Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-04-16
HOUSE.

In expectation that the initial fight over
the Morrison tariff bill would take place to-
day, the members on both republican and
democratic sides who have the duty of secur-
ing pairs for absentees, were kept busy this
morning in seeing that the vote of no man
should be wasted, and that all pairs should
contain the names of an advocate and op-
ponent of the measure.
On motion of Mr.. Oakes of Alabama, the
Senate bill was passed to increase the endow
ment of the University of Alabama from the
public lands of that State.
Immediately upon the committee assem-
bling, Mr.. Eaton of Csnn., objected to the
consideration of the Morrison tariff bill, and
the objection was reported to the House.
The vote was at once taken upon the ques-
ton whether the question shall be consid-
cred. By vote of l40 yeas and l3S nays
measure.
The following is a detailed vote on the
consideration of the Morrison bill:
Yeas-Adams of New York. Aiken, Alex
ander. Anderson, Bagley, Ballentine, Barks-
dale, Beach, Belmont, Bennett, Blackburn,
Blanchard, Bland, Blount, Breckinbridge,
Buchanan, Bachner, Cabell, Caldwell, Cand-
Ter, Carleton, Cassidy, Clardy, Clay, Cobb.
Collins, Cosgrove. Cox of New York, Cox of
North Carolina, Crisp, Culberson, Davidson,
Davis of Missouri, Deuster. Dibble. Dibrel,
Dockery. Dorsheimer, Dowd, Dunn, Ed
ridge, Ellis. Evins of South Carolina. Forney
Garrison, Geddes, Graves. Green, Green
leaf. Halsell. Hammond, Hancock, Harde-
man, Hatch of Missouri, Hemphill, Herbert,
Hewitt of New York. Hoblitzell, Holman,
Houseman, Hurd, James, Jones of Wiscon-
sin. Jones of Texas, Jones of Arkansas,
oe Lob oil
Lanhan, Lefevre, Lore, Lowering, McMillin,
Matson, Maybury. Miller of Texas, Mills.
Mitchell. Money. Morgan, Morrison, More,
Muldrow, Murphy, Murray, Neece. Nelson,
Oates, O'Neill of Missouri, Pierce, Peel OF
Arkansas, Potter, Pryor, Pusey, Reese.
Riggs, Robertson, Rogers, Rosecrans, Scales,
Seney, Seymour, Shaw, Singleton, Skinner
of North Carolina, Slocum, Snyder, Spring,
er, Stewart of Texas, Stockslager, Strait,
Sumner of Wisconsin, Talbot, Taylor,
Thompson. Throckmorton, Tillman. Towns
hend, Tucker. Turner of Georgia. Turner of
Ky, Vance, Van Eaton, Wakefield, Ward,
Warner of Tenn, Wellborn, Willer. Will
Jams, Willis. Wilson of W. Va, Winans of
Mich, Winans of Wis, Wolford, Wood,
Woodward, Worthington, Yaple and Young.
-140.
Nays-Adams of H., Arnot, Atkins, Bar
bour, Barr, Belford, Bingham, Bisbee, Bou-
telle. Bovle, Brainard. Breitung, Brewer OF
| N. j., Brown of Pa, Budd, Burleigh, Can
non, Chase. Converse, Curtin, Cutcheon,
Davis of Mass. Duncan. Dingley, Dumham,
Eaton, Elliott, Elwood, Ermentrout, Evans
of Pa, Everhart. Ferrell, Fielder, Findlay,
Finerty. Foak, Fnnston, George, Glascok,
Goffe, Guenther, Hanback,, Hardy, Harmer,
Hart Hatch of Mich, Haynes, Henderson oil
| Ia, Henderson of ILL.,, Henley, Hepburn,
Hewitt, Morey, Morrill,, Muller. Mutchler,
| Ochiltree, O'Hara, Patton. Payne. Payson,
Peele of Ind. Perkins, Peters, Phelps, Po-
land, Post, Price, Randall, Ranney. Ray of
New York, Ray of New Hampshire, Reed,
Rice, Robinson of New York, Rockwell.
Rowell, Russell. Ryan. Skinner of New
York, Smith, Spooner. Spriggs. Steele,
Stevens, Stewart of VT, Stone. Storm,
Struble, Z. b. Taylor of Ohio. J. ID. Taylor
Ohio, Tullsy, Valentine, Van Alstyne.
Wadsworth, Warner of Ohio, Washburn
| Weaver. wemple, White of Ky, Whitney,
wilkins, Wilson of Ia, G. ID. Wise of Va,
J. S. Wise of Va, and York.-l3S.
| The committee then resumed sitting and
| Mr. Morrison opened the debate in support
| of the bill He described the condition OF
the country. stated the surplus of the reve'
nues over the expenditures and dwelt on the
necessity of reducing taxation. To fail to
reduce the tax and relieve the people wonld
be a fragrant disregard of public duty. The
pending bill might not be all required, but il
was to advance forward a promise of more
complete tariff reform. Such reform and
adjustment is not believed to be attainable al
the present session. 1t would create no sur
prise that in the opinion of the minority OF
the ways and means committee the measure
was not sufficiently harmonious to secure
their approval They found in it no merit
bdcause it proposed to reduce all duties alike.
Horizontal reduction might not be best, but
none other was now practicable. Protection
lists opposed it, not because it was horizontal
reduction, but that it was reduction at all.
Mr.. Kelly eff Pa, made the opening speech
in opposition to the bill. He did net believe
that the cheapening of goods could relieve
any American industry. The evil was not
that goods we're not cheap enough or Amer
| lea could not produce them. The truth to be
considered by all men was that the power of
production the world over had outrun the
power of consumption and ali the markets
were over stocked and in every land skilled
and industrious people had been idle for a
| large part of recent years. Nihilism in Rus
sia, socialism in Germany, socialism and nj
hilism in the border regions of Austria, conn.,
| munism in France, told a story in those
| countries of idleness, want and misery. He
then proceeded to give chapters from the
| terrible lives of the Industrial classes Of
England, - learned BY him during three
months visit 70 s-merry England, prosperous
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