Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-08


him sat Payne, Cannon and Dalzell. AS
he arose he was greeted with round OF
applause from the Republican side, and
the galleries We have heard from Mr.
Reed many times, but never have we
heard him in better form than in this,
his last great speech. He is a giant in
debate at any time, and now, seeming to
realize that the eyes of all his party were
upon him, he waxed eloquent, and made
speech that even Tom Reed has never
beaten. 1t was speech well worth hear
ing, and it ought to be read in full by all
who agree or disagree with Mr. Reed.
When Mr.. Reed concluded amid great
applause, Speaker Crisp called Mr. Hatch,
of Missouri, to the chair, and as he took
his stand on the floor, he was warmly
greeted. The Speaker made fine speech.
Although not as able an argument nor
as extended Is speech as Mr.. Reeds, ii
was one that held the attention of all.
and the manner in which it was received
showed the great hold the Speaker has
upon his party in the House. Chairman
Wilson, who it is said was hardly able to
be present, closed the debate. His voice
and manner showed his physical weak
ness when he started, but the occasion
and the surroundings seemed to nerve
him to its mastery, and in all candOr, VT
must say, Mr.. Wilson made the most
able effort of the day. 1t was graceful,
humorous. persuasive, commanding He
used every effort of logic and elOquence
to draw back into line, those of his par
ty whom he knew to be wavering in theil
position upon this bill. He had reason
to be proud of the ovation given him
when he sat down. The applause was
deafening. He was surrounded by a
mass of his colleagues, and Tucker, Breck-
inridge, of Arkansas, Bryan and Tom
johnson, lifted him on their shoulders
and bore him in triumph up the aisles.
1t took twenty minutes to restore or
der and get down to roll call. Only nine
members of the House we're absent, and
failed to respond to their names. Tive
amendments ON barley and barley mali
were voted on first, and then the vote on
the bill came. Tom johnson demanded
a separate vote on the wool and WOODEN
goods clause. Mr.. English demanded the
same upon the income tax. and Mr. Stone
upon petroleum These all took time:
the vote en- the income tax came last, il
being ruled by the Speaker that the whole
internal revenue amendments must bt
included in this vote, as they could not
be divided at this stage of the proceed
ings. The vote was strongly in favor Of
the amendments, income tax and all
A vote was then taken to. recommit the
bill, but it was defeated by III to 103
Then came the last roll call on the bill
itself. Many were the surprises, and
anxiously we've members watched as the
roll call proceeded. Every Republican
voted against the bill. Bartlett, of New
York, was the first Democrat to vott
against the bill. To the surprise of ev
cry one, Mr.. Beltzhoover, of Pennsylva
MIA, who only last week declared himself
against the bill, and that he should stand
by the interests of his districts, let it lead
him where it would, voted for the bill;
after him him came Cochran, of New
York, and he voted "yes." This was an
other surprise. Cummings, of New York
aud old Gaporal SiaI loo xyokoA
amid applause. Mr.. Sibley, of Pennsyl
vania, who resigned last week, but who
yielded to public pressure and withdrew
his resignation, voted against the bill.
Only seventeen Democrats voted against
the bill. The vote was summed up az
2O4 for the bill, and 140 against. The
Ways and Means Committee were as
much surprised as any one at the mag
nitude of their victory.
Now, the Senate will take its turn al
the great question. That body has been
debating the election laws, and their re
peal until they have got about weary OF
the subject. They will vote on the ques
tion now in few days, a part of the
time last week was spent in discussing
the bond issue question. Strange as ii
NAV seem, Senators Sherman and HOai
do not agree upon the power of the Sec
retary of the Treasury to issue bonds
Senator Sherman made a speech in favor
of the power of Secretary Carlisle. Mas
ter Work man Sovereign still talks of an
appeal to the Supreme Court for an in
junction to restrain the Secretary. The
District Court refused the injunc
tion asked for, and it is not thought the
result before the Supreme Court would !
be any different. Senator Hill still holds |
the nomination for Supreme Court Jus
tice in the Judiciary Committee of the
Senate.
Admiral Benham has made record |
for himself in the Rio harbOr The Ad- |
miral of the rebel ships will not be apt to
fire on American ships when going to
their wharves again. The Detroit would
have made short work of the rebel war
ship if the flag of truce had not been run
up. Of course CANA says no intent of
firing upon American ships was intend
ed. This may be, but they had better be
a little careful how they fire on Uncle
Sam's boats, all the same. secretary
Herbert stands right by Admiral Ben
ham, and so do we all. 1t is full time
Mello-the head Of the rsvolution-was
on hand at Rio to look after his man |