The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-07-08
Scenes Attending the Final Pass
age of the Tariff Bill.
P0PULISTS DO NOT VOTE
Mantle Votes AYE" While Cannon
Votes "No"-Many Amendments
offered But Very Few Al
lowed to Carry.


keenest interest. and the floor and gall
leries OF the senate chamber were
crowded by those anxious To witness
the closing scene. Speaker Reed.
Chairman Dingley and many Of the
members of the house OF representa-
tives were In the rear arena, while
every seat OF the galleries save those
reserved for foreign representatives was
occupied. The main interest centered
in the final vote and aside from this
there was little OF dramatic charac-
ter in the debate. The early part OF
the day was spent ON amendments of
comparatively minor Importance, the
debate branching into financial and
antitrust channels.
BY 4 o'clock the senators began man
ifesting their impatience by calls for
vote. vote" and soon thereafter the
last amendment was disposed of and
the final vote began. There were many
Interruptions as pairs were arranged.
Senator Aldrich withdrew his vote to
pair with Senator Murphy and the vote
stood 3s to 2s. The vote in detail fol-
lows:
Yeas--Allison. Baker. Burrows. Car
ter. Clark, Cullom. Davis. Deboe. Ell
kins. Fairbanks. Foraker Gallinger.
Hale. Hanna. Hawley, Jones (Nevada),
Lodge. Mcbride. McEnery. McMillin.
Mantle. Mason, Morrill,. Nelson, PEN
rose. Perkins. Plat (Conn.), Platt IN.
". Pritchard. Proctor QUAY. Sewell.
Shoup. Spooner. Warren. Wellington,
Wetmore and Wilson'S.
Nay-Bacon, Bate. Berry. Caffery.
Cannon, Chiffon. Clay. Cockrell. Faux
ner. Gray. Harris tKan.r Jones lArkD.
kenney, Lindsay, Mallory. Martin.
Mills. Mitchell, Morgan. Pascoe. Pet
tus. Rawlins. Roach. Turner. Turpie.
Vest. Walthall and Whites.
An analysis Of the final vote shows
that the affirmative was cast by 30 re-
pubicans, two silver republicans.
Jones, of Nevada, and Mantle. and one
democrat. McEnery; total, IS. The neg
ative vote was cast by % democrats,
two populists. Harris and Turner. and
one silver republican. Cannon: total, Is.
Eight republicans were paired for the
bill and eight democrats with them.
The senator's present and not voting
were: populists five, viz, Allen But
Ter, Heitfeid. Kyle and Stewart; two
silver republicans, viz. Teller and Pet
tigrew.
Following the passage of the bill a
resolution was agreed to, asking the
house for conference, and Senator'S
Allison. Aldrich. Platt (Connectlcuo,
Burrows, Jones tNevada), Vest. Jones
(Arkansas) and White were named as
conferees on the part OF the senate.
The tariff debate began MAY %, on
which day Aldrich. ON behalf cf the
finance committee. made the open'ng
statement on the bill. The actual rcr.-
sideration of the bill began the mkt
day. May 26. when schedule \. relating
to chemicals, was taken ip.
N ha IA ha hpatl aanflllIIpl since
then. covering six weeks and one day.
The opposition has been directed III the
main by Jones OF Arkansas and Vest of
Missouri. while Senators White. CAR
fiery, Gray and Allen have frequently
figured In the debate. The bill, as II
goes back to the house. re-enacts the
antitrust sections Of the Wilson act,
while the reciprocity and retaliatory
provisions are substituted for those of
the house.
One OF the most important new pro-
visions added by the senate Is that of
placing a stamp tax on bonds. debent-
ures and certificates of stock. Aside
from these more important changes, the
BILL as 1t goes back to the house, has
S14 amendments of various degrees of
importance which must be reconciled
between the two branches of congress.
The senate met to-day with definite
agreement that the final vote on the
tariff would be taken to-day. At the
request of Pettigrew the official papers
relating to Japan's adoption of the gold
standard were ordered printed as sem
ate document.
The committee on foreign affairs
made report. reciting wrongs and in
juries inflicted upon August Bolton and
Gustav Echelsuit at Santiago de Cuba
in 1895. the unavailing demands OF the
United States on Spain for indemnity,
and then asks the president To take
such measures as in his judgment may
be necessary to secure indemnity from
the Spanish government. and to secure
this end ne Is authorized to employ
such means or exercise such power as
may be necessary.
Lodge gave notice that he would call
up the resolution after the tariff bill
was disposed of. The tariff bill was
taken up and Allison proceeded to per-
feet its phraseology. The section plac-
ing a tax on tea. which had been mad
vertently passed over. was struck out
Allison moved to strike from the fres
list hide cuttings. raw. with or with
out hair. and other glue stock" This
caused conflict. Jones OF Arkansas OPP
posed the change. Thereupon Allison
withdrew the amendment. But Mason
of Illinois vigorously protested against
the withdrawal 1t was agreed TO, 81
to II.
Stewart proposed an amendment linn
iting the treasury reserve to 500. 1900 00'
and providing that when an excess o
s.. .O00.0 600 was reached the secretary o
Z the treasury shall purchase and retir'
I United States bonds to the extent o
more than slO0000.0o0. He spoke al
length on the amendment and agains
the piling up of large sums in the treas
ury. He declared the accumulation u
| vast surplus drawing no interes
while bonds were outstanding drawini
i interest was the genius of imbecility,
I he would not say rascality.
Vest expressed the belief that Their
would he no surplus yielded by the bill
/ In 1875. When protective rates were IN
creased imports decreased and In de
creasing imports the revenue was de
creased. The senator said he did no
see how IL was possible to escape tn
conclusion that there would he a de
ficiency OF from sls.00o.Oo0 TO S2oVoo,vo
under the bill in 1895. The senato
turned his attention To the Dement'S con
ferred by the bill on trusts, ana SUP
mitted a table of 100 trusts WIN IN
tariff duties calculated to benefit each
/. referring 10 Stewards Amendment, Nes