The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-07
DINGLEY BILL PASSED.
Goes Through the House Without
a Single Hitch.
Carried by . Vote of POS to I22-
Adoption of the Anne ndment Civ
ing Immediate Effect to
the Law.

Washington, April 1.-The object for
which President Mckinley called the
Fifty-ffth congress to meet in extraor-
binary session a fortnight ago was &C
complished, so far as the house of rep
resentatives was concerned, when the
vote on the Dingley tariff bill was an
nounced by Speaker Reed-yeas, 2o5;
nays, 122; answering present and not
voting, 81. The affirmative vote was
composed of 1919 republicans, 5 demo
crats-Messrs. Broussard, Dovey and
Meyer, of Louisiana, and kleberg and
Slayden, of Texas-and one populist-
Mr.. Howard, of Alabama Mr.. Reed, in
the speakers chair, directed the clerk
to call his name, just before the an
nouncement of the vote, to which he
responded aye, amid applause. The neg
ative vote comprised III democrats
and four populists and fusionsts-
Messrs- Baker. of Illinois, Marshall,
Simpson and Todd. According to the
conclusion reached last Monday night,
the great number of populist silver
ties and fusionists contented them
selves with an answering present
The Bill Adopted.
A separate vote was demanded by Mr..
Bailey on the amendment fixing April
1 as the date for the taking effect of the
dues in the bill. The others were agreed
amendment was adopted on yea and
nay vote, POI to 140. Mr.. Dockery dem,
MOI moved to recommit the bill with
instructions to incorporate in it pro-
vision to admit free of duty articles, the
production and price of which were
controlled in the United States by a
trust. This was rejected-14s yeas and
196 nays. The vote was then taken on
the passage of the bill with the result
stated and the nine days labor on its
considera ton were ended. t4:40 p.
m. the house adjourned until Saturday
next.
Takes Effect at Once.
Washington, April 1.-The follow
ing is the text of the new section to be
added to the tariff bill as agreed upon
by the republican members of the COM
mittee on ways and means, fixing the
date on which the duties in the bill
shall take effect. 1t was introduced by
Mr.. Grosvenor (rep.. o., chairman of
the subcommittee which investigated
the subject. 1t reads as follows:
Section 27-That all articles mentioned
In the several schedules of this act which
shall be imported into the United States
he <7rSr dox- of vii ~,
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 ], 1897, shall bear the same duties
TO be charged upon similar articles in this
act and such duties are hereby made lien
on such articles, wherever and in what So
ever hands found, except in the hands Of
persons holding them for final consumption
and have no purpose to sell or part with
the same or any part Of product Of the
same, and except also in the hands of per-
sons shown to have obtained such articles
without notice Of the provisions of this act;
and any person, not such final consumer,
without notice having obtained an in
tereSt in or possession of any such article
or articles so subject to duty, except as a
common carrier or warehorseman, shall be
liable for the payment Of such duties there
on and the same may be recovered with in
terest but without penalty in an action or
suit by the United States against such per-
son or persons in any district or circuit
court thereof And all persons liable IN
der this act for such duty or any part
thereof in respect of any shipment, cargo
or lot of any such article or articles may
be Joined in the same action for such re-
covery without regard to mutually or ma
ture Of Interests or defenses and such joint
or several judgments or DEGREES may be
rendered therein, Including the enforce
ment of Any such lien, as justice or equity
may require. In every such case, the proc
ess of the court in the district where the
action or suit is brought and where one
defendant resides and is served shall run
to and may be served on any defendant
in any other district 1t is hereby made
the duty Of the secretary of the treasury
TO prescribe and enforce suitable regula-
tons TO carry out the provisions of this
section, including the retention in the
bonded warehouses of the United States
or any other place where such goods are
deposited samples of such goods until re-
CURED for evidence on any such trial"