Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-09

& 4 messed. in the
Il ilson tariff bill
+ a. representatives. by a
/ = Ifhe events leading up
4 + j. unparalleled in our an
Hock, after q preliminary
Ia hour over the barley
3 bill was reported to the
= 1fthe closing speeches were
= u <yast concourss of people as as
z "a to hear these last arguments
~ lever before been seen without the
<H Enct Of the nations legislative cap
~ so. Nothing like it was ever known
= ia the history of the oldest inhabitants OF
9Aths capital. For hours before the debate
4 began the corridors leading to the CALLER
? les were a surging mass Of humanity,
s. which finally became so great that men
40 cried out IN terror and women tainted in
= fright. II was estimated that over %
600 attempted to gain sdnittauce to the
~ galleries Of the house. Their seating
# capacity is about 5000, and every avail
E. able seat was occupied long before the
Is gavel dropped The people were lined
y against the walls and banked against the
"a doors. So great did the crush become
# that the members of the house secured
d permission to bring their wives upon the
s floor.
q ONLY TEN MEMBERS ABSENT.
Wher Mr.. Reed, the first speaker,
r arose at last to deliver the final plea for
/ ,AptectiOn the overhanglng galleries were
RMk and dense with the spectators who
> he'd them. and every inch of space
II . I'm the foOA taken. Only ten of
s. the S54 members 81 IL, house were absent
- and many grave and reverend senators
q and other distinguished personages were
- on the fl DOT, while in the galleries were
= Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs Vice President Ste
- venson and other ladies Of eminence and
il distinction.
d Then for three hours the orstory Of the
Champions of the two economic systeme
Y followed Crisp and Wilson-whlle
r. their psrtIsans made the air vocal with
B., their shouts OF their approval. The ap-
2. pearance Of the speaker of the house upon
Il the f DOT engaged in debate was i'll itself
Y a remarka be as well as an unusual thing.
= Each of the speakers seemed to be in his
8 best form, and the speeches which they
y delivered will rank among the most bril-
,osant Of their lives. When these were
.o1el CSed Mr.. Wilson, who spoke last, was
oNpE- 2 the shoulders of his admiring
- Ia and carried trumphantly from
.ss -. / a scene of unmatched er-
I wNsoNs VICTORY OVERWHELMING.
? wheH\i II came to voting the victory for
the measure was overwhelming. The
/ vote upon \the income tax proposition
, taken in connection with the internal |
: revenue smendment) stood lo2 to so |
Only y Republicans voted uPc~ this pro-
position for and against. The Demo
cratic opposition amounted to IS. The
r last effort was made by those Democrats
who are opposed to the measure in whole
or q part, led by Mr.. Covert IN. " to
recommit the bill, bat the Republicans
refused to join in this attempt to scotch !
the measure. and it ended in a dismal
failure But sc Democrats voted for it, |
not even enough to secure the ayes and !
nays.
The vote upon the final passage of the
bill was a surprise. Amid the most ip-
> tense enthusiasm Democrat after Demo
crat who bad been counted to vote
against the measuIe-Blanchard, BOltz-
=. hoover, BOatner, Cochran, Coombs, DUN
English. Gessenhslner, McA leer. Ryan
and others-recorded their votes in the
affirmative. Only Il Democrats Of all the
boosted 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 ftom
the Republican side. Those who voted
= against It were Bartlett Campbell, Gov
ert, Cummings, Hsiues, Hendrix, Sher-
. me.ho:n and Sickles N. ~ CAdmus 10
j.. sperrg and Page Conn. }, Geary (CaN
Sibley PA. }, and Davey Meyer, Price and
Robertson (Ls).
The majority for the bill, "a exceeded
the most saDguine expectations Of the
Democratic members of the ways and
means committee. When the speaker an
- bounced the vote cheer followed cheer
upon the Democratic side. Papers, hats,
congressional records and in fact every
thing which Democrats could lay their
hands upon were fang high in the air,
and amid perfec, pandemouium Of joy
the house adjourned.
. Following is detailed vote on the final
aaSsssage of the bill, Speaker Crisp's vote
- ne yeas POI. The nays were 10. |
hScene.