The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-08
THE BILL PASSED
House of Representatives
Vote on Tariff.
Party Lines Closely Drawn on the
1ssue-Bill Now Goes to
the Senate.

| WASHINGTON, March 31.-The OBJ
ject for which President Mckinley
summoned the Fifty-fifth Congress to
meet in extraordinary session fort
night ago was accomplished, so far as
| the House of Representatives was con-
| cerned, when the vote on the Dingley
| tariff bill was announced this after
noon by Speaker Reed-Ayes 205, noes
! 121, answering present and not vot-
| ing p. The affirmative vote was COM
posed of 1919 Republicans, . Democrats
-Broussard, Dovey and Meyer of Lou
fsiana, and Keeberg and Slayden Of
Texas-and l Populist-Howard OF
Alabama.
Mr. Reed, in the Speakers chair, di-
rected the clerk to call his name just
before the announcement of the vote,
to which he responded AYE" amid
much applause.
The negative vote comprised III
Democrats and four Populists and Flu
sionists-Baker of Illinois, Marshall,
Eimpson and Todd. According to the
conclusion reached last Monday night
the great number of Populist Silverites
with answering present"
The debates preceding the passage of
the bill were interesting to an unusual
degree and were heard by a brilliant
assemblage of spectators that filled the
galleries to overlooking. The diplomat
ic gallery accommodated many of the
ladies of the corps and the representa-
tives of Japan and Hawaii, which cOun-
tries are particularly concerned over
the passage of the bill. They sat pa
tiently through the long hours of the
day, and not until the voting was con-
cluded did the visitors make a move
toward leaving. Most of the day was
occupied in discussion of the general
principles of the measure and of ques-
lions connected with them, the conse-
quence being that but two or three
pages of the bill were read by the clerk
for consideration under the five-mln-
ute rule Speeches were made by Allen
Oem) of Mississippi, Clark Dem.) of
Missouri. Johnson (Rep) of Indiana
(who told the House that he would vote
for the bill only because he was assured
that the Senate would cure it's defects
and make it harmonious and JUST.
McMillin and Richardson Oem.) Of
Tennessee. Robbins (RepD of Pennsyl-
vania. White RepD of North Carolina
(the colored member, who made good
IMPRESSION and many others.
few amendments were made to the
bill, the principal one being the new
section agreed upon yesterday by the
Committee on Way and Means, making
the duties in the bill to take effect to-
morrow april j.. This was proposed
by Mr. Grosvenor (RepD of Ohio and
advocated by him in a 10 minutes
speech. 1t was opposed by Richardson
Oem.) of Tennessee, Bland Oem) of
Missouri and Bailey Dem) of Texas.
1t was agreed to in cOmmittee-150 to
20. The debate was closed by Dingley,
chairman of the Committee on Ways
and Means, and the last 10 minutes
were accorded to him at the request
of Bailey Oem.) of Texas
At O'Clock, pursuant to the order
of the House. the committee arose and
Chairman Sherman Rep) of New
York reported the bill for passage with
Sundry amendments. A separate vote
was demanded by Mr.. Bailey on the
amendment fixing April l as the date
for the taking effect of the duties in
the bill. The others were agreed to.
The reserved amendment was adopted
on a yea and nay vote of POI to 140
Dockery Oem) of Missouri moved
to recommit the bill with instructions
to incorporate in it a provision to adj
nit free of duty articles, the produc
ton and price of which were controlled
in the United States by trust. This
was rejected-14S to 1876. The vote was
then taken on the passage of the bill,
with the result stated. and the nine
days labor on its consideration were
ended.