The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-25
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Closing Debate on the Tariff BilI-NO
Action on the Currency Message.

Action on the MeSSo&Gs
WASHINGTON, July 24-The tariff bill
passed its last legislative stage at p m.
to-day, when the Senate, by the decisive
vote of 40 to 80, agreed to the conference
report on the bill The announcement of
the result was greeted with enthusiastic
applause by the crowded chamber. This
closed the great labor for which the Fifty
fifth Congress assembled in extraordinary
session, and, after stubborn resistance. at
times threatening a deadlock the Senate
concurred with the House in a resolution
for the final adjournment of the session at
8 O'Clock tonight. The Presidents message
for a currency commission was received by
the Senate, but the House bill creating a
commission was not acted upon. Thus the
closing day was prolific of a series of mo-
mentous events, each of which, alone
would have been of extraordinary interest.
Although the result of the vote on the
tariff report was foregone conclusion, yet
this did not abate the eager interest at
tached to the close of a great contest
Early in the day the debate was listless
though enlivened at times with virulent
criticism by Mr.. Allen and by speech from
Mr.. Burrows, of the finance committee.
Messrs. Cafery, Morgan and Stewart oc-
cupied the time up to o'clock, when the
vote was promptly taken. Then
came long parliamentary battle
over final adjournment. The opposi-
ton endeavored to secure a point
by compelling a vote on laying the Presi-
dents message before the Senate, and, sue
ceeding in this, attacked the majority for
refusing to act on the Presidents recon-
mendation. The main desire of those op-
posing adjournment was to secure a vote
President to stop the sale of the govern
ment interest in the Union Pacific Railroad
For four hours an acrimonious parlia-
mentary contest was waged. Gradually the
tactics of the opposition were. overcome
and shortly before o'clock Mr.. Morgan
withdrew further opposition and the reso-
luton for final adjournment was passed
Complimentary resolutions to Vice Presi-
dent Hobart were adopted, and at o'clock
the final scene was enacted by the formal
adjournment of the session
ALLEN FINISHES HIS SPEECH
Only eleven senators were on hand when
the session opened at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, and several of these busted themselves
with clearing out their desks and prepar-
ing for departure. There no prayer. as
this was recess session from yesterday
Immediately after the Vice President had
called the Senate to order. Mr.. Chandler
moved an executive session. He yielded.
however, to Mr.. Bate who desired to have
a day fixed for euloges on his late col
league Mr.. Harris, Of Tennessee. Jan. 13
next was agreed on, and then, at 10:O5, the
Senate went into executive session
The doors were opened at 1920 a. m and
Mr. Allen resumed his speech in opposition
to the tariff conference report and the bill
in general. BY this time the attendance of
senators had increased to thirty, and the
galleries were filing in anticipation of the
final scene in the tariff contest. Mr. Allen
criticised the effects of the bill on the
farmers. He instanced barbed wire. re-
quired by them for fences, on which they
were placed by the bill at the old-hearted
mercy of the barbed wire trust. How dif-
ferent it was in the case of moneyed aris-
tocracy. 1t was all right. the senator said
ironically, for the sharks and money gam
blers of Wall street to make $32 Geo 00O out
of the sugar schedule since the Dingley bill