Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1897-07-16
'DoINGs. OF CONGRESS.
the TARIFF BILL PASSES THE SENATE 81
AvoTe OF SO TO 49,
Thursdays Session was UneVen'"
House, by a Party Vote, Adjourned Nom
dav until wednesday - The House sene'
the Tariff Bill to Conference
SENATE.

Of a vote, VIII the Spooner
proposing tarin lnses',-
cation was Withdrawn, after protraos-
ed struggle. The stamp amendment as
agreed on. fixes the following rates on
bonds. etc: "Bonds, debentures or
certificates of Indebtedness issued aiter
September Is, 1897, by any association
company or corporation, on eacn nun
dred dollars of face value or fraction
thereof. five cents; and on each original
issue. whether an organization or re-
organization, of certificate OF STOCK py
any such association, company or cor.
poration Oh each hundred dellars OF
face value or fraction thereon, nve
cents and on all transfers OF shares or
certificates of stock in any association,
company or corporation on each nun
dred dollars of face value or fraction
Thereof two cents" Exemptions from
the stamp tax are made in the case OF
State. county and municipal bonds and
stocks and bonds of cooperative build
ing associations. At $50 the bill was
laid aside and after an executive session
of ten minutes the senate adjourned.
TUESDAY. final vote on the tar
i'll bill will be taken in the senate be-
fore adjournment tomorrow, DEFINITE
agreement assented to by all parties,
having been reached at the close OF the
debate to-day. The agreement is as
follows: "Ihat debate on the tariff bill
shall proceed under the five minute
rule after p. M. to morrow and that
the final vote on the bill shall be taken
before adjournment tomorrow" Dur
ing the day the antitrust question was
debated at length and Mr.. Pettus'
amendment on the subject was defeated,
33 36. At Clio the senate adjourned.
WEDNEsDAY.-The tariff bill was
passed in the senate to-day. The early
part of the day was spent on amend
mants of comparatively minor import
ance. By o'clock the senator's began
manifesting their impotence by calling
for ''vote," "vote, and soon thereaf-
ter the last amendment was disposed
of and the final vote began. There
were many Interruptions as pairs were
arranged, and 4:55 the vice-president
arose. and announced the passage of the
bill: Yeas 3S; nays %. Tariff vote
in detail: Yeas Allison. Baker, Bur-
rows, Carter, Clark, Cullom, Davis,
Deboe, Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker,
Gallinger, Hale, Hanna, Hawley, Jones
Of Nevada; Lodge, Mcbride, McEn-
cry, McMillin, Mantle, Mason, Nor
rill, Nelson, Psnrose, Perkins, Platt
of Connecticut; Platt of New York;
Pritchard, Proctor, Quay, Sewel,
Shoup, Spooner, Warren, Wellington,
Wetmore and Wilson; 38. Nays-Bs-
con, Bate, Berry, Caftery, Cannon,
Chiffon, Clay, Cockrell, Faulkner,
Gray, Harris Of Kansas: Jones of Arr
kansas; Kenney, Lindsay, Mallory,
Martin, Mills, Mitchell, Morgan, Pas
CO, Pettus, Rawlins, Roach, Turner,
Turpie, Vest, Walthall and White; %.
An analysis of the final vote shows that
the affirmative was cast by 35 Republi-
cans2 silver Republicans, Jones ofNevs-
da, and Mantle, and one Democrat, Nc
Emery; total 3S. The negative vote
was cast by % Democrats, 2 Populists,
Harris of Kansas, and Turner, and one
silver Republican, Cannon; total g.
Eight Republicans were paired for the
bill and eight Democrats against it.
The senator's present and not voting
were: Populists 6, viz: Allen, Butler,
Heitfeld, Kyle and Stewart; Republic
cans 2, viz: Taylor and Pettigrew
Following the passage of the bill q
resolution was agreed to asking the
house for conference, and Messrs
Allen, Aldrich, Platt, Conn, Burrows,
Jones of Nevada, and White were nam
ed as conferees on the part of the sen.
ate, At 5 pm. the senate held an ex
ecutive session and then adjourned.
THURSDAY. The session of the sen
ate to-day was uneventful, the defci
ency appropriation bill being consider
ed throughout the day. Among it,
provisions is one accepting the invita-
ton of France to participate in the
Paris exposition of 1900. A new com
mittee amendment was agreed to, ap
propriating S., 900 in full indemnify, I,
the heirs of three Italians lynched il
Louisiana in 1896, as was also on
appropriatieg to the widow OF the lat
Representative Cook, of Illinois S., 900
At $40 the bill was laid aside an,
after an executive session the senat
adjourned.
FRIDAY.-The senate adjourned on
of respect to the memory of Senate
Harris. Resolutions were adopted TO
public funeral in the senate chambe
tomorrow, to which the president
cabinet, supreme court and dlplomati
corps will be invited. After the SEP
ate adjournment the vice-president az
pointed the following named senator
to attend the remains of the late Sens
tor Harris to Memphis. Messrs. Bate
Walthall, Berry, Turpie, Allen, Debo.
Pettus. Chiffon and Wetmore.
HOUSE.
MoNDAY.-The house by party vote
without transacting any business, too
a recess until Wednesday, to be read
for the tariff bill, if completed then
the senate.
FRIDAY.-The house to-day sent tn
tariff bill to conference. Chairma
Dingley, Payne, of New York; Da
, zell. OF Pennsylvania; Hopkins, {
! Illinois; and Gosvenor, of Ohio, RI
publicans, and Bailey, Of Texas; M,
MILAN, OF Tennessee; and Wheeler, {
ALBANIA, we're appointed confereeI
The house spent the afternoon, unde
the special odder, adopted last week