Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-08

voted upon and that the real test would
come upon the amendment to strike
out the words immediately after the
passage of the bin" and insert ..on
and after August -" The Johnson
amendment was therefore agreed TO
205 to 1t7. Johnson tried to get the
ayes and nays but could only muster
five votes to his aid.
The amendment fixing the date al
December > when the manufactured
WOODEN schedule should go into effect
was also adopted. 200 to 1856. Johnson
was again unable to secure the ayes
and nays.
Inc I was then taken upon the
amendment providing for r~eciprocitv
III petroleum ana it carried. III to II
last amendment to be voted upon
was that providing for an income
tax. Cochran demanded the aveS and
nays. 1t was significant that the re,
pubiicanS refused to second the de.
mand, but enough democrats arose
Oh TO order the roll call. 1t was then
found that the income tax would no,
be voted upon as Il separate PROPOSE
ton, the speaker deciding in accord
ance with the precedent which he
cited. that the internal revenue amend
ment having been reported as a single
amendment could not be divided. The
vote was therefore upon the entire re
lection OF the Internal reyenue amend
ment. The republicans, with Il few
exceptions, refused to vote, but the
amendment, including the income tax
was adopted 49, to 90. The populiSts
voted in the affirmative as did the fol
lowing republicans: Bowers. of Cali
fornla. Fletcher. of Missouri. Hart,
man, Of Montana, Marshall, of Illinois
Picker, of South Dakota, White, OF
Ohio, and Sweet, of Idaho.
Some cheering greeted the announce.
ment of the vote. The bill was then
engroSSed and read the third time.
The last stage in the passage of tbs
bill had been reached, when Mr.. Gov.
ert, of New York, standing in the
center of the aisle, moved to- recon-
nit the bill to the committee with in
StructionS to report it back with such
amendments as viii provide, by duties
levied on imports. for such additional
evenue rs may be necessary to sup.
port the government economically
Mr.. Cochran demanded the ayes and
nays, but only thirty-eight democrats
rose to second the demand principally
those who voted against the income
tax together with the Louisiana sugar
mem, not & sufficient number. The mo-
ton to recOnmit was then defeated on
q rising vote. 103 TO III.
Then came the final vote on the bill
itself Of which an aye and nay vote
was asked and granted by a rising
vote. The roll call was watched with
marked attention and frequent bursts
of applause greeted accessions to one
side o. the other. Mr.. Beethoven, OF
Pennsylvania. was the first to win ap.
plause by his aye vote. an indication
that the Pennsylvanians were falling
into line. Immediately after this,
Mr.. Blanchard, of Louisiana, was ap-
plauded as he voted aye and showed
that the Louisiana opposition to the
bill was not intact.
Mr.. COckran'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 vOc%iferously, the final recognition
of his leadership. The speaker asked
that his name be called and he an
Swered in the affirmative.
Then the speaker announced: con
this question the ayes are 204 and the
nays are 140, and the bill is passed.