Connecticut western news., 1890-10-08
IT IS NOW A LAW.
The Tariff Bill Signed by the
 President.
THE FIRST SESSION OVER
Adjournment of the Fifty-frst Con-
 gress Reached.

Room When the Executive's Signature
 Was Affixed to the Mckinley Bnl-The
 Speech of vice President Morton in the
 senate-Closing Days in Both Branches
 His Resignation to the House-He Was
 Found Guilty Under the Charges of the
 Enloe Resolution.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-The president signed the tariff bill at exactly 3:21 p. m., Oct. l. There were gathered about him in the presidents room, immediately adjoin- ing the senate lobby, number of the mem- bers of both houses of congress and all of the members of his cabinet, with the ex- ception of Secretary Rusk. who is out of the city The president came to the Capi- tol about o'clock. There was a 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 the vice presi- dent lay on the long table before him as he sat down, and taking up his pen, prepared to sign them.
 An Impressive Scene.
 At small table behind the president sat Executive Clerk Pruden, preparing the messages announcing the presidents ap- 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 plotting 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 prsference 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 Tariff Bill.
 At the presidents right stood the secre- tary of state, in front of him Maj 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 MT. Aldrich, stood just behind MT. Blaine. Some one asked the president if 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 rcdu Cuo DllA GAEOuSu! WuASpoACu oAoeuOi voice in the crowd, and Representative Mason Qlls) asked MT. 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 brief silence, and the president, taking 8 fresh supply of ink on the stub pen with which he had been affixing his signature to other measures, wrote, Approved Oct. 1, 1890, Benjamin Harrison" at the bottom of the bill.
 "No, Let It Dry," Said MT. 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 it intact. Maj. Mckinley bowed to the presi- dent and left the room. The pen with which the signature was affixed to the bill became the property of Representative Mason Qlls.), who said he wanted it for his little girl to preserve as souvenir of the tariff law of 1890.