Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-02-10

The first vote taken was on The TN
ney amendment which was lost pr..
the ayes and nays vote by 100 IN la
The committee amendment was tb..
agreed to, 202 TO 104, although nn,-
Der of democrats, including I,ockwo15
of New York, McMillin, Warner. Rls1s
Wheeler, OF Alabama, and Wolvar-o,
voted gainSt it
The speaker then announced that tAo
vote upon the amendments had bao,
adopted by the committee of tbs
wEale Mr. Johnson, Of Ohio. demana
ed Il separate vote on the wool and
wooden amendments, Mr.. English. n
New Jersey demanded a separate yo.e
UP ID the income tax and upon the 10
ir0leum amendments
Other amendments, including that
abolishing the bounty on sugar and
placing refined sugar on the free list
were then agreed to ia bulk without
division.
The .rss amendment which johnson
desired separate vote upon, was thar
placing woe, upon the free list imme
diately after the passage OF the bll
This mendemeut having been violated
", the Latter amendment placing the
date at Auguss =, point Of order was
raised that the latter amendment must
first be voted upon, but after some dis
cussion the chair decided that the
Johnson amendment must first be
voted upon and that the real test would
come upon the amendment TO strike
out the words Immediately after the
passage of the b5ll' and insert "or
and after August ." The Joh1so
amendment was therefore aTeed to
205 to 147. Jehns0n tried 10 gct J1
ayes ara nays but could only muse
Eve votes to his aid.
The amendment fixing the date q.
Dccember when the manufactures
p0Olen schedule shouId 90 into effec
was also adopted, 20G to 1856. johnson
vss agai1 unabst to secure the ayes
and nays.
CFlre vote was then taken upon the
amendment providing for reciprocity
in petroleum. and it carried, III to II
TA,e iaSt amendment TO be voted upof
way that providing for an iBcOmf
tax Cochran demanded the ayes and
maya 1t was- significant that the re
pub-RanS refused b., second the del
man}. but enough defnocrats arose
(51l so order the. roll call 1t was then
found that tile income tax would not
be voted upon as a separate PROPOSE
ton, the speaker deciding in accord
ancc with the precedent which he
cited. that the Internal revenue amend
ment having bsen reported as a single
amen tfacnt coald not be divided. The
vote WAS therefore upen Che entire re
lection Of the Internal revenue amend
mcnt The republicans, with IL few
exceptions, refused 70 vote, bus the
amendment. including the income tax,
was adopted Isl to 80 The populists
voted n the affirmative Us did tle fol
lowing republcanS: Bowers, of Cali
fornia, FLETCHER Of Missouri, Hart
man, of Montana, Marshall, OF Illinois,
Picldelg of South Dakota White, OF
Ohio, and SwecS, of Idstho
Some cheering greeted the ANNOUNCE
ment 0f the vote. The bill was then
engrossed and read the third time.
The last stage in the passage Or the
bill had been reached. when Mr.. Coy
ert OF New Norl', standing ia the
center Of the aisle, moved to recon
nit the bill to The committee with in
structioRs to report it back with such
amendments is will provide, by duties
levied ar impoBtS: f0U such additional
revenue as may ba necessary to sbp
port the government economically
Mr.. Cochran demanded the ayes ana
nays, bat only thirty-eight democrats
rose b second the demand principally
those who voted against the income
tax together with the Louisiana sugar
mem, not Z sufficient number. The mo
ton to recommit was then defeated on
a rising vote, 100 to III.
Then. came Che final vote on the bill
itself on which an aye ana nay vote
was asked and granted By rising
vote. The roll call was watched with
marked attention and frequent bursts
of applause greeted accesSions to one
side or the other. Mr., BeltzhCOver, of
PENNSYLVANIA, was the first to win ap.
plause by his aye vote, an Indication
thar the Pennsy9yanians, were falling
into line Immediately after this,
Mr.. Blanchard, of Louisiana, was ap-
plauded as he voted aye and showed
that the Louisiana opposition 70 the
bill was not intact.
Mr. Cocsran's vote in favor Of the
bill brought out tumultous cheering
The climax OF the demonstration was
reached when the name Of Mr.. Wilson,
author Of the bill, the democrats cheer
ing yociferOusly, the final recognition
Of his leadership. The speaker asked
that his name be called and ne an
Sweretl in the affirmative.
Then the speaker announced: "0n
this question the ayes are 204 and the
nGys ere 140, and the bin is passed Z"
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