The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-24

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. A noMD'sHFLI.
Mr. German was Rpplauded from the
Eallorlos as he closed, and senators
gathered about bis desk congratulatlug
him. Mr.. Teller nrosa Republicans
and Democrats alike felt that as he
spoke some movo was impending. Ho
was interested. Mr.. Toller said, to loarn
from Mr. German that majority OF tho
senate would support tho compromise
bill. lio was also Interested In learning
that tho Democratic party was stand
ing. not on the Chicago platform, but
on Mr.. ClCveland's platform. lie had
known that tho party had abandoned
the Chicago platform as far az silver
was concerned at Mr. Clcvulands diCta.
ton, but he had learned for the lrst
timS to-day that Mr.. Clevcland's utter
anco took precedence ovor tho plank OF
the party platform on tho tariff. Still,
oven after what Mr.. German had said,
ho was in doubt rs to tho condition OF
the othcr sidO. Tho Maryland senator
had not said tina. all the Democrats
would support tho bill. He had said
that majority Of the senate would sup
port 1t. How many Populisti wero
counted on by Mr.. German to mako up
majority OF tho senate? We're there
any backslidcrs among the Democrats?
These wcre all interesting questions
and in ordGr to mako ovory senator
show bis colors he would move TO lay
tho tariff bill on tho tablc,
Mr.. Tcller's motion was like bomb
shell. It created CONSERVATION on both
sides. Tho bells rang and pages were
sen. scurrying through tho corridors to
drum up every available senator in
order that the full strongth might be
polled on the yoto.
Mr.. Butler Dom, 8. o. who was in
the bsrber'a chair whom n message
callod hin. camo to tho senate with one
sido o! his iacc shaved. The roll call
was watched with interest, curiosity
being particularly manifested as to how
Messrs ELL, Irby and PETER would vote.
All three voted against the motion.
The Democratic line did not show 4
single gap. and tho three avowcd Pop.
uists, Allen, Kyle and PETER, voted
with them. Tho motion was defeated
-2S 10 IS.
Tho vote In detail on Mr.. Tollor's mo.
ton to lay the tariff bill on the table is
as follows:
YEAs-Aldrlch, Allison, Cameron,
Chandler, Davis, Dolph, Dubois, Frye,
GallinGcr, Hale. Hansbroush, Hawloy,
Higgins, Hoar. Lodge. Mcmillan, Man
dcraon. Mitchell (Orecon). Morrill,, Pat
ton, Pet,Igrcw, Plat, Power, Quay,
Sherman, ShouP, Squire, Tcller-2S.
NlYs-Allcn, Bate. Berry, Blackburn,
Blanchard, Butler. Gallery, Camden,
Cockrell, Coke, Daniel, Faulkner,
George, Gibson, Gordon, German, Gray,
Harris. Hill, Hrnton, Irby, Jarvis,
Jones (Arkansas), Kyle, Lindsay, Mar
tin, Mills. Morgan, Murphy, Palmer,
Pasco, Peffor, Pugh, Ransom, Smith,
Voorhees,, Walsh and White-3S.
Tho pairs we're az follows, Democrats
being given frat: Brice and Wolcott,
Call and Proctor, Mitchell (Wis. and
Carey, Mcpherson and Cullom, Nc
Laurin and Dixon, Villas and Jones
fNerada), Roach and Perkins, Turpic
and Wilson, Vest and Washburn.
Stewart Pop, Nevada) was absent and
impaired. g.
Mr. Allison spoke at some length In
reply to Mr. German, expressing rogret
that the Maryland senator had not gono
moro into detail in his review Of the
hiatory OF the bill. Since May I. tho
Republicans had been trying to ascer-
tain the principle underlying tho bill
and now ior the first timo learned from
Mr.. German that bill was to be made
discriminating in favor OF American
labor and substituting President CIeve-
lands letter OF acceptance Of 1892 as in
terpreted by MI. German, for the plat
form OF 1902.
At $3.50 the senate went into execu-
tive session aud coon afterwards ad-
journed.