The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-25
REPUBLICANS MUCH PLEASED
THEY FEEL SURE THE NEW ACT
WILL BENEFIT THE COUNTRY.
Adjournment of Congress at 8 O'Clock
Last Night-PrOceedtngs of the
Senate in Detail.
necial to the Indianapolis Journal.

| Special to the Indiana polls Journal.
WASHINGTON, July 24.-There was a
| lightning finish to the tariff battle in Con-
gress to-day. The discussion in the Senate
came to an abrupt conclusion at few min
utes before 3 o'clock this afternoon, and
within an hour from the beginning of the
Senate roll call on the adoption of the con-
ference report the bill had become a law,
having in that time received the signatures
of the speaker of the House, Vice President
Hobart, and last and most important of ALL
President McKinley's. There was not a
! break in the programme of the day from
beginning to end. The bill had ten ma
| jority in the Senate, or the same it had on
! the original ballot which sent it from that
body to the House 1t was a clean-cut pro-
! tective tariff victory. The vote in detail
| follows:
Yeas-Aldrich Allison, Baker, Burrows
! Carter, Clark Davis, Deboe, Elkins, Fair
| banks, Foraker Frye, Gallinger, Gear,
Hale, Hansprough HawIey, Hoar Jones of
! Nevada, Lodge, Mcbride Mcknery, Nc
/ MILAN, Mason, Morrill, Nelson, Penrose
! Perkins, PIatt of Connecticut Flatt OF New
! York Pritchard, Proctor, Quay SewelI,
Shoup spooner Stewart, Thurston, War
Nays-Bacon, Bate, Berry, Caffery Chill
! ton, Clay, Cockrell, Daniel Faulkner, Cor
| man, Harris, Jones OF Arkansas, Lindsay,
| Mallory, Martin Mills, Mitchell, Morgan,
| Murphy Fasco, Pettus, Roach, Smith, Iill-
| man. hurley, turner, Iurple Vest, Walt
| hail, White-30.
The following pairs were announced the
first for and the last against the bill:
| Chandler with Cannon, Cullom with Gray,
| Wolcott with GeorAe, Hanna with Rawlins,
| wellington with McLaurin, Mantle with
| Kenney, Wilson with Heitfeld. Mr.. Hanna
voted at first under the impression that Mr..
| Rawlins, with whom he was paired, was
| present, and learning of his absence, with
drew his vote. The following senators were
present and did not vote: Allen, Butler and
Teller Two senators, Kyle and Pettigrew,
were absent and not paired.
An analysis of the vote shows that the
affirmative vote was cast by thirty-seven
Republicans, one Democrat (McEnery), one
silver Republican (Jones of Nevada) and
one Popuist (Stewart) The negative vote
was cast by twenty-eight Democrats and
two Populists (Harris and Turner) Mr..
Teller, silver Republican, and two Populists
(Allen and ButleD were present and did
not vote. One Populist C<yle) and one sill
yer Republican Pettigrew) were absent
without pairs, which was equivalent to
Withholding their vote.
THE LAW NOW IN EFFECT.
The day is considered memorable in this
history of the Republican party and of the
Nation. 1t marks the end of four years of
disastrous failure of an attempt to engraft
the principle of free trade upon our institu-
tions, and Republicans prophesy that it
marks the birth of the grandest era of pros
'perity that the country has yet seen. BY
the terms Of the enacting clause, which
provides that it shall 'go into effect on and
after its passage" the law goes into opera
ton at IL clock tonight. The sharp ac-
ton of to-day, therefore, saves the govern
ment millions Of dollars in duties on inn
ported goods which were being crowded into
our ports during the last few hours of the
supposed existence of the old law In or
der to beat the new law. 1t also saves
thousands of dollars in the matter of re-
bates on beer stamps, brewers having or
dered millions of dollars worth of stamps
at 9212 cents on a dollar, which could not
be executed
Preparations were made for a dramatic
finish by having the President at the Cap
itol to sign the bill within cord-beating
time after it should have received the sig
natures of the presiding officers of the
House and Senate, but Mr.. Mckinley de-
| cided early in the day that there was no
necessity for this being done. and as he did
not care to invite criticism on a charge Of
making theatrical display, he decided to
remain at the White House and let the
bill come to him through the regular chan
nels This was the more dignifed proceed
IRE, and is entirely free from criticism.
With the House adoption of the currency
commission bill in conformity with the
| Presidents message the record of the Re-
publican party is considered singularly per-
| feet. 1t has carried out its campaign
pledges to the extreme limit of possibilities
1t has enacted within five months of the in
tariff and revenue law, and has made as
much progress as can be done with Con-
gress in its present complexion with the
scheme of currency reform. This short
special session of Congress has made po-
litical history with marvellous rapidity. and
it adjourned tonight with a proud record
of work performed.
THE UNION PACIFIC BILL.
BY skillful tactics the friends of the Union
| Pacific Railroad sidetracked the Harris
resolution this evening, and prevented the
| expression of an opinion against the con-
| summation of the sale of the Union Pacific
system to the reorganization committee II
| was made perfectly clear to those pressing
the resolution that it could not pass. and
| it's opponents were prepared to talk against
time until there should be no quorum of the
Senate. Such being the case, the PROPOSE
ton was abandoned. Unless something un-
| expected and unforeseen should happen the
foreclosure proceedings will now be pushed
and the sale completed before Congress
meets again in regular session next winter
There was danger even last evening that
this Union Pacific matter and the tariff bill
might become inextricably interviewer and
that a tariff vote could only be had on a
promise to take action on the other. A