New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-08
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THE TARIFF BILL PASSED.
TEN MAJORITY ON THE FINAL BALLOT
IN THE SENATE
THE VOTE WAS IS TO 2s-Two srI.vERITEs AND
ONE DEMOCRAT JOINED THE REPUBLIcANs.
WHILE FIVE roPULIsrs AND TWO Sill
vERITEs REFUSED TO vOTE-LrT-
TIE DELAY EXPECTED IN THE
CONFERENCE CCNNIrr,rr
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.


CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
fBY TELEGRAPH THE TRrBryyl
Washington. July THE Dingey Tariff bill
/ restored in striking measure to the form IN
which II left the House OF Representatives moro
than three months ago. passed the Senate this
afternoon by the significant vote Of 3S TO 2S
That majority OF ten should be rolled I'd for a
strictly Republican piece Of legislation In a body
in which the Republican organization Is admit.
tedly In d minority of two votes night seem to
argue the exercise on the part Of the Republican
managers OF some mysterious powers Of political
legerdemain. Yet skfully have the fortunes
OF the measure been guided in the Senate and
so bungling and ineffective have been the efforts
Of the elements in opposition to combine I'm any
effective warfare on the bill that to-days dect.
sive vote failed TO excite more than the mildest
ripple Of surprise. No party or faction in the
Senate really desired to the bill fail and had
IT been necessary to insure its passage probably
three or four additional votes might have been
drawn 20 its support
EVERY VOTE CAST OR ACCOUNTED FOR.
Every one Of the eighty-nine votes In the Sen.
ate was cast accounted for on the final roll.
call. although for time it looked as II Mr. Muir.
| ply. of New-York would be a sufferer through
/ an awkward tangle In the arrangement OF party
I
the rescue. and although under no obligation to
! Dc so. volunteered To withdraw his own vote so
that Mr.. Murphys could also be made count.
Mr.. Murphy had been paired by Senator Pasco.
the Democratic whip" with Mr.. Hoar. Of Mas
sachusetts but Mr. Hoar had made another ar
| rangement before leaving town. by which he
TO be- paired with Senator Harris. OF Ten
! nessee. Senator Harris's usual pair is Senator
| Morrili. who present at the Capitol and
| extremely anxious To cast his vote for still an
other legislative expression Of the Republican
doctrine FOR which he has battled for more than
a generation. Mr.. Pasco insisted that Mr.. Har-
rls should remain paired with the venerable Ner-
mont Senator. thus depriying him Of the pleas
ure OF participating in the vote. Mr.. Morrill,
stood firm however. for his own Interpretation
Of the understanding between himself. Mr. Hoar
and Mr.. Harris and ultimately cast his vote
thus leaving Mr. Hoar paired with both Mr.
| Murphy and Mr.. Harris. After the roll had
been called. but before the result had been an
nounced Mr. AIdrlch good-naturedly straight
ened out the difficulty by recalling his vote and
declaring himself paired with the absent New
York Senator.
POLITICAL DIVISIONS ON THE VOTE.
The vote on the bill showed interesting
political results Two Silverites-Mr Mantle. OF
Montana and Mr.. Jores of Nevada-and one
Democrat-Mr. McEnery, of Louisiana-actively
aided the Republicans to pass the Dingley meas
IRE. Two Silverites-Messrs Teller Of Colorado
and Pettigrew. Of South Dakota-and Ave Popn-
lists-Alen. of Nebraska Butler. OF North Caro-
lima: Heitfeld Of Idaho; Kyle, OF South Dakota.
and Stewart. Of Nevada-purposely refrained
from voting against the bill. The Democratic
opponents Of the measure We're reinforced by
Mr. Of
Populist-Mr Harris. Of Kansas.
To-day's vote in the Senate showed therefore.
AZ did that in the House OF Representatives
on March 81 that active and organized hostility
in Congress to protective tariff legislation Is
now confined to the Democratic wing OF the
mathematician opposition. and that even In
that wing heterodox protection opinions nave
already made an alarming head The vote In
detail on the passage Of the bill. with the pairs.
was as follows:
Ayes-Messrs Allison Baker. Burrows. Carter.
Clark Cullom, Davis Deboe. Elkns FAIRBANKS
'NeyS Lodge. Mcbride. Mcfnery Mcmillan. Man.
Mason Morr FG1 rfm%fe PrScFor quay
sewell. shcup, spooner. Warren. Wellington Wet
Nays MessTs; Bacon Bate Berry; cansry. Can. Can
Snss G@y 2k Gk kinnay F&%"f nGsay Gry Ma
iiorry Martin. Mills Mitchell. Morgan. Pasco Pet
tus. Rawlns Roach Turner. Turpie. Vest, Walt
ss p Soys vosG r The IN s TnSs Ss
ihe the lsst astnamed against it Adrich and Murphy
Chandler and McI.aurn FRYE ana Gorman nan, Eeat "nt
Harris (Tenn) Thurston and Tillman, Wolcott
and George
PASSED WITH UNUSUAL EXPEDITION.
Compared with the Tariff bills Of other years.
that OF 1897 has run the gantlet of the two
houses with extraordinary ease and expedition
The Dngley bill was taken up in the House OK
Representatives a day ~; two after Congress
assembled on March H. and was passed. after
two weeks Of debate. on March 81. AS amended
by the Committee on Finance it reported
to the Senate on May ). Its consideration was
formally begun on May % so that 1t has been
under discussion in the deliberative branch ex-
actly six weeks and two days. In 1894, al
though Congress met i'm December 1873. the
Wilson bill did not pass the House until late In
January and it's passage was delayed In the
Senate until July 3. 1t again held up In
Conference Committee and did not become
law until the closing days Of August The Nc
Kinley bin of lSS9-90 did not pass he House
mill Nav ard the Senate until September. and
did not become a law until the first week In Oc'
tober
THE OUTLOOK IN CONFERENCE.
The completed measure will now go back to
the House and thence undoubtedly 10 COM
mittee OF Conference. Mr.. Allison made the
usual motion this afternoon for the appointment
Of conferrees on the part Of the Senate. and the
Vice President named these members or the
Finance Committee to represent the senate IN
the coming parley with the House Republicans
-Messrs Allison Aldrich. Platt Of Connecticut.
and Burrows Democrats-Messrs. Vest Jones.
NJ Arkansas. and White. Sverie and Popu-
list-Mr Jones, Of Nevada
The differences between the two houses rad'-
cal and serious at the beginning OF the debate
ON the bill have been greatly miniinized oy a
Wholesale abandonment IN the senate ot 'ne
'ondrnerts prepared by the Committee on
Finance No questions OF party policy are IN
voIved In the disputes over rates which the cons
-. ,nnst aetflr and the task OF ffamlnH