The Tariff Bill has been passed by the Senate.

It was passed on July 7th by a majority of ten. Thirty-eight Senators
voted for the bill, and twenty-eight against it.

There was great excitement in the Senate Chamber during the closing
debate on this bill.

It had been expected that a vote would be reached on the 7th, and so the
members of the House of Representatives flocked into the Senate Chamber
during the entire day.

The Tariff Bill was taken up at 11:15 in the morning and at 4:15 P.M. it
was finally passed.

Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, offered an amendment declaring all combinations
and contracts to restrict labor unlawful, but his motion was lost, and
there is no clause against Trusts in the new bill.

After it had passed, a joint conference was called, and the
Vice-President appointed eight Senators to take part in the discussion
on behalf of the Senate.

This conference is to settle with the House of Representatives the
changes that the Senate has made in the bill.

You remember that the Dingley Tariff Bill was passed by the House of
Representatives before it was sent to the Senate.