River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-08-12
TARIFF BILL PASSED.
NOT PERFECT, BUT A STEP FOR
WARD, is TAFT'S CON-
MENT.
CONGRESS CLOSES SESSION
President and Members Leave Capital
for Their Summer Homes-Gore
and johnson Give Opinions of New
Laws Effect.

Observation-Disclosures for veal or
woe, the United States now is under
a new tariff law, the extraordinary
session of congress adjourning Thurs
day evening, after fighting since
March Is over the bill.
The president left Friday afternoon
for the summer White House. at
Beverly, Mass, and all but few of
the members of congress have gone to
their homes. The members of the
conference committee and cabinet
were dinner guests of the president
Thursday night
The conference report on the bill
was agreed to by the senate by a vote
of AZ to 81, and the concurrent resolu-
ton making certain changes in the
leather schedule was adopted by both
houses.
Following is the vote In detail:
Yeas-Aldrich, Borah, Bourne, Brad
ley, Brandegee, Brown, Buckley,
Burkett, Burnham, Burrows, Burton,
Carter, Clark (Wyoming), Crane,
Crawford, Cullom, Curtis, Depew, Dick
Dixon, Dupont, Elkins, Flint, Frye,
Gamble, Guggenheim, Hale, Hepburn
Johnson, Jones, Kean, Lodge, Lorimer,
McCumber, Oliver, Page, Penrose, Per-
kins, Pisles, Root, Scott, Smith mich
igan), Smoot, Stephenson, Sutherland,
Warner, Wetmore-47.
Nays-Bacon, Bailey, Bankhead.
Beveridge, Bristow, Chamberlain
Clapp, Clay, Culberson, Cummins, Dan
iel, Dolliver, Fletcher, Foster, Frazier,
Gore, Hughes, La Toilette, McLaurin
Martin, Nelson, Newlands, Overman,
Paynter, Raynor, Shively, Simmons,
Smith (Maryland), Smith (South Car
olina), Stone, Taliaferro-31.
Senator McEnery of Louisiana
(Dem), who was absent, was paired
on the bill. He was the only Demo
crat favoring the measure.
The bill received all the Republican
votes except those of Bristow, Clapp,
Cummins, Dolliver, La Toilette, Bev-
eridge and Nelson.
The following are the new appoint
ments made by Speaker Cannon for
house committee chairmanShips:
Vreeland of New York, banking and
currency; Rodenberg of Illinois, in
dustrial arts and expositions; Mann
of Illinois, interstate and foreign COM
merce; Weeks of Massachusetts,
post offices and postroads; Alexander
of New York, rivers and harbors;
Parker of New Jersey, judiciary;
Prince of Illinois, claims.
President Taft arrived at the CAPT
tol at 4:45 p. M, and 20 minutes later
signed the bill, which became law
Friday.
Bending over the president as he
affixed his signature were Secretary
Knox, Secretary MacVeagh, Attorney
General Wickersham, Postmaster Cen
eral Hitchcock Secretary Nagel and
Secretary Wilson. Standing about the
table were Senator Aldrich, Represen-
tative Payne and many other members
of the senate and house. Mr.. Payne
got the pen. Taft also signed the
Philippine tariff measure and other
bills.
After signing the tariff bill Presi-
dent Taft gave out statement en-
bodying his views of the new act,
which he designates officially as the
Payne BILL in accordance with past
custom of giving first recognition to
the Trainer of the measure in the
house of representatives
The president declares that, while
the bill is not perfect by any means,
nor "a complete compliance with
promises made, strictly interpreted,
it is, nevertheless, sincere effort on
the part of the party to make a down
ward revision and to comply with the
promises of the platform.
The statement in part follows:
ct have signed the Payne tariff be-
cause l believe it to be the result of
sincere effort on the part of the Re-
publican party to make a downward
revision, and to comply with the
promises of the platform as they have
been generally understood, and as
interpreted them in the campaign be-
| fore election.
"This is not a perfect tariff bill, or
complete compliance with the prom
Uses made, strictly interpreted, but
| fulfillment free fran criticism in re-
spect to a subject matter involving
many schedules and thousands of arti-
cles could not be expected
"The corporation tax is just and
equitable excise measure, which 1t is
hoped will produce a sufficient amount
to prevent a deficit and which, Incl
dentally, will secure valuable stats
tics and information concerning the
many corporations of the country, and
| will constitute an important step
toward that degree of publicity and
regulation which the tendency in cor
porate enterprises in the last 20
years has shown to be necessary"