Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-26
WORK is FINISHED
For Which Congress Was Con.
vened in Extra Session.
TARIFF BILL PASSED AND A Law

Having Promptly Received the Presidents
Approval-Vote on the Bill in the Sen.
ate with an Analysis Thereof-President
Tries to Ring in Scne Extra Work With.
out Talk, but the Upper House Will Not
Have It-Currency Message.
Washington. July 2s-The tariff bill
passed its last legislative stage at p.
m. Saturday when the senate, by the
decisive vote of 40 to 80, agreed to the
conference repsrt on the bill. The an
nouncement of the result was greeted
with enthusiastic applause by the
crowded chamber. This closed the great
labor for which the Fifty-fifth congress
assembled in extraordinary session, and
after stubborn resistance, at times
threatening a deadlock, the senate con-
Cured with the house in a resolution
for the final adjournment Of the ses-
sion at 9 o'clock Saturday night. The
presidents message for a currency COM
mission was received by the senate and
referred to the financial committee; the
house bill creating a commission was
similarly referred.
How thc Senators Voted.
Inc final vote on the tariff conference
report and the bill was as follows:
Ieas-Aldrich, Allison, Baker, Bur-
rows, Carter, Clark. Davis, Deboe, FL
kins, Fairbanks, Foraker, Frye Gal
hnger. Gear, Hale. Hansbrough, Haw-
ley, Hoar, Jones of Nevada, Lodge
Mcbride, McEnery, Mcmillan, Mason,
Morrill, Nelson, Penrose. Perkins, Platt
of Connecticut, Platt of New York,
Pritchard, Proctor, Quay, Sewell, Shoup,
Spooner, Stewart, Thurston, Warren,
Wetmore-4t.
Nays-Bacon, Bate. Berry, Caffery,
Chiffon, Clay, CockreH. Daniel. Faux
'ner, German, Harris. Jones of Arkansas,
Lindsay. Mallory, Martin, Mills. Mitch
ell. Morgan, Murphy. Pasco, Pettu.,
Roach, Smith. Tillmsn, Turley, Turner,
Turpie. Vest, Wahhall, White-S0.
Paired-Chandler with Cannon; Gull
lom with Gray; Wolcott with George;
Hanna with Rawlfns; Wellington with
McLaurin: Mantle with Kenny; Will
son with Heitseld-14
Present and not votins-Allen, But
Ter and Teller. Absent and not paired
Kyle and Pettigrew.
What an Analysis shows
An analysis of the vote shows that
the aElffnatlNe vote was cast by 81 Re-
publicans, one Democrat tMcEnery)
one silver Republican Zones of Ne
vada). and one Populist (Stewart). The
negative vote was cast by IS Democrats
and , Populists - Harris and Turner
Teller, silver Republican, and two Pop
ulists, Allen and Butler. were present
and did not vote. One Populist, KYLE.
and one silver Republican CPettigrew)
were absent without pairs, which was
equivalent. - Withholding their vote.
Battle over Final Adjournmenr.
The opposition endeaVored to score a
point by compelling a vote on laying
the presidents message before the sem
ate, and succeeding Ia this attacked
the majority for refusing to act on the
presidents recommendation. The main
desire of those opposing adjournment
was to secure a vote on the Harris
resolution calling on the, president to
stop the sale of the government inter-
eSts ia the Union Pacific railroad The
tactics of the opposition We're overcome
and shortly before o'clock Morgan
withdrew further opposition and the
resolution for final ADJOURNMENT was
passed. Complimentary resolutions to
Vice President Hobart We're adopted
and at o'clock the final scene was
enacted by the formal adjournment of
the session