The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-08
Goes through the Senate by a Vote Of
1hlr!y-Eight to TWenty.Elght.
ELIMINATION OF a. LONG STRUGGLE
Ono Democrat Voted with the Rcpul,.
iicnns-Seven Senators Present ana
Not VotiniS-Iouse Invttca to CON
fer-Etgbt Hundred ana Seventy.
-Four Amendments to DIngIey BilI.
Washington July z, 1897.

snontly DefOre o CLOCK to-day. The Gull
mination Of the long and arduous strug-
gle had excited the keenest interest, and
the floor and galleries Of the Senate
chamber We're crowded by those anxious
70 witness the closing scene. Speaker
Reed, Chairman Dingley, and many OF
the members Of the House Of Represent
ltatiEes were in the rear area while
every seat in the galleries, save those re-
served for foreign representatives, wa
occupied.
The early part Of the day was taken
Up with amendments OF comparatively
! ilttle Importance, the debate branching
1 INTO financial and antitrust channels
By four o'clock the Senators began man
afesting their impatience by calls OF
vote, Vote" and soon thereafter the
last amendment was disposed of, and
the hnal vote began There We're many
interruptions rs pairs were arranged
and then at 4:55 o'clock the Vice Presi-
Gent arose and announced the passage Of
the Dill-yeas, 3S; nays, 2S. ThEahn was
S no demonstration, but a few Scattered
land-claps were given as the crowd dis
perSed. The vote in detail is as fol-
lows:
feas-AIessrs. Allison. Baker. Bur
rows, Garter, Clark, Cullom. Davis, De
- ii,oe' Elklns, Fairbanks, Foraker, Cal
, .InseihN Hale, Hanna, Hawley, Jones OF
MeXad S;3', !, Lodge, Mcbride, Mcl!nery. Nc
MILAN. Mantle, Mason, Morrill, Nelson
Penrose. Perkins. Plat OF Connecticutt
6iatt or New York, PIitchard, Proctor
quay, Sewall, Shoup, Spooner, Warren
" "Slllnston, Wetmore, and Wilson'S.
Nays-M essrs. Bacon, Bate, Berry
Ea,ireS. "a, cannon, Chiffon, Clay, Cockrei,
faulkner, Gay, Harris OF Kansas, Jonos
6! Arkansas. Kenney, Lindsay. Mallory
Martin, Mills, Mitchell. Morgan pasco
Tettus. Rawlins, Reach. Turner Turnin
vest est WaithaLl, and $yvhite-2S.
,r, ne lolioWing pairs We're announced
me me ,irst named would have voted for
ehe plli. and the last named against Il.
Aldrich and Murphy, Chandler ana
GGcE,aurln, Frye and German: Gear ana
sli!itn, dansbrough and Daniel Hoar
n',1 ann Harris Of Tennessee, Thuyston and
!l. Il..Inan. WolcQiL and George. ..4s;g- - :.
5'l.. ANALYSIS Oh THE VOTE.
a. an analysis Of the final vote shows
I,e Ia me a111rmative was cast by So Re.
puDllcans, silver Republicans--1on
or Nevada, and Mantle and ono Demo,
cra.s-Mctnery. ~. Total, IS.
AWe negative vote was cast nv o.
Icamso II1e,norra.s, Two Populists-Ha.ris, Of
Puoilcan-Cannon. Total 2S
Eight Republicans were n,iral r.,
the Bill and eight Democrats aaai,sl ~ ;,
me senators present and no, yotinw
were: PoDul!sts five, viz: Aunn D.
ler' Heitficld, Kyle and Stewart. e;iI !
Esr republicans two, viz Teller ana
Pettigrew "!i|'
Following the passing Of iha bi, :,
resolution was agreed IN oeI,i,o ~ .
I1ouSe Tor u conference, and SGrato,,s
AillSon. Afdrdh, Platt, of C0nucrtic,,t.
HuIroWs, Jones. Of Nevada; Vest. Jrmcs
OF arkansas, and White, were named az
oonierees ON the part OF The Senate
HISTORY OF THE DEHATr,
The tariff bill debate besnn IN ,1o,.
1otil. on which day Mr. Aldrich IN bn,
nt!L oi the Finance Committee made
uie opening statement on the bill I'M =
astual consideration Of the bin ba,raT
.te next day, May 2Gth, when schedIIln
NJ suing 70 chemicals. was taken 1lp.
~ LII depthte has been continuous since
Tnen. covering six weeks ana one day
-, lfas bcen notable in some resDacts
althouSh 1T has lacked MANY OF ,hn
dramatic and oratorical features mark :
Ais past debates. From the outset The
nuvoGateS OF the bill lefnincd from set
speeches, and the discussion was mar
ToWed 70 consideration of rates and
sShedu!es, rather than general princi-
pes. MI. -Aldrich'S illness took him from
tne chamber after the first day an,t since
thnen the bill has been In Immediate
S,.arse ta o1 Nr' Allison. the opposition
nus been directed in the main by MI
Jones. Of Arkansas, and Mr.. Vcst of
Allssotlrl. while Senators White. Catfray.
1TuS ana Allen have frequently Icu,.r6
IN tne debate. The bill as it goes back
60 the House re-enacts the anti-trust
section OF the Wilson act, while Tho ,r-
eplocity and Tetafiatory provisions are
substitutes for those OF the House ono
OF the most important new provjsion.;
Iuoed by the Senate is that placing n
stamp tax on bonds, debenturcs and cor
tifcates Of stock.
Aside from these important chanres
the bill as 1t goes back to the Uo1,sn
mas Sii amendments, OF various degree (
~ Importance, which must lie reconcilcH
petWeeii tne Two branches OF Congress
Soon after the Senate convened = "a
neWa! or attention to Spanish Cuban q r.
TaTs was promised in a report made bv
MI. Lodge, OF Massa chlisetts, from tho
Committee on Foreign A fairs. II recitos
wrongs and injuries inflicted ON Aurc,Ist
soften and Gustave Richelieu, at san
tlaEo de Cuba, In 1895, the unayai]inr do
mands of the United States Goyernment
on Spain for indemnity and then en-
powers the President "to take such
measures as in his Judgment may be
necessary to obtain indemnity from
the Spanish Government for the WRONGS
ana injuries, etc. and to secure this
end ne IS authorized and requested to
to employ such means or exercise s,,c,h
power as may be necessary
Mr.. Lodge gave notice that he would
call UP the resolution Immediately after
the tariff bill was disposed Of.
The tariff bin was taken up and Mr.
Allison proceeded to perfect It's phra
seology.
Mr.. Stewart, of Nevada, proposed an
amendment limiting the Treasury re-
serve TO sl0o, 600, 900 and providing that
when an excess Of S., 600. 600 was reached
then the Secretary of the Treasury shall
purchase aeld retire United States bonds