazardous to pre-
dict the exact time when the report will be
made. 1t is quite certain, however, that
the end is near at hand, and the bell may
ring for the curtain to go down on the last
act any hour. The result undoubtedly will
have been hastened by the firm attitude as
sumed by Speaker Reed. The speaker has
contended from the first that the House
could not afford to yield to the Sanate's
sugar demands, and in making the vigorous
fight that he has made he was influenced
by personal as Wgll as by, party and pa
triotic reasons. he has understood thor
oughly that a House Endorsement of the
Senate bill might make a change of any
where from twenty-five to fifty seats which
would cost him the speakership and FROST
bite his renewed presidential aspirations
There is very little foundation for the gos-
sip about indignation over Speaker Reeds
dheBeu perhclouS activity IN this tariff
conference fight. The fact is, nine-tenths
of the Republican senators indorse the po-
sitlon he has taken, and if the opportunity
be presented the House sugar schedule will
be adopted, even in the face Of an adverse
report from the conference committee or
in the face of no report. Indeed, this may
be the way out of the dilemma, and it
would not be surprising if a party report
be made from the
in order to give the Republicans a chance
to make this move, not as slap at the
committee, but with its understood an
prOYal