The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-14
HINTS OF COMPROMISE
Tariff Conferess Labor on Important SEIZED.
uIes Without Reaching an Agreement.
NEARLY ALL DAY ON SUGAR AND WOOL
Temporary Separation OF House nus
senate Confcrees Gives Rise do
Specuintion-Nothi Cnn he Gath.
cred from Mcubcrs of tho Com.
mtttcc-Slow Progress Expected.
washington, July 13, 1897.

The representatives of the two houses
or Congress In the conference on the ta-
rift bill spent Il busy day. devoted for
the most part to work in the conference
room. There We're occasional consulta-
tons with other Senat tors or mcmbc.s S
OF the House upon points a issue, but
these were brief, so that comparatively
little information as to the progress
made found hts way to outsiders. 1t Is
known that almost the entire day was
| devoted to the sugar and wool schcd-
ules. and the best information obtain
able is that final agreement was not
reached upon either.
Senate" 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 conferecs separat cd,
the House men repairing to the Ways
and Means Committee ROOM It wat;
generally believed that this action On
! the part OF the House men was FOR the
purpose Of deciding upon a line Of poll
cy on sugar. but they declined 10 give
OUT any lntornIa ton.
Contrary to published reports II =
positively asserted that the sugar sched-
uie mas not Deen agreed upon and in
tact that all Inc big questions BEFORE
the conference, which have seemingly
! been settled, are only tentatively a greed
to, one side or the other insisting 1ha t
theT shall be held open. Nothing will be
liy closed 80 far as the matters or
Importance are concerned until all have
| neen dccldcd upon and the conrerees
are ready 10 come 10 4 complete agree
is believed that tho wool schedule.
which has occupied the attention Of the
con1creeS more or less to-day and YES
! terday can now be settled whenever
othcr matters have reached a stage FOR
nnal adjustment.
'!lIn SnDotc -.
! compromise the differences on The first
and second claEs wools by making then,
poih dut1ahle 1T II cents, and q. com
promise ON third class wools has been
suggested by the House members OF
lie conference concerning which thcy
express the hope 4 ii It will be sails
factory TO the wool growers and the
c2rret manufacturers, but this is no,
assured. This compromise proposition
look" 10 hXlEg Il rate OF three cents a
pound on III wool OF value less than
Ter! ceiI:n 4 Found; OF five cH.Its on wool
valued Il more than ten ard lcsa than
Thirteen cents . pound. and of cisllt
cents on that above thirteen cents !,
pound IN vaue. This proposition was
Supin'tIHo 10 the representatives OF the
senate by both the wool growers and
carpet manufacturers and both sides
TOOK the matter under advisement
senator i'enrdse. representing the ca..-
petnIeli, teeg,nphed for some cf them
~ ~ S"iiie 70 washington for conference
Inc question or iute, iute hagging bur
laps, cotton baggins and cotton los
which The Senate placed on the free list
Is causing much trouble The House
rpnterees insist that these Items shah
60 back on the dut1able lisi and The
senate ccnIerces plead that il they are
put Back delay must be the result in
tho Senate
II the conferccs can reach a complete
agreement by I'iiday, one OF them said
to-day he would be more than satisfied.
house TAKES A REcEss.
The House took recess today unt,l
to-n"Nrcw at noon without transactine 9
any business. Mr.. Cannon, the chair
m&l OF the approDra tion con9mitten Of
The last Congress, announced that If
was evident that the deficiency ;,i;l
would not be "c9dy to act upon until TO-
morrow. and ne, therefore. moved a re-
cess NEti! to-mor:GW at noon
Mr.. simpson tP0p.l, of Kansas undo,
the Gi,ise OF parliamentary inuuiry
asked the Speaker wha,il,,r tic Housn
Yesterday ,ooi: & recess or adjourrud
The Speaker replied that the House
! had recessed. II thought the 1not;on
was that the House suspend doing bus.
ness. AS a parliamentary inquiry r
should like to know how the uousc
could suspend business when 1t was moi
| doing business" The House laughed
The Speaker smiled. Mr.. Simpson s9t
down.
"The gentleman from Kansas does no,
Insist on a response TO his inquiry -
said the Speaker. who then put Nj
! Cannon's motion, which was carried.
! The 'tousc was In scscion but three.
minutes.