Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-05

The conference report on the Payne
Aldrich tariff bill was agreed to by the
Senate by vote of a. to 81 a few min
utes after O'Clock this afternoon. and it
then took up the concurrent resolution re-
ducing rates in the leather schedule
Seven republican senators voted in the
negative. All of the democrats voted in
the negative. The republican senator's
who opposed the report were. Beveridge
Of Indiana. Bristow of Kansas Clapp and
Nelson of Minnesota, Cummins and Dol
liver of Iowa and La Toilette of Wiscon-
sin.
The following is the vote in detail:
leas-Aldrich, Borah, Bourne, Brad
ley. Brandegee. Brown, Bulkeley, Bur-
kett. Burnham, Burrows,.B Burton. Car
ter. CLARK lWyo), Crane. Crawford,
Cullom. Curtis, Depew, Dick, Dixon,
dupont, Elkins, Flint, Frye. Gamble,
Gusgenheim, Hale, Hepburn, Johnson,
Jones. kean, Lodge, Lorimer, McCum-
Der. Oliver, Page, Pcnrose, Perkins,
Piles. Root, Scott, Smith (Mich.). Smoot,
Stephenson. Sutherland. Warner, Wet
more. Total, A..
Nays-Baeon, Bailey, Bankhead, Bever-
idge. Bristow, Chamberlain, Clapp, Clay,
Culberson, Cummins, Daniel. Dolliver,
Fletcher. Foster. Frazier, Gore. Hughes,
La Toilette, McLaurin, Martin, Nelson.
Newlands, Overman, Paynter. Rayner,
Shively. Simmons, Smith (Md.), Smith Is.
Co.. Stone. Taliaferro-31.
The pairs on the bill were as follows
those for it being first mentioned:
Briggs with Johnston. Dillingham; with
Tiiman, Gallinger with Taylor, Nixon
with owen. Richardson with Clarke
tArkD. Warren with Money, and Nc
Emery with Davis.
Senator McEnery of Louisiana tdem J,
who was absent, was paired for the bill
He was the only democrat favoring the
measure.
The roll call began exactly al > O'clock
according to previous arrangement Ii
is expected by Senator aIdrch the re-
publican leader. that the bill will be law
within q few hours.
The conference report has been adopted
hy the House and must he signed by
the President as the last act before it
goes the statute book. IL is ex-
pected that il will be corrected in its
provisions regarding leather duties and
drawbacks by q concurrent resolution
passed by both houses this afternoon be-
fore the bill goes TO the President
Dramatic Scenes.
The last hours of the long debate in the
Senate. which began over three months
ago when the bill was reported by the
finance committee. were dramatic in the
extreme.
Senator Bailey Of Texas. one of the
democratic conferees, closed the debate
for the democrats. charging that the bill
was worse as il came from the conferees
than when il passed the House and SEN
ate. and predicting dire calamity for the
republican party
For the republicans. Mr. Aldrich clos
ed the debate. speaking until . o'clock
and claiming that the new bill was the
best ever passed by Congress Mr. Aid
rich laughed at the predictions of ca
lamity TO his party.
A sensational feature OF the day was
the symposium instituted by Senator
Warren. The Wyoming senator. who
was opposed TO free hides. put in the bill
at Mr.. Tafts command asked Senators
Aldrich. Dick. Gallinger. Bristow. Oliver
Flint and Dolliver. representing all
phases of republican opinion in the SEN
ate. If they believed in doctoring free
raw materials and all answered emphat
ically Mo-
Senator'S Elkins and Hepburn adde,
their voices TO the chorus
Senate Chamber Crowded.
When the hours for voting arrived the
Senate chamber was crowded not ONLY
with senators. but with members of the
House. who were curious TO witness the
last acts on The bill. The galleries were
crowded 20 overfiowing. hundreds OF per-
sons anding in the asles and around
The walls back of the seats and hundreds
more crowding the corridors outside un-
able to get in.
The bill has been before Congress
since the 18th of March, when IL was
first reported 10 the House, and il has
been in the Senate since April - As
reported from conference the measure
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