The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-01
And by Amendment Goes Into
Effect To-Day. ~
PCPULlsTs DID NOT VOTE
EXCEPT HOWARD, OF ALABAMA
WHO VOTES AYE.
AND l4o PAGES WE'RE UNREAD
Dockery's Anti Trust Am endmentTro
den Under Foot Stroud and Mar
q tin Voting For It--Five Demo-
cra.s Vote For the Tariff.

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cra.s Vote For the Tariff.
Washington, ID. c.. March 31.-With
to- morrow morning, the duties imposed
by the Dingley tariff bill will be in force,
and the present law will be thing Of the
past. if the last amendment attached to
the bill before its passage in the House
to-day fixing tomorrow as the day on
which its provisions shall go into ef-
feet, should be in the bill when it is final
~ enacted and should be held to be legal
by the courts. The Republican victory
to-day was complete.
They presented an unbroken front TO
the oposition; all the rumors that dis
satisfaction with particular schedules
Of the bill might lead some Of them to
| break over the party traces, proved alb
solutely unfouDded. On the other hand
| FIVE Democrats, one more than was an
| ticipated, braved the party whip and gave
| the bill the approval Of their votes.
These five Democrats are interested par
ticularly in the sugar schedule.
These were: Messrs. Mayer, Brous-
sard and Davey, Of Louisiana, and
Kleberg and Slayden, Of Texas. One
Populist, Mr.. Howard OF Alabama.
voted for rhe bill Twenty-one other
members of what is denominated 1.-THE
opposition consisting Of Populists, Flu
l sionists and silverites, declined to record
themselves either for or against the meas
| ure The vote on the fRal passage of
| the bill stood, ayes 205; nays, 122; pres
| ent and not voting 81: a majority Of SO.
| Speaker Reed added to the dramatic
| nature of the climax of this ten days
ls'ruggle in the House by directing the
clerk TO call his name at the end of the
roll call. recording his vote for the bill.
The events leading up to the final vote
| We're replete with excitement, and in
cident. and not devoid of humor. The
galleries We're crowded TO suffOcation.
Even the Executive and Diplomatic gal.
leries. which are usually empty even on
| big days. were well filled. Many promi.
nent persOnages We're present. On the
| floor every seat was taken. After the
amendment fixing tomorrow as the date
| on which the bill should go into effect
had been adopted against the protests of
| the Democrats, who contended that it
was retroactive. and therefore unconsti-
tutionai. the last three hours were
| taken up with short speeches, most of
| which were made for the benefit of the
galleries and the constituents of the
| speakers John Allen, Of Mississippi
| the wit of the House, regaled the mem
bers with one OF his humorous efforts.
which tickled the risibilities of all pres
ent The Democrats had yielded thu
question of long debate over the Gros-
venor amendment in the hope that
enough progress might be made with the
bill to permit the House to reach the
sugar schedule, but only two more pages
were read, leaving $40 unconsidered II,
committee of the whole. The motion to
recommit with instructions to amend the
bill so as to suspend the duties on articles
controlled by trusts, upon which they
based their principal hope of breaking
through the Republican ranks. failed of
its purpose. Every Republican voted
against it. There was a great demon.
stration on the floor and in the galleries
when the bill was finally declared pass
April first as the date on which the bill
shall go into effect was offered by Mr.
Grosyenor II was as follows:
Section 81 That all articles mentioned
in the several schedules of this act, which
shall be imported into the United States
between the first of April, 1897, and the
date of the passage of this act, and which
were not purchased and directed by the
owner to be shipped for import into the
United States by any citizen thereof
prior to April 1st, 1897, shall bear the
same duties to he charged upon similar
articles in this act, and such duties are
hereby made a lien on such articles
wherever and in whatever hands found,
except i'll the hands of persons holding
them for final consumption and having
no purpose to sell or part with the same
or any part or product of the same, and
except also in the hands OF persons shown
to have obtained such articles without
notice of the provisions of the act: and
any person, not final consumer or hold
cr, without notice having obtained an
interest in or possession of any such arti-
Gle or articles so subject to duty. except
as a common carrier or Warehouseman
shall he liable for the payment Of such
duties thereon, and the same may be
recovered with interest. but without
penalty in an action or suit by the United
States against such person or persons in
any District or Circuit court thereof. And
all persons liable under this act for such
duty or any part thereof in respect of
any shipment. cargo or, lot. OF any article
or articles may be joined in the same ac-
,tion for recovery without regard to mu-
,tuality or nature Of interest or defenses.
and such Joint or several judgments or
DEGREES may be rendered therein. includ.
ing the endorsements OF any such lien
IS justice and equity may require. In