The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-12-20
BY JUST FIVE VOTES.
THE TARIFF REVISION CRUSHED
Again In the Present COngrsss-COlouel
Morrison Gives 1t up As bad Job.
Why MIR, Reagan Did not Gst to
Vste-ThS Result In Detail,


VstS-ThS Result in Detail,
WASHINGTON, D, O., Dec, 1s.-The sec
ond tariff battle Of the Forty-ninth Con.
grels has been fought and the would,bs
tariff relormsrs have Lost the day, AZ
predicted, the contest was very close,
The majority Is not as wide as a barn
door or as deep as a well, but It Is enough.
By q vote Of 149tO l54 the Morrison bill
was laid away in It's little grave forever,
The result was not unexpected by Colonel
Morrison, who said this morning that he
was satisfied the case was hopeless, The
two or three votes necessary to insure
consideration Of revenue matter could not
be secured, There was, nevertheless, a
good deal Of anxiety on both sides when
the House met, for there were eleneuts
OF uncertainty which could only be sst-
tied by q vote. II was well known that
some changes had taken place, and how
far this change had gone no ons could sc,
CuTAtely tell, The appearance on the
floor OF two or three absent members not
paired might decide the question against
those who had actually figured the mat.
tor out, aud nobody could tell what
might happen. Some Republicans were
known 10 be shaky and not wholly sat
lshel that the party was not making q
mistake In not letting In the subject and
trying TO perfect some kind OF measure
for the reduction Of tGxstion.
The feeling on all sides was intense, but
subdued. There was q very full sttand-
RnCe on the floor at the opening OF the
session. Though the day outside was
terrible one Of slush and rain, the galleries
were full by o'clock, most OF the vast
audience being OF male persuasion. The
members galleries on both sides OF the
chamber we're full OF ladies, however, who
had come up 10 spite Of the weather to
partake Of the scene in which their hus.
bands and fathers were to bear o part,
The morning hour dragged through heav.
lily with territorial business, the explra.
tion otlt at 1880 o'clock taking tho burly
Barnes oil his feet In the middle Of q
speech. At the fall Of the gavel the
House became hushed in an instant. The
members who had surrounded Barnes
scattered for their places, while the au
dience above settled 10 their seats and tho
crowded reporters gallery got ready for
business. All eyes were lxed upon the
Chairman Of the Ways and Means Com.
mittee, and as Colonel Morrison ross In
hia haltIng way all ears weFo strained 10
catch what he was about to say.
"MR. spEAKERW
His words were couched in the Conven.
tional parliamentary way, and his manner
was that Of a man who already realized
that he was beaten. He simply said:
"Mr. Speaker: move that the House
now resolve itself iato Committee Of the
Whole for the purpose Of considering the
revenue BILL" That was all. Tho Speaker
repeated the words, and Mr.. Mckinley
demanded the yeas and nays. "Those In
favor Of the yeas and nays will rise and
stand until they are counted" said the
Speaker, whereupon the whole House rose
ss one man and sat down again in ripple
OF laughter when tie Speaker had
promptly declared, "the yeas and nays are
ordered, without attempting to count
The CLERK began Immediately, amid a
breRthlesa silence, until the name Of Bliss,
Of New York, was reached. But Bliss did
not respond to the call, reserving his vote
for the second call. Then came the next
New York Democrat, Tim Campbell, who
had formerly voted with Mr.. Randall.
Campbell voted '!ayep this time, and q
sensation ran around the chamber. Every.
body knows that the New York delega.
tion and the 0hioans had been worked
upon moat assiduously, and that there the
breaks were to be expected. The call OF
Findlay, Of Maryland, showed the next
change, and his affirmative response
provoked another buzz Of conversation. II
rose like gentle awash ol the WaVea on a
lake shore and died away Immediately, to
be followed by similar sound when Hay.
den, Republican, from Massachusetts,
voted faye"
Then came murmur from the other
side When James, OF New York, Repub.
lican, who last session voted for consid.
Grafton, changed his vote TO "no." Be.
fore the House had recovered from the
James surprise, MqelleE and Merrinsn, OF
New York, who had been considered
shaky, voted mo-" and the hearts Of the
reformers sank into their boots. Plndar's
powerful AYE" raised them up again
temporarily. Pindar was with Randall
before; this time against him. When
StahlneCker showed he was BteadiAst Il
was then certain that the four votes
which the administration was 10 deliver
10 Morrison from the New York delega.
ton would not be forthcoming, Mel was
tho third, aud he came up smiling for
Morrison. Swope preserved his record.
Then came Stone, the Republican from
Massachusetts,, who joined Hayden. his
colleague, In the bolt from the old vote
on that side OF the House.
WAS TAKING A BATH.
II was now evident that the result was
to be vpSy close indeed. When the arst
call was finished 1t was quickly given out
A page carried 1t over to Randall, and the
latter wont over on the Republican side
and consulted in q whisper with Mckinley
Of Ohio. Ellsberry, Of that State, was out
oi the hall. II was the only break In Ohio.
But II was discovered on the other hand
that Reagan, Of Texas, was still absent.
Pages were occurring about the place, and
Reagan was found taking q bath In the
basement. He was Just getting his shirt
on, and was 90 excited at the Intelligence
that the roll was being called on the con.
slderAHon ol the taritf that he got his pants
on wrong side foremost, and insisted on
rushing up stairs lust as he was. He was
with difficulty restrained by his friends,
When he got on the floor the vote had
been declared, and II was TOO late. Reagan
was 90 chagrlned at the accident that even
his political toeB lelt sorry iof him. Ellis
berry, Of 0hlU, Who last session voted with
Randall, was not found Rt all.
The announcement Of the vote had mol
been made before The result obtained by
peeping over the gallery rail at the Agurel
on the clerks desk was being telegraphed
by correspondents Of the afternoon paper
oil oyer the country. The announcement
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