The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-01
-,0IFF BILL GOES THROUGH.
,sr PASSES IT BY A VOTE OF
i eo5 AYES TO 121 NAYS.

Gratis and One POpulist.
.r Reed Makes 1t a Point to
His vote Counted in Favor
,,a BiII-The Negative Vote Cast
- Democrats and Four PODu-
,,.ts and FusiOnists.
-,...,inrton, March S1.-The object for
W.. PRESIDENT Mckinley called the Fiji
af.b congress to meet in extraor-
session a fortnight ago, was oc-
o'i'. '.i.sbed so far as the House of Repre-
lives was concerned, when the vote
he Dlngley tariff bill was announced
,a, bv Mr.. Speaker Reed-yeas, 205;
t9t. answering present and not Vot-
;,g Of The affirmative vote was composed
800 renublicans,. five democrats-Messrs
4 F5ropssard. Dovey and Meyer of Louis
ao KIeberg and Slayden of Texas-and
80 nonul,st-NIr Howard of Alabama.
-. pead. in the speakers chair, directed
q 80 clerk to call his name, just before the
4 announcement of the vote, to which he
4 rssnonded aye amid applause.
,r,e negative vote comprised III demo-
IFS and four populists and fusionists-
4 Nessrs. Baker of Illinois, Marshall, Simp-
can and Todd. According to the conclu-
4 sioo reached last Monday night, the great
-nr,ber of populist, silverites and fusion
a ,st. contented themselves by answering
present"
The debate and other proceedings pre-
cedng the vote on>the passage of the bill
q more interesting to an unusual degree,
4 ond were witnessed by a brilliant assem-
base of spectators that filed the galleries
% OVERLOOKING. The diplomatic gallery
communicated many of the ladies of the
corns. and the representatives of Japan
and Hawaii which countries are particu-
,arlv concerned over the passage of the
bu They sat patiently through the long
hours of the day, and not until the voting
y was concluded did the visitors make
move toward leaving.
Most of the day was occupied in discus
sion of the general principles of the meas
q IRE and Of questions connected with them,
the consequence being that but two or
Il three pages of the bill were read by the
clerk for consideration under the five min
ute rule Speeches were made by Messrs.
Allen. dem. of Mississippi; Clark, dem, of
Missouri Johnson, rep, of Indiana, who
told the House that he would vote for the
bill only because he was assured that the
Senate would cure its defeats and make it
harmonious and just; McMillin and Rich
ardson. dem, of Tennessee; Robbins, rep,
4 of Pennsylvania; White, rep, of North
Carolina the colored member, who made a
good impression, and many others.
few amendments were made to the
bill, the principal one being the new sec
ton agreed upon yesterday by the COM
mittee on ways and means, making the
duties in the bill to take effect tomorrow
april y. This was proposed by Mr..
Grosvenor rep, of Ohio and advocated by
him in a fifteen minute speech. 1t was OPP
posed by Messrs. Richardson, dem, of
II Tennessee; Bland, dem, of Missouri, and
Bailey, dem, of Texas. 1t was agreed to
in committee-150 to 100.
The debate was closed by Mr. Dingley,
chairman of the committee on ways and
means. to whom the last ten minutes was
accorded at the requisite of Mr.. Bailey, dem.,
of Texas. m
AT o'clock, pursuant to the order of
the House, the committee rose and Chair
man Sherman, rep, Of New York, report
ed the bill for passage with sundry amend
ments.
separate vote was demanded by Mr.
Bailey on the amendment fixing April l
as the date for the taking effect of the
duties in the bill The others were agreed
10 in gross-174 to 12S.
The reserved amendment was adopted,
on a yea and nay vote-201 to 40 Mr.
Dockery. dem, Missouri, moved to recon-
nit the bill with instructions to incOrpor-
ale in il a provision to admit free of duty
articles, the production of which were con-
trolled in the United States by a trust.
This was rejected-l4S yeas and 1856 nays.
The vote was then taken on the pas
sage of the bill, with the result stated,
and the nine days labor on its considera-
ton was ended.
At 4:4O o'clock, the House adjourned I'M
I'll Saturday next.
Following is the text of the new section
added TO the tariff bill:
Section q. That all articles mentioned
in the several schedules of this act, which
shall be imported into the United States
between the first day of April, 1897, and
the date of the passage of this act, and
which were not purchased and directed
by the owner to be shipped for import into
the United States by any citizen thereof,
prior 70 April !, 1887, shall bear the same
duties to be charged upon similar articles
N this act and such duties are hereby
made lien on such articles wherever and
N'iot9pSNCi iidnuS lOunus except the
hands of persons holding them for final
consumption, and having no purpose to
sell or part with the same or any part or
product of the same, and except also in
the hands of persons shown to have OBJ
famed such articles without notice of the
provisions of this act; and any
person, not such final consumer without
notice having obtained an interest in or
possession of any such article or articles
so subject to duty, except as a common
carrier or warehouseman, shall be liable
Tor the payment of such duties thereon
ana the same may be recovered with in
lerest but without penalty in an action
OF suit by the United States, against such
person or persons in any district or cir
cunt court thereof And all persons liable
under this act for such duty or any part
thereof in respect of any shipment cargo
or lot OF any such article or articles may
DC joined In the same action for such re-
ooVery without regard to mutually or
nature of interests or defenses, and such
JOINT or several Judgments or DEGREES
may be rendered therein, including the
enforcement of any such lien as Justice
or equity may require. In every such case
me process of the court in the district
Wnere the action or suit is brought ana
Where one defendant resides and Is served
shall run to and may he served on any
defendant in any other 1totrgc. l.