The Washington herald., 1913-10-04

hour ! believe the business activities OF
the country have been suspended. for I
believe il is : o'clock in San Francisco"
The President said he would sign with
two pens. one of which he would give
to Senator simmons and the other 10
Representative Underwood. He would
write with his name the time of signing.
As the President sat down he looked at
lis watch and saw it was 9:l0 o'clock. He
took one pen. and in full. heavy hand.
wrote: Approved $40 p. m. October 3.
1915, and directly under this, Wood
row
Then he changed pens and wrote will
son" He did not make a period at the
end of his signature.
The pen with which he had written
''WilsOn'' was more facile than the first
The last name was written more heavily
This pen he handed to Mr.. CnderwooI
with a bow.
Mr. Underwood said: 81 thank you
Mr. President for this valuable SOU
Venir"
Pen for senator simmons.
The President handed the first pen to
Senator Simmons. who said:
Il thank you. Mr.. President for my
self and for the State of North Carolina
Friends OF Senator Simmons in the
assemblaEe recalled that in his cam
paign for reelection last summer. he
had appealed to the people Of his State
To send him back in order that he might
aid President Wilson in revising the
tariff and he at his elbow when he signed
the new law" He smiled happily when
the President handed him the pen.
The Presidents care to sign his name
with two pens and to bestOw them upon
Mr.. Underwood and Senator Simmons
alike was evidence to the minds of those
present that he wished to make no dis
tinctiOn between the two men as TO
the credit he would accord them for
their work in the passage of the measure.
After he had completed this ceremony.
there was a round of crisp handclapping.
The President stood holding his glasses
on his left forefnger while he made
his speech.
Executive Clerk Rudolph Forster took
charge OF the bill after it was signed.
Shortly afterwards he gave it into the
hands of Ben G. Havis. chief clerk OF
the State Department, who receipted for
it.
Taken 10 state Department..
The bill was taken to the State Depart
ment, which is the official repository
for the laws Of the country.
The House put the finishing touches on
the tariff bill in quick order. Nearly all
Underwood. had decided that it was not
necessary to again vote on the measure
They held that the final legislative set
took place in the Senate Thursday night,
and all that remained to be done TO make
the new tariff a law was for the Speaker,
the Vice president. and the President
to attach their signatures in the order
named. A question had been raised.
however, that aroused a doubt i'm Mr..
I nd n min h..
in order to avoid possible legal COM
plications in the future, to have the
House vote on the conference report.
minus the cotton futures amendment
which was withdrawn by the Senate
Thursday night.
Early in the week the House adopted
the Underwood cotton futures amendment
as an amendment to the Clarke amend
ment. previously Incorporated in the re-
port by the Senate. The Senate recedeI
from the Clarke amendment, and par
liamentsry experts held accordingly that
the cotton futures proposal was no long
er part OF the conference report.
Ovation for Underwood.
Leader Underwood insisted that there
was doubt on this point, and he made
a motion that the House concur in the
action OF the Senate in Withdrawing the
Clarke amendment. The House failing
so to act, Mr.. Underwood argued. there
would be danger that the law might be
attacked in the courts as invalid.
Speaker Clark appeared to have the
same doubt in his mind. as he overruled
the point of order made against the Un-
derwOod motion. The motion WAS then
adopted by a viva voce vote
Upon the adoption of this motion,
which was the final legislative process i'm
the making OF the new tariff. Mr.. Under
wood was accorded an ovation. Mem
bers applauded and, fiocking around him.
congratulated him upon the consumma-
ton of work in which he had been en-
gagged for more than a year. The Speaker
then signed the bill, which was messaged
back to the Senate in order that the
Vice President might attach his sigma
t,Ire TO IL