The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-15

| possession OF copies of the tariff BIN
as It had beer amended and passed by
the Senate. The secretary of the sem
ate la succeeded In having the bin
enrolled with the Senate amendments
numbered and in shape to be presented
to the House as Dol as IL convened
and Speaker Cannon was informed OF
this fact and presented with q copy OF
the bill by Secretary Bennett, a short
time before the House met.
As presented the bill was a much
more yoluminous document than when
II left the House. 1t contained 4o4 pag-
es Of print In addition to almost 80
pages OF index. There were SAT amend
ments and they were all accurately
numbered, so that in every way the
measure was in proper shape for SON
sideration by the conferees. The
House began to gather In the chamber
an hour or two before the hour for con-
vening, showing an eagerness to get
to work whether in the hope Of making
an early disposition of the bill or out
OF mere curiosity, as one member sug-
gested. to see Just what the Senate
had done to II.
Contrast In Senate.
The scene in the Senate was quite the
opposite. For the first time in months
the Senate had adjourned with the in
tention OF meeting at noon. Since the
tariff bill has been pending the hour OF
converting has been 8, 10 OF 10:3O, and
the chamber of the upper house had
been a scene of activity during the
! early morning hours. Today not only
were there no members In the hall
much before IL o'clock, but there were
very few around the building and even
after the Senate convened h attend
ance was comparatively slender. The
| galleries were deserted Tor h more
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It was precisely 12:0z O'Clock when
Senate Clerk Crockett appeared In
| front of the speakers rostrum and an
| nounced that the Senate had passed the
| tartff bill. He then turned the bulky
| document over to one OF the House Of
| fcials.
H.. Take a Recess
| Two minutes later on motion of Mr..
Payne the House took a recess until
O'Clock to permit the committee on rules
to meet with a view to deciding upon
a course Of procedure to recommend to
the House.
The committee met Immediately and
decided to bring in an order for the
reference of the bill to committee on
conference as required by h Senate,
the House meantime disagreeing to the
Senate amendment. D..
The committee also decided that there
should be a debate of an hour and a
half on this order. The decision is due
to the fact hat there are still some
absent members from the House for
whose arrival the leaders on both sides
prefer to wait before taking a vote.
Text of Resolution.
Following is the text Of the resolu-
| ton decided upon by the committee.
That the House take from the speak
er's table and ~-conc in gross In
the Senate amendments to the house
bill No. 1888 (the tariff bill) and agree
to the conference asked by the senate
on the disagreeing votes of the two
houses, and that a committee of con-
ference be appointed forthwith n said
committee shall have authority to join
| with the Senate committee in n
bering the paragraphs and sections OF
said bill when finally agreed upon. The
hour and a half Of debate 1t was de-
cided should be equally divided between
the two parties.
When the recess had expired Mr.. Dali
zell, of Pennsylvania, Of the committee
on hules, was at once recognized to Of
fer the rule providing for nonconcur-
renee in all the amendments and agree
ing to the conference requested by the
Senate. He supplemented the rule with
a motion for one hour and a half for
debate.
This suggestion was not entirely a C
| ceptable to Mr.. Townsend, of Michigan,
Who wanted the time extended to three
hours, but he did not press his point
| ao5 Nv nol1aIJ'a motion was adODted