Tariff Conference Report Accepted

Sknatk. - B4th day. - The day wan prineipally devot.-d to a discussion of Mr. Harria' resolutlon relating to the Union Pacific railroad. House. - The conference report on Uie tariff bill was adopted by a vote of 185 to 118. This eclipses all previous records. The result was accomplished after 13 hours of continuous debate. But two speeches were made bv the Republicans, one by Mr. Dingley iu opening the debate, and one by Mr. Payne, of New York, in closing it. The Deraocrats made 10 speeches and the Populists one. The sug-ar schednle was the main point of assault, but the most interesting feature of the debate occurred wlien Mr. Bailey and Mr. McMillin, the two rival Democratie leaders, crossed swords on the question of orthodoxy of the free raw material doctrine, the foriner opposing and the latter it. The galleries wero crowde.l up to the time the vote was taken, many rnstinguished people being present. An analysis of the vote shows that 1SJ Ucpublicans and flve Democrats voted for the report and 1.0(5 Democrats and 12 Populista against it. In his opening' speech Mr. Dingley spoke of the revenue to be raised by the bill and pointed out the difliculty resul ting f rom the large anticipatory iinportations. The bil! next year, he calculated, would raiso 8225,000,000, or S75,OO0,00O more than the present law. Over $40,000,00.) had been lost in this year"s rcvcniu's by the importations of wool aud sugar and other things the duty on which was raised in the bill, so that he calculated that the bill this year would raise 8185,000,000. Mr. Dingley declared that there was no doubt that the revenue produced by the bill would not only be ampie to meet the expanditures of the government but allow a Republican administration to begin again to pay off the principal of the public debt. In concluding1 Mr. üingley received round after round of applause from his Republican colleagues by predicting as a result of the enactment of this bill a rise of prices and a restoration of prosperity. The final conference report on the general deficieney appropriation bill was also adopted.