The herald., 1897-07-20
ORANGE
TARIFF
ONE CENT
Which Is Our Share of the
Plunder
CONFERENCE is CONCLUDED
Report on Tariff Sent to
the House
PROMPT ACTION TAKEN
In Spite Of Democratic Pro-
tests
PROSPERITY is PROMISED
TRADE WILL FLOURISH AS THE
GREEN BAY TREE
The Bill Criticised as the Most
Vicious and Burdensome Ever
Imposed Upon the Ameri-
can People
PROSPERITY is PROMISED
TRADE WILL FLOURISH AS THE
GREEN BAY TREE
The Bill Criticised as the Most
Vicious and Burdensome Ever
Imposed Upon the Ameri-
can People
Associated Press Special Wire.


WASHINGTON, July 2O.-The con
ference report on the bill was adopted
by the house shortly after midnight by
a vote of 1856 to 49, and Il noon today the
report will go to the senate for action
there. This eclipses all previous records.
The result was accomplished after
twelve hours of continuous debate. But
two speeches were made by the Rcoub-
licans, one by Mr.. Dingley. in opening
the debate, and by Payne of New York
in closing it. The Democrats were thus
forced to put forth speaker after speak
er, but their bombardment of the Re-
publican position was unanswered.
In all ten Democrats and one Populist
speeches were made. Wheeler of Ala
bama, Swanson of Virginia, Bell Of
Texas, Lanham, of Texas, Kelly of
North Dakota, Fleming of Georgia,
Handy of Delaware, Mcdowell of Ohio.
Perry of Kentucky, Bailey of Texas and
McMillin of Tennessee, being the speak,
ers
The sugar schedule was the main
point of assault, but the most interest
ing feature of the debate occurred when
Bailey and McMillin, the two rival
Democratic leaders, crossed swords on
the question of orthodoxy of the free
raw material doctrine, the former op-
posing and the latter championing it.
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time when the vote was taken many dis
tinguished people being present Among
them were many senators, many mem
bers of the cabinet and few members
lican in the house who was present voted
for the report. The Democrats, with
five exceptions, voted against the re-
port The exceptions were Slayden OF
Texas, Broussard of louisiana Meyer
of Louisiana. Davey of Louisiana and
Kleburg of Texas.
The Populists and Silverites did not
vote solidly. Shafroth of Colorado,
Newlands of Nevada and Hartman Of
Montana, Silverites, did rot vote.
The Populists who voted against the
report were as follows: Baker, Barlow.
Botkin, Fowler, Jett, Lewis, Marshall.
Martin, Peters, Simpson, Stroud and
Vincent Four did not vote-Howard.
Kelly, Stark and Sutherland. The other
Populists were absent. An analysis OF
the vote shows that 1SO Republicans ard
ca. ~ RI
LOG Democrats and IL Populists voted
against it.
The floor of the house presented an
animated appearance long before the
speaker raped that body to order today.
Members stood about in groups and dis
cussed, sometimes in excited tones, the
result of the conference agreement on
the tariff bill The final conference re-
port on the general deficiency appro-
priation bill was adopted.
This out of the way, Mr.. Dingley arose
and, holding aloft the report andia great
mass of papers, he said, in calm tones:
Mr.. Speaker: I desire to present the
conference report on the tariff BILL
Salvos of applause from the Repub-
lion side greeted this announcement.
An effort was made to secure an agree
ment for a vote.
Bailey said the minority desired three
days, but knowing they could not OBJ
tain them, would be satisfied with two.
Dingley refused to agree to this, say
ing: Talk at this time is very expen-
sive. 1t costs the treasury 100000 q
day
mot so expensive as the ten days you
spent in arranging this meeting schedule
with the sugar trust" retorted Bailey.
amid counter round of applause by his
followers.
Dingley, in reply. pointed out that
never before in legislative history had
a tariff bill been in conference so brief
time The Mckinley bill had been in
conference two weeks, "and our friends
on the other side said he. addressing
the Democrats. lin 1884 were IN confsz.