Evening journal., 1890-10-02
It is NOW A LAW.
The Tariff Bill Signed by the
President.
THE FIRST SESSION OVER.
Adjournment Of the Fifty-first Con-
gress Reached.

Impressive Scenes iB the Presidents
Room When the Executives Signature
Was AHxed TO the Mckinley BnI-The
Speech Of vice President Morton in the
Senate Closing Days in Both Branches
His Resignation to the House-He Was
Pound Guilty Under the Charges OF the
Enioe Resolution.
WASHINGTON, Oct Q The president
signed the tariff bill at exactly 32l p. m,
Oct. /. There were gathered about him In
the presidents room, Immediately adjoin-
ing the senate lobby. anumber Of the mem
bers of both houses of congress and all OF
the members Of his cabinet, with the ex-
eeption of Secretary Rusk. who is out of
the city. The president came to the Capt.
tol about 2 o'clock. There was quantity
of business awaiting his attention. Con-
gress had been very busy in its last days,
and dozen enrolled bills bearing the SIG
natures of the speaker and She vice presi-
den! lay on the long table before him as he
sat down, and taking up his pen, prepared
70 sign them. One after another the mem
bers Of the cabinet were called into consul
tatiop as to the merits of legislation affect
ing their respective departments, which
there .was not much time to examine ia de-
tail Trey had informed themselves Of the
character of these measures at the time
they passed one house or the other, how
ever, and they were prepared to approve or
disapprove them without more than a cur
sorry examination Of their titles.
An Impressive Scene.
At a small table behind the president sat
Executive Clerk Pruden, preparing the
messages announcing the presidents APP
proval OF the different measures before
him to be sent to either house of congress
At the presidents right hand stood Private
Secretary Halford, laying before him the
different bills and blotting each signature
as the president pushed them aside. Mem
bers of the house and senate came and
went, looking after measures in which
they had personal interest, and the bills on
the presidents table were taken up rather
in order Of preference than in order Of
precedence. The bulky tariff bill lay at
the right Of the president. As he concluded
the signature Of bill relating to lands in
Florida, Private Secretary Halford lifted
the mass Of parchment and laid it before
him.
He. Signs the TarlH Bill.
The little assemblage gathered close
about the table as the president pushed
back the roll Of the preceding pages so as
to give his arm free swing to affix his sig
nature in the space left vacant in the lower
left hand corner Of the last page.
At the presidents right stood the secre-
tary OF state, In front of him Mai McKin-
ley, the chairman OF the ways and means
committee The member OF the finance
committee who had charge OF the tariff
bill in the senate, Mr. Aldrich, stood lust
behind Mr.. Blaine Some one asked the
president il he felt at all nervous He
smiled and replied that he did not. but
wanted an opportunity to make his ap-
proval as forcible as possible. Has he
read the bill throughYn whispered another
voice in the crowd, and Representative
Mason Qlls.) asked Mr.. Mckinley if he did
not feel nervous now that the last stage in
the enactment OF the tariff law had been
reached. Then there was a brief silence.
and the president, taking fresh supply of
ink on the stub pen with which he had been
affixing his signature to other measures.
wrote, Approved Oct /, 1890, Benjamin
Harrison. at the bottom Of the bill.
''No. Let IL Dry" said Mr.. Blaine.
Private Secretary Halford stood ready
with the blotter, but Secretary Blaine
caught his arm and said, NO let it dry
So the bill was lifted aside and the heavy
signature Of the president remained on il
intact Maj. Mckinley bowed to the presi-
dent and left the room. The pen with
which the signature was affixed to the bin
became the property OF Representative
Mason Ills.), who said he wanted it for his
little girl 70 preserve as a souvenir Of the
tariff law of 1890
Nominations which Failed.
The only presidential nominations which
failed for lack Of action by the senate num-
Der twelve. The chief OF them is the nom
ination of William Monaghan, OF Ohio, to
be consul at Hamilton, Ont. OF the Others
one is the nomination of an army chaplain
and the others are postmasters' nomina-
tions