Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-02-09
TARIFF BILL u PASSED.
BY . Majority Of Sixty-Four In
the House.
1T GOES TO THE SENATE TODAY.
stirring Scenes While the Closing De-
bate Progressed-How Louisfsna
Congressmen Voted-Othcr
Washington News.

Washington, Feb. 2'-The House
finally passed tue tariff bill yester-
day by y triumphant majority OF "a
in the midst Of an inspiring scene
after the committee amendment in.
creasing the duty on barley from 20
to IS per cent adyalorem aud on
harley malt Is to 80 per cent had
been adopted, and after the amend
ments Of the committee of the whole
bad been adopted. Separate votes
were taken on the wool and wooden.
the income tar and the petroleum
amendments Wool will 60 on the
tree list on and after Aug. 2, ans
MANUFACTURED .wooleu goods on
Dec. 2. The amendment providing
for reciprocity in petroleum WAS
adopted and the income tax was
adopted by vote of lS2 to 80.
Then the bill was 6nally passed BY
q vote of 204 10 14O.
The scene 10 the Honse was, in
some respects, unprecedented. An
enormous crowd OF spectators Oc-
cupied tile galleries and s~armed
about the corridors and the eutraB.
ces to the House. The foor itself
of ,he hall OF Representatives was
occupied by the families and friends
of members, WHO we're. admitted
under a.suspenslou of the Ordinary
rules. No orators have hal nor~
inspiring audiences than the vas,
asselnblage which greeted the
speakers Of to-day. Every class OF
citizen, every profession was repre-.
sehted in The great gathering.
Cardinal Gibbons occnpied;a cou-
spicnous place in the gallery. aud
many other eminent nrn were to
be sern in the audience.
At 6 O'alock the conclusion Of one
of the most glorious aud nOst i'm.
presxive scenes ever witnessed in
the American Capitol, the. Wilson
tariff bill passed the House OF
Representatives, by u vote of 204
to 140. -.
The events leasling up to 1t were
almost unparalleled in our annals.
! AT 10 G'cloek, after a preliminary
skirmish OF an honr over the barley
schedule, the bill was reported ia
the House aud the closing speeches
we're made.
Such . vast concourse Of people
as assembled to bear these last
arguments upon the great economic
issue about to be submitted fOI
fnal arbitrament to the represents,
tives OF tile American people had
never before been within the con-
6nes Of the Capitol. Nothing like
It was ever known in the history O,
the oldest inhabitant of the Ca pitoI
Hours before the debate began
the corridors leading to the CALLER
les were a surging mass of humanl-
ty, which finally became SO grea
that men cried out in terror ant
women tainted 10 fright. It wal
estimated that over 10000 attempt
ed to gain 'admittsnce to the CALLER
les OF the House to-day. Thel
seating capacity is about 5000. aut
terrry available seat was occupie,
long before the Ravel dropped. Tb'
people we're lined against the doors
so great did the crush brcome ths
the members of the House secure.
permission to bring. their wives upo'
the floor. %.
Shortly after the Houae convene,
at IL o'clock the crowds in the i'm
mpnse gallery on the north side O
the. chamber became 90 great tha
there was imminent danger tba
some Of the people woald be pres,
ed over the. railing 10 the Hons
below. Those IN the corridors kel'
crushing into the doorways an
those still further back prrssc
forward. until The stairs aud aisle
of th~galIsry were. literally packe
With q mob Of restless. impstleu
: Anep.. In one. of the aisles a 6gb