The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-19
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Of Conference VIII Be Called in Today.
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Washington, D. c., July 1.-THE con-
ferees on the tariff bill agreed today and
will probably be ready to report to the
House on Monday. The great fight be-
tween the sugar trust and the House has
been won by the House, as has been
{ expected since it was known that Speak
CT Reed, with nearly the solid strength
of the House, was back of the House
Speakers osition has been very great in
thwarting the efforts of the trust, land as
it has been evident daily that he had
the country with him, the present result
has been expected. The beet sugar pro-
ducers are favored somewhat more by
the conference agreement than by the
House bill, but this is outside of the
trust question. The trust, remembering
it's victory in the sd Congress, has SEEM
ed so far as it's agents here ale con-
cerned, as confident of victory this time,
but it has found very different leadership
in the House.
The Result os the Conferences.
Washington, July 17.-When the Re-
publican conferees on the tariff represent
ing the two Houses of Congress adjourned
at six o'clock today the announ cement
was made that they had agreed upon all
items of the bill and that the result of the
part of the partisan conference would be
submitted to the Democratic members of
the conference at full meeting to be
held on Monday. The revision of the bill
was not completed during the afternoon
session and some of the members returned
to renew the work tonight. 1t is learned,
from reliable source that very large
majority of the Senate amendments were
accepted.
A number of amendments by the SEN
ate were yerbals, the others were trivial,
and still others were made necessary to
secure harmony of construction.
All such changes were accepted without
question by the House conferees. They
also accepted in most cases all the altera-
lions made by the Senate in order to Sc
cure the passage of the bill in this case.
The modification of the sugar schedules
still leaves the rate on pure sugar testing
100 degrees, 1.95 cents per pound. which
was the Senate rate. The differential on
refined sugar is, however, one-eighdh OF
O. cent Per pound-the House rate-while
the Senate differental was one-ffth. The
House also secures the elimination of the
o-e-tenth of q cent reduction allowed on
low grade sugars testing below 81 degrees
by the polariscope. 1t is claimed that the
increase on the higher grades of sugar
which will result from the increase from
the polariscopic graduation allowance
will add materially to the protection of
the beet sugar industry. The refiners
necessarily receive incidental benefit. 1t
is estimated that the changes in the sugar
schedule will raise about 81, 600, 900 ad
ditional revenue.
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two weeks and after a six weeks struggle
in conference the conferees on the Wilson
bill were compelled to abandon all efforts
at adjustment. Mr.. Dingley, who was
one of the conferees on the Mckinley bill,
said that the problems which the present
confeIees had to solve were both more
numerous and more important than those
which confronted the conferees in 1890.
Yet, the present conferees, by working
night and day some times as high as IA
hours q day, had completed their task in
less time than the conferees on the Nc
Kinley bill required.
Mr.. Dingley spoke in high terms of the
spirit of the individual conferees in their
deliberations. While there may have been
occasional flashes of irritation, he said,
there had been no manifestation of acri-
mony.
The Senate conferees were called into
the Senate very soon after IL O'Clock by a
buIuIuOIS W luttk0 d LhCy udu
not been in the chamber five minutes be-
fore rumor gained currency that they
had agreed upon report.
The rumor was in the main confirmed
by the admissions Of the conferees few
minutes later They would not say to
the representatives of the press that they
had absolutely agreed upon all the items
of difference but admitted even to the
press, that the conference was SO far adj
vanced that they hoped to summon the
Democratic members of the committee by
Monday.
They told the Democrats themselves
that they would certainly want them by
that time, and even stated to them that
they would like to have them sit with
them tomorrow if the Democrats would
agree to a Sunday session. This the Dem
oerats declined to do.
The hope of the Republican conferees is
that the Democrats will agree to allow
the report to be made after one session,
and it is believed that the House will pass
upon the bill at its session Monday AFTER
noon, providing the report can be made
in time for that.
The Senate Saturday.
Washington, July 17.-Senator Morgan
of Alabama occupied most of the day in
the Senate in support of the Harris
resolution relating to the Union Pacific
railroad He severely arraigned the exc.
cutive officials connected with the sale of
the government interests of the road
Final action on the resolution was not
reached.
Nj. Quay, who yesterday tried to in
duce the Senate to adjourn over until
Mcnday, made the point of no quorum
as soon as the journal had been approved
in the Senate today. Only Al senators
answered to their names, and on motion
OF Alr, Jones of Arkansas, the sergeant
a arms was instructed to notify absentees
.aat their presence was required.
The Senate conferees on the tariff bill
were summoned from their committee
room and swelled the attendance to a
quorum.
Nominations Confirmed.
Washington, July 1.-THE Senate today
confirmed these nominations:
Horace N. Allen of Ohio, minister resi-
dent and consul general to Korea VIM.
/ Murray of California,to be minister to
Nicaragua, Costa RIGA and Salvador;
Myron McCord, governor Of Arizona.
To be consuls of the United States: R.
H. Ford of Maine, at Yarmouth, n. S. j;
W w Henry of Vermont aft Quebec