Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-09


Washington, Feb. AT TWO minutes
before u U clock tonight, ut the CON
cluslon OF Tic SranueSt, most imposin :
and most impressive scenes ever Wit
messed III the American capitol, the " il
son tariff bill passed The house OF rep
resentaureS by Il vote of 2U4 10 I4U.
lie events leading up to IL We're al
most unparalleled i'll our annals. AT l.
O'CLOCK, alter ii preliminary skirmiSn
OF an hour Oh the bare, schedule, the
object oil Which WAS To kAI time uuII.
the hour set tor the final vote, and thus
let the schedule Stand Us II is, the
bill WAS reported TO the house and the
closinS speeches made.
Such Il vast concorsc OF people rs
was assembled TO hear these last ar
guments upon the great economic is
sue about to be submitted for final
arbitrament to the representatives OF
the American people, has never before
been seen within the precincts Of the
nations legislative capitol. Nothing
like it was ever known i'll the history
OF the oldest iniElDltant OF the capital
For hours before the debate began,
the corridors leading to the galleries
held 4 surging mass Of humanity which
finally became so great that men cried
out i'll terror and women tainted i'll
freight. It is estimated that over 20
0OO people attempted TO gain admit
lance to the galleries Of the house to-
day. Their seating capacity is about
5000 and every available seat was oc-
cupied long before the gayel dropped
People were lined against the walls
and banked against the doors; So great
did the crush become that members Of
the house asked permission TO bring
their wives Oh the floor.
Shortly after Ii o'clock the crowd i'll
the immense gallery on the north side
OF the chamber became so great that
there was imminent danger that some
of the people would be pressed over
the railing into the house below. in
one of the aiSleS q fight WAS precil-
itated between Il negro and Il white
man as to the right to stand on the
same territory. The belligerents were
hustled from the gallery and compar-
ative quiet was restored. The crowd
ing in at the doors, however, contin-
ued until Speaker Crisp asked the
doorkceper Of the gallery to clear the
entrance.
When Mr.. Reed, the first speaker,
arose at last to deliver the final plea
for protection, the overhanging gal
leries were black with spectators who
thronged them, and every inch of
space upon the floor was taken. 1t was
brilliant as well as large assembly.
Only ten Of the 354 members of the
house were absent. Many grave and
reverend senators and other diSting-
uished personages were on the floor
and in the galleries. Mrs. Cleveland,
Mrs. Stevenson and other ladies of emf
hence and distinction, their dresses
fiecking the landscape with color, were
there.
Then, for three hours, the oratory of
the champions of the two economic
systems-Reed, Crisp, and Wilson-fol-
lowed, while their partsans made the
air ring with shouts of approval. The
appearance Of the speaker of the house
upon the floor to engage in a debate
was in itself remarkable as well as
an unusual thing. Each of the speak
erS seemed to be in the best of form
and the speeches which they delivered
today will rank among the most bril-
liant of their lives.
When these were finished, Mr.. VIII
son, who spoke last, was lifted on the
shoulders of his admiring colleagues
and carried triumphantly from the hall
amid Il scene of unmatched enthusiasm.
The vote III detail on the final pass
age of the bill is as follows:
Yeas-Abbott- Anderson, Alexander,
Allen, Arnold, Bailey, Baker, of Kan
sas, Baldin, Bankhead, Barnes, Barwig,
Bell, of Colorado, Bell, Of Texas, Beltz-
hoover, Berry, Black, of Georgia,
Black, Of Illinois, Blanchard, Bland
Boatner, Boon. Bower, of North Caro-
lima, Branch, Brawley, Breckenridge,
of Arkansas, Breckenridge, of Kentucky,
BretZ, Brickner, BrookShire, Brown.
Bryan. Bum, Burnes, Bynum, Caban-
mis-, Caminetti, Cannon, of California,
Capeheart, Caruth, Catchings, Causey,
Clancy, Clark, of Missouri Clark, of
Alabama. Cobb, of Alabama, Cobb, of
Missouri, Cochran, CockrilI, Coffeen,
Compton, of Connecticut, Coombs,
Cooper, of Florida, Cooper, of Indiana,
Cooper, of Texas, Cornish, Cox, Grain,
Crawford, Culberson, Davis, Dearmond,
DeFOrest, benson, Dinsmore, Dockery,
Donovan. Dunn, Dunphy, Durborow,
Edmunds, Ellis, of Kentucky, English,
Enloe, EpeS, Erdman, Everett, Fielder,
Fithian, Forman. Fyan, Geissenhainer,
Goldsier, Goodnight, German, Grady,
Gresham, Griffin, Hall, of Minnesota,
Hall, of Missouri, Hammond, Hare,
Harris. Harter, Hatch, Hayes, Heard,
Henderson, of North Carolina, Hines,
Holman, Hooker, of Mississippi, Houk,
of Ohio. Hudson, Hunter, Hutcheson,
Ikirt, Johnson, of Ohio, Jones, KEN,
Kilgore, Kribbs, Kyle, Lane, Lapham,
Latimer, Lawson, Layton, Lester,
Lisle, Livingston, Lockwood, Lynch,
Maddox, Magner, Mcguire, Mallory,
Marshall, Martin, Of Indiana, McAler,