The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-25

rison of his whereabouts. BARNS
finished much sooner than was e.
pected. Morrison then arose and
moved to go into committee of the
whole to consider the revenue bills.
Mr.. Mckinley called the yeas and
nays and the vote began. Mr.. Rea-
gan was at that time luxuriating in
bath. The warm liquid water was
playing about his massive form
while the clerk was calling the roll.
He did not know it. Pages flew
everywhere to find him. The vote
was very close. Morrison fidgeted
and fumed. yet no Reagan. The
bath was deliciGusly exciting, and
he forgot how time flew. The roll
call was completed, and the abSentees
were being called and Mr.. Reagan
was found by one of the assistant
doorkeepers. The way the fat mem
Der from Texas got out of the bath
tub was caution. With the assist
ance Of the doOrkeeper, he was rub
bed down and quickly dressed anu
hurried to the House, but only reach
ed the floor in time to hear the clerk
announce the result of the vote, and
too late to cast his own vote. He
was mad. During the call of the roll
there was almost absolute silence In
| the hall. The members tried to. f..
ure out the result by following the
! call, but it requires practiced hand
to do so. In the press gallery the
correspondents noticed every change
of vote, and by the time the roll was
finished had the result on the wire
and in distant cities. with comments
on the changes and the reasons for
certain mems votes, The clerk gave
every one time to vote, and the pairs
were read and then the rssult an
nOunced. Carlisle's voice, when he
did so, had touch of disappointment
in it. Morrison looked bored, but
Randall was pleased. The Rnpubli-
cans burst forth into little applause
but it died away soon. There were
some few people in the galleries who
Kissed little. but they were stopped
at once. The Maryland Democratic
members all voted with Morrison for
consideration, Mr.. Findhy keeping
his word and joining the Morrison
men. Mr.. McComas alone remained
true. There were five absentees who
were not paired. They were: Floyd
King, of Kansas, and Ried of North
| Carolina, who remain away from
this city on legal grounds Aiken,
of South Carolina, who has never
been here; Reagan, of Texas, who
was taking bath ; EIsberry. of Ohio,
lodged the vote. wishing to vote with
Morrison, but not caring to offend his
constituents. Thus Morrison lost
five votes-fOr they were all his men.
ETe gained Findlay, of Maryland,
and Well, Cox and Tim Campbell, of
New York. and the following Repub-
licans: Hayden, Stone and Nelson,
of Massachusetts. These, with Strait,
White and Wakefield, of Minnesota.
made up the list of Republicans who
voted with Morrison. Morrison
gained three votes by death-Arnot,
Beach and DoWdney-all Of New
York, and all tariff men; also, six
votes from Democrats and Republi.
cans who voted against him last year.
| The majority then for the tariff men
was only IL, the vote being 140 yeas
to 157 nays. But Morrison lost four
votes by absence (Alken not count
! ing, having been absent last SESSION.,
and also James, of New York, who
voted with the tariff men this year.
Thus, it will he seen that the changes,
with but very slight exceptions, were
wrought by either death or absentee
ism. The vote on the tariff hill re-
ported by Mr., Morrison June IL, 1856,
was yeas 40; nays, 157. Of the at.
firmative uote 1876 were Democrats,
| Greenback Democrat and four Re.
publicans. OF the negative vote l21
were Republicans, Greenback Re.
publican and 80 Democrats.
The following Democrats voted in
the negative to-day: Messrs. Bliss,
Boyle, Campbell, of Ohio; Curtin.
Ermentrout, Foran, Gay. Ge,l,less,
Green, of New Jersey; Irion, Law
Ter, Lefevre, Martin, McAdoo. Null.
Ter, Merriman. Randall. Seney, Sow.
den, Spriggs. Stahlneeker. st. Mar-
tin, Wallace, Ward. of Illinois
Warner. of Ohio, and Wilkins
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