Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-16


not be taken. After considerable dis
cussion Speaker Crisp held that the
resolution was in order and before the
house. The previous question was or
C?ed without division.
After a careful statement of the sit
uaton and the declaration that by
special order changing OF suspendinS
the rules OF the house temporarily, the
accepted doctrines of Jefferson's man
ual were carried out, and after citing
a precedent in one of Speaker CarliSleS
rulings, the speaker oyerruled the
point of order. The previous question
was then ordered without division
This gave fifteen minutes on a side for
the discussion of the special order.
Mr. Catchings, dem, Miss did not
desire to debate the rule and Mr.. Reed
took the floor and made a very SarcaS-
tic speech.
You are going to give the country
free sugar. said he amid shouts OF re-
publican laughter, in your minds" he
added, amid renewed shouts Of deri-
sion, and free coal and free iron ore.
Your are going to be bold and manly as
you have been in this backdOwn, with
out a reference to the committee that
stands between you and the noble pur-
pose that thrills YOU applause and
laughter).
The question then being put on
agreeing to the resolution Mr.. Reed de-
manded a division. The entire demo
cratic side rose en- masse but when the
negative vote was called for the repub-
icans sat calmly in their seats, hop
ing to break quorum.
When the speaker announced the
vote 1873 to 3,tWelve more than a quor-
UNI, the republicans were somewhat
disconnected.
During the first roll call on the rules
committee resolutions some democrats
answered here not voting either way.
Tom JOHNSON of Ohio and Warner OF
New York voted No"
The resolution was finally adopted
176 to 81, eleven members answered
simply present.
Representative Mcmillan, one of the
| democratic house cOnfereeS, gave q
statement more in detail as to the eff
feet of the tariff bill which would be
enacted as a result Of today's action
He said:
The effect of the caucus action will
be to pass the house bill with the sen
ate amendments. Whilst the house bill
is better measure in my judgment
than this, the measure which would be
come law instead by todays action
is a wonderful improvement OIL the Nc
Kinley law. 1t gives free wool, free
lumber, free hemp, flax and jute, and
reduces largely manifold goods into
which all these materials enter.
ITO illustrate: The average duty OIL
wooden goods under the Mckinley law
is 9S IL per cent. This has been re
duced more than half. There is a con
siderable reduction in all schedules anC
the average on all will be about SO pei
cent. as against about 80 per cent un
der the present law and in addition tC
this are the very great additions to the
free list upon which no tax is collected
at all. The right Of the president t
impose taxes without congress has
been taken away and given back to the
congress to whom it belongs and from
whom it was WreSted by the MCKINLEY
/ law.
After Il heated discussion by Messrs
, Reed, Burrows, Wilson, Mcmillan
Pence, Cochran, Tarsney and Crisp
| Mr. Wilson demanded a vote Oh
the resolution. The yeas and nay:
were then ordered The democrat t.
! who voted against the motion were
! Cochran, n. Y; Covert, n. Y; Davey
La; Dunphy, n. Y; Everett, Mass
German, Mich; Hendrix, n. Y; John
son, Ohio; Mercer, La; Price, La.
Tarsney, No; Warner, n. I. The pop
! ulists voted for the motion
The following is a detail vote on the
! motion to concur In the senate amend
| ments and to pass the bill.
| Yeas:-Alderson, Alexander, Allen
! Arnold, Bailey, Bake, (Kas.), Baldwin
! Bankhead, Barnes, Barwig, Bell, (Col)
Bell, Tex.), Beethoven, Berry, Black
| (Ga), Bland, Bowatner, Boen, Bower
| q. c., Branch, Breckenridge, (Ark.)
| Brett. Brookshire Brown Bryan
Bum. Cabaniss, Cadmus. Caminetti
Campbell. Cannon, (Cal). Capehart
Caruth, Catchings, Causey Clark
| Mo), Clark, (Ala), Cobb, (Ala.)
/ Cobb, (MoD, Cockrell, Coffeen
Coembs, Cooper, FlaD, Cooper, Ind)
| Cooper. (Tex), Cornish. Cox, Grain
Crawford, Culbertson, Cummings, Da
| Wis. DearmOnd, DeForest, Denison
Densimore, Dockery, Donovan, Dunn
Durborow, Edmunds. Ellis, Ky
English, Ry.) English, On. j., Enloe
Epes, Erdman. Fithian, Forman, Fian
Greay, GresSenhainer, GoldSeer, Grady
Graham, Griffin, Haines, Hall, (Minn.)
Hall, (Mo). Hammond, Hare, Har
ris, Hareth, Hayes Heard Hen,
derson. On. c., Holman, Hooker
Miss Hudson, Hunter, Il1iert, Izlar,
Jones, Kilgore, Kribbs, Ky Lane
Lapham. Latimer, Lawson, Layton
Lester. Livingston, Lockwood, Lynch,
Maddox Mcguire. Mallory. Martin
| Qnd). McAler. McCreary, McCulloch
McDannolds. McDeamon. McEttrick
Mccain. McKaig. McLaurin, McMil,
Ian, McNany. McRae, Monroe, Mont.
gomery, Moore, Morgan. Mutchler,
Neill, Oates, Ogden, O'Neill, Mass,
O'Nein, MOI Outhwaite. Paschal,
Patterson, Payner. Pearson, Pence,
Pendleton. CTex.). Pendleton. CIV. Va,
Pigott, Kelley. Richards. (Ohio). Rich
ardSon, (Mich.), Richardson, (Tenn.),
Richie. Robbins Robertson. Tenn J.