Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-05-13
ny cur special Correspondent
WASHINGTON LETTER

4nIcIplted. hAs dcfckte1 tht NV ouip
Amendmsu, Casfed by Ssnstor Vest This
dlsposss 20 Frcc ships this session for,
a. 1 haze sal. Mf. Con Aas promised no,
g. Insist upou mi. amendment When the
BIN comes bach b. The iloase Cor coneut.
renee In the Sena,s amendments General
debate on thc ON ceased ffldaI night
n vii probably BE- passed me frat Of neSt
well. when u viii he given 70 The House.
TIE chances arr that the bin will g. Into
conference before an agreement Is nnally
reached. The exciting thing In the Sen.
ate nexi wosk vii probably BE- The reports
o. the Commit,-es 70 luvcsilgate The out
rage q, Ccpish AMI Danvllie bin will
BE- presented ~ senator iloar providing
Cor me case. toachlng the civil rights of
voter 10 the south. o. the 4. ;. Courts
Coz nnal adiudlcsuou. Fiery speeches are
expected from MAJ SsBAtors
Nouisy lat Wa ~ the ruics of ths
uonse. saspcnsioa day However, an
election case wss hauiei through BY The
Democrats ior ne svoN,d parposs q get
tlug smother vote "a che approaching Tar
ldhlu
The mcst sNrItlug scene 81 abe session
occurred Tursisy last when, a. pres ious-
" srrsugct. successful s,icmpi VAS
made o. defeat ne famous MORRISON Tar.
ID BIN Before uoon. crowds began 10
assemble ln the galleries % tho House
wing. ultI a mas. of gsllr dicsse'l women
ari hnI.tsrou. men Va weigsi .uto every
nook AMI clarnr. presenting a sceuc both
picturesque tli novel o. Wa such a
crowd al. IL -eiiem seen 10 ths halls 81
C1ugrcss To ouly approaches d q we're
tac crowds present when The fiiI John
Porter cas-, vs. passed, AMI wacu the vote
wss taken nr ihe consideration of re
Mou,son Dol
ror f1r long hours she sWelierug mtss
~ people patiently at 10 their seats await.
lur tla comIag contssi No onc darci 30
ro llt lli a breath oi slf. for there was no
returning itrossh che crowd That blocked
the pa.sa-r ways. o. uas evident that al
wash.ngioo ani ihe Whole coluiry was
on uptl, aWaiung the result ~ ihe I'm.
r1fiani struggle The Intense Interest
wh.,h was s,li vas csiicuCci uy tho isrgr
atisnlare. ou h. fpor of the i'ase
Thrc, haul'ci All sixteen oui of three
hsnfrci All tsruiJ l1af mcmners. scre
lu thr.f scsfs which has not occurred
since thc opening iss of the session
Mt Rania1. che leader of the ngmo-
c-aiic mlunriy. upsuei the day's debate
lIls word. were .sgcf'y listened O. ny his
party sssoe.atc. arl Republicans Sho
crsWlci sr1lui hlm Thea followed Nj
Warkhurn of h-uiucky. onr of thr h~st
orator. on co. Democratic siie 20. The
uousr Astlr sCniieman from ksuiu,ky
proceci-l ari ROLLED oai She eiolaeut ssn-
truccs o. tlc delight III bis fflsuis. huge
hoal1si oi flR,rs Nss lorac up ilc alsie.
TIE a1nIrcg iaiIc. iu the galleries hrgan
o. rroN excited ani wave the.f ftns ani
hanfkcrrhiri. thlnkiog tils noral tribute
o. DBL nF ttr keuiucky statesman. Bot
o.. la t.c bearer went To- The m.dst of ne
tluuirr, ol ihr orator. ani place. the
mseuIsccui bouquet oa tht sea, of me
ttwny hnrrf R1blas1u of New lork ior
o. was his hlrthisy Tai. little episode
diverted hc attsntion of the House aui
snrrtstnr. arf BE- afir.iri murh mcrri-
mont
Iae diplomatic kassou followed Iu q
polished anl exquisite speech wh.rh Wa
received with great applause
Thea arose la oil. scat ihc famous Nor
r.sou himself GRE aoihor ~ thc hIii. g.
close ihs debate. ilis rising was slgual
f,r al couyersaiIou 3D. cease. aud for The
who'c u1ass o. f1ek 90 The speaker. Nor
risou j. ordinarily very poor .pcakcF,-
scarcely ever uak'ug himself beard ten
f,st awsy Bui ihe l'e an auimat'on
which p-rvals.l hl. whole specch. clearly
showed ihai hc "a. geti.ng desperate.
ln D.. tdsn an hour The fats 90 BIZ "a
scheme va, o. ls decided aui thc nerve
ousuoss Wsich hr betrayed VA evidence
10 Dis Intense arxieiy and uncertainiy
Itwss nnccu miuutes sNer four. when
ths Chairman rapped The desk with BIS
gave. and announced hat By order " The
House. debate hai closed The members
quletiy took their seats, ani hreaihiess
Stiffness hang over the whole chamber.
The souorogs voice of the Clerk rcsounied
A. D. rcai tbe arsi section of thc blll
The ezcltemcri Became intense. Who wAs
b make the fatal motion The way The
ms'or.iy III thc members looked anNiously
AZ each other showed that his was known
only 30 ieS
Asthc Clork UTTERED me lasi words Of
hc clause. Mf Converse Of Ohio, walked
slowly down thc aisle towards The SPEAK
Ell. desk, AMI said " I move - strike oui
the cnacilng clause" Tai. was .'gual
for rroans and Kisses on the Democratic
eide. and great applause 90 the Kepabn'
can.
Mr M0srls0n and Mr Converse were
appointed tei'ers. A they stood In ffont
OF he Speakers desk. Mr. Converse did
not 90 10 The centre, whercupon Morri-
son with IN oyerbearing gesture. moiloned
b him % move along 10 the Republican
side, Like fock Of sheep those 10 favor
OF thc motion passed through the tcllers
and were counted Then followed The op-
poueuts % The motion. Morrison began
10 look nervous. and 10 seek amer more
recruits. Bat none came For he slowly
announced the vote 70 be iS5 10 Isl In "a.
yor OF striking ogi the enaciing clause,
or ln other words % An the bill. The an-
nouuccmcut OF the vote was received with
wells ana cheers BY the Republicans. Some
waved newspapers over their heads. others
amped up In their seats, and gave vent 20
their enthusiasm 10 every way imaginable.
TIE shout was taken up In the galleries.
Ladies waved their fans and handkerchiefs
AMI stood up In their seats making voeif-
erous applause II was rare and memor-
able scene.
The Committee thsn arose. aud reported
H. decision % the House. Immediately