The Red Cloud chief., 1894-02-09
TARIFF BILL PASSED.
SEVENTEEN DEMOCRATS AGAINST
THE INCOME TAX,

And Wont In with tho lao who Were the
Minority In tho Final A~ction-Tho Tar
~ Bm Goes Through with = Majority
Of 81 Amid n Scene Of Excitement.
WASHINGTON, Feb. ATE o'clock last
evening, at the conclusion Of one Of the
graudest, most imposing and most i'm
pressive scenes ever witnessed In the
American Capitol, the Wilson tariff bill
passed the house Of representatives by a
vote Of 24 TO 40. The events leading up
toit we're almost unparalleled in our annals.
At IL o'clock, after a preliminary skirmish
Of an hour over the barley schedule, the
bill was reported TO the house and the
closing speeches were made. Such a vast
| concourse Of people as assembled to hear
these last arguments upon the great
| economic issue about to be submitted for
final arbitrament to the representatives OF
the American people had never before
been seen within the precincts Of the ma
tion's legislative Capitol. Nothing like 1t
was ever known in the history Of the old
est inhabitant Of the capital.
The Popuiaee Wanted to Hear.
For hours before the debate began the
corridors leading to the galleries were n
surging mass Of humanity which finally
became 30 great that men cried out In
terror and women tainted In fright. II
was estimated that over $1,000 attempted
to gain admittance to the galleries of the
house. Their seating capacity ia about
1900, and every available seat was occu-
pied long before the gavel dropped. The
people were lined against the walls and
banked against the doors. So great did
the crush become that the members Of the
house secured permission TO bring their
wives upon the floor. At II o'clock the
crowds In tho gallery on the north side of
the chamber became 30 great that there
was imminent danger that some Of the peo'
pie would be pressed over the railing into
| the house below.
orators In Their Hest Form.
When Reed, the first speaker, arose at
last to deliver the final plea for protection
the over-hanging galleries were black and
dense with the spectators who thronged
them. Every inch Of space upon the floor
was taken. II was q brilliant, as well as
. large assembly. Only ten Of the 3H
members Of the house were absent; many
1 AtaVV az . A@so ob 49,
distinguished p%ersonages were on the floor,
and In the galleries were Mrs. Cleveland,
| Mrs. Vice President Stevenson and other
ladies of eminence and distinction, their
dresses iiecking the picture with color.
Then for three hours the oratory Of the
| champions Of the two economic systems
followed-Reed, Crisp and Wilson-while
| their partisans made the air vocal with
| their shouts of approval.
The appearance Of the speaker Of the
house upon the floor engaged In debate
was In itself a remarkable as we'll as an
unusual thing. Each Of the speakers
seemed to be In his best form and the
speeches which they delivered will rank
among the most brilliant Of their lives.
When these were flushed Wilson, who
spoke last. was lifted ON the shoulders Of
his admiring colleagues and carried tri-
umphantly from the hall amid a scene Of
unmatched enthusiasm. When it came
to voting the victory for the measure was
overwhelming. The vote upon the income
tax proposition taken in connection with
the internal revenue amendment) stood lS2
to 81.
l. Democratic Opposition.
Only twelve Republicans voted upon this
proposition-seven for and five against.
The Democratic opposition amounted to
10. The last effort was made by those
Democrats who are opposed to the meas
ure In whole or in part, led by Covert Of
New York, TO recommit the bill, but the
Republicans refused to join in this attempt
to scotch the measure and it ended in dis.
NAL failure. But thirty-six Democrats
voted for It; not even enough to secure the
ayes and nays-a Recommending vote. The
/ Vpfa ptNnn tho Anal MAMA a ~ thu hill rrao
q surprise. Amid the most intense enthu.
siasm Democrat after Democrat who had
been counted on to vote against the meas.
ure-like Blanchard, Beltzhoover, Boat
ner, Cochran, COombs. Dunn, English,
Geissenhainer, McAleer, Ryan and Others
recorded their votes In the affirmative.
Only seventeen Democrats Of all the
boasted Democratic opposition to the
measure stood out to the end and voted
against 1t. As each one cast his vote IL
was greeted by applause and cheers from
the Republican side. Those Democrats
who voted against It were: Bartlett,
Campbell, Covert, Cummings, Haines,
Hendrix, SchermerhOrn and Sickles, OF
New York; Cadmus Of New Jersey, Sperry
and Page Of Connecticut, Geary Of Cali
fornia, Sibley Of Pennsylvania, and Davey
Meyer, Price and Robertson, of Louisiana
The majority for the bill-H-exceeded
the most sankuine expectations OF ths
Democratic members Of the ways and
means committee. When the speaker an
nounced the vote cheer followed cheer
upon the Democratic side; papers, hats
congregational records, and in fact every
thing which Democrats could lay theii
hands upon, were flung high in the air, snt
amid q perfect pandemonium Of Joy tn,
house adjourned.
,I Test Vote ON the Measure.
There were several things to do after tn,
time for voting arrived. The first thinl
was to settle the barley and barley NAL
tax. The committees amendment to in
!, crease barley TO @ per cent. and barle,
malt to 35 per cent. carried. johnson O
Ohio wanted free wool Immediately OF
the passage OF the bill, but he was de
feated and the date remains at Aug. 2next
A separate vote on the income tax wa
ruled out by the speaker. The whole in
/, ,ternal revenue amendment had to 20 ia
gether and on this vote all the Populist
voted aye, ny did the following Repubi