Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-07-29
IT Is NOW A LAW
suE PRESIDENT AFFiXES HIS SIG
NATURE TO THE TARIFF BILL.
rAe senate Passes the ni'' By . Vote
Al 20 3O-The Currency Gem
mission Message Sent to Congress
The House Passes such a Meas
.re and the Senate SENDS 1t to
Sc Finance COMMITTEES - Both
,.e. Adjourn Sine DIE.

u~.sbjngton, July 26.-The extra ses-
-. ~ congress wound up It's affairs
WA Va adjourned Saturday. The tariff
s sM q signed by the president and Is
mn ] law: the president sesnt to o n
W. a special message urging legisla-
ssa authorizing the appointment Of a
1srency commission, In responses to
ur,ob the house passed the stone bill,
wsicb was sent to the sesnate and
W. referred, together with the pres
iaants message, TO the nnance COM
nittee. Speaker Reed appointed h
snrsp committees, and at o p. IN. con-
srsss adjourned sine die.
The conference report on the tariff
a., was adopted by the senate n few
u%Iaates after 8 o'clock. The bill was
s,snad at once by the vice president
"a tho sneaker OF the house, and was
shnn dispatched to the White House.
A. 4O President Mckinley attached
"a sionature to the bill and it at once
became a law.
The signing Of the bill vas an inter-
sang event, 1t had been arranged
mai The president should 60 to the
,anItola TO perform that function, but
sr,ng TO uncertainty rs to the time
|,hat the bill would be ready the plan
|xas abandoned. The members of the
cshlnet who are In Washington were
IL attend the president to the capitol
IA witness the even, but were notified
N the change In the programme and
eame to the White House at 1870 and
assembled with the president In the
FabInet room. Mr.. Porter, the presi-
Eents secretary. was sin constant COM
uunIcation with the capitol by tele-
None. so that he was able to advise
be president promptly of the starting
the bill from the house for the
Mite House.
A few moments before 4 o'clock Rep
sentative Dingley appeared, con
anled by Representative Hager,
hartman OF the house committee on
hrOlled bills. Mr.. Hager, by virtue OF
Is Office, held the tariff bill closely in
and, but not for a moment did Mr..
bingley lose sight of the famous docu-
keni which has made his name known
all parts OF the world. They were
United at once into the presence OF
II r. Mckinley. The latter was sitting
eetyquletly at the long cabinet table
It'll Secretary Gage and Attorney
" bneral Mckenna on one side and
bStmaster General Gary and Secre-
q y Wilson on the other. He rose and
peted Mr.. Dingley and Mr.. Hager
"a trlally and proceeded at once 10 the
a kTk OF approval. Mr.. Porter turned
y the last sheet of the bill and laid
~ document before the president.
F. hah oarnra Aln - A.
~ |ners OF which begged might be used
Is sign the tariff act. But Mr.. Dingley
vM FIpectedly taking n case from his
net produced a beautiful mother OF
VA III handled pen, dainty enough for
hdy's use, and requested that II be
Tor the signature. The president
IL m fOsnized the right of Mr.. Dingley,
9 in ogh he laughingly commented on
ldlminutiye size of the pen. Dipping
peep into the ink well he steadily
NJ ended his signature to the bin,
"A a ga the date. and wrote July oath,
fOMS loved," and the bill was an act.
Bed lere was a burst of applause from
VOID y SPECTATORS. Every one In the room
! 40 ~ the president was standing,
!. ssa several OF the spectators were
ns VI PVs. As The president dropped the
nats Attorney General Mckenna,
NIB top pcag at the clock on the mantel,
kaiSed: ut is just four minutes
= ioclock." Then a thought sud
occurring to him, he added;
= blngley, we stood together In
tu way at the signature Of the Nc
%, N ey tariff act
LAY was at the capitol, however,"
y Nj. Dingley.
ithcS PRESIDENT arose and congratu-
y Dingley on the successful
u his long task and the MEM
Tue cabinet did likewise. MI.
no asH himself acknowledged the
,.cd soruS' n after putting his pen
e~arefully away left the room,
ence = ceremony was Mt an end.