Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-07
MORRISON'S BILL KILLED.
ITS ENACTING CLAUSE STRUCK
OUT BY 150 VOTES TO f55.

ITS ENACTING CLAUSE STRUCK
OUT BY 100 VOTES TO f55..
! FOrty-OEe Democrats Instrumental in
Dealing the Death BIOw-Hard Work
and a strong Speech by Mr.. Randall
Help Effect the Result-Messrs. Black
burn and Morrison HurI their Words
against the Tide of Defeat in Vain
An Early Adjournment One ofs the
Effects.
! WASHINGTON, May G.-The Morrison
! tariff bill was beheaded to-day. By vote
Of 159 yeas to 155 nays its enacting clause
was stricken out. Forty-One of the 159
men who voted to kill the bill were Demo-
! Gratis, chiefly from Pennsylvania, Ohio,
! New York, California and New Jersey.
Those from other States were Messrs.
! Eaton of Connecticut, Findlay of Mary
| land, Finerty of Illinois, Hunt of Louis
lama, Snyder of West Virginia, and Geo. D.
Wise OF Virginia. There were u votes
| from Pennsylvania, 10 from Ohio, from
! New York, 4 from California, and 3 from
! New Jersey. Four of the 155 men who
| voted against the motion, and so to save
/ the life of the bill. were Republicans.
/ AuEg were utSSIss. -AElsOli.- -SLIdiL@s w dkE-
| field and White, all of Minnesota. The
| first three voted for the consideration of
| the Morrison bill. Mr.. White is a con-
| vert.
TWO DISAPPOINTAIENTS.
Messrs. Anderson, of Nebraska, and
James. of New York, Republicans, also
voted for the consideration of the bill, and
were counted on to vote against the mo-
| ton to strike out the enacting clause but
] voted of
| party in favor Of the motion to strike out.
| The result of the vote was a surprise to
! both sides. Mr.. Randall claimed early
in the afternoon that he would be success
| full, although up to that time the prOtec-
| tiOnists had practically conceded victory
! to the revenue refOrmers, but his claim
! did not affect the general opinion that the
motion to strike out would fail. 1t was
only a question of a Morrison majority.
HOW THE DAY WAS WON.
The day was won by the skillful mannu-
| vering during to-day's session of the pro-
| tectiOnists on both sides. which reported
| Messrs. James and Anderson on the Re
! publican side, and GlascOck and Sumner
| of California, Hutchins Of New York, and
/ George Wise Of Virginia, on the Demo-
| cratic side from the revenue refOrmers.
! All the men named expected to vote with
| the revenue refOrmers, but they sue
4 =
| which they were piled this afternoon by
| their friends among the prOtectionists.
| They are chiefly responsible for the failure
of the only effort at revenue reduction
and reform feasible at this session.
MIR. MORRISON ON THE RESULT.
Mr.. Morrison said tonight: "The WAYS
| and Means Committee can make no other
attempt this session at revenue reduc-
ton. We made an honest effort in that
| direction. We had the support of the re-
venue TefOrmers Of the country. We were
! betrayed by Democrats into the hands of
| the Republican prOtectiOnists. Our bill
| was killed. We can only record defeat
and appeal to the people. We will wait
| until the people speak at the Presidential
| election. l think the prOtecti0nists will
| then be taught lesson which they would
! have done well to have learned when it
was not so costly. By that time the sur
| plus in the Treasury will be even more
! eloquent than it is now"
THE SESSION WILL. BE SHORT NOW.
OF course one of the immediate results
of the vote of to-day will be the shortening
| Of the session. The appropriation bills
| and all other necessary legislation can
| easily be disposed of before the first of
| July. The passage of the Senate bank
ruptcy bill, of the Dingley shipping bill
in some form, and of some Of the financial
! measures is anticipated now that the long
tariff fight is out of the way.
Mr. Randall said tonight that the rest
Of the session would be brief. He was
well satisfied with the result of to-day's
fight. He worked hard for it up to the
last minute.
RANDALL'S VICTORY.
1t was partly due to his speech and
partly to his personal efforts Mr. Nor
rison put forth no such personal effort as
Mr.. Randall, and his speech was not so
effective. If Mr.. Morrison had been a
| Randall the result would have been very
! different. Mr.. Morrison made converts.
| but he did not hold all he made. Proba-
| bly, some internal revenue and some spO-
radio tariff reduction will be proposed.
Mr.. Hewitt is expected to bring forward
| his bill to correct Inconsistencies and in
equalities in the tariff, but no revenue
| legislation of importance is regarded as
! probable on either side of the House.
INTERNAL REVENUE REDUCTION.
The prOtectiOnists in the House do not
| despair of getting through bill making
| internal revenue reductions at this ses-
sion. Mr.. Randall thinks, say his fol-
! lowers, that a bill removing the tax on
| tobacco and on fruit spirits may very
well be passed. 1t would command all
the votes that were cast to-day against
the tariff bill, and in addition those of the
| Virginia and Georgia men. 1t would re-
duce the revenue about 100000, 900, or the
| highest amount of reduction claimed for
| the Morrison bill. The prOtectiOnsts
claim that the passage of such bill
would be the logical outcome of
! the vote of to-day. OF course
| Messrs. Carlisle and Morrison
! and all the revenue refOrmers would Op-
| pose it, but they would be OutvOted in
| both houses. The protectionists look upon
| Mr.. Randall as now the master of the
! House. 1t is enough for them that he
| thinks that an internal revenue reduction
| bill can be passed.
No further efforts will be made it is un-
! deTstOOd, by the tariff TefOrmers to take
up the tariff at this session. and, though
! they think it probable that the wool men
| will make another attempt to secure the
| restoration of the wool rates of the tariff
| of 1867, they feel sure that the House will
| not reverse its action of a few weeks ago
| in refusing their restoration. Although
| they feel keenly tO-day's defeat the
| Democrats of the Morrison wing of
! the party are not entirely cast down.
! They say that the fight for revenue reform
| has only begun. One hundred and fifty
Democrats, they say, have on a test vote
| declared in favor of a moderate measure
of tariff reform, and though these $50
| Democrats, constituting more than three
| tOuTthS of the Democratic party in the
| House, have been defeated by a combina-
tiOn of Democrats and Republicans, the
| significance of such a vote cannot be set
| aside. In the Democratic National Con-
ventiOn at Chicago, they say, there will
! be no Republicans with whom the mi
noritv might form an alliance to defeat
| the will of the majority, and the refOrmers
| expect to secure their yindcation in the
| shape of revenue reform plank in the
| platform.
The Democrats voting in the affirmative
| hail from the following States:
! New York 6-Messrs. ArnOt, Hutchins,
Muller, Spriggs, Van Alstyne and Wemple.
| Pennsylvania 12-Messrs. Boyle, Con-
nelly, Curtin, Duncan, Elliott, Ermen-
trout, Hopkins, Mutchler, Patton, Post,
Randall and Storm. Ohio 10-Messrs.
| Converse, Foran, Geddes, Jordan, Le-
| Fevre, Murray, Paige, Seney, Warner and
| wilkins. New Jersey 3-Messrs. Ferrell,
| Fielder and McAdOo. California A.
Messrs. Budd, GlascOck, Sumner and
| Tully. Maryland Mr.. Findlay. Hi
nois Mr.. Finerty. Connecticut Mr..
Eaton. Louisiana 1-Mr. Hunt. Vir-
| ginia 1-Mr. G, d. Wise. West Virginia
Mr.. Snyder.
IN SENATE AND HOUSE.
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