Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-06
Mining and Financial News
TARIFF BILL
 PASSES SENATE
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(Continued from Page One) | Fletcher of Florida was telling the pres ident good bye. The Floridan was dis missed with "Good by, old pineapples, take care of yourself
 The president tried to mollify Sen ator Warren for his disappointment over free hides and he greeted Senator Hepburn, who said on the floor today that no rate in the bill was too high to suit him, with "IIow are you, old | high tariff?''
 When the committee of the senate and house appointed to inform the pres ident that the extraordinary session was ready to adjourn called at the president s room, the bill had not been signed.
 Well, l have not signed the bill yet, said the president "Do you think I ought to adjourn congress be- fore sign it9''
 The announcement had been made by Aldrich on the theory that nothing stood in the way of adjournment. There had been good deal of talk about the possibility of veto
 Everybody in the room caught the significance of the president s jocular. | ity.
 "I certain> z not," hastily replied |'Aldrich.
 The delay in laying the bill before the president was due to Representa- tive Payne's desire to convey the docu ment to the president personally. Al ter signing the general tariff bin, Taft signed the Philippine tariff bill.
 The president picked up the mother of pearl pen which had been sent him from the Philippine Islands to he used in signing this measure. He wrote his name with flourish not in evidence when he signed the general tariff bill.
 The president left the capitol at $50 to return to the White House through a driving storm.
 The signing of the bill had been pre- eeded by busy day both in the White House and the senate.
 Meeting at 10 O 'clock, the senate de- voted four hours to final debate on the measure. At ? o'cloek vote was taken on the adoption of the conference report. The senate then adopted Al drch's concurrent resolution providing for the reduction of duties on various leather manufactures to meet the views of the western senators who have been defeated in their efforts to retain pro- tection for hides.
 McCumber s resolution providing for an additional rebate of regulations for the bill, and amended at the instance of McLaurin to include a provision for free cotton bagging, was adopted with out division.
 Six o'clock was agreed upon by the two houses as the hour for final ad journment The senators lotered about until the arrival of the hour
 A resolution offered by Culberson, expressing the appreciation of the sen ate for the able and impartial manner in which the vice president presided over that body, was adopted
 sherman thanked the senators for the courteous treatment extended him. Wishing the senators a happy return to their homes, he declared the extra ordinary session of the sixty-frst con- gress adjourned without day.
 The house devoted the last day of the special session to perfecting the tariff bill and. transacting mass of routine business. The speaker announced his committee appointments and they were received with varying degrees of satisfaction.
 A concurrent resolution amending the leather schedule tariff bill was adopt ed without dissenting vote The McCumber McLaurin resolution revis- ing the drawback provision and plac- ing cotton bagging on the free list and previously adopted by the senate, had no such luck.
 On the claim of Chairman Payne that it was not in order, it was referred to the committee on ways and means. A half hour remained before the ap- pointed hour for adjournment and the time was dragging so heavily that by direction of the speaker, the hands of the clock were set ahead twenty-five 
 Before the adjournment hour, Speak CT Cannon thanked the members for their service during the session.
 The members did not indulge in the usual hilarity which marks the close of a session, and they filed out solemn ly.
 TAFT MAKES STATEMENT
 WASHINGTON, August 5-Presi. dent Taft, tonight, gave out state ment embodying his views on the new tariff act. The statement in part says:
 "I have signed the Payne tariff bill because l believe it to be the result of | sincere effort on the part of the repub-