The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01
TARIFF BILL PASSED
Continued From First Pare.

been held unconstitutional, levied on
every dollar held on the first of the
preceding January.
Mr.. Richardson commended that the
supreme court decision, in the case in
volving the Wilson law, in which the
opinion Of the supreme court was de-
l1vered by Chief Justice Fuller, de-
c1ded exactly contrary to the conten-
ton of Mr.. Grosvenor. Goods imported
between Aug. l and Aug %, 1894, 1t was
decided, should pay the Mckinley and
not the Wilson rates.
The debate on the amendment was
concluded by Mr.. Bailey who saidI
Mr.. Grosvenor fails to distinguish be-
tween the power of congress to pass
retroactive laws and to put two in
consistent laws in action at the same
time. The proposition Of the ways
and means committee Is that congress
shall have the power to compel the
people of the United States to live at
the same time under two different and
conflicting laws. You propose to put
the people under laws that are yet in
the unfathomable wisdom of the United
States senate"
The debate having been ended, Mr..
GroSvenor proposed an amendment to
the amendment, which was that the
lien imposed on goods by this act Inn
ported between April ! and the enact
ment Of the act, should be only to the
amount of taxes of the duties of this
act over the Wilson act The amend
ment was adopted.
The vote was then taken by the tell
ers on the original amendment fixing
| April l aus the date on which the bill
| was to go into effect and 1t was adopt
| ed--150 to 120.
One of the features Of the closing
| hour was a brief speech by Mr.. White
| (Rep., N. c., the only cOlOred man in
the house, in commentator of the bill.
He aroused his colleagues and the gall
leries to applause by saying the South
ern Democrats had advocated at differ
ent times free trade, free whisky, free
f, silver, free every thing except free
elections and free niggers. In the name
Of 5000 900 of his race, 80 per cent OF
whom were laborers, he Endorsed the
bill
AS the hour for voting neared, the
excitement increased. Fifteen minutes
before o'clock Mr. McMillin CTenn.)
was recognized for five minutes to
close the debate for his side. He
briefly reviewed the extraordinary
methods by which the bill was being
brought to a vote. He charged that
amendments were cut off because the
leaders of the majority feared that they
might be crushed by their own CO.
hortS.
Mr.. McMillin concluded by having
read the words of Speaker Reed then
in the opposition on the occasion Of the
passage of the Wilson law. with
| those words, said he, IT let the bill go
forth to the just eXecration Of a robbed
and outraged people"
Mr. Dingley then took the floor and
closed the debate in a minute
speech. In calm words he spoke of the
extraordinary circumstances which
produced the exigency which congress
had been called in extra session 10
meet. The ways and means committee
/ had labOred faithfully to adjust duties
| to present conditions. There might be
| some little dissatisfaction with rates;
I he assured his colleagues and the coun-
/ try that he felt confident the bill would
! accomplish the purpose for which it
! was framed.
When the hammer fell at exactly
| o'clock the Republicans gave their
! leader ringing round Of applause
which was taken up by the galleries
and continued for several minutes.
| The debate being at an end, the
committee rose and the bill, with the
pending amendments, was reported TO
| the house.
Mr.. Bailey demanded a separate vote
on the amendment fixing tomorrow as
| the date on which the bill shall go into
effect. The other amendments were
adopted in gross with only formal OPP
/ position. A roll call was demanded
on the excepted amendment and it was
adopted 200 to 140. The combined OPP
] EOSIllOH VI IOPullSIS anu
! silverites voted against the amendment
except Mr.. Newlands (Nev.) who voted
| for it, and Messrs Hartman (Silverite,
| Mont); Jones (Fusicnist, Wash);
! Martin Pop., N. CO, and Stroud Pop,
| N c.. who did not vote.
/ The bill was then ordered to be read
third time, after which Mr. Dockery
| offered the motion of the minority to.
recommit the bill with Instructions.
1 The motion was in the form Of a reso-
luton, as follows:
Resolved, That the bill, II. r. 379 be re-
committed to the committee ways and
means, with instructions to report the same
/ back to the house, with amendments, placing.
/ upon the free list all articles manufactured,
| produced controlled by any combination or
/ organization Of persons corporations,
I formed in the United States for the purpose
! of limiting, regulating or controlling the
I supply or price of any such articles, and
! with the further provision that the rates Of
/ duty now prescribed by law shall be levied
and collected on any and all Of such articles
Y when, in the opinion Of the secre airy of the
/ treasury, such articles shall cease to be
4 manufactured, produced or controlled In the
! United States by any such combination or
organization.
Contrary to the general expectation
no point of order was raised against
\ the motion. Mr. Dingley, however,
4 Immediately demanded the previous
question on the motion which was
! ordered and without debate or explana-
ton the vote was taken upon it by yeas
\ and nays. The motion to recommit
was lost 148 to 1856 The Republicans
voted solidly against the motion and
/ the combined opposition, with the ex-
I ception Of Mr. Newlands, for 1t.
The roll call on the passage Of the bill
was then taken and was followed with
4 intense interest. Not a break occurred
in the Republican ranks Five Demo-
crats-Meyer, Broussard and Davey
] Ua.) and Kleberg and Slayden CTex.l
/ voted with tha ma iOritV
Mr.. Howard (Ala.) was the only Pop
ullst who voted for the BILL but
twenty-one Of the Populists, Fusionists
and Silverites declined to record them
selves either way.
Before announcing the result OF the
| vote the speaker directed his name to
( be called
Mr. Reed" shouted the clerk
aye" replied the speaker
The Republicans applauded vigorous
~ and when the speaker announced
the result, Ayes. 205; Nays, 1872; present
and not voting q, and so the bill is
passed" the Republicans rose en- masse
and cheered. The galleries Joined in
the demonstration.
Immediately afterward, on Mr.. Ding,
ley's motion, the house adjourned until
/ Saturday.