The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-04-03
THE TARIFF BILL PASSED
A SOLID REPUnLICAM worn AIDED
nv A FEW DEMOCRATS.
CR0sing Speeches We're nRaef and
Devoted 10 Contentious of
Party Mature.

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this afternoon. but the galleries were
leading up to the climax or the 10 days
| battle.
Mr.. Dingley and Mr.. Bailey, the oppos-
ing leaders. were In their places when
Speaker Reed called the house to order at
| o'clock. BAR. flchardson OF Tennessee
l called attention to the fact that thare was
manifestly no quorum present. but de-
elined. on account of the brief time re-
manning for the consideration OF the bill,
to make the point.
Paragraph %. making phonactine, etc.,
| dutiable at s cents an ounce. was stricken
/ out. on motiun sar. LlAIzell of Pennsyl-
wanna This sends the articles In the par
agraph to the basket clause making them
dutiable at Is per cent.
Mr.. Grosvenor offered a committee
amendment. which was adopted. making
the rate on dates and eurrants cents a
pound.
Mr.. Devries democrat. OF California;
said. as a representative OF a frutt-grow-
ing district. he favored the amendment
MI GrosVenor then presented the
so much discussion during the last few
days fixing April as the date ON which
the bill shall go into effect. The amend
/ ment in full Is as follows:
Sec G-That all articles mentioned in
the several schedules of this act which
SHAH be imported into the United States
between the lst day of April. 1897, and the
date of the Passage of this act, and which
were not purchased and directed by the
owner TO be shipped for Importation into
the United States by any citizen thereof
prior TO April l. 1897. shall bear the same
duties to be charged upon similar articles
In this act. and such duties are hereby
made lien on such articles wherever and
In Whatsoever hands found. except in the
hands Of persons holding them for final
consumption and have no purpose to sell
or part with the same or any part or
product of the same, and except also In
the hands of persons shown to have OBJ
tained such articles without notice of the
provisions Of the act; and any person, not
final consumer or holder without notice
having obtained an interest in or posses
Sion of any such article or articles so
subject TO duty except as a common car
rier or warehanseman shall be liable
for the payment Of such duties thereon
ana the same may be recovered with
interest. but without penalty. in action or
suit by the United States against such
person or persons in any district or cir
cult court thereof; and all persons liable
under this act for such duty or any part
thereof in respect of any shipment cargo
or lot OF any article or articles may be
Joined on the same action for recovery
without regard TO mutually or nature OF
interest or defenses. and such Joint or
several judgments or DEGREES may be rem
dered therein. including the enforcement
OF any such lien as justice and equity
may require. In every such case the
process OF the court of the district where
the action or suit Is brought. and where
one defendant resides and Is served shall
run to and may be served on any defend
ant in any other district. II Is hereby
made the duty of the secretary of the
treasury to subscribe and enforce suit
able regulations to carry out the provis-
ions OF this section. including the reten-
ton in the bonded warehouses of the
United States or any place where such
goods are deposited OF samples OF such
goods until required for evidence on any
such trial
Fight of No Avail.
The democrats were alert. Mr.. Bailey
Immediately made the point that the
amendment was out OF order. 1t was OBJ
nOxiOus, he said. to the oldest and best
rule OF law that no statute should be ret
roactive.
The parliamentary point Immediately
was raised by the opposition that the
amendment had not yet been ordered read
by the full committee.
In order to avoid any technical trouble
Mr. Dingley withdrew the amendment
and called meeting of the ways and
means committee, whose members filed
out Of the hall. The committee was ab-
sent but few moments. and upon enter
ing the chamber Mr.. Grosvenor again Of
fered the amendment making the bill ef-
fectiye April l.
Mr.. Dockery offered as an anendmen,
provtSo to suspend the duties on arti-
cles controlled by trusts. A point Of or
der made against II after a short dIscus-
sion was sustained by the char
Debate ON the Amendment
Arrangement was made for Is minutes
nRh2fa afA -
amendment. Mr.. Bailey stated that the
opposition was especially anxious to reach
two schedules In the blu. and did not de-
sire to consume more time on this amend
ment.
In opening Mr. Grosvenor remarked
upon the alleged attempts Of the demo-
Gratis TO make political capital out OF o.
tentatious opposition to trusts. In the
pending proposition to make this tariff
bill to 20 into effect April l. no matter
what the date of Its final enactment.
he said two questions were Inyolyed--Its
expediency and its wisdom. That II was
wise he did not think any one would deny.
and he would therefore devote his AT
tention entirely to the question Of its ex-
pediency. As a question Of law his view
was that things not forbidden 70 conKres.
were legal, on conclusions Of Judge Cooley
in his work on constitutional law en-
titled Retrospective Law" In that chap
ter Judge Cooley, he said. contended there
was hO uOuOt VI the power OF the LeRia- i
Iature to enact retrospective legislation IL |
that power was not forbidden. The con-
stituttonal limitation was that congress-
should have no right to pass a bin Of at
tainder or an ex post facto law. and pro-
vided that no state should pass an ex post |
facto law or law impairing the oblIga- |
tons Of contracts. 1t was plain that the /
intended to deny this right
to the states and by Implication retain n
In consrsss- He quoted a decision Of the |
supreme court. made in 1906. in support Of /
his contention. and a decision of the su- /
preme SQUIRT Of Iowa, which held no pro- /
hlbitton against an ex post facto, to the i
effect that a Retrospective law was not /
necessarily an ex post facto law This
law would be Retrospective In that Il
would levy customs duties on merchan-
disc bought and shipped after tomorrow
He declared that II was a liberal proyi-
afoat-
Mr.. Grosvenor's strongest point was
nat In connection with the present tariff
Dill, which bore the date Of August 1. 1894 |
but was not finally enacted until q DAYS |
ater. Although this was unintentional |
he supreme court had held that II was
retrospective. The income tax. although
I had been held unconstitutional mot on
nat point. however,, levied on every dol |
ar held on the first Of the preceding jan
lary. whisky In bond. manufactured I'M
Ter the % cent tax under the operation |
q that BILL, paid % cents additional
Mr. Richardson contended that the su-
IRENE court decision in the case inyolv-
ns the Wilson law. In which the opinion {
y the supreme court was delivered bv |
,hief Justice Fuller. decided exactly con
rary 10 the contention Of Mr.. Grosvenor.
sooos imported between August 1 and
august q. 1894 II was decided. should pay
ne mckinley. and not the Wilson rates, /,
II you are going to make this law take :
meet tomorrow. why not say today7'' de- =
named Mr.. Bland. "OF Uhv mt he |