The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-02-02
THE DALLEs, OREGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 2 1874.
warmly congratulated by his friends.
CRIsP RFPLIEs TO REED.

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While the demonstration was still in
progress, Crisp relinquished the chair
to Hatch of Missouri, and took seat on
the floor of the house. When order was
restored he was recognized to reply to
Reed. Until he warmed he spoke with
hesitation, but-as he became warmed up
his words came in perfect torrent
sweeping resistlessly over all opposition
and he was encouraged by the hearty
applauses of his democratic associates.
His points, however, were of an argu-
mentative order, calculated to appeal to
the students of the question, rather than
the galleries. He declared that while
the protective system was built up osten-
sibly for the benefit of labor, it was
actually for the benefit of the manufac-
turing classes, pointing out that the
wages of laborers in the protected in
dustries went down, while those in un-
proted went up as result of the McKin-
ley act. He referred to the artificial
condition produced by protection, which
was Chinese wall, not only shutting
cut the world, but shutting in the United
States. Crisp declared that 80 years of
protection was period of unrest, during
which the masses constantly rebelled
against burdensome taxation. They
always had been stilled at the polls by
republican promises to reduce the tariff.
Elected, they surrender themselves body
and soul to the manufacturers. He
pointed to the Chinese as an example of
a protective policy of 100 years.
WILSON CLOSES THE DEBATE.
Wilson, chairman of the ways and
means committee, at once arose to close
the debate. He was greeted with great
cheers. He opened with sarcastic re-
plies to Burrows of Michigan, and
Deliver of Iowa. Turning to the subject
in hand he eloquently portrayed tie ad-
vance of freedom. "This bill" he said,
fs'is one of those advances; no Mckinley
bill could stem the advance of human
progress. Great causes could not be
laughed or ridiculed away, and the gen.
tleman from Maine could not draw
| from his armory of sarcasm and wit to
stop the advance of this cause of light
ening burdenous taxation" Referring
to the income tax, Wilson said he had
not wanted it attached to this bill, but
once attached he supported it loyalty.
There was continued applause as Wilson
denied the charges of sectionalism in
the bill. He closed with an eloquent
appeal to his fellow democrats, saying in
passing the bill the house would per-
manently record no mere passing event,
but great epoch IN American history.
| AS Wilson closed Tucker and several
others sprang forward, and as wave after
wave of applause echoed through the
chamber, lifted him from his feet to
their shoulders and bore him up the
aisle. When let down he received the
enthusiastic congratulations of his con-
feres. It was demonstration such as
is seldom seen in congress. Business
was at standstill for 20 minutes on ac-
count of the disorder. Finally the floors
were cleared and preparations made for
voting.
| THE FIRST VOTE TAKEN.
| On the first roll-call the barley amend
was defeated, 40 to 100. 1t was signi-
fcant as the first test vote sustaining
the bill. The amendment making bar
ley % cents and barley malt 81 cents
per bushel was lost, l20 to 1877.
The committee amendment to raise
the duty on malt from 20 to 25 per cent.
and on barley malt from 25 to 35 per
cent was carried, 204 to ia.
Tom johnson, dem, of Ohio, asked for
a separate vote on the wool ,schedule.
G. M. Stone, rep, of Pennsylvania, for
separate vote on petroleum. Tracy,
dem., of New York, on internal revenue,
including the income tax. All other
amendments were agreed to.
A standing vote on the amendment,
fixing the time when the wool schedule
shall go into effect as August 2, 1894,
was carried, 205 to AZ.
A standing vote on the amendment
that the manufactured wool schedule go
into effect December 2, was carried, 1856
to AZ.
The vote on the amendment putting
petroleum on the free list and striking
out reciprocity was carried, 170 to A,
without roll-call.
The ayes and noes were ordered on the
internal revenue bill. Bourke Cochran
asked unanimous consent that the vote
on the income tax be separate from the