The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-30
THE TARIFF BILL BEATEN.
Its Consideration Defeated in the
House of Representatives.
A Majority Of Seventeen Against
Taking Up the Measure.

The Morrison Tariff bill has been defeated
in the House of Representatives. Its oppo
nents had determined never to let it reach q
debatable point, and it was only matter OF
roll call. The vote was not on the passage
of the bill, but. on a motion to go into
Committee of the Whole to consider it.
Such motion cannot be debated and the
country was sparei flood of tariff speeches.
At 1913 P NJ, Mr.. Morrison rose in his place
and in moment the House was as still as
if the chamber had been empty. Mr..
Morrison moved that the House 20 into com.
mittee Of the whole on the revenue bills. On
this motion he demanded the yeas and nays,
and Mr.. Mckinley, on behalf of the oppo-
nents of the bill, Joined in the demand
The yeas and nays were ordered unani-
mously, and the motion was defeated-yeas,
40; nays, 157.
The following Republicans voted for the
motion: Messrs. James IN. W, Nelson,
Strait, Wakefield (Minn.)
The following Democrats voted in the neg
ative; Arnot IN. W, Bliss IN. ". Boyle
PENN, Campbell Ohio, Campbell, Timothy
N. ~, Curtin PENN, Dowdney IN. W,
Ellsberry (Ohio), Ermentrout PENN, Findlay
tMd), Foran Ohio, Gay Ga). Ged.
des (OD, Green lN. Jl, Henley
HGGal2, HG2ti,, ;, l. hawler HL(, Ls Fevrs Ohio,
N. ", Muller IN. ", Pidcock IN. ~,
Pindar IN. ~, Randall PENN, Seney
Ohio, Sowden PENN, Spriggs IN. ",
Stahlnecker IN. ", St. Martin (La.). Vieie
IN. ~, Wallace Ga.J, Ward Qll), Warner
Ohio, Wilkins Ohio.
Messrs. Bragg. Jones (Ala.), Aiken, Reid,
Hall, White. (Minn.), Eldridge. Dockery,
Cox, Collins, Murphy, Eden and Hatch, who
would have voted in favor of the motion,
Van Schaick, Bunnell, Heist, Houck, White,
PENN, Haynes, Stevenson, Hit. Pettibone
and Caswell, who would have voted against
it.
OF the members paired, Mr.. Aiken, Of
South Carolina, has never taken the oath of
office, having been i'll since the beginning of
the session. The only member absent and
impaired was Mr.. Frederick, Of Iowa, who
ws!s confined to his home by illness.
est both on the floor and in the galleries,
and an unusual silence prevailed as the
clear tones of the Clerk enunciated each
name. The only break in the silence
occurred when Mr.. Holman, who had
just returned on an afternoon train
from a visit to his district. responded
in the affirmative when his name was called.
He was greeted with round OF applause,
which broke out afresh when Speaker Car
Isle directed the clerk to call his name, cast
his vote in favor of the motion.
There was loud clapping of hands on the
Republican side when the vote was an-
nounced. Mr.. Morrison rose, cool and unruf
fed, and said:
II desire to give notice that shall move to
ta,,e up the bill on Tuesday next
Mr. Mckinley gave notice that the OPP
poneuts Of the bill would try and be present
on that day.
Mr. Morrison said he was not disappointed
in the result, and that he had forseen it for
many months, but this was thing to which
the party and the Administration were
pledged. and he ''had to make the fight, hit or
miss" When asked why he intended t.
again attempt to call up the bill he said with
a smile: 1T will give them chance to re-
Pent thn put ne declined h 10 express any opinion
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