The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-02-07
DEMOCRACY'S DAY!
AFTER MANY YEARS THE PEOPLE
HAVE THEIR WILL.

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HAVE THEIR WILL.
Vote Of 2oi te 14O-Lobbies and Gal
lesi,s Jsmmsd-Lsd;es Crowd the
Floor.
WASHINGTON, Feb. las the
tour for the meeting Of tne House ap.
preached to-day, the galleries were
crowded to The doors, the aisles were
usel. as seats, the doors presented the
appearance of living pyramids, and
! back of them was solid mass OF. hu-
manly, hoping against hope that they
might some time get within seeing and
hearing distance of the closing OF the
great tariff debate. The elevators ran
to the gallery floor heavily laden with
human freight, but no one was able
to get exit from them through the liV.
ing wall of struggling, pushing men and
women that were packed solidly to the
elevator fence. Even the members OF
the press were, in many cases, unable to
gain access to the gallery lobby reserved
| for them, and as there was no posslbll-
ty Of getting up by way Of tie elevators,
the only way BY which they could make
aDy headway az all was by going up the
stairway and fighting their way through
the crowd by brute force.
The scene on the floor of The House
was lust as exciting as IN the galleries,
and there was an air Of eager expectancy
on the faces Of the members as they
moved about the floor and gathered in
knots to discuss the all.important ques-
ton of the day. The Speakers table
vas oranamented with magnificent
bunch OF long stemmed MAJ echal Neil
roses.
Immediately after the reading Of yes.
tefday's journal, lockwood (Dem.) OF
New York, made the point OF no quo
rum, and the roll was called, disclos.
ing the presence of 22l members. Dur
ing the progress of the call the House
was several times disturbed by noise
in the gallery, until finally the Speak.
er had to order the roll call suspended
while he adnonished the galleries to
| preserve order, and directed the door
keepers to clear the spaces about the
doors. In pursuance OF this order q
policeman entered the public gallery
directly opposite the Speaker and be-.
hind the big clock, but for some time
was unable to get the crowd out or to
get out himself. Finally, after noisy
struggle, he managed to escape himself,
leaving the crowd in possession.
The House then weat into committee
of the whole, and took up the question
pending when the House adjourned
Yesterday. Wilson's motion to close de.
bate on the barley amendment, and
the House divided. Wilson and War
ner (Dem.) of New York then took
their places as tellers, and the motion
was agreed to-l79 in the affirmative
and none IN negative.
The question then required on the
amendments to the barley schedule
offered late Yesterday afternoon. These
were, an amendment by Wilson, raising
the duty on barley from 20 per cent. to
25 per cent, and on barley malt from
25 per cent. to 80 per cent, and several
other amendments amending Wilson's
amendment. More were added, which
were defeated as fast as votes could be
taken. The House was dividing upon
one OF them when the hour Of IL arrYied,
and, 10 accordance with the special or
der, the committee rose, and the char.
man, Richardson Of Tennessee,) re
ported to the Speaker that the.House had
had under consideration House Bill A.
864, to reduce taxation and had adopted
several amendments. The Speaker then
announced that under the special order
three hours would be allowed for de-.
bate.
By this TINA the jam iii the corridors
had become so great that progress
through them was difficult and well.
| nigh impossible. The diplomatic and
executive galleries filled up under the
pressure for seats by others than those
for whom they are generally reserved,
and the demands upon Speaker Crisp by
members for the admission OF their wives
and daughters well-nigh drove him fran.
tic.
Finally by tacit consent, the floor was
opened to the visitors, and they took
their places in the lobby be-
hind in the hall back to the sides of
the chamber in the gallery, there was
banked a mass of humanity utterly un.
abs tc. move and almost unable to
breathe. Comfortable respiration was
"a impossib!llty.
The Speaker. recognised Reed, (Rep.)
Of Maine. This was the signal for a
spontaneous outburst of applause, which
the Speaker made an effort to check.
Cheers and applause rang out over the
galleries, which continued Tor some time.
Few speakers In the House have ever
had grander audience hanging upon
their words. There was not vacant
space to be seen in the House, and here
and there throughout the hall were seen
bits of color Indicating the presence of
ladies. Several members OF the Senate
came over to witness the scenes in the
Lower House, while among The dis
iinguished visitors in the galleries was
Cardinal sGib5ons, easily recognized by
tis flaming red skull cap and neck-cloth;
and ou The floor was Bishop Newman.
Speeches were made by Reed, the
Speaker and Wilson, the author CT the
bill, VINO closed the debate.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Wilson's
speech, there was enacted scene OF
wild enthusiasm, such as has never be-
fore been witnessed in the House with
IL the memory of the oldest member.
The applause which broke out at fire.
euent intervals during the speech over
lzaped all bounds when Wilson tried to
take his seat. Cheer after cheer rang
out again and again, men threw their
hats and papers in the air and women
waved their handkerchiefs; Brecken-
ri6oa of Arkancac hr1ca6 the