The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-02-21

m this House to vote for this BILL" and
sat down. A wild shout Of applause came
from the throat of nearly every Democrat
in the hall cheer after cheer rose and was
caught up in the galleries, and suddenly
the slight form OF the West Virginia
braska; Tucker, OF Virginia. and Williams,
OF Mississippi, hoisted on their shoulders
and borne to the rear OF the chamber amid
tumultuous applause. Such scene was
never before Witnessed in the House Of Rep
resentatives.
Amid the din and confusion of the House
the Speaker announced that debate was
closed, and that pursuant to the special
order the House would vote upon the
amendments. Pending this Mr.. Burrows
called attention to the fact that the House
could not transact any business while the
House was in such an uproar,. and
he asked that the floor be cleared.
This was accordingly ordered, and In ten
minutes after the completion OF Mr. Wilson's
speech the House was cleared OF its visitors
and had subsidized to It's usual state OF COM
parative tranquility.
Mr.. Wilson's amendment, raising the duty
on barley from twenty per cent. to twenty
five per cent. ad valorem, and on barley
malt from thirty per cent. TO thirty-hve per
cent. was then voted on and agreed to-yeas.
204 nays, ia.
On the internal revenue amendment Mr..
Cochran asked IL the propositions could be
divided and separate vote taken on the In
come Tax feature but the Speaker held that
it could not. Mr.. Cochran then called for
the yeas and nays on the entire amendment,
and it was carried amid applause-yeas, 1872: =:
nsys, so.
The Speaker then put the question "Shall
the bill pass2" and the yeas and nays being
demanded on this, the roll was called, amid
the most intense interest on the floor and IN
the galleries. As the names OF the doubtful
Democrats were reached and they yoted
':aye" or 'tno" applause, cheers. and some
times good-natured banterinS followed their
votes.
The vote was announced at 5.55 as lol-
lows: Yeas. 204; nays, 140. So the bill was
declared passed, with wild shout from ths
floor and the galleries. A later and more
careful examination of the vote showed that
204 had voted for the bill, including the
Spe aker.
were:
Franklin Bartlett. of New YORK Cornelius
A. Cadmus, of New Jersey Timothy j. Camp
bell. Of New York Jat leg A. Covert. OF New
YORK; Amos J. Cummings. OF New York i
Robert C. Davey, of Louisiana: Thomas j.
Geary, OF California Charles D. Haines, OF
New York :Joseph G. Hendrix, OF New York /:
Adolph Meyer. OF Louisiana: Charles q:
Page, of Rhode Island Andrew Price, OF
Louisiana Samuel NJ. Robertson. OF Louis
lana; 8. j. Schermerhorn, OF New YORK :
Joseph C. Sibly, OF Pennsylvania Daniel E.
sickies. of New York Lewis Sperry. OF Con-
necticut-17.
The Democratic member who was absent
and unaccounted for was Moses 7. Stevens,
of Massachusetts,.
The Populssts who voted for the bill were
Baker. OF Kansas ;Bsll, OF Colorado :Boen,
Davis. KEN, McKeighan. Pence and Simp-
sons. -,
Francis G. Newlands. Populist, voted "no."
The totals show 204 votes for the bill TO
40 against it, with eight not voting and three
vacancies.
The announcement by the Speaker OF the
fact that the bill was passed got f1eeting
burst of applause, but the crowd knew It
long before and was dissolying like the mist
through the dim corridors and gloomy halls
otthe great building, hurrying home. The
session had lasted for seven hours.