The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-08
TARIFF PASSES THE SENATE
TOTE WAS 3s IN FAVOR AND @S
 4GArNSr THE MEASURE.

Large Number of Pairs Announced-sena-
 tor Platt Appointed One of the Senate
 Conferees to Join in a Conference With a
 Committee from the House-Galieries
 Crowded During the Final Debate.
 Washington, July By the decisive vote of 38 to 2S, the tariff bill was pass ed in the senate shortly before o'clock to-day. The culmination of the long and arduous struggle had excited the keenest interest and the floor and gal leries of the senate chamber were crowded by those anxious to wit ness the closing scenes. Speaker Reed, Chairman Dingley and many of the members of the house of representatives were present, while every seat in the galleries save those reserved for for eign representatives, were occupied.
 The main interest centered in the final vote. and aside from this there was little of dramatic character III the debate The early part of the day was spent on amendments of comparatlVeiy minor importance, the depate oraheh- ing into financial and antitrust chan nels. By 4 o'clock the senators began manifesting their impatience by ealing for vote. vote" and soon thereafter the last amendment was disposed Of and the final vote began. There were
 many interruptions and pairs were ar ranged, and then at 4:55 o'clock the vice president arose and announced the pas
 sage of the bill, yeas 3S, nays 2S. There
 was no demonstration, but a few scat
 tered handclaps were given as the
 crowds dispersed,
 An analysis of the final vote shows
 that the affirmative vote was cast by
 35 republicans, ? silver republicans,
 Jones of Nevada and Mantle, and one
 democrat, McEnery. Total 3S. The
 negative vote was cast by 25 democrats, |2 populists. Harris of Kansas and
 Turner, and one silver republican,
 Cannon. Total, 2S.
 Eight republicans were paired for the
 bill and eight democrats against it..
 Those senators present and not voting were: Populists, Allen, Butler, He1t- field, Kyle and Stewart; silver republi- cans, ?, Teller and Pettigrew.
 Following the passage of the Dill a resolution was agreed to asking the house for a conference and Senators Allison Aldrich. Platt of Connecticut.
 Burrows, Jones of Nevada. Vest. Jones of Arkansas and White were named as conferees on the part of the senate. The tariff debate began on May 25. on which day MT. Aldrich, in behalf of the finance committee, made the open ing statement on the bin. The actual consideration of the bill began the next
 day. May 26. when schedule A, relating | to chemicals, was taken up. The de- bate has been continuous since then, covering six weeks and one day It has been notable in some respects, al though it has lacked many of the dra- matic and oratorical features marking past debates.
 From the outset the advocates of the bill refrained from set speeches. and l the decision was narrowed to consid- eration of rates and schedules, rather I than general principles. The opposition l has been directed in the main by MT. 1 Jones of Arkansas and MT Vest. while Senators White, Caffery, Gray and All l len have frequently figured in the de
 bate. The bill as 1t goes back to the | house re-enacts the antitrust sections of the Wilson act, while the reciprocity and retaliatory provisions are substi- | tuted for those of the house. One of the most important new provisions ad- | ded is that placing stamp tax on l bonds. debentures and certificates ol stock Aside from these more import ant changes, the bill as it goes back to | the house has STA amendments of vari- ous degrees of importance, which must 1 be reconciled between the two branch | es of congress.
 The final vote was eagerly awaited The keenest interest was manifest throughout the crowded chamber Ii was 4:37 D. m. when the vice president | announced that the bill was on its 1 final passage and the roll call began | There were frequent interruptions tc 1 the call, and it took nearly twenty min. | utes to conclude it, owing to questions
 over pairs.
 l When Mir. Hoars name was reached | his colleague, MT. Lodge. announced a pair with MT. Harris of Tennessee, pre-. senting written authority from MT Harris to pair him
 | Mir Pasco, who has charge of pairs on the democratic side, stated that al the request of MT. Hoar pair had
 been effected between the Massachu l sets senator and MT Murphy of New | York, and if this was not done the New
 York senator would lose his vote. | MT Merrill said he had arranged MT ! Hoar's pair with Mir. Harris.
 MT. Pettus of Alabama also spoke o1 l having had a pair with Mir Hoar. Out | of it all came much confusion, delay and amusement. It was finally agreed l to let the Hoar-Harris pair stand, an6 | Mir AIdrich who had voted withdrew