The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-06

of the special session to perfectiny
the tariff bill and transacting q mass
OF business. Speaker Cannon an
nounced his committee appointments,
and they were received with varying
degrees of satisfaction.
The concurrent resolution amending
the leather schedule OF the tariff bill
was adopted without q dissenting vote
after II had been discussed for little
over half an hour. No such good luck.
however, befell the McCumber- McLau-
rim resolution. revising the drawback
provision and placing cotton bagging
on the free list. which mad been pre-
viously adopted by the Senate. on tbs
claim of Chairman Payne that 1t was
not in order. II was consigned to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
1t was but q few minutes before 6
o'clock when Mr.. Payne's resolution
fixing D. m. as the hour for adjourn
ment sine die was adopted.
Members Leave House.
While the committee appointed to
notify the President that the House
was ready to adjourn was performing
that duty, there was such an exodus o.
members from the chamber that the
attendance dwindied away to mere
corporars guard.
A half-hour remained before the ap-
pointed hour Of adjournment and the
time was dragging SO heavily that by
direction OF the Speaker, the hands OF
the clock were set ahead twenty-six
minutes.
Before adjourning the House, Speak
or Cannon, with the members standing
with their hats In their hands, made Q
neat speech in which he thanked them
for their service during the special
session. Upon it's conclusion, he got a
round of applause from both sides
The Speaker said:
l II desire to thank the members OF
the House of Representatives for ef-
ficient and faithful and, In my tudg-
ment, wise service during this special
session of Congress Representing az
we do. In the aggregate, 9o,ooo,00 peo'
pie, scattered as the population IL from
the Atlantic Ocean to the Golden Gate
and from the Northern boundary to
the Southern boundary, producing az
we do one-third of all the products OF
all the civilized world, 1t Is but natural.
when the chosen representatives Of
the great body OF the people come to-
gether with varying interests. with vir-
lie constituencies, that they should
disagree as to the proper policies that
should govern the enactment Of leRis-
lation. Out Of that disagreement comes
compromises.
THE majority Is responsible from
time to time for our legislation. We
have performed our duty to the best OF
our ability At times the contests have
been warm. but there is one good thing
about representing the American popp-
lation. when the contest is over ana
the legislation is complete, unless II
is quite OBJECTIONABLE the people OF the
country conform to the provisions OF
the legislation and we move on. And,
as representatives, whatever the con-
tests have been, the feeling passes
away when the contests are over.
81 thank you, and as the hour has
arrived for adjournment, wishing you Q
safe Journey to your respective homes
health and a safe return. nothing Is
left for me, under the provisions of the
concurrent resolution, but to declare
the first session OF the Sixty First Con-
gress adjourned without day."
The actual time of adjournment was
5:ss D. m. The members appeared too
tired to indulge In the usual hilarlts
which marks the close of session, ana
they filed solemnly out, exchanging
here and there a goodbye and pes'
wishes for a pleasant vacation
Following is the vote on the tarin
bill:
Yeas-AIdrich, Borah, Bourne, Brad
ley.I Brandegee, Brown, Buckley. Bur-
kett, BuN imam, DuEEoha, Dt'tou' 1922
clark (wyo.l. Crane. Crawford, Full
ton, Curtis pepew. Dick, Dixon pu-
pont Elkins. Flint. Frye. Gamble, Gug-
eenheim, Hale, Hepburn, Johnson.
Jones, Kean, Lodge, Lorimer. Mccum-
J Der, oliver, Page, Penrose, Perkins,
! Piiee, Root. Scott. Smith (Mich.3;
Smoot, Stephenson. Sutherland. War.
ner, Wetmore-47.
Nays-Bacon. Bailey Bankhead, Bev.
eridge, Bristow, Chamberlain, Clapp.
| Clay, Culberson, Cummins. Daniel, Dol
liver. Fletcher, Foster. Frazier. Cora
Hughes, Lafollette, McLaurin, Martin.
Nelson, Newlands. overman. Paynter,
Rayner, Shiveley. Simmons, Smith (Mr)
Smith Is. Co.. Stone. Tallaferro--si.
Senator McI1nery ia. }, Democrat,
| who was absent, was paired for the
bill He was the only Democrat favor
| ing the measure.
President Taft issued q statement to-
night subsequent to signing the new
| tariff BILL declaring that while tbs
mesure is not by any means perfect IT
Is a sincere and honest effort to carry
out platform pledges and embodies .
real revision downward.