The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-07
Casing Great Depression Among the Tariff
RefOrmers and Elation Among Repub-
licans and Protection Democrats.
ASpeech by Randall in Which the Nor
IsOn People Are Roughly Handled.
Scenes of Great Interest .and Excitement in
he HOuse-Mr. Lamb Joins the Reform
ers just Few Minutes Toe Late.
SCENES IN THE HOUSE.

SCENES IN THE HOUSE.
HoT The Victorious and Vanquished Leaders
Carried Themselves.
So sisl to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, May 6-To days excitement in
I'll House eliminated in IA success for protec-
Ii ! to American industries, which, to be frank,
| ex eeded the expectations of nearly all those
WHO voted to kill the Morrison bill Few there
Y e among the most ardent protectionists, this
mV'ning, who would say that they believed the
enacting clause would be stricken out Even
Mr.. Kasson, of Iowa, said it would not be de-
feaed. This feeling proves to have been not in
dicativc of a weakening of the ttariff reform
ers, but shows that they realized the desperate
efforts that were being made to secure friends
for the measure and their misapprehension of
what fruit those extreme efforts might bear
Speaker Carlisles voice trembled as it was
nes3r known to tremble before on the floor of
theaHouse when he said: The vote ON the ques-
ton is 159 yeas and 155 Nays so the enacting
clause of the bill is striken out 1t showed the
deep interest he had taken in the matter There
was intense feeling dscernible in his voice. also,
when he asked the reading clerk to call his name,
that he might vote. 1t was as much as to say,
Il will contribute my mite but it cannot save
u.s."
While the first vote was being taken there
was great excitement and much confusion until
nearly all the negative votes had passed be-
tween the tellers. Suddenly everybody was
silent Mr.. Reagan, of Texas who had been
lying at deaths door for some time, and who
was generally supposed to be dangerously i'll,
entered the House, led by two men AS he
passed between those who recorded his vote, he
muttered in low tone mo" and then applause
burst forth from the reformers. 1t was a gal
LAM act for Reagan but it only indicated in
terrls unmlstakable that Morrison would have
rest rreeted the entombed had it been possible
to secure another vote. Sadness was in every
feat ire of the Texan as he was led from the
uf6 rsked his life to save was annotlhe nf the meas
aallle the first vote was being taken tbero ,,,..
so much excitement and impatence that no one
would sit down after passing between the tellers.
They simply stepped aside and tip toed to see
and hear the count. There were few smiles: it
was not time for levity The gravity of the
situation was too intense. 1t was several min
utes after the vote by tellers was announced be-
fore order could be restored. The applause was
taken up in the corridors carried over to the
Senate out on the streets, and echoed blocks
| away by those who knew not its meaning The
tellers were Converse and Morrison. When his
work as teller was done, Morrison, who stood in
the semi-circle Immediately in front of the
Speakers desk, dropped his head, walked back
to his seat, and for the first time during consid-
GRAFTON of his measure showed nervousness. He
was very nervoOs Picking up glass of lemon
ade which stood upon mis- desk. and which, it is
said, was spiked" he took several sips in
rapid succession. He then sprang to ,:is feet and
looked over to Randall, who sits in the game
row, and but four seats to the left Not muscle
moved in Randall's face. Every one noticed
Morrison's agitation, and he tried to smile, but
it was a pale and sickly smile.
While the House was being called for the yeas
and nays, Randall said to a member in front of
him: This settles the tariff agitation so far as
this House is concerned"
The anti tariff -reformers made good selection
in Converse to move to strike out the enactine
clause. He did his duty we'll The speeches de-
livered to-day by the opponents of the measure
undoubtedly won accessons to the opposition
but the action of the California delegation is
looked upon as the main move that ruined the
horizontal bill
Some surprise was expressed by protectionists
when Mr. Lamb voted with the tariff-reformers
but it is now known that the pressure that was
brought to bear upon him last night and this
morning was almost irresistible His Demo
cratic colleagues from Indiana drove him. it is
said, into the ranks under whip and spur One
of them said tonight: "Why, Lamb could not
do otherwise than vote with us. He has q tariff
reform constituency, and could not have been
returned here without voting for the BILL and he
was given so to understand"
| An effort is being made to night by the va-u
pushed, to laugh off their defeat They claim
that the Republicans will not make anything by
refusing to revise the tariff. Mr.. Kelley. of
| Pennsylvania, said in answer to this talk that
he could not be pleased better than to have the
Democrats pose as martyrs to tariff reform He
said everything had worked just as the Repub-
licans wanted it; that the country could plainly
see the whole principle of the Morrison bill was
wrong; that it would not pass the Senate, and
that it was folly to fool away valuable time upon
it. There are those who say the Tilden element
worked to kill the Morrison bill, because Tilden
believed it would kill the Mcdonald boom.
THE PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
Speeches for and Against the BilI-Mr. Ran
dalTs Pointed Remarks.