The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-02-02

For hours before the debate began, the
corridors leading TO the galleries were
a surglng mass OF humanity, which H.
nally became so great that men cried
out in terror and women tainted in
fright. 1t is estimated that over 10000
attempted to gain admittance to the
galleries OF the house today. Every
available seat was occupied long before
the gaYel dropped. So great did the
crush become that members secured
permission to bring their wives upon
the floor. In one Of the aisles a fight
was precipitated between two men over
the color question. One of the COM
batants was negro demanding his full
rights as an American citizen, and the
other was a white man making the
same claim. This claim included the
right to stand on the same square foot
of territory, and as 1t was too small
for both, u race war resulted. The
belllgerants were hustled from the gal
lery The crowd at the doors, how
who had been nervously noting the
dangerous packing Of the people, in
terrupted roll call long enough to say
that 1t was in the interest Of the safety
of human life that the doorway be
cleared Only 10 of the 354 members of
the house were absent. Many senators
and other distinguished personages were
on the floor and in the galleries were
Mrs. Cleveland. Mrs. Stevenson, and
other ladies' of eminence and distinction.
Then for three hours the oratory of the
champions Of the two economic systems
followed, Reed, Crisp and Wilson, while
their partisans made the air vocal with
shouts of approval. The appearance Of
the speaker of the house upon the
floor engaged in debate, was in itself
remarkable, as we'll as an unusual
thing. Each of the speakers seemed to
be in his best form, and the speeches
today will rank among the most bril-
liant of their lives.
On the first roll call, the barley
amendment was defeated-17O to 109. II
was significant as the first test vote
sustaining the bill.
The amendment making barley %
cents and malt 81 cents per bushel,
was lost--12O to 1877. The committee
amendment to raise the duty on malt
from 20 to 25 per cent, and on barley
malt from 25 to 1856 per cent, was car
ried--2O4 to ia.
The other amendments including that
abolishing the bounty on sugar and that
placing refined sugar on the free list,
were agreed to in bulk without di-
vision.
The first amendment which Johnson
desired a separate vote upon was plac-
ing wool upon the free list Immediately
after the passage Of the bill. The
johnson amendment was therefore
agreed to without division.
Tom Johnson, democrat, of Ohio, ask
ed for separate vote on the wool
schedule. C. M. Stone, republican, Of
Pennsylvania, for separate vote on
petroleum, and Tracy, Democrat of
New York, on the internal revenue, in
Guiding the income tax. All other
were agreed to.
The standing vote on the amendment
fixing the time when the wool schedule
shall go into effect as August 2, 1894,
was carried--2O5 to 45. A standing vote
on the amendment to the manufactured
wool schedule, to go into effect Decem-
ber 2, was carried-1S6 to AZ. The vote
on the amendment putting petroleum on
the free list, striking out reciprocity,
to A, without roll call.
Yeas and nays were ordered on the in
ternal revenue bill. Bourke Cochran
asked unanimous consent to vote on the
income tax separate from the internal
revenue schedules. Objection was made
The speaker ruled that the internal
one Of the amendments.
The republicans, with few excep-I
tions, refused to vote, but the amend
ment, including the income tax, was
to so. The populists voted
in the affirmative, as did also the fol-
lowing republicans: Bowers. Fletcher,
Marshal, PiclSler, White, and
Sweet, Of Idaho. Those who voted
against the amendment were: Babcock,
Bartlett, Beltzshoover Brawley, Bro
sius, Cadmus, Campbell, Causey, Clan
cey, Cochran, Compton. Coombs, Cor
nish, Covert Cummings, Davey, De-
Forest, Dunn, Dunphy, English, Ever
EFT, Fielder Geisfenhainer, Haines, har-
ter, Hendrix, Lapham. Lockwood. Mag
nor, McAleer. Mccall. McKaig, Meyer,
Moore, Mutchler, o'Nelll, Page, Powers,
Price, Raynor. Reilley. Rusk, Ryan,
schermerhorn, Scranton. SiclSles, Sper-
ry Stevens, Talbot Warner, and VOL
verton.
On the second roll call the bill passed
-204 ayes, 140 nays.