Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-02-08

s1ralng masses, to the farmer, to tho
laberer and to the American people,"
as the speaker closed. A page walked
toward him with a. large ported plant,
with red flowers above, surrounded with
white roses below. The applause con-
tinned for more than a minute, during
which Mr.. Crisp was warmly congratu-
lated. He left the body of the house
and returned to the speakers desk.
While Speaker Crisp was speaking
Mrs. Cleveland with a party of ladies'
from the White House, escorted by Pri-
vate Secretary Thurber, arrived at the
capitol. They forced their way through
the crowd with difficulty to the presidents
gallery. and Mrs. Cleveland listened to
the remainder of the debate.
Chairman Wilson.
Mr.. Wilson at once arose to close the
debate. He was greeted with cheers.
He showed no signs of fatigue, to which
he had been subjected. He was in fine
voice and in an animated spirit, which
permitted hirl to open with humorous and
sarcastic renli.s t. Mr.. Burrows IF Mich
isan and Mr. Deliver Of Jcwa, which
! X Mere greatly rellshed by The hulse. Mr..
Wilson said Mr. Reed lad foreshl lowed
his usual course of coag-es sional rreced-
ure. and lad recited SET ora ton with
the old set praises of protection, ::sick,ed
Ger the with pale hue of philosophy
Turning to the subject in hand. Mr..
Wilson eloquently portr Eyed the advance
of freedom. This bill, he said, was but
one Of those advances: No Mckinley bill
progress. Great causes could not be
laughed or ridiculed away, and the gen.
tleDlan from Maine could not draw from
his armor;;' of sarcasm and wit in order
to stop the advance Of this cause of
lSrrl,A oE T.
Wilson then. related the story of the
English herring merchant who wrote to
Sir Robert Peel that he did not want
free trade as to herring, as it would let
in Norwegian herring, but That On other
good; ae was thorough free trader.
ocrats net to allow any herring arguments
to impede the movement toward the over
throw of the protective system.
Reforming to an Income Tax,
Mr.. Wilson said he had not wanted it
attached to the bill, but once attached, he
supported it with it with all the loyalty
at his command. There was continued
applause as Mr.. Wilson denied the
charges of sectionaism in the bill. He
who had framed this bill was to make
this country one in which one man would
not he taxed for another, one in which
religion, science, culture and education
would go hand in hand as the common
untaxed heritage of every citizen.
Mr. Wilson closed with an eloquent ap-
peal to his fellow Democrats. He told
them that the record of the house would
permanently record no passing event, but
a great epoch in American history He
wanted every Democratic name recorded
on that historic roll. In that case, he
said, the day would be proud and hap
py one for him. His closing words were:
SsTy, Io IF IN ho nf
freedom, | summon every Democrat to
vote for this BILL
Mr.. Wilson's glowing peroration
aroused the Democrats and the galleries
to the highest pitch of enthusiasm. and
the demonstration which followed his
the house The whole Democratic side
rose to its feet, books and records were
thrown in the air, cheer followed cheer.
the people in the galleries joined with
voice and hands in the tribute. Before
Mr.. Wilson could sit down, three of the
enthusiasn-,ss johnson Ohio.
Tucker Va.) and Bryan (Neb crushed
up the aisle, lifted Mr.. Wilson upon their
shoulders and carried him in triumph to
the rear of the hall: where for ten min
utes he listened to the words of praise
remarkable demonstration in every re-
spect.
The Vote.
The vote was then taken, the amend
ments being first disposed of, resulting
in the passage of the bill-2O4 to 40.
The Northwestern representatives
voted as follows: Yeas-Baldwin, Boen,
Hall, Minnesota; Hayes. Iowa; Barwig,
Somers, Rrickner, Wells, Barnes,
Lynch, Wisconsin.
Nays-Fletcher, McCleary, Tawney,
Nefer, Minnesota; Johnson, North Da-
kota: Lucas, Pricklcr, South Dakota;
Gear, Henderson, Updegraff, Cousins,
Lacey, Hull, Hepburn, Hager, D0lli-
yer, Perkins, Iowa; Cooper, Babcock,
Shaw, Hagen, Wisconsin.
The Bridge Bill Diseased.
Washington, Feb. 3.-The Duluth-Sn-
perior bridge bill was discussed in tho
committee on interstate commerce to-day.
Col. Dudley appeared for the Commercial
Bridge company, and Capt McDougal
for the shipping interests ON the lakes
McDcugall wants the bridge to afford
twenty eight feet head room, but aside
from this had no preference. This mat
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