Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

a strong ana skilful one, especially so in ifs
appeals to Democratic members 70 stand by
their party and vote for the bill. Speaker
Crisp had not forgotten to discuss this topic
to some extent, but Mr.. Wilson dweit
upon it with great earnestness. ''In
the name of honor AMI freedom" he
exclaimed, 81 summon every Democrat
in this House 10 vote for this bill" and
sat down. A wild shout Of applause came
from the throat of nearly every Democrat
in the hall cheer after cheer rose and was
caught up in .he galleries, and suddenly
the slight form of the West Virginia
statesman was seized by Bryan, OF Ne
braska Tucker, of Virginia. and Williams,
of Mississippi, hoisted on their shoulders
and borne to the rear OF the chamber amid
never before witnessed in the House of Rep
resentatives.
Amid the din and confusion of the House
the Speaker announced that debate was
closed, and that pursuant to the special
order the House would vote upon the
amendments. Pending this Mr. Burrows
called attention to the fact that the House
could not transact any business while the
HouSs was Ia ea~h an uproar, and
he asked that the floor be cleared
This was accordingly ordered, and in ten
minutes after the completion of Mr. Wilson's
speech the House was cleared of its visitors
and had subsidized to its usual state of COM
parative tranquility.
M. Wilson's amendment, raising the duty
on barley from twenty per cent. to twenty
five per cent. ad valorem, and on barley
malt from thirty per cent. to thirty-hve per
cent was then voted on and agreed to-yeas,
204 nays, ia.
On the internal revenue amendment 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. Mr.. Cochran then called for
the yeas and nays on the entire amendment,
and 1t was carried amid dapplause-yeas, 192 /;
nays. 80.
The Speaker then put the question "Shall
the bill pass2" and the yeas and nays being
demanded on this, the roll was called, amid
the most intense interest on the floor and in
the galleries. AS the names of the doubtful
Democrats were reached and they voted
"aye" or mo" applause, cheers. and some
times good-natured bantering followed their
votes.
The vote was announced at 5.55 as fol-
lows: Yeas, 204; nays, 14O. So the bill was
declared passed, with wild shout from the
floor and the galleries. A later and more
careful examination of the vote showed that
2O4 had voted for the bill. including the
Spe aker.
The Democrats who voted against the bill
were:
Franklin Bartlett, of New York Cornelius
A. Cadmus, of New Jersey Timothy J. Camp
bell, of New York James A. Covert, Of New
York; Amos J. Cummings. of New York
Robert G. Davey, of Louisiana; Thomas j.
Geary of California Charles d. Haines, OF
New York Joseph c. Hendrix, of New York ;
Adolph Meyer, of Louisiana Charles IL.
Page, of Rhode Island Andrew Price, OF
Louisiana Samuel NJ Robertson, of Louis
lana; s. J. Schermerhorn, of New York
Joseph G. Sibly, of Pennsylvania Daniel E..
Sickles, of New York Lewis Sperry, OF Con-
necticut-17.
The Democratic member who was absent
and unaccounted for was Moses L. Stevens,
of Massachusetts.
The Popullsts who voted for the bill were
Baker. of Kansas Bell, of Colorado Boen,
Davis, KEN, McKeighan. Pence and Simp-
sons.
Francis G. Newlands. Populist vote mo" "
Tho totals show 2O4 votes for the bill to
140 against it, with eight not voting and three
vacancies.
The announcement by tho Speaker of tho
fact that the bill was passed got Il f1eeting
burst of applause, but the crowd knew it
long before and was dissolving like tho mist
through the dim corridors and gloomy halls
ofthe great building, hurrying home. The
session had lasted for seven hours.