The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-13

PRESIDENT BUSHES TO CAPITAL.
THROUGH A STORM in HIS
AUTOMOBILE.
AlDREH WHIPS. II INTO LINE
After Senate Passed Measure by a
Vote of AZ and 81 the Concurrent
Resolution Relating to Leather
"Joker" Was Adopted.

= =
= CHRONOLOGY OF THE :
PAYNE TARIFF LAW. :
= March 4, 1909, President Taft :
= called an extraordinary ses :
sion of congress to revise the :
tariff.
= March 15-Congress convened. :
/" March 1S-Chairman Payne, OF =
= the house ways and means =
= committee introduced a pro- =
- visional bill. ,
= April 10-House passed bill and =
/" transmitted it to the senate. .
: April 12-Senate began consid- =
= Grafton of the measure. .
- July 8-Senate passed bill with :
= 847 amendments. .
- July 9-Tariff question shifted :
= from both houses of congress .
= and sent to conference COM =
. mittee. =
- July 29-Conferees, reached =
agreement, and it was signed "
and reported to the house. =
s July 31-House adopted confer :
= ence report and passed bill. >
= ; August 5-Senate adopted con- :
= ferences report and passed :
= bill. =
August 5-President signed tariff 3
= bill.
= August 6, 1909, new tariff law =
1" becomes effective.
. .
vision bill, which will go down in the
political history of the country as the
Payne-Aldrich bill, is now a fact.
President Taft affixed his signature
to the measure, and the long struggle
which had been in progress more than
four months was over
After the senate had passed the bill
by a vote of AZ to 81, and also put
through the concurrent resolution fix
ing the leather schedules, the latter
went to the house, where it was greet
ed with applause and o adopted,
receiving the signature of Speaker
Cannon.
Senate Vote, ~ to 81.
The Payne-Aldrich tariff bill as re-
ported by the conference committee
and already adopted by the house,
was passed by the senate by a vote
Of Al to 81.
The Republicans who voted against
the report were as follows:
Beverage, Bristow, Clapp, Cum
Minis, Deliver, LaFollette and Nelson.
The vote: .
Yeas-Aldrich, Borah,: Bourie, Brad
ley, B~randeger, Brown, Bulkley, Bur
ter, Clark of Wyoming, Crane, Craw-
ford, Cullom, Curtis, Depew, Dick,
Dixon, Dupont, Elkins, Flint, Frye,
Gamble, G%uggenheim, Hale, Hepburn,
Johnson. Jones, Kean, Lodge, Lori
mer, McCumber, Oliver, Page, Pen
rose, Perkins, Pyles, Root, Scott,
Smith Of Michigan, Smoot, Stephen
son, Sutherland, Warner and Wet
more, Republicans.
Nays-Bacon, Bailey, Bankhead,
Chamberlain, Clay, Culberson, Daniel,
Fletcher, Foster, Frazer, Gore,
Hughes, McLaurin, Martin, Newlands,
Overman, Painter, Rayner, Shiveley,
Simmons, Smith of Maryland, Stone,
Democrats. Beveridge, Bristow, Plat,
Cummins, Deliver, LaFollette and
Nelson, Republicans.
Taft Returns to White House in Gale.
A fierce thunder storm broke owe
the capital Immediately after the
president signed the tariff bill. On
his return % the white house his
automobile ran through a perfect
gale.
Having completed it's work after
having been in special session since
March Is, both houses in the after
noon voted to adjourn sine die at 6
o'clock, sending Senators Aldrich and
Daniels and Representatives Clark.
Payne and Fordney to the White
mouse to notify the president Of their
decision.
The concurrent resolution making
reductions in the leather schedules
then was taken up by the senate and
adopted unanimously. The resolu-
ton was then sent to the house.
Almost every member of the lower
body was in his eat and the debate
was short. The resolution received
an almost unanimous viva voce vote
and imediately was sent to President
Taft for his signature.
The house showed the clock ahead
and adjourned sine die at 5:3S.
A motion made ty Aldrich to lay
the Culberson free bagging amend
ment on the table was carried 4326.
The house referred the McCumber
joint resolution, amending the draw
back provision of the tariff bill to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
where it will sleep until next winter.
Bailey Says Law Robs Consumers.
Senator Bailey of Texas made the
final speech on the tariff bill on be-
half of the Democrats. He aScribet,