Show Kepublicaiin and the Tariff WASHINGTON May liAt a session of the Republican caucus committee last night the tariff bill was the subject sub-ject of engrossing interest It was the understanding that if the committee was able to come to an agreement upon the proposition made by Mills looking to a vote on the tariff bill and the substitute sub-stitute which he expects the Republicans Republi-cans to offer the canons chould be called to formally ratify its action The conference however revealed the fact that there was considerable difference differ-ence among members not so much as to Mills proposition as to the substitute substi-tute bill to be offered by Republicans or the Mills bill From the tone of the discussion it appeared that a majority ma-jority of the members might be brought to favor the inclusion of free sugar in any proposition that may be advanced by them The sugar bounty idea also had some advocates The committee adjourned without issuing a call lor the caucus but members were instructed in-structed to request State delegations to hold conferences and try to agree among themselves upon what they might regard as the best line of action When this has been done the caucus committee will endeavor to reconcile the various propositions taken by the State delegations and adopt a settled policy in the treatment of the matter |