The Green Forest tribune., 1909-08-13
TAFT SIGNS
 TARIFF BILL,
 NOW \ LAW
PRESIDENT BUSHES TO CAPITAL THROUGH A STORM IN HIS
 AUTOMOBILE.
ALDRICH WHIPS 47 |NTO LINE
After Senate Passed Measure by a Vote of 47 and 31 the Concurrent Resolution Relating to Leather
 "Joker" Was Adopted.
< CHRONOLOGY OF THE * pANME TARIFF AM.


 CHRONOLOGY OF THE PAYNE TARIFF LAW. March 4, 1909, President Taft called an extraordinary ses- * sion of congress to revise the tariff. March 15-Congress convened. * @ March 1S-Chairman Payne, of * the house ways and means # committee introduced a pro * visional bill. * April 10-House passed bill and transmitted it to the senate. April 12-Senate began consid- eration of the measure. < July S-Senate passed bill with * % S47 amendments. July 9-Tariff question shifted from both houses of congress * ard ccnt to conference com " HIetce.
 July 29-Conferees, reached x agreement, and it was signed * < and reported to the house. * July 31-House adopted confer * ence report and passed bill. August 5-Senate adopted con- * ferences report and passed ," e bill
 August 5-President signed tariff * bill
 August 6, 1909, new tariff law * becomes effective. * # * x
 Washington, D. C.-The tariff re vision bill, which will go down in the political history of the country as the Payne-Aldrich bill, is now fact.
 President Taft affixed his signature to the measure, and the long struggle which had been in progress more than four months was over.
 After the senate had passed the bill by a vote of AT to 31, and also put through the concurrent resolution fix ing the leather schedules, the latter went to the house, where it was greet ed with applause and soon adopted, receiving the signature of Speaker Cannon.
 Senate Vote, AZ to 31.
 The Payne-Aldrich tariff bill as re- ported by the conference committee and already adopted by the house, was passed by the senate by a vote of 47 to 31.
 The Republicans who voted against the report were as follows:
 Beveridge, Bristow, Clapp, Cum mins, Deliver, LaFollette and Nelson.
 The vote:
 Yeas-Aldrich, Borah, Bourie, Brad ley, Brandeger, Brown, Bulkley, Bur- kett. Burnham, Burrows, Burton, Car ter, Clark of Wyoming, Crane, Craw- ford, Cullom, Curtis, Depew, Dick. Dixon, Dupont, Elllins, Flint, Frye. Gamble, Guggenheim, Hale, Hepburn, Johnson, Jones, Kean, Lodge, Lori mer, McCumber, Oliver, Page, Pen rose, Perkins, Pyles, Root, Scott, Smith of Michigan, Shoot, Stephen son, Sutherland, Warner and Wet more, Republicans.
 Nays-Bacon, Bailey, Bankhead, Chamberlain, Clay, Culberson, Daniel, Fletcher, Foster, Frazer, Gore, Hughes, McLaurin, Martin, Newlands, Overman, Painter, Rayner, Shiveley, Simmons, Smith of Maryland, Stone, Democrats Beyeridge, Bristow, Platt Cummins, Deliver, LaFollette and Nelson, Republicans.
 Taft Returns to White House in Gale,
 A fierce thunder storm broke over the capital immediately after the president signed the tariff bill. On his return to the white house his automobile ran through a perfect gale.
 Having completed it's work after having been in special session since March IS, both houses in the after noon voted to adjourn sine die at o'clock, sending Senators Aldrich and Daniels and Representatives Clark Payne and Fordney to the White mouse to notify the president of theil decision.
 Both Houses Adopt "Joker" Schedule The concurrent resolution making reductions in the leather schedules then was taken up by the senate and adopted unanimously. The resolu l tion was then sent to the house. Almost every member of the lower body was in his seat and the debate I WAS shlieff short t. .ff T lie resolution received an almost unanimous viva voce vote | and imediately was sent to Presiden | Taft for his signature.
 The house showed the clock ahead and adjourned sine die at 53S. A motion made by Aldrich to iaA | the Culberson free bagslns amend ment on the table was carried a3-26. | The house referred the McCumbel | joint resolution, amending the draw back provision of the tariff bill to the | Committee on Ways and Means l where it will sleep until next viutar.