Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-02
MHA bI ItLthkAPH. <. From All Quarters. WILSON BILL IS PASSED. It Was Carried in the House
 by a Big Majority.
 AMERIGlH LEAGUE IS GROWING. It is in Favor of Annexation >s to the United States. I'VE NEW LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS. More Than Enough Money
 is Pledged.
AMEaIelH LEAGUE IS GROWING.
1HE NEW LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS.

more Inan EnOuSn money is Pledged.
 !. BY A BIG MAJORITY.
 The Wilson Bill Passes the House
 Ex-Speaker Heed Loudly Cheered- Scenes of Enth us1asm at the Close o1
 the Speech of Chairman Wilson o1
 the Ways and Means Committee in
 Defense of the Bill-He Was Carried
 from the Chamber on the Shoulders | Of His Admirers-Johnson Wool
 Amendment Was greed tO-The In- l come lax Amendment Was A greed
 to AmId Applause Though Congress- ! men DeForest and isperry of Con-
 necticut Voted Against It-The Full
 BIll Put Upon Its Final Passage, ,and
 Was Adopted by . Vote of 2O3 to l 40
 A Larger Majority Than Was Bx-
 pected-PigOtt and DeFOrest Voted
 in Favor and SPerry and Russell of
 the Connecticut Delegation n in Oppo- | s1tiOn.
 1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The Wilson tariff bill passed the house early this evening The vote on it's passage was 203 ayes, 140 l nays, 8 majority of 63 in favor of the bill. I Hours before the session of the house | opened crowds of people clamored for ad- mission to the chamber of representatives. The din at times was 30 great that 1t was impossible to hear. Everyone appeared anxious to listen to the closing debates of the leaders on each side, republican and democratic, and to bs in at the death when the vote was taken. All of the galleries were full, the diplomatic as we'll, and there {v, hor of olo IT, f11I hos with red hat, Cardinal Gibbons.
 After the reading of yesterday's journal the house went into com mittee of the whole and took up the question pending when the house adjourned yesterday-Mr. Wilson's motion to close debate On the barley amendment-and the house divided. Mir. Wilson and MT. Warner, dem., of New York then took their places ss teilers, and the motion was agreed to-175 ayes, nays.
 The question then recurred on the amendments to the barley schedule offered late yesterday afternoon. Substitutes and amendments were offered and defeated until the hour of 12 arrived and the com mittee rose and the chairman, MT. Rich a1dson of Tennessee, reported to the epeak- er that the house had mad under consider ation house bill 1864 to reduce taxation, etc, and had adopted several amendments. The speaker then announced that under the special order three hours should be all lowed for debate.
 7, The speaker recognized MT. Rsed, rep, of Maine. This was the signal for spon- tsneous outburst of applause, which the speaker made an effort to check. Cheers and applause rang out over the galleries, continuing for some time. Few speakers in the house have ever had grander audi ence hanging upon their words.
 Among the members of the senate who came over to witness the scenes in the low er house were Senators aoar and Lodge of Massachusetts, while among the disttn- goished visitors in the galleries was h.s eminence Cardinal Gibbons.
 Mr. Reed stood for awhile quietly and self possessed beside his desk, the cyno- sure ot all eyes, and whsn enthusiasm had subsidsd he be- an slowly and impressively to deliver carefully prepared get speech against the bill. He concluded his re. marks at 1:32 amid deafening applause and cheers from the galleries and members on the floor.
 MT. Crisp's appearance at the desk of MT. Clark, dem, of Missouri. and his recognition by the presiding officer, MT. Hatch, dem, of Missouri, was the signal for applause and cheering equsllipg in it's intensity and enthusiasm that which greeted Mr. Reed as he took his seat. The
 
 over the democratic side of the house and | stood about in the aisles around Mir. Crisp | as he began his speech.
 When he had conclude1 his speech | Speaker Crisp took the chair. The clos ! ing argument was msde by Chairman Wit ! son of the ways and means committee, the | father of the tariff bill.
 Referring to MT. Reeds shafts of sarcasm hurled against the bill, Mir. Wilson said ! that if progress and reforms had bsen vul- | nersble to sarcasm then should we be slaves and not free Americans. The dem ocrstic party is moving forward to day in the pathway of reform, despite all tsunts and snsels and opposition. And whenever | the members of the party shall be able to lay aside the eipA Aoence of local tnte rests and
 march forward with the general welfare | slone in their eyes then shall we arrive at the goal of perfect freedom and bring to
 the people that relief which they long for
 and which has besn promised. Cheers l
 Mr. Wilson adverted to the criticism
 that the pending bill was not perfect
 measure, said that no reform of the tariff
 could ever be accomplished unless the du- | ties of the law sought to be amended were
 reduced. A reduced tariff always resulted l in increased revenue, which was the fact
 of greatest surprise to English free tr- d.
 CTS. Another objection, he said, was that the income feature had been added. While opposed to the policy of combining the two msasu1 ss, MT. Wilson said he could give ii his loyal support, because he had pevs, been hostile to the income tax. It had been charged that 1t was class legislation This he denied. 1t was an honest effor to equsiizs the burdens of taxation which had received the approva of democratic statesmen from th, \ l earliest days of the republic to thu present. During the fifty years of its ex \ istencs in England it had besn the strong est force there in wiping out class distinc ' tions. It was @ doctrine taught by Sum l ner, Walker and other New ,Eoglsnd econ J omists that an income tax was the mos \ | simple form of taxation. lNew Englsn, taught that doctrine to the south and west and complain because her own teachin had been used against her. MT. Wilso l remarked: "In all my conferences on tn subject of this bill have heard no ma | protest that we have been setuated by a
 unworthy motive or that this great schem
 of taxation was undertaken in any class c
 sectional spirit"
 In concluslon MT. Wilson spoke substsr italy as follows: "I agree with the gentl. J men from Maine (Mr. Reed) that the que
 tion of general welfare and the question (
 the general wages of workingmen sr
 after all, the vital questions in this COT
 troversy. We are trying an experimer
 whether VIC can establish country whel
 every man born into 1t will be born wit
 the possibility that he can raise himself degree of ease and comfort, and not ! com belle d to live life of degrading to Q for the mere necessities of existence. Wh , is the feeling which snimates all wh ,, through danger and defsat, have steadi 5, tlabored for tariff reformt We wish !, make this . country where no man shall 2 taxsdfor the private benefit of another ms } where the blessings of free government, ed |. cation, of the influence of the church, \ the school shall be the common untax
 heritage of all the people, adding to t v comfort of all, adding to the culture of { :, and adding to the happiness of all. Ice 5, ersl cheering If knew that. when tn v roll is called, every democratic name won respond on the spirit of that larger patrit 'A ism which have tried to suggest won a. be proud and light hearted to-day. IT roll-call will not only be entered on IT journal of the house, but 1t will be enter d on the history of the country and in , < annals of frt sdom. Cheers. In AC name of feedom and of honor l summ tS every democrat in the house to the sr ofI port of this bill.
 ot zgAt the conclusion ot MT, Wilson's spec } there was enacted A scene of wild sntl
 sissm, such ae has never before been V
 messed in the house within the memory
 the oldest member Cheer after cheer rs
 ond .oo}p y,ou fhra~ fhafr ,