The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-13
TARIFF BILL PASSES
SENATE BY as TO 81
Ten Insurgents Against One Dem
Ocrat For Measure.
TOBACCO GROWERS TAX LIFTED
Committee Named and the Plan is to
Have Bill Sent to Conference I'M
mediateIySenate Removes To-
bacco Tax

Washington, D. G. The Senate
passed the Tariff bill by vote of As
to "a. Ten Republican votes were re-
corded against the bill and one Demo-
cratic vote for it, The Republicans
voting in the negative were: Beyer-
idge, Indiana; Bristow, Kansas
Brown, Nebraska; Burkett, Nebras-
ka; Clapr. Minnesota; Crawford,
South Dakota; Cummins, Iowa; Dolli-
yer, Iowa; La Toilette, Wisconsin,
and Nelson, Minnesota. McEnery, of
Louisiana, was the single Democrat
recorded in the affirmative
The vote in detail was as follows:
Yeas-Senators Aldrich, Borah,
Bourne, Bradley, Brandegee, Briggs,
Bulkeley, Burnham, Burrows, Bur-
ton, Carter, Clark (Wyoming), Crane,
Depew, Dick, Dixon, Dupont, Elkins,
Flint, Frye, Gallinger, Gamble, Gug-
genheim, Hale, Hepburn, Johnson
North Dakota), Kean, Lorimer,
Jones, McCumber. McEnery. Nixon,
Oliver, Page, Penrose, Perkins, Piles,
Scott, Smith (Michigan), Smoot, Ste
phenson, Sutherland, Warner, War
rem and Wetmore-45
Nays-Senators Bacon, Bailey,
Bankhead, Beveridge, Bristow, Brown,
Burkett, Chamberlain, Clapp, Craw-
ford, Culberson, Cummins, Daniel,
Dolliver, Fletcher, Foster, Frazier,
Gore, Hughes, Johnston (Alabama) !,
La Toilette, McLaurin, Martin, Money,
Nelson, Newlands, Overman, Owen,
Shively, Simmons, Smith (South Car
olina), Stone, Taliaferro and Taylor
81.
The vote came after continuous
session of more than fifteen hours, in
which amendment after amendment
was defeated by being laid on the ta-
BILE
Immediately after the announce
ment of the vote the Vice-President
announced that the conferees would
be Senators Aldrich, Hale, Burrows,
Penrose and Cullom for the Republi-
cans, and Bailey, Money and Daniel
for the Democrats.
Two important amendments were
included in the measure in the day,
and number of minor changes were
wrought at the night session. Chief
of the amendments was that offered
by Senator Bradley, of Kentucky, to
remove the tax of six cents pound
On tobacco sin the hand" to relieve
the growers of burden blamed for
the might rider" outrages. The &C.
ceptance of the amendment came as a
distinct surprise, the Senate fire.
quently having refused to remove the
duty
The other important amendment
was offered by Mr.. Curtis, of Kansas.
1t places countervailing duty on
crude OIL
The last hours of the debate were
exciting. The galleries were crowded
to witness the end of the first stage of
the big Senatorial fight and members
from the House crowded the rail of
the Senate chamber from one side of
the Presidents desk all around to the
other, and they stood patiently
through the speeches waiting for the
end When all was over, before the
Senate adjourned the Republicans
crowded up around Mr. Aldrich to
congratulate him on his success, and
1t was several minutes before order
could be restored and the motion to
adjourn be put
By vote of 178 to 151 the House
non-concurred in the Senate's SAT
amendments to it's Tariff bill and
agreed to send the bill to conference,
eighteen Republicans voting against
1t and one Democrat for it.