Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-02-08
THE TARIFF BILL PASSED
The House Adop's the Bill by Large
Majority-The Circumstances OF
tho N,,te ThurSdaV

scene OIL WlIO GuluuSIaeAA LA @u~A
has never before been witnessed IN
the House within the memory OF
the Oldest members. The applause
which broke out at frequent inter-
walls during the speech overleaped
all bounds when Mr.. Wilson tried
to take his seat. Cheer after cheer
rang out agair; men threw their
hats and papers in the air aud wo~
men threw their handkerchlefe.
Mr.. Breckinridge. of Arkansas,
embraced the speaker and crowd
of demonstative admirers, headed
by Messrs. Bryan OF Nttratla a an
Tucker OF Virginia raised Mr.. Viii
son upon their shoulders and
carried him in triumph out of the
hall and to his committee room.
Amid the din and confusion of
the House the Speaker announced
that debate was closed, and tia. !;
pursuant to the special order, the
House would vote upon the amend
mems :,
Pend ing this Mr.. Burrows called
attention to the tact that the House
could not tran aaet any bls!ness s
while the Honee was in such an
uproar and he ask, d that the II 'or
be cleared. This was accordingly
ordered, and in ten minutes alter
the completion of Mr. Wilson 3
sneech. the House was cleared OF
its visitors and had subsided to Its
usual state of comparative tran
guilty.
Mr.. Wilson's amendment raising
the duty on barley from ~ per
cent. I" 25 per cent. ad vaIorem,
and on bar.ey malt was then voted
on and agreed to-YeaS, 2O4; nays,
III
Separate votes we're demanded
on the following amendments
adopted in. G mnit'ee Of the
Whole: 81 Mr.. Johnson, Demo
crar, Of Ohio, on the amendment
providing that the wool paragraph
should take effect August 2, 1894;
by Mr.. Charles W. Stone, R,pub
lican, of Pennsylvania, on the
amendment striking out the recip-
rocity clause of the petroleum
schedule, and by several New York
Democrats on the income tax
amendment. The other amend
ments, includ ng the two important
amendments to the sugar schedule,
the repeating the bounty on sugar
and putting refined sugar on the
tree list, were agreed to, On va0a
Uoce vote.
The vote was then taken on Mr..
Wilson's first amendment to the
wool schedule aud it was carried
on standing vote Of 2O5 to At
The second amendment was also
carried on rising vote, 1876 to AZ,
The effect is to fix the date of the
wool schedule at August 2, and OF
the wooien schedule on December
2. The amendment striking eff
the provision regarding reciprocity
on petroleum was also agreed to on
a st nding Vote.
On the internal revenue amend-
ment Mr.. Cochran asked If the
propositions could be divided and
a separate vote taken on the in
come tax feature. but the Speaker
held that it could not. M. Cochran
then called for the yeas and nays
on the entire amendment, and ii
was carried amid applause-yeaa,
1872; nays, SO.
The amendments in committee
having all been agreed to in the
House, the question was upon the
engrcssing and third reading OF the
bill, and it was agreed to.
Mr.. Covert, Democrat, of New
York, offared a resolution of re-
committal, and on this demanded
the previous question. Both were
defeated.
The Speaker then put the guess
tiop:" shall the bill past" and the
yeas and nays being demanded on
this, the roll was called amidst the
most intense interest on the floor
and in the CALLER .ee. As the names
of the doubtful Democrats were
reached, and they voted "aye" or
mo-" applause, cheers, and some
times good natured bantering fol-
lowed their votes. The greatest ap-
plause followed Mr.. Cochran's vote
of "aye," and also Mr.. Cumming
negative vote. The PopuIists voted
or the bill excp Mr.. Newlanda,
OF Nevada.
The vote was announced at $50
O'Clock as follows; yeas, 203; nays,
40. go the bill was declared passed,
with a wild shout from the floor
ind the galleries. A later and more
careful examination of the vote
showed that 2o4 had voted for the
bill, including the Speaker. The
announcement was greeted with
cheers and applause in the gall
leries and on the floor. which con-
tinued until the House adjourned.
The usual motion to reconsider
and to lay on the table were made
by Mr.. Wilson and were carried,
and the House, then at 5;55 o'clock
adiourned until Tomorrow at 121