The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-13
TARIFF BILL SIGNED
AND IMMEDIATELY
WENT into EFFECT
TAFT ATTACHED HIS SIGNATURE
AND PAYNE BILL WAS LAW
or LAND.
PASSED SENATE BY VOTE ALTO 81
Republicans Voted Against The
Measure And MeEnery Was Paired
For 1.-THE President Was Greatly
Pleased.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-The
pavne-Aldrich tariff bill was signed
nv President Taft in the Presidents
room of the senate at five minutes
after 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon,
and at the extraordinary session Of
the sixty-first congress stood adj
iourned without day. Three hours
earlier the conference report on the
bill had been adopted by the senate
BY vote of AZ to 81.
Seven republicans who have come
to be know as "progressiyes" voted
against the bill, and one democrat,
McEnery of Louisiana, was paired in
favor of it. The new tariff rates will
be applied to all imports beginning
today.
President Taft issued a statement
expressing his satisfaction with the
new tariff and a love feast was held
in the White House Thursday night.
The seven senators, republicans,
who voted against the bill were: Bev-
eridge of Indiana, Bristow of Kansas,
Clapp and Nelson of Minnesota, Cum
Minis and Dolliver of Iowa, and La
Toilette of Wisconsin. There was no
motion to recommit the measure. The
vote acme on the motion to agree to
the conference report, and in accord |
ance with a previous agreement was
taken promptly at 2 O'Clock.
By the terms of the act it will go |
into effect the day after its pas
sage as to all the paragraphs in the
bill except those otherwise specially {
provided for. Among the provisions
in the last mentioned class are the
maximum tariff, which will go into
effect March 80, 1870 the decreased
duties ON leather and the manufac-
tured products of leather which will
take effect October /, 1909. The in
ternal revenue feature, which will not
go into effect until the beginning of
the next fiscal year, and the abroga-
ton of trade agreements with foreign
countries, which will take effect after
notice provided for in the bill. The
longest time given in any case is six
months.
President Taft went to the capitol
al Is minutes before o'clock to sign
the tariff bill, the Philippine bill and
few other measures that were await
ing his signature.
1t was the first time since he as
sumed his office that he had been
called to make a visit to the Presi-
dents rooms in the capitol building.
He remained there about an hour and
went away Is minutes before congress
adjourned
The President was in happy mood.
He never appeared in better health
and seemed fairly radiant that the
long struggle was over. While wait
ing for the bill to be brought to him
LOT his signature he held reception,
Uelng visited by nearly every SEN
s'or and large number of represen- =
'stlVes from the house-end of the 9
capitol. Vice-President Sherman left y
'he chair and came in to extend his II
greetings. Senator Aldrich came early VI
and later returned in a double official :"
capacity, He came in company with
chairman Payne of the house ways a.
and means committee to witness the -
signing of the tariff bill and also as a.
member of the joint committee OF ~
.ne senate and the house to notify the ~
resident that congress had concluded
rs work and was waiting to hear II I
Ae President had any further COM
uun'cation to make before 1t adj
ned The personal popularity OF
! NPresident with the senators and
representatives of both parties was W
Ieafly demonstrated The express st
IONS of both republicans and demo OF
rats We're all kindly. ne