The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-02
The Individual Votes on the
Tariff Bill.
The Democrats Go Wild Over
the Result
Chairman Wilson Carried On
Shoulders of Colleagues.

WAsHNeToS. Feb. 2.-At o'clock
last night. at the conc usi0n Of one Of
the grandest. most imposing and most
Impressive scenes ever witnessed in
the American capitol the Wilson tariff
bin passed the house Of represents
tives by q vote OF 204 to 40. The
events leading up to 1t were almost
unparalleled IN our annals. At -
o'clock after a preliminary skirmish
Of an hour over the barley schedule,
the bin was reported VI the house and
the closing speeches We're made. such
d vast eoncOurse of people as assem-
bled to hear these last arguments
upon the great economic Issue about
to be submitted Tor final arbitrage to
the representatives of the American
people had never before been seen
within the precincts ot the nation
legislative capitol Nothing like it
was ever known ia the history Of the
oldest inhabitant Of the capital.
For hours before the debate began.
the corridors leading to the galleries
were a surging mass Of humanity,
which finally became So great that
men cried out ia terror and women
tainted from fright. Ut was estimated
that over 20. 600 attempted to gain adj
Their seating capacity is about 3 200,
and every available seat was occupied
long before the gavel dropped. The
people were lined against the walls
and banked against doors. So great
did the crush become that the mem bers
of the house secured permission to
bring their wives upon the floor.
Shortly after the house convened at
IL clock. the crowds ia the immense
gallery on the north side Of the cham
Der became SO great chat there was
imminent danger that some of the DeO-
pie would be pressed over the railing
into tile house below. Those i'll the
corridors kept crushing into the door
ways. and those still further back
pressed forward until the stairs and
aisles OF the gallery were literally
packed with a mob of restless. impa-
6ieut men.
a tremendous Crush.
In one of the aisles a fight was pre-
cipilated betW cen two men over the
color question. one of the com batants
was negro. demanding his fun rights
as an American citizen. but the other
was q white man, making the same
claim This claim included the right
to stand on the same square foot Of
territory, and as it was too small for
both men, a race war resulted. The
belHgerents were hustled from the
gallery as fast as the obstructing
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