The Green Forest tribune., 1894-02-08
PASSED BY The HOUSE.
THE WILSON BILL RUSHED THROUGH BY
A VOTE OF 204 TO I4o NAYS.
Income Tax Goes With it-Free Sugar Feature o'
the Bill-Crisp and wilson close the Debate.

WASHINGTON, Feb AT 6 O'Clock
last evening the Wilson bill, with the
income tax amendment, passed the
House by vote Of 204 to 140.
After Mr.. Wilson's glowing speech,
preparations for taking the final vote
were made. The disorder was so great |
that the sergeant-at-arms was called
upon to clear the aisles, and the wives
of members who had been allowed upon
the floor were obliged to retire.. 1t took
twenty minutes to restore order so that
the public business could proceed.
A vote was taken on several amend
ments, and then came the final vote on
the bill itself, on which an aye and nay
vote was asked and granted by rising
vote.
The roll call was watched with mark
ed attention, and frequent bursts Of
applause greeted accessions to the one
side or the other.
Beltzhoover of Pennsylvania was the
first to win applause by his aye vote,
indicating that the Pepnsylvanians
were falling into line. Immediately
after this, Blanchard Of Louisiana was
applauded MS 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 tumul-
tuous cheering. The climax of the
demonstration was reached when the
bill, was reached, the Democrats
cheering vociferously, a final recogni-
ton of his leadership.
Speaker Crisp asked that bis name
be called, and he answered IL the af
| frmative. Then the Speaker announc-
ed: On this question the ayes are 204
and the nays 40, and the bill is passed.
Looking back over the field where
yesterdays battle was fought, one sees
oratorical victory on each side. Reed,
the stubborn, persistent, eloquent pro-
tectionist; Crisp, the polished, scholar
ly, convincing debater, and Wilson,
the gifted, logical and energetic oppo-
site Of McKinley-each won fresh lau
rels. Reeds speech was eloquent, and
the tone of hopelessness that rang
! through it added to its oratorical worth.
He was followed by Crisp, symmetrical
in form, dignifed IN bearing, with a
broad, weil-poised head, fringed with
touch of silver hair on the sides, upon
a pair of square shoulders. At first he
spoke as q man weighing each word
and with perceptable tremor of the
| lip. AS be became aroused, however,
he displayed more freedom aud ease
until the words came in a resistless tor
rent. He was given generous applause
! by his Democratic associates on the
floor, but his points were Of an argu-
mentative character which appealed to
the students of the question rather
than to the galaries. He read from the
minority report and criticised that
viii ch declared that the foreigner paid
the tax.
AL htS NijCAijli- liiol OA&cClO1s AC-
marks Mr.. Crisp declared that an ex-
animation of the protective system
would show that while it was built up
! for the ostensible benefit of labor, it
was in truth constructed for the benefit
of the manufacturing classes; the
wages of laborers in protected industries
went down and those in unprotected
industries went up as result of the
Mckinley act. This was shown by the
statistics gathered by the Senate COM
mittee on finance. The speaker refer
red to the artifcia. conditions created
by protection. 1t took men frCm their
natural channels and diverted them to
unnatural channels.
Mr.. Crisp was greeted With applause
when he said that the thirty years of
protection was the period of unrest,
during which tic masses of the people
had constantly rekelled against the
heavy burden Of tsxation. The people
had always been tstilled at the polls by
the Republican, tpromises to reduce the
tariff, but once successful at the polls
the Republican legislators surrendered
| themselves, body and soul, TO the man
j ufactnrins; classes. The speaker de-
clsred that Mr.. Reed had throughout
his speech refrained from the argu.
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