Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-01
THE D|NGLEY TARIFF BILL So Far as the House Is Con- cerned Is a Law BY A VOTE OF 2O5 10 f2t Five Democrats and Howard of.the Seventh
 Alabama Voted Aye. falsea 7
 a sl,,s Ja NOW PASSES INTO THE SENATE Where It Will Fleet Strong Opposition First Blow Struck by Pettigrew,
 Who Aims Direct Upper
 Cut at the Trusts.
BY A VOTE OF 2O5 10 f2t
NOW PASSES INTO THE SENATE

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 Washington, March 31.-The object for which President Mckinley called the Fifty-fif,h congress to meet in extraor- dinary session a fortnight ago was ac- complished, so far as the house of rsp- resentatives was concerned, when the vote on the Dingley tariff bill was an nounced by Speaker Reed-yeas,, 205: nays. 121, answering present, and not voting, 21.
 The affirma tive vote was composed of 199 republicans, demoeras ss-M essrs. Broussard, Dovey and Meyer, of Louisr jana; Kleberg and Slayden, of Texas and 1 populst, MT. Howard, of Alabama MT. Reed, in the speakers chair, directed the clerk to call his name just before the announcement of the vote, to which he responded aye, amid applause.
 The negative vote comprised IF dem ocrats and populsts and fusionfsts- Messrs. Baker, of Illinois; Marshali9 Simpson and Todd. According TO the conclusion reached last Monday night, the great number of populists, silYerltes and flsionists. contented themselves with answering present.
 The debate and other proceedings pre- ceding the vote on fhe passage or the bill were interesting to an unusual oe- gree, ana were WllHtSSCd pJ ~ assemblage of spectators that filled the galleries to overfiowing. The dlplomatic gallery accommodated many of the ladies of the corps and the representatives or Japan and Hawaii which countries are particularly concerned over the passage of the bill They sat patiently through the long hours of the day, and not until the voting was concluded did tine visitors make a move toward leaving.
 Most of the day was occupied ln the +1, al f,rrin n n measure and of questions connected with them the consequence being that but two or three pages of the bill were read by the clerk for consideration under the fve-minute rule. Speeches were made by MT Allen, democrat, of Mississippi; Mr. Clark, democrat, of Missouri; Mir. John son, republican, of Indiana, who told the house that he would vote for the bill only because he was assured that the senate would cure its defects and make it harmonious and just; Messrs. McMil- lin and Richardson, democrats, of Ten nessee; Robins, republican,, of Pennsyl- vania; White, republican, of North Car olna, the colored member, who made good impression and many others. A few amendments were made to the bill, the principal one being the new section agreed upon yesterday by the committee on ways and means, making the duties in the bill to take effect tomorrow, Aprilt1.. This was proposed by MT. Grosvenor, re- DuDllCdI, Ol OulO, dlu dQNOLdtCd Oy Aiiii in a fifteen-minute speech It was op- posed by Messrs. Richardson, democrat, of Tennessee Bland. democrat, of Mis- souri, and Bailey, democrat, of Texas. It was agreed to in committee-l50 to l20.
 The debate was closed by MT. Dingley. chairman of the committee on ways and means, to whom the last ten minutes was accorded by the request of MT. Bailey, democrat, of Texas.
 At 3 o'clock, pursuant to the order of +, t,toox av,1 !, os,~- man Sherman, republican, of New York, reported the bill for passage with sundry amendments. A separate vote was de- manded by Mir. Bailey on the amendment fixing April as the date for the taking effect of the duties in the bill. The others were agreed to in gross-174 to 128. The reserved amendment was adopted on a yea and nay vote-2u to 140 MT. Dock cry, democrat, of Missouri, moved to re- commit the bill with instructions to in- corporate in 1t provision to admit free of duty articles the production and price of which were controlled in the United States by trust. This was rejected 14S yeas and 196 nays. The vote was then taken on the passage of the bill, with the result stated, and the nine days labor on it's consideration were ended.
 Washington, March 31-Following is the text of the new section added to the tariff bill:
 Sec. 27 That all articles mentioned in O. shall be imported into the United States between the 1st 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 thereof prior to April l. 1884, shall bear the same duty to be charged upon similar articles in this act, and such duties are hereby made lien on such articles wherever and in whatsoever hands f1 hn- do Of 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 person shown to have obtained such articles without notice of the provisions of this act; and any person not such final con- sumer without notice having obtained such articles without having notice of the provisions of this act; and any per- son, not such final consumer without no- tice having obtained an interest in or possession of any such article or articles 80 subject to duty, except as common carrier or warehouse man, shall be liable for the payment of such duties thereon, and the same may be recovered with in- terest but without penalty in an action or suit by the United States against such person or persons in any district or cir cult 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 be joined in the same action for such re. covery without regard to mutuahty or nature of interests or defenses and such joint or several judgments or decrees may be rendered therein, including the enforcement of any such lien as justice or equity may require. In every such case the process of the court in the dis trict where the action or suit is brought md where one defendant resides and is served shall run to and may be served defendant in hfhar dicfr }nf It is hereby made the duty of the secre- tnny of the treasury to prescribe and en- force suitable regulations to carry out the provisionssof this section, including the retention in the bonded warehouses of the United States or any other place