Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-17
THE DETAILS In FULL.

The Wool schedule Goes Through by the
Astsnishingiy Large Majority of 1S.
Speeiai Telegram TO the Register.
WASHINGTON, D. O., July 16.-Chairman
Mills is pushing the tariff bill to its final
passage with a degree of expedition that
no doubt even surprises himself. Atevery
point where it was supposed the House
would get into hopeless tangle the diff
culties have been adjusted, and while at
times progress was made slowly it has
nevertheless been steadily maintained.
This is largely due to the
lack Of organization on the Republican
side, in regard to the tariff and from the
fact that they have
NO MEASURE OF THEIR OWN
upon which they can rally. This was
manifested to-day when the free wool
clause came to q vote in Committee of the
whole. Almost from the start the predic-
tion had been made that it would tax the
Ways and Means Committee resources to
get through the free wool clause, and it
would split up the Democratic side to put
it through BY force. The Democratic
members of the Ways and Means Com
mittee had the foresight to omit the
item of wool from the free list, which en-
bodies the first part of the bill, and to in.
sert it in the wool schedule where it would
not be involed with other articles which it
was proposed to admit free.
THE RESULT OF THEIR JUDGMENT
was that the Republicans have been so
thoroughly broken up and the Democrats
30 thoroughly harmonizsd during the
course of the tariff discussion that the free
wool clause was passed with an ease aston
ishing even to large number of members
The bill came up this morning with the
prospect of two days debate
before vote could be had
on the wool paragraph, but Chairman
Mills had sized upNthe temper of the
House, and was persuaded that the mat
ter could be expedited. Accordingly he
made an arrangement to have the vote
taken at p. m. The wearied Republicans
had but feeble protests to offer, aud the
vote was taken by tellers, without any
confusion or marked incident to indicate
that it was
THE GREATEST SINGLE ISSUE
in the measure that has almost exclusively
occupied the attention of the House since
last February. The vote resulted in favor
Of the committees proposition, 120 to 102,
q clear majority of 1S 1t would have
been 19 if Ford, of Michigan, had been
able to get through to the tellers in time
TO have had his vote recorded. Three
Democrats voted with the Republicans,
wilkins and Forau, of Ohio, and Sowden,
of Pennsylvania. II there are three
Democrats in the House who
can afford to vote with the
Republicans it is this trio of statesmen.
Wilkins has been defeated for renomina-
tion, Foran will be defeated for renomina-
tion, and Sowden, it is understood, will
run, backed by Quay, as an independent
candidate against the regular Democratic
in the Berks Lehigh district. If the wool
clause passed in committee
BY A MAJORITY OF 1S
it becomes question how much more of a
majority will the entire measure
have on the final vote, it
being admitted that the wool clause
was the one about which the most doubts
have arisen. This question ont of the way
and none of equal importance remaining,
leads Representative Mcmillan, Of the
Ways and Means Committee to predict
that on Thursday of this week the bill will
be ready to be reported back to the House
and q final vote taken on that hav