The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-22
THE VOTE AGAINST SUBSIDY.
An Overwhelming Set Back in the House
Tho Senate Insists.

An Overwhelming t,et-Baek in the House
Tho Senate Insists.
WASHINGTON CITY, May o.. - The
majority against the subsidy clause of the
postofiice appropriation bill Thursday, in
the house, was somewhat surprising to the
friends of the measure especially, who had
not expected such crushing defeat The
vote on the motion to non concur was, yeas,
l7S nays, 81.
An examination of the roll shows that
the affirmative vote was composed OF i5l
Democrats and q Republicans and the
negative vote of a Republicans and & Dem
ocrats Tho sentiment of the house, as ex-
pressed in this vote, is so overwhelmingly
against the subsidy that there can he no
doubt of the ultimate result The senate
will lac obliged to recede or the postoflice
appropriation bill will fail Blanchard and
King, of Louisiana; Barbour and Wise, of
Virginia; Wheeler, of Alabama; Dunn, OF
Arkansas, and LAWYER, of Illinois, had pre-
pared speeches in favor OF the subsidy, but
were induced to vote against it Barbour
did not vote, but was paired against tho
subsidy Dougherty, of Florida, spoke for
and voted against the senate clause.
The Republicans who voted to non-con-
cur were Anderson, Kansas; Browne, Indi
ana: Brown, Pennsylvania; Cannon,
Cooper, Fuller, Guenther; Henderson, Iowa;
Henderson, Illinois; Hepburn, Laird, La
Toilette, Lehlback, Lauttits Morrill,, O'Don-
nell, Payson, Peter, Rowell, Ryan, Strait;
Struble, Thomas Wisconsin; Wakefield,
Weaver, Nebraska; Warner, Missouri
White, Minnesota.
. The six Democrats who voted with the
Republicans in the negative were; Adams,
New York, Blanchard, Louisiana; Finday,
Maryland; Gay, Louisiana; Lore, Della
ware, and St Martin, louisiana
In the house Thursday, Herbert of Ala
bama reported the naval appropriation bill,
and it was referred to the committee of the
whole Consideration Of the bill prohibit.
ing importation of mackerel during the
spawning season, was then resumed, and
Lore of Delaware said since the days OF
wooden nutmegs and Waterbury watches he
had never read of such an ingenious piece of
mechanism as was contained in the bill.
The people of Delaware did not wish to be
confined to salt mackerei as they would
under this bill They wanted fresh mack
erel now and then
Brown of Pennsylvania inquired satiri-
cally how many fish it would take to supply
the people of Delaware. Laughter
After further debate the bill was passed
and the house procssdsd 70 consider private
business Among the bills passed was one
removing the charge of desertion from the
record of Franklin Thompson, alias 3 E E.
Seeleye Ia woman who served in Michigan
regiment without disclosing her identity.
The house at 5 o'clock took recess until
7:S0 p m. SO,
The senate Thursday passed the bill
authorizing the construction OF bridge
across the Arthur kill from New Jersey te
Staten Island.
Friday the senate proceeded to consldei
the bill which provides for closing up ths
business of the court Of Alabama claims
and after considerable debate the bill wa
passed as it came from the house. I'M
urgent deficiency bill was reported ant
passed without debate and on motion o.
Plumb, the senate insisted on its amend
ments to the postoflice appropriation bill