Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-10
THE BILL PASSED.
The Tariff Measure Gets Through
the Senate by 38 to az.
an ANALYSIS OF The FINAL VOTE.
Tho House Meets and AdJourns Until To-
Opinions Expressed as to When
AN Agreement May Be Ex-
pected on the bill.


passed in the senate shortly before five
o'clock yesterday. The early part of
the day was spent on amendments OF
comparatively minor Importance, the
debate branching into financial and
antitrust channels. BY four o'clock
the senators began manifesting their
impaticnce by calls of "Vote, VOTE
and soon thereafter the last amend
ment was disposed OF and the final vote
began. There were many interruptions
rs pairs were arranged, and then, at
1855 o'clock, the vice president arose
and announced the passage Of the bill
yeas 3s, nays 2S. There was no de-
monstration, but few scattered hand
claps were given as the crowds disap-
pcared. The vote in detail was as fol-
lows;
Ycas-Allison. Baker, Burrows. Carter, Clark.
Cullom, Davis. Dcboc. Elkins, Fairbanks, For
| nkcr Gallingcr. Hale. Hanna, Hnwlcy, Jones
Of Nevada, Lodge, Mcbride, McEncry, McMll-
lin. Mantle, Mason. Morrill,, Nelson Penrose,
Perkins, Plutt OF Connecticut, Plat OF New
York, Prltchard, Proctor, Quay. Scwell, Shoup.
| Spooner, Warren, Wellington, Wctmorc and
| Wilson-3S
Nays-Bacon. Bate Berry. Caifcry, Cannon,
Chiffon. Clay, Cockrell Faulkner. Gray. Har-
| ris Of Kansas, Jones Of Arkansas, Kenncy,
Lindsay, Mallory Martin, Mills, Mitchell. Nor
gan, Pasco. Pcttus, Rawlins. Roach Turner,
| Turpic, Vest, WGlthall and Whites.
An analysis of the final vote shows
that the affirmative was cast by 50 re-
publicans, . silver republicans, Jones
of Nevada and Mantle, and 1 demo-
crat, McEnery. Total, IS. The mega
tive vote was cast by % democrats, .
populists, Harris of Kansas and Turner,
and l silver republican, Cannon. To-
tal, %. Eight republicans were paired
for the bill and democrats against II.
The senators present and not voting
were: Populists, 5, viz, Allen, Butler,
Heitfcld, Kyle and Stewart; silver re-
publicans, ., viz, Teller and Pettigrew.
Following the passage OF the bill n
resolution was agreed to asking the
house for conference, and Senators
Allison, Aldrich. Platt of Connecticut,
burrows, Jones Of Nevada, Vest, Jones
of Arkansas and White were named as
conferecs on the part of the senate.
The house yesterday. by 1874 to
1O4, adjourned until to-day. Mr.. Nc
Millin, of Tennessee, sought to pass
the Cuban belligcrcncy resolution I'M
der suspension of the rules, but the
speaker blandly ignored him and recog-
nized Mr.. Dingley to move an adjourn
mcnt.
OPINIONS ABOUT THE CONFERENCE.
WASHINGTON, July s. The first meet
ing of the conferces on the tariff bill
will be held to-day, rs soon after rep
resentatives of the house are named us
it is possible for them to assemble.
The minority in the house will make
no opposition to the republican pro-
gramme of sending the tariff bill to
conference ut once. Both the DEM
ocrats and populists see that nothing
can be gnined by the interposition of
factious opposition. No definite ar.
rangcmcnt has yet been made Us to the
time TO be allowed for debate when
the bill Is reported back from confer
encc. but little difficulty is anticipated
on this point AS to the length of the
conference there is difference of
opinion among the house conferees.
Chairman Dingley, speaking Of the
conference on the Mckinley bill, said
it lasted two weeks and there were not
rs many vital points of difference be-
tween the two houses then as there are
now. Gen. Grosvenor, on the other
hand, predicts that the bill will be
law week from Saturday II the bill
goes into conference to-day.
The rumor afioat yesterday to the
effect that the house managers had
agreed to accept the bill as 1t passed
the senate and thus avoid all possible
delay is pronounced absolutely with
out foundation. After the bill has
been in conference ~ hours and the
republicans have had an opportunity
TO go over their differences and ascer-
tain the temper of each side with re-
gard to the main points in controversy,
1t will be much easier to prognosticatc
the time which will be required torcach
full agreement. Probably the most
difficult problem the conferees will
have to solve will be the sugar
schedule. The house conference will
make strong stand for the house
schedule, which they claim has been
received with favor by the republic
ans and the republican press Of the
country generally. On the subject of
hides, the house conferees are disposed
to yield, but not to the full extent Of
the duty imposed by the senate. The
senate fixes the duty of 20 per cent. nd
valorcm. Some of the members Of the
house talk Of compromise ut ten per
cent A compromise on wool rates also
appears probable.
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