The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-07-23
MILLSS SECTIONAL BILL PASSES.
its Authors Defensive Attitude at
the Last.
How the Vote and the Pairs stood
Saturday.

the Last.
How the Vote and the Pairs stood
Saturday.
Mr.. BouteIIe Remembers the AnnI-
versary of Bull Run.
WASHINGTON, July 21.-The galleries Of
the House were filled long before the OPEN
| ing this morning, by an audience interested
| in the final passage Of the Mills BILL There
were distinguished guests in the Speakers
| gallery There were few in the diplomatic
| gallery. The Presidents seat was vacant.
but it was intimated that some representa-
tive of the Presidents household would be
| present before the vote was taken. The
members were nearly all in their places.
| There was general air of expectation, and
| that low hum was heard about the floor
which often precedes a notable event. 1t
was with difficulty that the Speaker could
hear the motions of the routine business
which preceded the motion for the previous
question. Mr.. Mills was in his seat, pre-
pared for his last speech, and was in much
better physical condition than when the
long debate began. He seemed today in full
vigor of health. Mr.. Randalls physicians
forbade him from attempting to be present.
Mrs. Carlisle came in early and took seat
in the Speakers pew. Mrs. Cleveland in a
| very pretty summer costume, with Mrs. Fol-
| som, came in late and sat down in the Presi-
dents pew, just opposite. They were Joined
presently by Mrs. Fairchild, the wife Of the
Secretary of the Treasury. In the adjoining
gallery were a number of second class diplO-
mats. Down on the floor were Justice Har-
Ian, Senator Joseph E. Mcdonald and sew
eral senator's.
At 11.30 a. M, Mr.. Mills arose, asked to
make some corrections in the bill, which he
said were technical, and moved the previous
question on the bill. There was some obiec-
tion on the Republican side to making the
corrections, through evident fear that the
changes were mole than mere corrections,
vision.
The previous question was then moved,
ana Mr.. Mills commenced to address the
House at II .35 to close the long debate. He
commenced his speech by review of the
condition of the federal treasury, and the
relation OF surplus to taxation. He main
tanned that this surplus constantly makes
the burden of taxation harder, ana decreases
prices. Should this condition continue, he
believed that stagnation and bankruptcy
will follow. The Mills bill. he was sure,
would furnish an adequate remedy. He
then proceeded TO examine the schedules of
the bill in detail, and to compare them with
the schedules OF the existing tariff. AT the
end Of each schedule he used the refrain,
And they call that free trade, too. If that
IS free trade, will some one tell me what
they call protection?" Every reduction we
make in the tariff" said Mr.. Mills, 'is
charged as free trade" Mr.. Mills created
considerable amusement at one point in his
speech. Speaking of free trade he charged
that his opponents wanted to reduce the
taxes upon nothing except on whiskey,
which they welcomed. He then raised to
his lips a coffee cup and drank, an act which |
was greeted with applause and great laugh |
ter Mr.. Mills was frequently Interrupted |
by applause on the Democratic side. Every |
seat on that side was occupied. The mem- |
Ders wheeled their chairs about to face Mr.. |
Mills, who spoke from his seat in the centre |
of the hall on the Democratic side. Having |
passed over the schedule in hasty review, he |
came to wool and devoted considerable time |
to advocating the policy of the bill with re- |
spect to free wool.
By changes made in the bill since it was |
introduced the average rate of the bill had |
been reduced so that now it proposes a. 40 |
per cent instead of 47.10 per cent. under ex- |
lstlng law. Such bill he maintained, can |
bill.
Mr. Mills's speech was in very marked con- |
trast to his argument in presenting the BILL |
The whole drift of his speech today was a |
bill is not for free trade. At the end of every |
paragraph he stopped, and addressing the |
Democrats used phrases throughout the |
free trade come m on that?" 1--WE call that
very moderate reduction" There is no
free trade in that" The speech, from the
beginning, was defensive, apologetic argu-
ment, calculated to show that the bill would
not hurt the industries or the labor of the |
country. Every line of the speech indicated |
that the protests of labor throughout the
country have been heard and that the DEM
ocrats are alarmed at their own work
When the vote was taken ore hundred and
fhitty-slx Democrats, including Speaker Car
Isle, voted for the bill, as did three of the
four Independents and Messrs. Brewer, of
North Carolina, Fitch of New York, and |
Nelson Of Minnesota, Republicans The
fourth Independent, Mr.. Nichols of North
Carolina, who had the Endorsement and sup
with the 144 Republicans, and so did Messrs.
