The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-25
Crowded Through the House
Under a Special Reed
Rule.
The Stone Bill Put to Vote After Only One Hour of
Debate and Passed, but the Senate
Failed to Act.

| WASHINGTON, July 24.-The extra
ordinary session of the Fifty-fifth con-
| gress came to an end at precisely 8
o'clock this evening, with the tariff bill
| passed and signed, but without taking
| final action on any bill providing for
| a currency commission. AS soon as
the tariff bill had passed the senate
! and Speaker Reed had affixed his sig
| nature the president sent in his belated
special message urging upon congress
| the necessity for immediate action. In
| the house there was ready response,
| and under a special order, after an hour
| of debate, the Stone bill was crowded
| through. The senate, however, did not
take up the bill, and the action of the
| house Is wasted effort.
| The final session of the house was
marked by many interesting events.
| The spectators who thronged the gal
| leries were treated to continuous, If
not very brilliant fusillade of oratory
| for several hours. The house continued
in session until after the senate had
| adopted the conference report, and one
| minute and thirty-one seconds after the
| house reconvened the engrossed bill
| was SlS lieu dllu OIl lis way W lllt pI
dent The demonstrations which mark
| ed these events were spontaneous and
| enthusiastic in the extreme. The gal
leries played significant part in them.
| When the presidents message came in,
recommending the creation of a cur
rency commission, it was answered by
the Republican leaders with great
promptitude. Considerable feeling was
manifested on both sides. There were
some sharp exchanges and some bitter
ness was displayed. There was, of
course, the usual attempt to make po-
| Iitical capital out of the situation, but
! all realized that the bill would not
pass the senate, and to that extent the
| debate lacked seriousness. Still the Re
| publican leaders felt they were doing
| their duty. When the vote was
| taken the Republicans presented an
| unbroken front with two exceptions,
Mr.. Linney, of North Carolina and Mr..
Mahany, of New York, who voted with
the opposition against the bill, which
was passed by vote of 124 to 49, AS
| the final act of the session, the speaker
announced the appointment Of the COM
| mittees.
| FINAL SESSION.
| When the house resumed its session
today at noon there was general ex-
preston of rejoicing and relief that
| the end was at hand. AS soon as the
speaker called the house to order, Mr..
| Dingley moved a recess until S:3o TINS
afternoon. In reply to question, he
explaied that the senate would vote
| on the tariff conference report at
| O'Clock, and it was important that the
! house should be in session when the
| engrossed bill came back from that
| body A recess was ordered.
| The throngs which had crowded the
senate galleries when the vote was
| taken there at o'clock fiocked over to
| the house side, and the galleries were
packed when the lower branch of con-
gress reconvened at $3.50. Maj. Pruden,
| the presidents executive clerk, an
| nounced a message from the president
| OF the United States, and the secre-
| tary of the senate Immediately after
wards announced the adoption of the
conference report on the tariff bill.
The Republican side of the house
| broke into a storm of applause that
arose and swept the galleries. The bill
was carried to the Speakers rostrum
| and laid on his desk. Private Score
| tary Hines handed the speaker pen,
with which Mr.. Reed Immediately af-
| fixed his signature. All this time the
| Republicans and the galleries con-
| tinued their cheers and applause.
which only subsided after the clerk
| had announced the speakers sigma
| ture.
Mr. Dingley, the floor leader of the
majority. then presented from the
ways and means committee a resolu-
tion for a final adjournment at 9
| made the occasion for two brief
| speeches. Mr.. Wheeler Oem., Ala.)
| described how the Democrats of the
house would be obliged to return to
their constituents with bowed heads
and tell them that the prosperity the
| creased taxation and inability to meet
! their obligations.
Mr.. Grosvenor (Rep, o., in reply,
| said that he deemed this proper oc-
casion to congratulate the country
| and the people upon the auspicious
the history of the brief period since
| March 4, in a disDaSsionate manner.
he declared no candid man would deny
| that there had never been better man
agement of affairs than that of the
| present administration and the two
| houses Of congress. Republican ap-
| plause)
'I believe" said he, that, if we had
not adopted the policy we did in this
house, if we had not displayed the un-
erring and unf11nchlng courage we
| have, this tariff bill would never have
become a law" He said, moreover,
that he believed many Of the other
side were as convinced as those on
his side of the Importance to the pros
perity of the country Of the event the
people would celebrate tonight.
The resolution was then adopted
| without division, and the speaker laid
before the house the special message
of the president, recommending the
| appointment of a currency commission
| It's reading was closely followed and
| literally applauded by the Republicans
| The message was as follows:
MKINLEY'S MESSAGE.
| To the Congress of the United States:
| In my message convening the congress in
! extraordinary session, l called attention to
single subject-that of providing revenue ade-
| quate to meet the reasonable and proper ex-
I penses of the government / believed that
to be the most pressing subject for settlement
1 then. A bill to provide the necessary rev
enues for the government has already passed
the house of representatives and the senate
and awaits executive action. Another uues
| tion of very great importance is that of the
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