The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-08
WASHINGTON. NEWS.
vii SON BlLL is PASSED. 4
Democratic Tariff Measure Now Goes to
45 5tFgl the Senate. ,.at "A. I'm

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At6 o'clock Thursday night,int the con-
cl usion Of one OF the grandest, most i'm,
posing and most impressive scenes ever
witnessed in the American canitol, the
Wilson tariff bill passed the house OF rep-.
resentatives by 4 vote OF 2o4 to $40. The
events leading UP to it were a'rnost tlupar-
alleled in our annals At u O'clock, sfter
preliminary skirmish Of an hour over the
barley schedule, the bill was reIorted to
the house and the closing speeches were
made. "a
Such vast concourse rs asse bled to
hear the last arguments upon thu great
economic issue about to be submitted Tor
final arbitrament to the repses entativos 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
For hours before the debate began tho
corridors leading to the galleries were
surging mass of humanity, which finally
became so great that men cried out in ter
ror and women tainted in fright It WINS
estimated that over 5000 persons at
tempted to gain admittance to the CALLER
les Of tho house. Their seating capacity
is about 5000, and every available seat
was occupied long before the gavei
dropped. The people were lined against
the walls and banked against tho doors
SO great did the crush become that the
members Of the house secured permission
to bring their wives upon the floor.
Three hours Of debate preceded the vote
on the bill. Tho participants were OK
Speaker Reed, Speaker Crisp and Chair
man Wilson, Of the ways and means com
mittee. a
When sx-Speaker Reed, the republican
champion, appeared in the house his
friends on the floor and In the galleries
made such q demonstration as 10 witnessed
only at great political conventions upon
the occasion Of . party favorite's appear
ance upon the platform. This scene WAS
repeated on the democratic side when
Speaker Crisp appeared, and finally when
Chairman Wilson arose to speak.
The last amendment to be voted upon
was that providing for the income tax.
Mr.. Cochran demanded the yeas and nays
upon this amendment. It was significant
that the republicans refused to second tho
demand for the yeas and nays, but enough
democrats arose (dfty-one) to order the
roll-call. It was then found that the in
come tax could not be voted upon as sep
arate proposition, the speaker deciding In
accordance with a precedent, which he
cited, that the internal revenue amend
ment having been reported as . single
amendment could not be divided. The
vote, therefore. was upon the entire rejec-
ton of the internal revenue amendment
The republicans, with. few exceptions,
refused to vote, but tho amendment, in
Guiding the income tax, was adopted-1e9
to 50. ss".s
Then came the final vote on the bill it.
self, on which \ yea and nay vote was
asked and granted by rising vote The
roll-call was watched with marked atten-
ton, and frequent bursts Of applause
greeted accessions to one side or the other.
Bsltxhoovsr OF Pennsylvania was the first
to win applause BY his yea vote. indicating
that the PennsylvAnians were falling into
line. Immediately after this, Blanchard
Of Louisiana, was applauded as he voted
yea and showed that the Louisianan oppo.
sition to the bill was not in tact.
Mr.. Cockran's vote in favor of tho bill
brought out tumultuous cheering The
climax OF the demons tration was reached
when the name Of Mr.. Wilson, author Of
the bill, was reached, the democrats cheer
ing vociferously as = fnal recognition of
his leadership. The speaker asked that
his name be called and he answered in the
Affirmative Then the speaker announced:
ION this question the yeas Sre 2O4 and
the nays are 40 and the bill is passed."