The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
CHRONOLOGY OF THE
PAYNE TARIFF LAW

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= 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 toulouse passed bill and .
. transmitted 1t to the senate. .
. April 12.-Senate began consid- .
. Grafton Of the measure.
. July S-Senate passed bill with .
. SAT amendments.
. July 9-Tariff question shifted .
. from both houses of congress '
. and sent to conference COM '
. mittee.
. July 29-Conferees reached
. agreement. and II 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 =
. bill.
, August 5-President signed tariff '
. bill.
August G, 1909, new tariff law .
. becomes effective.
Washington.-The tariff revision
bill, which will go down in the polit,
cal history of the country as the
Payne-Aldrich bill, is now a fact.
President Taft affixed his signature
to the measure and the long struggle
which had been in progress more thar
four months was over.
After the senate had passed the bill
by a vote of AZ to 81, and also put
through the concurrent resolution fix
ing the leather schedules, the latter
went to the house, where is was greet
ed with applause and soon adopted. re.
ceiving the signature of Speaker Can
nor.
The Republicans who voted against
the report were as follows:
Beverage, Bristow, Clapp, Cum.
minis, Deliver, LaFollette and Nelson
The vote:
Yeas-Aldrich, Borah, Bourie, Brad
ley, Brandegee, Brown, Buckley, Bur.
kett, Burnham, Burrows, Burton, Car
ter, Clark of Wyoming, Crane, Craw'
ford, Cullom, Curtis, Depew, Dick,
Dixon, Dupont, Elkins, Flint. Frye,
Gamble, Guggenheim, Hale, Hepburn,
Johnston, Jones, Kean, Lodge, Lori.
mer, McCumber, Oliver, Page, Pen
rose, Perkins, Pyles, Root, Scott,
Smith of Michigan. Smoot, Stephen.
son. Sutherland, Warner and Wetmore,
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. Beverage, Bristow, Platt,
Cummins, Dolliver, LaFollette and
Nelson, Republicans.
Although it was nearly seven min.
utes after 5 when the president affx.
ed his signature, he added the words,
signed five minutes after 5 o'clock,
Aug. 5, 1909" and appended his I'M.
tails after these words. Immediately
afterwards he took up a gold and pearl
pen, made in the Philippines, and af-
fixed him signature to the Philippine
tariff bill. The pen with which he
signed the Payne-Aldrich bill was a
fountain pen owned by Chairman
Payne.
Taft Returns to White House in Gale.
A fierce thunder storm broke over
the capital Immediately after the pres
ident signed the tariff bill. On his
return to the White House his auto
mobile ran through a perfect gale.
Having completed its work after
having been in special session since
March IS, both houses late Thurs
day voted to adjourn sine die at G
o'clock, sending Senators Aldrich and
Daniels and Representatives Clark,
Payne and Fordney to the White