New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-03
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w.su,ScTox Aug 2-Yesterday no frlend ol 'iio
"p,c divide enjoyed his dinner and most ol i''
,ionds rassed an anxious and sleepiess nght' lhe'
xvore mad defiant detected; and none Oh inc ii'"e
streams named in the River and Harpor oiii 70 ~
tbicklv studded with mill-dams as their con'
tion was with dams Of very different sort' lo-u"s
,u,scbanced with these patriots-appetitea ana eoou
bumor have returned together, and to-high' e'eiS
man will lie down TO pleasant dreams unVeAeu W "
veto. .tu
E,om the hour of adjournment yesterday until
noon to-day the members OF the House ooiii'ni.''
ON Commerce and their able lieutenants workeu
like beavers. coaxiDg arguing, threatehine' "ahS
ists were canned and every doubtful member was
"seen -. some who could not be won over were per
suaded IN absent themselves on the plea OF slght
illness.
..I found that was sure to vote against us II nc
went 70 the Capitol and so managed to make MN
believe he had astomachache, SAID the WHY Iioii'
Of Michigan in jublant mood, tins arterhoon' ic'S
and unrehectng members were maoe W poi
that the veto message was a personal insult when
M self.respecting man could brook. There were
shrewd manipulatiOns and rearrangemehIS VI
"pairsr For example, Mr.. Cuts, OF iowa. "no
was absent and who would have voted against Tue
bill. was paired with Mr.. Kenna, OF West virginia
one of IFS most ardent advocates. Mr.. Carlisle was
mined not to vote at all He consented to have
Mr. Kenna's pair transferred to him, and that gen.
,loroan was released. Messrs. Cassidy, Murch,
shnltz and Prescott who were opposed to the bill
md who were present were induced to PAIR with
four of its friends who were absent Probably none
of these obliging gentlemen stopped to thlnk tnat
on this occasion his vote worth exactly as mucn
rs two votes on the other side. Had these four
pairs not been arranged since yesterday, ana had
Messrs Cassidy, Murch, Shultz and Prescott voted,
the Presidents veto would have been sustained and
the job defeated.
The Commerce Committee had won over several
,ne,nbers who ONLY one week ago had voted against
the last conference report These gentlemen were
Messrs Burrows, Clements, Dawes Hatch. House.
Mcmillan Mills Rice Ohio, Ritchle, Simonton and
Taylor-fve Republicans and six Democrats. The
result showed that had any two of these gentle
men voted against the bill the veto would have
been sustained
Selfish considerations had everything to do WIN
the passage of the bill ave pulled every string"
said MIR. Horr, of the Commerce Committee, to a
TrIBuSE correspondent this afternoon. Il had
$4,000 in the bill. How could / help voting for
itip was the remark of another Western member.
This kind of "strng" was pulled with great, al
though not nvanable success by the friends OF the
measure.
When the House assembled this morning cOnsid-
erabe anxiety and some signs of trepidatiOn were
visible Oh the faces of the friends of the divide"
who held many whispered conferences and sent
messengers hither and thither in hot haste and more
than one dicker for votes was openly arranged on
the floor after the voting had begun. Alexander ii.
Stephens who is always brought out on great occa-
sions like this, rolled INTO the hall IN good time.
half hour passed in the usual morning routine,
d.
Now or never" and that genteman-who was al
ready on his feet-addressed the Speaker, and then
with a nervous air crossed 10 the Democratic side
for a last word with Randall Gibson, of Louisiana.
He then returned to his place, and said that he was
unanimously instructed by the Commerce Commit
tee to move the passage of the River and HarbOr bill
over the Presidents veto MIR. KassOn, who was on
refer the bill 10 the Commerce Committee, with in
strncuons to report 1t back with "a pro,
vlso that no more than S0,O0O,00O should
be expended during the current fiscal year
but the Speaker was evidently inclined TO do all III
his power TO promote the passage Of the blil and
recognized Mr.. Pages demand for the previous
question.
A parliamentary skirmsh consumed the next
hali-hOur, the Speaker sustaining the friends OF the
his vote also If necessary. Mir. KassOn asked Chair
man Page If the usual hours debate would be
allowed after the previous question had been or
dered, and that gentleman curtly reph, d that IT
would not; that there had been quite enough talk
already. Mr.. Kasoons demand Tor the yeas and
nays Oh the motion Tor the previous question was
not sustained. The gag was mercilessly applied
aud the voting at once began 1t resulted l22 to
59-4 more than the necessary two thirds
A change OF two votes from the affirmative to the
negative would have defeated the bill Some mem
bers of the Commerce Committee say that they
could have got more votes If they had needed them,
but their actions duIlhg the roll call were those
Of men who possessed serene confidence OF victory.
An analysis of the vote shows that of the kepubll
present to-day about 66 per cent voted for the
Demo-
Gratis present about 6S per cent voted for the bill
and 81 per cent against 1t. Or the 122 Affirmative
votes 90 were cast by Republicans, and of the 80
negative votes 33 were cast by Republicans.
The bill reached the Senate at a quarter before
O'clock. It's friends had been actively at work from
the time when the result of the vote III the House
had been learned, and senators together with vis +
ing members of the House gathered IN little knots
OF three or iour III the vacant space behind the
chairs to discuss the situation. A canvass taken
Just before the Clerk of the House made MS appear
ance gave the friends OF the bill assurance that
they would be able To carry the measure nv fine
necessary twO-thirds vote, and they determiued Ia
press 1t at once to passage. Senator Mcmillan
soon az the announcement of the recent Of
the bill was made from the Clerks desk
and moved the postponement of the pending busi,,
ness. some disposition to contest the point was
shown by the opponents OF the River and HaIbor
bill, but they were Oyerborne by the Impetuosty Of
its frieDds much 50 that only two three voices
responded IN the negative TO the motion and di-
vision was asked for.
The Clerk read the announcement OF the action of
the House and then proceeded 10 read the message
OF the President The reading concluded, voting by
yeas and uays began at once, resulting IN the pass
age OF the bill the Presidents veto by Al 10 16,
as follows:
IeasAldrich, Allison Anthony, Brown, Butler, Call,
Camden Cameron OF Wisconsin, Cockrel Coke, COnger,
Davis Of West Virginia, Dawes Farley, Ferry, George,
German, Grover, Hampton, HOar, jackson, Jonas,
Zones OF Florida Jones OF Nevada, Kellogg, MeDili,
Mcmillan, Maxey Miller OF California Miller OF New
York, Pugh Ransom Saunders, sawyer, Sherman
Slater. Vest, Voorhees, Walker, Williams, Wlndom-4l
Nays -Bayard, Blair. Cameron Of Pennsy wanna,
Davis Of Illinois, Frye Hale Harrison, Hawley, Ingalls,,
Logan, Morrill, Pendleton, Platt, Rollins, Salisbury,
Van Wyck-l6.
comparative analysis of the vote discloses the
following facts: Two Senators-Call, of Florida,
2nd Jackson of MississIppi-both Democrats who
voted against the bin on It's passage ged 20 the