Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-15

those eighteen men," he said. "even
this poor tariff bill would not have been
passed by this congress"
j. Hyatt Smith, of BROOKLYN. re-
marked that he had not occupied the
attention of the house five minutes
altogether since he became a member
OF it. he only demanded three min
utes now. He did not profess to
understand the bill, but he was an
ardent disciple of Henry Clay and the
American system, and spoke for the
bill. Since he had listened to the dis
cussions on this floor on both sides of
the house, he had come to the conclu-
sion that Hancock's words describing
the tariff as local issue were words
of wisdom. This bill did not go 30 far
as he could wish He would prefer a
bill to take of $40 100000 of taxation.
but if he could not have a whole loaf
he was willing to take half one.
Mr.. Murch, of Maine, opposed the
bill and attacked the national banks.
Mr.. Anderson declared that the bill
was an infamous outrage, but there
were only ten hours of the session left
ano In the next congress he for one
should be ready and willing, not to cav
anxious, to help knock down the duties
on pig-iron and all the other jobbery
which he believed to exist in the pres
ent tariff system.
"Sunset" Cox denounced the bill as
an Infamous juggle, and declared that
there had never been, in the last twenty
years, such conspicuous failure as
the present Congress, wnich would be
known hereafter as the Great Ameri-
can Congressional Failure.
Mr.. Morrison made a short speech
against the bill, and Mr.. Tucker closed
the debate on the same side, He de-
clared that the Republicans had
swapped the constitution for high
tariff. They wanted a high tariff. He
wanted low tariff.
The announcement Of the result of
the vote was received By the Repub-
licans with continued applause, and
the tone of the comments after the
house took a recess was one of extreme
sell-satisfaction.
| A LAw-sIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT.
AT 2;35 A. M. the tax and tariff bill
WAS received from the house. The
| President of the senate Immediately
signed it, and few minutes later
| President Arthur affixed his signature.
The bill is now, thel efore, law.
The President reached the capt. 81
about nine o'clock this evening, and
installed himself in the room in the
rear of the senate chamber, furnished
and fitted up for mis- special comfort
and convenience. There seemed to be
. general desire to do honor to the
President, or to impress him with the
idea that his visit to the capitol was
the event that had been waited for and
louged for. To a suspicious mind the
appearance implied that there We're
good many at the capitol who were
DESTROYS Of paving the way to favors
by special attentions. AS sosn as the
President entered the room the captain
of the capitol police, accompanied by
4 nile of his men, approached. Every
corridor leading to the Presidents
room WAS guarded by the police, and
orders were issued that none but mem
ber5 of Congress were to be permitted
to put foot within the area made
sacred by the presence of the chief
executive. The police were soon re.
intOrced by several senate messengers,
who were stationed in the corridor near
the executive chamber. AS if this
double guard were not enough to pro-
tect the President from intrusion,
trusted messengers from the white
house were placed at the door OF the
room. A senator who was fortunate
enough to be known to all these guards
had easy access to the President, but
woe to the unknown member of the
house who undertook 10 run the gaunt-
let: He might pass the first Gordon, !
but he was sure to be brought mp I'M
tremendously before reaching the dis
tinguished presence. Some members
grew weary of endeavoring to satisfy
the faithful guards as to who they were,
and retired somewhat Disguised. Occa-
sionally the sergeant-atarms of the
senate, as if afraid that one intruder
might escape, personally surveyed the
field and repeated his ironclad instruc.
tons to his subordinates.
Members of the cabinet Joined the
President during the evening, and, not,
withstanding the rigid manner in which
he was guarded, enough visitors forced
their way to him to keep him from
yawning. AS bills passed and were en-
rolled they were transmitted to him,
and, excusing himself for an instant to
those present, he would sfix MS sigma.
ture.
The " DIRK Done
SOME OF THE BILLS PASSED BY BOTH
HOUSES AT THE SECOND SESSION.
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