Bliss, Merriman and Greenman Of New
York and Sowden of pennsylvania, Demo-
Gratis. Mr.. Randall was paired with Mr..
Hogg. Mr.. Foran was present and impaired, |
but neither voted for nor against the bill |
All the other Ohio Democrats voted for it,
Mr.. wilkins included. The vote of Messrs.
Brewer and Nelson in favor of the bill sur
prsed both sides. The final determination
of the three New Workers to vote against it
surprised the Democrats, who have under
stood that they would either not vote at all |
or would vote for the bill. This is the vote
in detail:
Yeas-Messrs Abbott, Allen Of Mississippi,
Anderson Of Iowa, Anderson Of Mississippi, An
dersOn of Illinois, Bacon, Bankhead, Barnes,
Barry, Biggs. Blanchard. Bland, Blount Breckin-
Bynum, Brewer, Bryce, Buckalew, Burns, Burn
EFT, Felix Campbell, Campbell of Ohio. T. j.
SanSeF Saut1 Ga9gS
GS1l6,esEsOa, qgmmpgs bargan: Davidson, Ala
Dunn, Elliott, Enlee Ermentrout Fisher, Fitch /
Ford, Forney, French, Gay, Gibson, Glass, Grimes,
Henderson, Herbert, Holman, Hooker, Hopkins Of
Virginia, Howard Hudd, Hutton, Johnston
fdop 20 NORTH arS Carolina Jones' kgoTe
Latham, ,Lawler, Lee, Lynch, Mcdonald, Mahon'
ey Marsh, Manslr, Matson, McAdoo, McClammy
Morse, Neal, Nelson. Newton, Norwood, Oates,
Peel, Pennington. fheian, Pidcock. Rayner, Rice,
ae Richardson, Robertson, Rogers, Rowland, Rus
ssnsv se Of bMasssaScih1ssets RasE sayers Scott
spinola, Springer, stahlnecker, Stewart of Texas,
Stewart OF Georgia stockdale. Stone Of Ken
Thompson of California, Tillman, Tracey, Towns
hend Turner OF Georgia, Vance, Walker, Wash
Wilkinson, Wilson of Minnesota, Wilson Of West |
Virginia, Wise, Yoder and Speaker Carlise-162. |
Nays..Messrs. Adams Allen Of Massachusetts,
Atkinson, Baker of New York, Baker Of Illinois, |
Bayne, Belden. Bingham, Bliss, Boothman, Bound |
DoutcuO, i5OWuCus DOWcH DrtWtT. H. d.
Browne Of Virginia, Brown Of Ohio, j. r. Brown,
Brumm, Buchanan, Bunnell, Burrows, Butler,
Butterworth, Cannon Caswell. Cheadle, Clark,
Cogswel Finley. Flood Fuller, Funston, Gaines, |
Gallinger Gear, Gest, Gof, Greenman, Grosve-
nor, Grout, Guenther, Harmer, Confer, Cooper, |
Grouse, Cutcheon, Dalzell, Darlington, Davis, De |
lano, Dingley, Dorsey, Dunham Farquhar, FELTON, |
Haugen. Hayden, Henderson of Iowa, Hender-
son Of Illinois, Hermann, Hires Hit, Holmes, |
Hopkins of Illinois, Hopkins of New York, Houck |
HOvey, Hunter, johnson Of Indiana, |
Kean; Kelly, Kennedy Kerr, Ketcham,
Long. Lyman, Mason, McC0mas, Mccormack, |
Mccullough, McKenna, Mckinley. Merriam, Mil |
liken, John II. Moffatt, Morrill,, Morrow Nichols |
Nutting, 0Donnell, 0Neill OF Pennsylvania, |
Osborne, Owen, Parker, Patton, Payson, Perkins, |
Peters. Phelps, Plumb, Post, Pugsley, Reed, |
Rockwell, Romeis. Rowell, Russell of Connecti- |
cut, Ryan, Sawyer, Scull, Seymour, Sherman, |
Sowden, Steele. Stephenson, Stewart of Vermont, |
Struble Symes, L. b. Taylor, Joseph ID. Taylor |
of Wisconsin, Thompson of Ohio Turner of Kan |
sas, Vandever Wade, Warner, Weber, West |
White of Indiana White of New York, Whiting |
of Massachusetts, Wickham, WILDER, Williams, |
Yardley, Yost-149.
The bill had 10 majority. After the vote
was announced Mr.. Boutelle arose and said: |
'As this is the 27th anniversary Of the battle |
of Bull Run, move that the House take a |
recess until p. M" The Republicans qui- |
etly caught the point.
THE DISMAL FOG.