New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25
END OF THE TARIFF BATTLE.
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majority In favor of concurrence being exactly
the same as that cast for the passage of the bill
itself on July l. Only sxy-eight Senators
recorded present and vo,ing on July I, as
against seventy to-day; but the rollca this
afternoon showed practically the same division
on party lines as did that of seventeen days
ago. Only two changes OF attitude--One
neutralizng the effect of the other-were
developed by to-day's baotng Mr. Heit-
field. a Popust from Idaho, who declined
to vote July Z arranged a pair to-
day against the conference report Mr. Stew
art. Of Nevada. another Populist present and not
voting on the other rocall, joined the Repubi-
cans this afternoon in sustaining the agreement
reached by the conferrces
OF the forty votes in favor Of the conference
report. thirty-seven were cast by Republicans,
one 10y a Democrat. Mr. McFnery. of Louisiana;
| one by Populis Mr.. Stewart. of Nevada, and
one by Silverite. Mr. Jones. of Nevada. Mr..
Mantle, OF Montana, another Silverite, was
paired i'm favor of concurrence. OF the thirty
votes east to reject this report, twenty-nine
| given by Democrats and one came from a Popu-
| list-Nr Harris. of Kansas one Sverite, Mr..
| Canon. of Utah, and one Popust, Mr.. Ieitfeld,
| of Idaho. We're paired against the agreement.
| These five Silverites and Popuists refused to so
| on record either for against concurrence: Pet
| tigrew of South Dakota: Teller, of Colorado;
| Allen Of Nebraska; Butler. Of North Carolina,
and Kyle, Of South Dakota.
THE VOTE IN DETAIL.
| The vote in detail on concurring in the confer
ence agreement. with the pairs. was as follows:
Ayes-Messrs Aldrich. Allison, Baker, Burrows
| Carter, Clark Davis. Deboe. Elkins. Fairbanks
Foraker, Frye. Gallingcr Gear, Hale, Llansbrough
Emery Mcmillan Mason. Morrill,. Nelson Penrose
Perkins plat ban Ra1 81 5 PRa4 ste@ar
Thurston. Warren and Wetmore-iO.
ton' MoeS cldY '1' cockre. % panel Faulkner Gorman
| Harris. Jones Nrk), Lindsay; Mallory, Martin
Roach. RRch smith. Tillrnan Turley, Turner Turpie
| Vest. Walthall and White-3o. ., -. Ca. -.
and ne the toiiGW'lS last aealnst the bin
Chandler with Cannon, Cul3m With With Gray Tray
| ington with McLaurin, Mantle with henney ana
Wilson with fIetfed.
The Senate galleries were flied for an hour
| or two before the vote with what seemed, for
midsummer, a highly impressive gathering of
| spectators and there some applause when
| the Vice President announced the Senate's APP
proval Of the conference committees work.
The general feeling was. however, one Of lassi-
tude. tempered with profound relief that the
| end Of a long and trying political contest had
! finally come
| however. as was recently pointed out, that
which has lust become law has the CANT
! let of the two houses with extraordinary ease
! and expedition. The Dingley bill was taken up
! in the House of Representatives a day or two
| after Congress assembled on March II. and was
! passed. after two weeks Of debate, on March 81
! As amended by the Committee on Finance 1t
was reported to the Senate on May .. Its con-
| sideration was formally begun on May -. and
| It passed the Senate on July Z, so that it re-
mainod under discussion in the deberative
| branch exactly six weeks and two days.
Twelve days-from July to July 19-were
| spent by the conference committee In reaching
and reporting agreement and the conference
report was submitted to the House of Repre-
| sentatives on Monday last, and concurred in at
| n single sitting Only five additional days were
consumed in reaching final vote in the Sen
ate The Dinglcy bill has become law, there
! fore. a little more than four months from the
day 1t was reported to the popular branch Of
! Congress.
| In 1894 although Congress met in December
| 1893. the Wilson bill did not pass the House
| until late in January and It's passage was de-
| layed in the Senate until July 3. 1t was again
held up" in conference committee. and did not
become a law until the closing days Of August
| The Mckinley bill Of 1SS9-'90 did not pass the
| House until May. and the Senate until Septem-
| ber and did not become n law until the first
week in October
CLOSE OF THE EXTRA SESSION.
The first or emergency session of the LVth
| Congress. which began March - last. came
! to an end at o'clock to- night. The Tariff BILL
which the two houses had been called together
to frame, having become a law few hours
earlier. the purpose Of the extraordinary ses-
sion was evidently held by Republican senti-
ment in both branches to have been fairly full
filed. For although the President sent to the
dissolvlng legislative branch an appeal to pass
a currency commission bill before finally ad-
| journng and the House Of Representatives
the single chamber under Republican control
responded by Immediately enacting the legisa-
ton desired. opinion generally among the Re
publican managers at the Capitol sanctioQed the
postponement of all other legislative prkblems
| until the reassembng Of the two houses in
regular session next December
The House OF Representatives. had in fact,
passed an adjournment resolution before the
! Presidents Currency Commission message had
been dispatched from the White House to the
! Capitol. and the Senate. though 1t had not yet
accepted the Houses suggestion for an imme-
date dissolution. when the message was laid
before it adhered with practical unanimity to It's
an end. Both branches consequently dispersed
Currency Commission bill in the custody OF the
| Senate Commission on Finance. which viii have
an opportunity to act upon 1t at leisure at the
| next regular session.
The Senate had exhausted itself in the effort
|