The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-07

the blood was to be found upon. Looking up.
he saw the grand and wise motto of his own
Commonwealth, and he could no more than en-
phaslze that motto in an earnest, honest, and
final appeal. If we stand united We will con
quer; if we are divided, disaster will readily
come, In conclusion, he said: 81 express the
hope that in the near future we may be
able to bring to the House enough
enlightenment, patriotism and progressive intelli-
renee to refute the bigotry which disgraces poll
les in the shape of protection. No bigot,
whether he be Christian or politician, ever con
trlbutei one atom to the advancement of hu-
nanitys cause; and | ask at the hands of this
House, with a firm reliance for a favorable
answer, that it may never be said that a Demo
cratic House in the American Congress refused
even to consider a bill which proposed to reduce
admitted excessive taxation and revise, to a de
gree, an admittedly bad tariff.
Mr. kasson closed the debate in opposition to
the bill in a severe arraignment of its provisions,
which he declared to be impossible of admins
tration. He challenged the tariffs of the world
to present provisions of the enormity and confu-
sion approaching those of the pending measure,
and asserted that it would require a special
cateehism to answer the questions which
must be asked before any goods
were imported, and predicted that,
if the bill were enacted into a law,
before a year every importing merchant would
be clamoring to Congress to restore the old rates
of duty. The bill tossed into the lap of Europe
one fifth of the duties which now flowed into the
treasury of the United States, without e~xacting
an equivalent from any of the countries Of
Europe. To call that Craftsmanship was to
nulEfy the meaning of the English language. He
then proceeded in reply to Mr.. Blackburnis
speech, to detail the benefits which the country
had derived from the protective system, and his
remarks were constantly greeted with the APP
planse of his party associates. "An hail. he
exclaimed in conclusion, Ito the giant of pro-
lection, which strews his pathway with gold and
lines all his borders with the flowers of popular
comfort"
APPROACHING THE END.
Mr.. '%Iorrison closed the debate with a rapid
review of the objections which had been made to
the bill, and an equally rapid and brief answer
to those objections. Addressing NJ. Randall, he
said: "You claim to have the power to strike
out the e%nacting clause of this bill; if you have
that power. amend this bill and make it what it
ought to be-"
The chairman directed the clerk to read the
bin. AS the clerk began to read, Mr.. Converse
left his seat in the last row of seats, and walk
ing down to the bar of the House, stood nervous
ly lingering n piece of paper which he held in his
hand. When the reading of the first paragraph
had been completed there was an embarrassing
pause. Mr.. Converse was engaged in earnest
conversation with Mr.. Hunt, and did not appear
30 know that all eyes were fixed upon him. Mr..
Nasson, fearful that the time when the motion
% strike out the e%nacting clause would be in or
er would expire before Mr.. Converse's atten-
on could be attracted to the fact, rose and in
uired of the Chair whether the proper time had
ONE to make a motion.
Before the chair could respond, Mr.. Converse,
pushing to the front, moved to strike out the
enacting clause. This was the signal for a volley
of Kisses and groans from the Democratic side,
this demonstration being met by rounds of ap-
plause from the Republican side. The scene in
the chamber wa one of intense excitement and
confusion, to which the galleries rendered no
little aid, by loud tokens of approval and disap-
proval. Tellers being ordered, Mr.. Converse and
Mr.. Morrison were appointed by the chair. Be
fore taking his place, Mr.. Morrison called to the
clerk of the House, who was standing by the
Speakers desk, and exclaimed: CLARK, see that
no scoundrel who is paired goes between the
%tellers.7
Clark, promising to see that fair play should
be had, Nr, Morrison took his station, giving
as he stood opposite that gentleman.
Then the voting began, and the tellers announced
the affirmative vote to be 155. The first man to
pass through in the negative was Mr.. Reagan, of
Texas, who had been brought in on an invalid
chair in order to east his vote. He was heartily
applauded by his friends aud received many con
gratuiations on his apparent recovery from his
nounced as 151, and then George d. Wise, of
Virginia, voted in the affrmatFqonUWed cheer
rem rne' Republican side, and the cheers
were taken up by the galleries and reyerberated
from every nook and Granny of the hall. La
dies stood up and waived their handkerchiefs
and men their hats,
Mr.. Morrison, yielding gracefully to the inevi-
table, walked smilingly to his seat, and the
tariff bill was dead.
On Mr.. Converseis motion the committee rose
and the chairman reported its action to the
House.
The House sustained the action of the commit
tee by the following vote;