The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-01

nounced, Mr.. Ritter declared that the
| Republican party was today sowing the
wind and would reap the whirlwind
He charged even that It was a majority
of the Republican members of the house
that voted to stay action on this bill
but by the assistance Of thirteen Dem
ocrats 1t was otherwise carried. HI
hoped that the Republican members OF
the house would now stand by the ma
jority of their own members.
Not Afraid Of whirIwinds.
Mr.. Lytle replied that they were moi
afraid Of whirlwinds. No members
constituency was here urging these
bills. 1--WE are here" he replied, 'iT
honest opposition to dishonest meas
ures."
| On the final passage of the bill the
yeas were SS, and the nays rs. and the
bill fell Mr. Martin. Lawrence, called
UP the senatorial apportionment bill
for consideration. On agreeing to Mr.
Martins motion the yeas were S5 and
the nays 70. 1t was therefore agreed
to, and on final passage the yeas were
so and the nays .SS
| This bill also fell. AR. Burrell, Mer.
Ger. called up for consideration the con.
gressional apportionment bill. On Mr.
| Burrells motion the yeas were SO and
the nays "A.
Before taking the vote on the fina
passage of the bill. Mr.. Stewart. OF
Philadelphia. called the attention OF
| the Philadelphan to the fact that II
this bill passed that city would be en-
| titled to two additional members OF
congress, and he hoped that its mem.
bers in the house would not be recreant
to the interests of that city.
Mr.. Fow, of Philadelphia. said that
he would not have spoken on the ques-
tlon, but his party was charged with
being in an unholy alliance with the
opposition to the bills. He wanted II
understood that his party was against
the bills because they were unfair and
inequitable. In cutting out a congress
sional district in Philad, phia to rob
$4,000 Democratic vo' of a represen-
tative In congress. the district was
made a monstrosity and should be put
on exhibition.
Speeches favoring the bill were made
by Mcssrs. Ritter and Niles; Mr.. Burrell
to the bill on final passage the yeas
were 81 and the nays S5. A constitu-
tional majority not voting in favor OF
the bill. 1t fell
The Vote in Detail.
The detailed vote on the three appor-
tionment bills Is appended:
Congressional BID. Yeas - Megsrs.
Abrams. Ames. Richard J. Baldwin, Beam,
Bliss, Bolles, Buckwalter, Cidrency. Col
Inns, Comfy, Connell, Cotton. Crothers.
Culbertson, Curtin, Dambly, DE Velin,
Fletcher, Focht, French, Funk, Garvin.
Grover, Hammond, Heagy, Hicks, James,
Jennings. Kidd. Kratz. Lawrence. Lit
| tley, Luden, Mackrell, Mast, Millard. Mil
ler, Daniel F. Moore, Frank N. Moore,
James N. Moore. Muehlbronner, Murphy,
McAllister. Mcdonald, McFarlane, Nc
Niles, O'Malley, ID. Hunter Patterson.
James Patterson. Peltz. Raven, Reed,
Reinoehl, Rice. Richey, Ritter, George w.
Rhoades, Robb. Schrink, Zahnor, Shuey.
Robert Smith, William o. Smith, Stewart,
West, Matthew NJ. Wilson, womelsdorf
and Speaker Walton.-sl
Nays-Messrs. Clark II. Baldwin, Beyer-
lein Bolard, Brown, Burreil. Cochrane,
Compton, Conrade, Creasey, Cruise. Cur
tbs. Duttera, Eby, Ellis. Fow, F'redericks.
Gould, Grigsby, Harrison, Harshaw. Har-
vey, Hawkins, Heidlebavgh, Herman,
Hershey, Herzog, Hollenbach. Hopwood,
Jeffrey, Kephart, A. J. Kern, Kerr, Key
ser. Kinney. Kunkel, Long, Lytle. Mans
field. Maple. Algernon. Jacob II. Martin.
John M. Martin, John H. Marshall, Will
lam T. Marshall, Mattox, Maurer, Mer-
| rick, Milliken, Mullin, McClain, North,
Page, Parcels, Pascoe, John X. Patterson,
Phillips, Pomeroy, Prichard, Raymond,
Reeves. Rebel Rutter. Salter, Saunders,
Ccalfe, Schwarz. Scott. Seyfert, Singer,
Smiley, William C. Smith. Snively, Spang-
ler, Staples, Talbot, Underwood, Ware,
Welliver, Weyand, Wilcox, John s. Will
son. Woodring. Young, Zehnder, Zulick-S5.
The vote on the senatorial and legis-
lative apportionment bills was prac-
tically the same.