Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-12
CHRONOLOGY OF THE

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. CHRONOLOGY OF THE
PAYNE TARIFF LAW. y
. March, 4, 1909, President Taft y
called an extraordinary ses- y
. sion of congress TO revise the .
= tariff. y
= March 15-Congress convened. '
. March 1S-Chairman Payne, of y
= the house ways and means =
= committee introduced a pro- y
. visional bill. y
= April 10-House passed bill and y
q transmitted it to the senate. y
9 April 12.-Senate began consid- .
Grafton Of the mesaure. "
. July S-Senate passed bill with '
. SAT amendments. =
. July 9-Tariff question shifted '
from both houses Of congress y
w and sem to conference COM =
. mittee.
y July 29-Conferees reached "
. agreement, and 1t was signed '
. and reported to the house. "
. July S1-House adopted confer Y
y ence report and passed bill. "
e August 5-Senate adopted con- "
ferences report and passed =
. bill. :
9 August 5-President signed tariff '
bill,
9 August 6, 1909, new tariff law =
. becomes effective.
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Washington.-The tariff revision
bill, which will go down in the polit
cal history of the country as the
P~ayne-Aldrich bill. is nov a fact.
President Taft affixed his signature
to the measure and the long struggle
which had been in progress more thar
four months was over.
After the senate had passed the bill
by a vote of AZ to 81, and also pu'
through the concurrent resolution Fix
ing the leather schedules, the latte
went to the house, where is was greet
ed with applause and soon adopted, re
ceiying the signature of Speaker Can
non.
The Republicans who voted agains
the report were as follows:
Beveridge, Bristow, Clapp, Cum
minis, Deliver, LaFollette and Nelson
The vote:
Yeas-Aldrich, Borah, Bourie, Brad
ley, B~randegee, Brown, Buckley, Bul
kett, Burnham, Burrows, Burton, Ca
ter, Clark of Wyoming, Crane, CraV
ford, Cullom, Curtis, Depew, Dicl
Dixon, Dupont, Elkins, Flint, Frye
Gamble, Guggenheim, Hale, Hepburn
Johnston, Jones. Kean, Lodge, Lor
mer, McCumber, Oliver, Page, Pei
rose, Perkins, Pyles, Root, Scot
Smith of Michigan, Smoot, Stephel
son, Sutherland, Warner and Wetmor'
Republicans.
Nays-Bacon, Bailey, Bankhea'
Chamberlain, Clay, Culberson, DAME
Fletcher, Foster, Frazer, Cor
Hughes, McLaurin, Martin, Newland
Overman, Painter, Rayner, Shivele,
Simmons, Smith of Maryland, Ston
Democrats. Beveridge, Bristow, Plat
Cummins, Dolliver, LaFollette an
Nelson, Republicans.
Although it was nearly seven mi
utes after 5 when the president aft
ed his signature, he added the word
stsigned five minutes after 5 o'cloc
Aug. S, 1909," and appended his IL
tials after these words. Immediate
afterwards he took up a gold and pea
pen, made in the Philippines, and 9
fixed him signature to the Philippil
tariff bill. The pen with which
signed the Payne-Aldrich bill was
fountain pen owned by Chairm'
Payne.
TAFT Returns to White House In Gal
A fierce thunder storm broke ov
the capital Immediately after the pre-
ident signed the tariff bill. On \
return to the White House his aut
mobile ran through a perfect gale.
Having completed its work aft
having been in special session sin
March is, both houses late Thu
day voted to adjourn sine die at
o'clock, sending Senators Aldrich a
Daniels and Representatives Clai
Payne and Fordney to the VIII