Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-07-20
WASHINGTON NEWS BUDGET
The Conference Report on the Tariff
Bill Passes the House After An All
Night Session by a Vote of
1876 to 118.
The REPORT NOW BEFORE THE SENATE
President Mckinley Will Withhold His
Currency Message Until After the
Senate Has Disposed of the
Tariff Bill Conference
Report.

Washington, July 2o.-The presider
has signed the deficiency appropriate
bill.
THE REPORT PASSED.
Washington, July 20.-As predicte
yesterday the house held an all night Sci
sion on the conference report, fnall
adopting it little after midnight by
vote of 1856 to 11S. The report was sen
to the senate this morning.
THE COMPETITOR PRISONERS.
The senate has passed the joint resolu
tion, empowering the president to tax
steps for the release of Ona Melton ant
the other Competitor prisoners held b,
Spain.
CURRENCY MESSAGE.
1t is semi-officially announced today
that President Mckinley will withhold his
currency message until after the confer
ence report on the tariff bill has beer
adopted by the senate. As soon as this
bill is out of the way currency message
will be sent to congress.
TARIFF CONFERENCE REPORT.
The tariff struggle was removed to the
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been absent from the city, were back an.
ticipating that every vote might be need.
ed. On the desk before Mr.. Allison OF
Iowa, in charge of the tariff bill, was a
ponderous manuscript-the conference
report. Immediately after prayer mes
sage from the house announced the agree
ment of that body to the conference re-
port. Considerable routine business was
disposed of, before the tariff report was
called up.
RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING CUBA.
resolution by Senator Morgan of
Alabama, was agreed to, asking the
president what indemnity, if any had
been asked of the Spanish governme ent,
for the arrest and subsequent expulsion
of Samuel L. Tolon, an American citizen,
from Cuba. Senator Allison formally
presented the tariff report, and asked for
its consideration, but at the instance of
Senator Berry of Arkansas, gave way to
the immediate passage of resolution,
empowering the president to take steps
for the release of Ona Melton and other
Competitor prisoners. The resolution
passed by unanimous vote.
THE UNION PACIFIC RESOLUTION.
The vice president in response to an
inquiry by Senator Allen of Nebraska,
that the Union Pacific resolution was un-
finished business, and would come up at
p. M, unless displaced. This drew
from Senator Morgan the statement that
it was intended to discuss the tariff re-
port in all it's political, financial and his.
hoo AosI
proposed to secure consideration for the
Union Pacific resolution, either by itself,
or during the tariff debate, if this became
essential. It was an orderly practice,
said Senator Morgan, but when men were
tied up and lashed over the back, they
were not disposed to stand on the niceties
of procedure. 1t was more important to
save $50,000,0OO by the Union Pacific
resolution than to pass the tariff bill.
Senator Allison suggested that there
was no disposition to cut off a reasonable
consideration of the report.
1t was too important however, to give
way to other questions which might be
brought forward.
CONSIDERATION of THE CONFERENCE RE-
The conference report was then read in
detail. Senator Jones of Arkansas, made
an earnest protest against proceeding on
a technical report, without Intelligent ex-
planation of it's meaning. There had
been no opportunity for the Dem ocratc
conferees to consider it in committee. 1t
had been rushed through the house in
single day, without time for preparation
TO discuss it there. 1t was due the Ameri.
can people he declared, that some expla,
nation should be given.
The reading Of the lengthy conference
report proceed rapidly. There we're fire.
quent inquiries by Senator Jones, and
explanations from Senator Allison, but
these did not cause any material delay.
When the item of window glass was
reached, Senator Jones read a telegram
from the leading window glass dealers of
New York, saying that the restoration of
The Mckinley rate, would place duty
equivalent to 140 per cent on this article,
which would be prohibisory and stop all
revenue from this source.
The lumber amendments led to an
debate. Senators Teller and
Vest contended that the 81 rate on white
pine, and the retaliatory clause against
Canadian logs, in effect, permitted a
double tax. Senator Teller declared
The whole thing was conceived in the
interest of few mill men Of Michigan,
Minnesota and Wisconsin, by which they
would be enabled to raise the price of
pine from $3 to 81 a Thousand.