The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-01
THE TARIFF BILL
PASSES THE HOUSE
Great Excitement 90 the Floor and IN
the Galleries During Closing Scenes.
Will TAKE EFFECT APRIL I
Speaker Reed cheered khea nis Vote Was
Reeofded--FOrsstry Reserves Somia-
atioas eoafirmed.

Washington. March si.-The house
passed the tarir bHi by vote Of sOs
10 l2I. twenty-one not voting. Voting
on the bill was not TO begin nntil
9 O'Clock this Afternoon. but the gal
Ieries were crowded early to witness
the maneuvrfng leading up to the cii-
max of ten-days' battle
DingIey and Bailey, the opposing
leaders. were In their PLACES when
Speaker Reed called the house to order
at o'clock. Richardson. OF T@nnes-
see. called attentson to the fact that
there was manIfestly no quorum pres
snt. but declined. on account Of me
brief time remaining for the considers
ton Of the bill, to make the point
Grosvsnor presented the amendmsnt.
about which there has been 10 rnuch
discussion during the last ten days.
fixing April as the date on which the
bill shall go Into effect The democrats
were alert. Mf. Bailey Immediately
made the point that the amendment
was out Of order. II was obnoxious,
he said. 70 the oldest ard best rule of
law that no statute shah Be retrUac-
tive.
As the hour for voting arrived. the
excitement increased. Fifteen minutes
before o'clock Mcmillan was recog-
1ized for five minutes 70 close the de-
bate for his side. Dlngiey then took
the floor and closed the debate In a ten
minute speech.
Bailey demanded a separate vote on
the amendment fixing the date in
which the bill goes into effect April l.
The roll call was demanded on the
anlendment and il was adopted BY q
vote of 200 to 1ig The combined or
ganization Of the populists. democrats
and free siIverites voted against the
amendment, except Mr. Newlands (siI-
vsr). OF Nevada. vino vuted TOR it. and
Messrs Hartman (silver) Of Montana.
Jones (f,isionistJ. OF Washington. Mar
tin (populist), Of North Carolina. Sha-
froth (silver), OF Colorado, Shnford
/ (populist). OF North Calolina and Stroud
/ tpopuIistD. Of North Carolina, who did
not vote. The bill was then ordered
/ to be read the third time. after which
Dockery offered a motion for the mi
4 nordty to recommit the bill with In
structious. Contrary TO general expec-
tat1ons. no point OF order was raised
against the motion. Dingley, however.
immediately demanded the previous
question. on motion which was ordered
and without debate vote was taken
upon il by yeas and nays. The mo-
ton TO recommit was lost. las to 1s6.
The republicans voted soIidly against
the motion and the combined oppoaa-
ton, with the exception Of Newlands.
for it. Hartman. Jones, of Washington,
Martin. OF North Carolina, Shafroth.
of Colorado. Shuford and Stroud, OF
North Carolina. whi did not vote on
the preceding votes. were recorded In
favor OF the motion Roll call on the
passage Of the bill was then taken
and followed with interest. Five dem
ocrats-Meyer. Broussard and Davey
of Louisiana. and Kleberg and Slay-
den. of Texas, voted with the majority
Howard, of Alabama, was the only
populist who voted for the bill. but
twenty-cne Of the populists, fusionisl
and silverites declined TO record them
selves either way. Before announcing
the rusult of the vote the speaker
directed his name to be called.
''Mr Reed" shouted the clerk.
i Aye replied the speaker.
The republicans applauded vigorous
lily and when the speaker announced
the-result ayes 2O5. noes 12l. absen
and not voting 21. and so the bill Il
passed-the republicans arose en- mass
and cheered. The galleries Joined II
the demonstration. immediately after
ward, ON Dingley's motion. the housI
adjourned until Saturday.