Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-19
THE TARIFF BILL.
Morrison Asks Permission OF
the House to Present
His Bill
For the Revision of the Tariff
Five Negatives to
Many
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Forty-Ninth Congress.


HOUSE.
WAsHINGToN, Dec. lS.-The motion
of Congressman Morrison. of Illinois,
that Lhe House proceed to the consld.
Grafton of his bill for the revision Of
the tariff was lost by the close vote of
l49 to 154. Party lines were abandon.
ed In the vote and the polling was at.
tended with great excitement. The
following Democrats voted in the
negative: Bliss, Boyle, Campbell,
Curlin, Ermentrant, Faran. Gay,
Geddes, Green N. j. Iroon, Lawler,
LsFevre, Martin, McAdOo. Merriman,
Muller, Randall, Seney. Sawden,
Spriggs, Staplenecker, st. Martin,
Wall, Ward (Ill.), Warner (Ohio),
and Andrews. The following Repub-
llcans voted on the affirmative: Hay
den, Nelson, Stone (Mass.), Strait,
Wingfield and White, Mimi The
Minnesota delegation did not change
their positions from the stand taken
last spring. Gilfillan was the only
member of the delegation who stood
by his party and voted against Morri.
son, the other four members stood
alone among the Republicans of the
west who voted for the consideration
of the bill. Even Mr.. James, of
Brooklyn, who voted last spring for
the bill, changed front and voted TO.
day against Morrison. Regan, of
Texas, enered the house o few mo-
ments after the completion of the call
and asked to have his vote recorded,
but the speaker held that under the
. ha r,xIoo ho oo,,ld mt ouhvntf tho 10
quest to the House, and Mr.. Regan
was obliged TO content himself with
the statement that had he been pres
ent he would have voted in the sffir'
native. Mr.. blanchard, of Louisiana
announced that his colleague. Mr.
King, who was absent with leave ol
the House, was unable to secure q pair
IL he had been present he would have
voted aye.
Owing to the deaths OF Messrs.
Downey, Arnold and Price, the mem.
bership of the house is reduced to 322.
There were 303 votes cast and seven
pairs announced, showing that five
members were absent without paire.
These were Mr.. Akin (S. C.) who
has never qualified, Ellsbury (Ohio)
King LA. Reagan Tex, and Reed
IN. c. Twenty-six Democrats voted
In the negative. Campbell, Pinke
and Villa IN. ", Findlay Md {, ant
Stone and Hayden (Mass.) J, who las
year voted against the consideration
Of the bill to-day voted In the afhrms
tive. Mr.. James of New York, VIII
last year voted to consider to-day re
voked his vote.
Bragg, chairman of the committe
on military Affairs, has submitted re
port to the House to accompany tn
army bill, which contained criticism
ON the boot and shoe department O
the Leaven worth military prison. III
says the committee cannot forbea
from expressing their conviction tina
the government should not build
mandatory to be run by convic
labor In competition with the homes
artisan who supports his family b
the product Of bis labor. It IL ais
the belief of the committee that o sen
tence to Leavenworth prison for d.
sertion, followed by an education q
shoe maker, harness maker, chai
maker, or broom maker, good quarter
comfortable suit of clothes, and ut th
expiration Of the term Of sentenc
transportation to bis home and IS 3
refresh himself with, has no such ter
ror in IL a. to suppress the crime. II
a humane point Of view much can b
said In favor OF it, but as an aid Z
military discipline the committe
think IL too weak.