The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-25

the conference report on the tariff bill
The Republicans of the house broke
into storm of applause that swept
| through the galleries as the bill was
carried to the speakers rostrum and
laid on his desk and Mr. Reed imme-
/ diately affixed his signature All this
! time the Republicans and the galleries
! continued their cheering and applause.
MI Dingley, the floor leader of the
majority, then presented from the
ways and means committee a -esolu-
ton for final adjournment at 8 o'clock
! tonight. This resolution was made the
! occasion for two brief partisan
| speeches by Mr.. Wheeler (Dem, Ala)
and Mr.. Grosvenor (Rep., o..
The resolution was then adopted
without division, and the speaker laid
/ before the house the special message
of the president, recommending the
appointment of a currency commission
Its reading was literally applauded by
! the Republicans.
Mr.. Henderson (Rep., la from the
! committee on rules, presented a special
! order for the consideration CT the Stone
! currency commission bill with an al
! lowance of one hour for dsoate He
agreed to allow 80 minutes debate on
each side.
After a few remarks by Mr.. Hender-
son. the time of the Democrats was
consumed by Messrs. Wheeler of Ken
lucky and Dockery of Missouri. Price
/ of Missouri, ErmentrOut of Pennsyl-
vania. and McMillin of Tennessee. in de-
nunciation of this attempt to create
currency commission.
3lr. Dolliver (Rep., LAD stirred tsthe
| Republicans by an eloquent speech The
special order was adopted-130 yeas, 1O2
raEs: present and not voting. 10.
There were two breaks in the Repub-
.lican lines on this vote. Messrs Lin
ney On. c., and Mahoney IN. ", vot-
ed with the Democrats and Populists
against the order.
The debate proper on this bill. which
! the order limited to one hour. then be-
gan
Mr. Stone, the author of the bill. in
opening the debate, referred to the
presidents declarations in MS inaug-
ural address. when he said that this
question should be considered when
vided
Mr. Cox of Tennessee replied to Mr.
Stone. He spoke briefly, predicting that
the work of the committee would be
valueless.
He asserted that the Republicans of
the house did not want to pass this
commission bill. but feared to take is
sue Will lIiS DItSlUSul
Mr.. Johnson Of Indiana tried to get
his bill substituted for the pending
measure. which. he said. was crude.
Mr.. Dolliver ReD.,@ LAD, Mr.. Hill
(Hep., Comp. supported the bill, and
Messrs. Simpson (Pop., Kan.). and
Shafroth (Pop., Celo.t. Lewis Dem,
Wash.). Wheeler Oen., Lao. Myers
| Dem. Ind. }. Handy Dem, Del), Lentz
Dem, o., opposed it.
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port of the bill, and Mr.. Stone closed
the debate with few words.
After considerable wrangling the
speaker said it was in order TO move
to recommit, and Mr.. Johnson (Rep..
md made the motion, with instruc-
tons to report back his bill as substi
tute.
Fo this molten Mr. Carmack dem.
TENN offered an amendment, by the
terms of which the committee created
by the bill should be directed to report
afbill on the lines of the financial plank
of the Chicago platform, and to include
in the bill provision for the free coin
age of silver at is to /.
Mr. Lacey (Rep., Ia.) made the point
of order that the amendment was not
in order. because tne financial plank
of the Chicago platform was too in
deSnite.'I C-
The chair thinks that might be
point. observed the speaker with his
ininaitable drawl, as he overruled it.
''Out it is hardly point of order.
daughter and applause.)
The free silver Democrats demanded
and secured a yea and nay vote on Mr.
Carmack's amendment, and it was lost,
sc to 131. three present and not voting.
1t was a strict party vote, the Re-
puDlicans voting against. ard the Dem
re nd f1r c1,--f
Mr.. Johnson's motion was defeated.
and the vote was then taken on the
passage of the bill.
The bill was passed 124 to &c. six
present and not voting.
Mr.. Linney (Rep., n. c., and A1r.
Mahany (Rep., N, v, voted against
the bill These were the only breaks IN
the Republican ranks.
The Democrats and Populists voted
solidly against It On motion of Mr..
Grosvenor the speaker appointed Mr..
Grosvenor and Mr.. Mcmillan to wait on
the president and Inform him that con-
gress was ready to adjourn. Several
printing resolutions authorizing the
committee on appropriation to sit dur
ing the recess were adopted. The senate
at s o clock took a recess until $50.
When the house reconvened the
speaker announced the appointment of
the committees. At S:45. when the
reading of the names was concluded,
Mr.. Grosvenor, from the committee ap-
pointed to wait on the president, said
that they performed their mission. The
president wishes me TO convey to the
house his congratulations upon our
work and say that he expressed the
hope that it would redount to the credit
TO all our people. He also desired me
to express his wishes TO the members.
A spontaneous outburst Of applause
greeted this from both sides and then at
exactly o'clock the speaker declared
the house adjourned without day.
Washington. July 3i-The last session
of the house was marked by many inter-