The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-01
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4 OF the bill. He sara he DetfeN e6~lp 20 be
the duty Of every man in a great crisis
to rise above party and support the Gov
eminent as he had done during tRe 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 avn until the
Republican applause ceased, then he
shouted: r~s
I will vote for this bill in accordance
with the advice Of the President for abso-
Lutte free trade with.Porto Rico. e.. 3D..
The Republicans subsided while the
Democrats made the House ring with their
cheers.
\ show Of strength. but not conclusive.
was made on the question of adopting The
preamble proposed by Mr.. Payne, division
/ being demanded. fhe amendment was
! adOpted-l63 to lJ1
Mr. Payne then offered the last amend
ment changing the title to read. An act
4 temporarily providing revenue for the Te-
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
( of Vermont. Zenor of Indiana. and Jones
( 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 a recon-
mendation that "as-smended 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 Ori.inai 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 AZ stFsiniRg speint, the vote
Of every member being listened for eager
ly and with remarkable quiet as the re-
suit would practically forecast the ulu-
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 Democrats-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 afterwaTd explained When
the calling Of the roll had been completed
Speaker Henderson said: '"The Clerk will
call nay name"
The Clerk-Mr. Henderson.
The Speaker-No. --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 Boutelle of Maine and Fox of Mis-
sissippi, Harmer OF Pennsylvania and
Warren of Illinois, Bailey of Kansas and
Bellamy 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 ana impaired
The vote on adopting the substitute was
announced TO be yeas 159, nays la. Il was
later corrected, and WIN be recorded yeas |
ia nays 159. Mr.. Richardson of Tennes- !
see then moved to recommit the bill 70 the |
Committee on Ways and Means, the vote |
being taken by yeas and nays. II resulted, |
yeas. 1852; nays, 172.- on this vote Mr.. |
Fletcher Of Minnesota joined the five Re |
publicans who had voted for McCau's sub !
stitute Mr. SDight 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 vote on the passage Of the bill. |
Every member, almost, was on his feet |
secoRding the demand for yeas and nays |
In the familiar form Of Speaker Reeds an |
nouncement the Speaker ordered the yeas
and nays. "All those in favor Of the pas
sage of the bill viii, 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 10 remark:
The Chair desires to inform members
that this is not a reception, but a place for
doing public business. and conversation is
out of order"
On this vote the yeas were 172 and nays
l61, 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 il. and four Democrats for il.
with two Republicans and four Democrats
absent and impaired.
Nnen Lne result was announced by the !
Speaker, there went up great cheer
from the Republican side whose leaders
felt a mountains S weight of anxiety roll
from their shoulders and breathed a great
sigh of relief that the long fight was
ended and with success. from 4 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 lght 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 Wes-rS Arlrs'u Adams. No,.n- |
der. Allen OF Maine, Baboo,a Baker Bsllism.
Barney. Barlhaldt. Bingham. Bishop. B1rciue !
BuutclIe Of Illinois B0Wer-oca Bfic. BraunNrlL ! .
Bru-ius. Brown, Bruwuiow. Bull. Burke OF south ,
Dakota. Bufkei-- Bur!cigi. Burton ulIer. Cali
drrhsad. Can non. CapTon, Clark OF New Hamp- |
shire. t1chTIHr pi New York C0unei. Cooper II |
i,eYH-iu iu. Curils~ Cousins. Cfomcr Crump. Cur
u.s. Cu~hmlu, Dale. DalleI- samuel Davenport !
Davidson, Dayton, Dick, Dolliyer, Dovencr. Dris
coll, Eddy Emerson. Esch Forduey Fos~ Fou-
ifr IrceF. Gardner of New Jersey. Gamble Gard !
ner of Mchig gan Gill, Lsilat o New York tili,tt
Of Mass4chg-e.is, Graf. Graham Greene ol / ,
slassao huSntts t.rpSvcuor. CrouL Grew, Hamilton
liaugrn- H4wiey, Hedge. Henlenyyay. Henry OF , q
uuueCiicIi. iierhgru. Hal, Hit. Iluffecker Hon
sns Howell. Hula. Jack Jenkins. Jones of Wash |
u-ton, JOY. Kahn, Ecrr. ketohgm. FuUv. Taccy }
lands. Lawrence, LiHHry. LittIuer Long Loud S
Ioud,n-agcr. Laycrilg, Lyhrlud. Nct earv No 7
Phersou, Mlh1u. Mann. Marsh, Mercer Nesck. I,