St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-02
BREAKING COMMERCE's sHACKLEs.

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guished personages were on the floor,
and in the galleries were Mrs. Cleve-
land, Mrs. Vice President Stevenson
und other ladies of emnence and dis
tinction. their dresses fiecking the land
scape with color. Then for three hours
the oratory of the champions of the
two economic systems followed-Reed,
Crisp and Wilson-while their parti
sans made the air vocal with their
SHOUTS OF APPROVAL.
The vote on the final passage Of the
bill was surprise. Amid the most in
tense enthusiasm Democrat after Dem
ocrat who had been counted upon to
vote against the measure, like Blanch-
ard, Beltzhoover, Boatner, Cochran,
Coombs, Dunn. English. Geissenhainer,
McAleer, Ryan and others, recorded
their votes in the affirmative. Only sew
enteen Democrats, of all the boasted
Democratic opposition TO the measure,
stood out to the end and voted against
it. As each one cast his vote it was
greeted by applause and cheers from
the Republican side. The majority for
the bill, SlXty-four, exceeded the most
sanguine expectations of the Democratic
members of the ways and means COM
mittee. When the speaker announced
the vote cheer followed cheer upon the
Democratic side. Papers, hats, Congress
slonal Records. and in fact everything
which Democrats could lay their hands
upon. were flung in the air, and amid
perfect pandemonium of Joy the house
adjourned.
THE LEADERS
on both sides were accorded ovations as
the entered the hall. AS ex-Speaker
Reed pushed through one Of the lobby
doors on his way to his seat, the gal.
leres recognized him, and the applause
which greeted his appearance was pro-
longed for fully half a minute. Mr..
Reed bowed his acknowledgements.
A similar demonstration occurred when
Speaker Crisp, dignfied and erect, as
cended the rostrum and called the
house to order.
The speeches were not to begin until
noon, according to the special order.
The hour which interviewed after the
reading of the journal witnessed a con-
tinuaton of the skirmish over the
amendments to the barley schedule. On
Monday and on yesterday, Mr.. Lock
wood, of New York, succeeded in pre-
venting vote on these amendments by
filibuSterlng, and as soon as the read
ing of the journal was completed, he
followed up his obstruction programme
by making the point mo quorum" AL
though there was manifestly a
quorum pres ent, the rules required that
the roll be called. Mr.. Lockwood knew
that if he could hold the fort until high
noon he would again be victorious.
Twenty minutes were occupied in the
roll call. The speaker announced the
presence of 221 members.
Mr.. Lockwood attempted to continue
his filibuster by moving to adjourn, but
the speaker refused to entertain the
motion, aud at 1920 the house went
into committee of the whole for the
further consideration of the tariff bill.
Mr.. Richardson took the chair, and
announced that the pending question
was to close the debate on the amend
ments to the barley schedule. Mr..
Wilson and Mr.. Warner, the tellers,
took their places. The members came
forward to be counted. The public was
being treated to a taste OF the laborious
and uninteresting parliamentary work
of perfectlng bill in the committee of
whole. The motion was carried, 179
too.
Mr.. Lockwood was again on his feet
fighting for time. He submitted par
liamentarY inquiry as to whether, if
the committee placed pr0hibitive duty
on barley, an aye and nay vote could
be secured in the house? The chairman
replied sharply that he could not bind
the speaker by his decision, but that an
aye and nay vote could be secured If
the demand was seconded by the con-
stitutional one-fifth of the house. He
then stated the pending amendment to
be OH Mr.. Tracey's amendment to the
committee amendment to increase the
duty Oil barley and barley malt to 40
per cent ad valorem. Lost, to 80.
Mr.. PickIer's amendment to substitute
the present duty was also lost.
Mr.. Payne's substitute GO cents per
busheD OH barley shared the same fate,
91-1O8. The vote would then have re-
Cured upon the amendment when Mr..
Wilson interposed with substitute to
place barley OIL the free list. This was
voted down without division, and Mr..
Lockwood offered another substitute to
make the duty 10 and 20 cents per bushel
respectively on barley and barley malt.
To this Mr. Payne offered an amend.
ment. 1t was quickly voted down. Mr..
Lockwood, who was still industriously
sparring for time, demanded division
and telIers on each vote. His own
amendment was lost.
Mr.. Tawney, of Minnesota, offered an
amendment TO make the duty 80 cents
per bushel, and it, too, fell by the way
side, but the purpose for which the fill
clustering had been inaugurated was
successful The seconds were ticking
away. The two hands of the clock op-
posite the speakers chair were pointing