The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-06
BOTH HOUSES AGREE TO
RES0LU TI0N ON LEATHER
McEnery, Only Democrat to Favor
Bill.
TariR Act, Specials Autenebfzs
Carries President to the
Capitol to sign I'm
pertant Docs.
ment.

Washington, Aug. 5.--The tarin has
been revised and the extraordinsry
session of Congress has been brought
to close. Both nouses adjourned sins
die oficiaiiy ut 6 o'clock tonight. Tnat
Is the time entered upon the Journals.
but as a matter OF fact, the adjourn-
ment was taken In the house at b:ss
p. m. and In the Senate at s:ss D. nj
The closing hours OF the session were
attended by scenes of q most uninter@
esting character. The revision had
been according TO the desires OF some
and with the hearty disapproval %
others. and the last two days had been
consumed By members OF the Senate In
expressing their satisfaction or dts
satisfaction. a. the case might be.
The conference report on the bill wss
agreed to by the Senate by a vote %
a to 81, when the vote was taken ae
2 p. m. and soon afterward the con-
current resolution making certain
changes In the leather schedule was
adopted by both houses.
President Taft arrived at the Capt.
toll at 4:46 p. m. and entered the room
set aside for the occupation Of the
President on the concluding day Of
session OF Congress.
TAFT as Capitol.
His appearance there, the frsx
since his incumbenoy as President.
caused members OF Congress TO desert
the chambers and form In line 70 be
received by him. There was con-
slant procession Of hand-shaking
statesmen through the Presidents roorn
| from the time Of his arrival until hia
| departure At s:so o'ciock.
Just as the hands OF the gold clock
In the Presidents roem reached six
/ - q pa go ~
| as the measure viii be known. wa1
laid before tine President. He picked
| up pen supplied by Chairman Payne
| Of the House Ways and Means Com
| mittee, and which had been used By
| both the Vice President and the
| Speaker I'm signing the bill. and at
tached his signature.
After writing william II. Taft.H
the President added.
Signed Ave minutes after o'clock
Aug. s, 1909.-W. II. t."
Bending over the President az he
afixed his signature were Secretary
| Knox, Secretary Macveagh. Attorney-
General Wickersham. Postfnastsr- 0en-
eral Hitchcock. Secretary NaEei ans
| Secretary Wilson. Standing about the
table were Senator Aldrich. Represents
| tive Payne and many other membarA
OF the Senate and Hous.
Payne Gets the Fen.
Mr.. Payne stood with hand extended
waiting TO reoeive the pen with which
| the bill was signed. He took IL with
an expression OF boyish giee over
| spreading his face. Another pen was
handed to the President and he wrota
the word Approved" and handed this
| pen TO Representative langley OF ken-
| lucky.
A number of Interesting incidents
| occurred in the Presidents room peud-
ing the signing of the tariff bill. A.
| the Senators, one after another, nte0
| into the room, the President had some
thing OF q personal nature to say 70
each and good-nature appeared to PC
overlooking. Senator Taliaferro OK
FLORIDA, In q rather plaintivs tone
said!
"Mr. President. surely you are nos
rotnR TO sign that bill with that pine
apple paragraph in it7" He referred
TO the fact that he had got the duty
increased on pineappies In the Senats.
but the advance was eliminated IN
| conference.
what would you have me dor Shall
I strike out pinesppies altogether. Or
iust write In a rate to suit your" ASK
| ed Mr.. Taft. laughingiy.
A short time afterward Senator
Fletcher Of Florida. was telling the
President goodbye. The Fioridian
was dismissed with q "good-oye, oAo
pineapples' take care Of yourself
Tries To RGoIllfy warren.
| The President tried. with his good
nature. to molIify Senator Warren for
his disappointment over the abolition
Of the duty on hides. and he greeted
Senator Hepburn. who said on the
floor today that no rate In the bili
was too high to suit him. with now
| are you, old high tariffT'
| In ike manner other members OF
the Senate and House were twttted
bv the President on their predictions
| or characteristics In these jibes some
OF the cabinet members took part.
when the committee OF the Senate
and House appointed for the purpose
| Of informing the President that the
| extraordinary. session of Congress was
ready TO adjourn. called az the Presl-
dents room. the tariff bill had not
Wei have not signed tho bin yet.''
said the President. do you think that
I ought to adjourn Congress- before
sign itT'
by Mr.. Aldrieh, spokesman for the COM
| mittee, on the theory that nothing
stood in the way Of adjournment.
! There having been q great deal o.
| talk about the possibility OF q veto.
everybody in the room caught the
significance Of the Prosident's pceular
query.
II certainly DO not hastily replied
Senator Aldrlch. and he Joined On the
general laughter.
Payne DssRys BEoceAdan&n.
| The delay IN laying the tariff bIll
before the President was due 70 Repre-.
sentative Payne's desire TO personals
convey the document to the President
Mr.. Payne did not arrive az the Presa.
dents room with the bill until after ]
| O'Clock.
Previous to that time the PresidenI
signed a number Of measures OF com
paratively small Importance and i'm.
mediately after attaching his name q
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