The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-01
A MAJORITY OF ELEVEN
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Mr.. cummings Oh New hDEh eSkaTleQ In
on what seemed to be a speech in favor
OF the bill HeNsafd he beffeved~it 60 be
the duty of every man in a great crisis
to rise above party and support the Gov
ernment as he had done during The Span
ish war.
His words electrified the Republicans
| They arose en- masse and cheered. The
Democrats sat as if paralyzed Mr.. Cum
mings stood with uplifted aGm until the
Republican applause ceased, then he
shouted:
4 will vote for this bill in accordance
with the advice of the President for abso-
lutte free trade with.Porto Rico. 90,
The Republicans subsidized while the
| Democrats made the House ring with their
! cheers.
A show of strength. but not conclusive
was made on the question of adopting the
preamble proposed by Mr.. Payne. a division
| being demanded. fhe amendment was
/ adopted-1e3 to 151.
| Mr.. Payne then offered the last amend
ment changing the title to read An act
temporarily providing revenue for the re-
| lief of the Island of Porto Rico and, for
| other purposes
As the hour for reporting the bill ap-
| preached, the excitement and confusion
! Increased, and the last few speeches made
/ by Messrs. Underwood of Alabama, Grout
1
| of Virginia. were scarcely heard. The
| amended title was adopted, and o'clock
| having arrived, Mr. Hull of Iowa. Chair
man of the Committee of the Whole, re-
| ported the bill TO the House with recon-
| mendation that as-amended by the COM
mittee, the bill do pass
Under the previous~ agreement Mr.. Payne
| said he would withhold the motion for
| the previous question to enable some
| member of the opposition to offer a sub
| stitute.
The OriSinai Payne Bill.
Mr.. Mccall of Massachusetts proposed
! the original Payne bill. providing for free
trade between the Island and the United
States. The previous question Was ordered,
and on the question of adopting the sub
stitute the vote was taken by yeas and
nays
The progress of the vote was watched
with interest at stfainiRgs peint, the vote
of every member being listened for eager
/ ly and with remarkable quiet as the re-
suit would practically forecast the ulti-
mate result. 1t was noticed that Messrs.
| Crumpacker of Indiana, Heatwole of, Min
nesota, Littlefeld of Maine, Lorimer Of
/ Illinois. and Mccall of Massachusetts were
! the only Republicans who broke from the
| party ranks to vote for the substitute,
while the Denocrats~lost four of their
number, who joined the Republicans IN
voting against the substitute, Messrs.
Davey and Meyer of Louisiana, De Vries of
! California, and Sibley of Pennsylvania Mr..
| Spight OF Mississippi lost his vote by
being outside the hall when his name was
called as he afterward explained When
the calling of the roll had been completed
Speaker Henderson Said 1.-The Clerk will
call nay name"
The Cierk-Mr. Henderson.
The Speaker-No. ---, -.-t-..-.,-.- -s.
The following pairs were announced. the
first named being opposed to the substi-
tute:
Gibson of Tennessee and Tate of Geor-
gia Reeves of Illinois and Sparkman OF
Florida, Boutele of Maine and Fox of Mis-
sissippi, Harmer of Pennsylvania and
Warren of Illinois, Bailey of Kansas and
Beliamy of North Carolina. and Sheldon
of Michigan and Cox of Tennessee.
This left Faris of Indiana Lane of Iowa,
Fleming of Georgia: Small of North Caro-
lima Stallings of Alabama, and Smith of
Kentucky, Democrats absent and impaired
The vote on adopting the substitute was
announced to be yeas 159, nays 175. 1t was
later corrected, and WIN be recorded yeas
ia, nays 159. Mr. Richardson of Tennes-
see then moved to recommit the bill to the
Committee on Ways and Means, the vote
being taken By yeas and nays. It resulted,
yeas. l62 rays, ~1I2. on this Vote Mr..
Fletcher of Minnesota joined the five Re
publicans who had voted for McCau's sub
stitute. Mr.. spight got in his vote, and
the Speaker withheld his.
The Final Vote.
Then amidst. renewed excitement on the
floor and in the galleries Mr.. Payne de-
manded a vote on the passage of the bill
Every member, almost, was on his feet
seconding the demand for yeas. and nays.
In the familiar form of Speaker Reeds an
nouIcement the Speaker ordered the yeas
and nays. "All those in favor of the pas
sage of the bill Will, when their names are
called, say aye, those opposed say no. Call
the ROLL
But before that could be done comfort
ably and intelligently, the Speaker was
obliged TO remark:
THE Chair desires to inform members
that this is not reception, but a place for
doing public business, and conversation is
out of order.
On this vote the yeas were 172 and nays
1s1,. the Speaker again voting. On the roll
call, Messrs Wadsworth of New York and
Epes of Virginia were paired. Six Repub-
licans voted against the bill as they voted |
to recommit ii, and four Democrats for it.
with two Republicans and four Democrats |
absent and impaired. |
When the result was announced by the |
Speaker, there went up great cheer |
from the Republican side, whose leaders |
felt mountains weight of anxiety roll |
from their shoulders and breathed a great /
sigh of relief that the long fight was
ended. and with success, from a party |
standpoint. The usual parliamentary
clinch was put on the vote by motions OF |
Mr.. Payne TO reconsider the vote and lay |
that motion on the table. Had the vote
been closer, Mr.. Richardson stood ready
for another fight on that proposition but
he raised no objection to having the mo-
tion agreed to by unanimous consent.
The Yeas and Nays.
The yea and nay vote was as follows:
YEAS
Republicans-Ne -Nes=rs AriIeson, Adams, Alex9n-
DER Allen OF Maine, Babcock Baker BarlIin
Barney, Bartholdt, Bingham. Bishop Borcine
B0utelle OF Illinois, BOwersack. Brick. Bfouwcl
Brosius, Brown, Brownlow, Bull, Burke OF south
Dakota, Burkett- Bur!eigl, Burton, Butler. Cal
derheId. tain non, Capron, Clark OF New Hamp- |
shire, Cochrane Of New York Connell. Cooper II |
Nlsconsln. Coriiss, Cousins, CfoIner, Crump Cur
tis Cushman, Dale. DalZell, Samuel Davenport !
Davidson, Dayton, Dick, Dolliver Dovencr Dris
coll, Eddy. Emerson. Esch, Fordney, Foss. Fow-
ler Freer, Gardner Of New Jersey. Gamble Gard
of Michigan. Gill Giet -e-s New York tilett
OF Massachusetts, Graf, Graham. Greene oi
Massachusetts, t'fosvener.. GUout, Grew. Hamilton
Haugrn, Hawley, Hedge. HemenSay. Henry OF
Connecticut, Hepburn. HILL Hit. IIoffeeker, Hop
kins Howell, Hull, Jack, Jenkins. Jones of Wash !
inston. Joy. Kahn, Ecrr.S ketch9m Knox. lacey
Lands, Lawrence, Linney, Littauer, Long, Loud
Loudensager, Lowering, Lybrand, NcCiearv, Nt-
PtersOn, Mahon. Mann Marsh, Mercer, slesick
Metcalf, Miller. Minor, MOndeIl, Moody OF Ma-si- |
chusetts. Moody OF Oregon. Morgan, Morris, Mudd |
Needham. O'Grsdy. ohlrsted, ofitI. ovcfstreet |
Packer Payne, Pearcs Of Missouri, Pearre, Phil