Evening star., 1900-04-12

asked. of the Secretary of War, who had
| demanded that he reverse his opinion
! tProlonged democratic applause).
MT Dolliver Qowa) followed In all char
| lty and generosity, he said, he conceded
the right of every man to hold his own
that changes had been made in the ooin,ons
OF men on the floor and in the executive
branches OF the government, and the final
act OF eloquence on the other side, he said,
| nad been the reading Of the opinion of "a
law clerk who thought he could overrule
the great lawyer who presides over the
War Department"
Mr.: Doliver said he would prefer the
| opinion OF lawyers like Mr.. Mccall or Mr.
| Littlefield to the opinion of a law clerk
Proceeding. he asked Mr.. Richardson point.
edly whether he would accept the opinion
| of Gen. Davis.
(Which opinion?" asked Mr.. Richardson,
Give US both opinions and will take my
choice" daughter)
| This is his official report" said Mr.. Dol
Did he not in his sworn testimony be-
| fore the insular committee recommend free
| trade". asked Mr.. Richardson
,nd MI o,s Doi,iver i've read Gen. Davis opinion
| ana also the opinion of DR.. Carroll, the
| fresloents confidential agent
| Dld not Dr. Carroll recommend free
| trade"' asked Mr.. Richardson.
| . Ultimate free trade" responded Mr. DoI.
'iver, Just as this bill does
| IN conclusion he dismissed as beneath
eontempt the charge of bribery as a motive
| 1or tnls Bill. He had as well accuse Mr. RICH
aiuson ai,It; OF corruption for introducing a res
oiutlon to place raw sugar on the free Iist
put ne would not simply accuse him of
stupidity. Not a ray of sunshine penetrated
MS dungeon This was a republican meas
pras,a p,e, ne SAD; indorsed by the republican
PRESIDENT and the republican leaders
Mr. Payne IN. ", the floor leader of
the majority, closed the debate with a Wig
orous speech, in which he said he was ready
TO h;,i SUBMIT the issue involved in the pending
Dill Dill to the common people of the country
me proudest act of my life," said he
Is my connection with this bill from start
publican side)
AT o'clock the House, under the terms of
the special order, proceeded to vote Both
sides rose en- masse In response to the de-
mand for the ayes and noes and the roll
was called.
The Roll Call.
The roll was followed with intense inter-
est The only demonstrations occurred
when Mr.. Henry c. Smith of Michigan
voted NO" and when the Speaker di-
rected the clerk to call his name and an
swered Aye When the Speaker an
nounced the passage of the bill-ayes 161,
notes 1o3, and present and not voting IL
The republicans cheered for several minutes.
The roll call was as follows:
Yeas-Acheson, Adams, Aldrich, AIexan-
der, Allen (Me), Babcock, Bailey (Kan),
Baker, Barham, Bartholdt Bingham, Bish-
op, Boreing, Boutel, Bowersock. Brick.
8romwell. Brosius, Brown, Brownlow, Bull.
Burke (S.DD, Burleigh, Burton, Butler, Cal
derhead, Cannon, Capron, Clarke IN. h,
Corliss, Cousins Cromer Crump. Curtis,
Cushman, Dahle, Dalzell, Davenport Sam
ueD, Davidson, Dayton, Dick, Dolliver, Do
Eener, y, Drscoll, Eddy, Emerson. Faris,
Gill, Gillett IN. ", Graft, Graham
Greene (Mass), Grosvenor, Grout Grow,
hamilton, Haugen, Hedge, Hemenway,
Jenkins, Jones (Wash), Joy, Kahn, Ketch-
am, Knox, Lacey, Landis, Lawrence Lin
ney, Ldttauer, Long. Loud, Loudenslager,
Marsh, Mercer, Mesick. Metcalf. Miller,
Mondell. Moody (Mess.), Moody (Ore.), Nor
gan, Morris, Mudd, Needham, o'Grady, DIM
s,ed' ' oyerstreet, Parker, Payne, Pearce
Pugh, Ray On. Y) Reeder, Reeves Rob-
erts, Rodenberg. Russell, Shattuc, Sheldon,
Sherman, Showalter, Sibley, Smith Qll),
Smith IS W), Smith CIV. Al, southard,
stewart IN. ", Stewart (Wis), Sulloway,
Iawney, Taylcr (Ohio), Thomas Qowa),
Ihropp, Tompkins, Tongue. Van voorhis,
Xreeland, Wadsworth, Wanger. Waters,
Watson, Weaver, Weeks, White, Wise,
Wright and Young g-161
NaysnAdamson, Allen Ry.), Atwater,
Bam, BaIl. Bankhead, Barber. Bartlett, Bell,
Burnett, Caldwell, Campbell, Catchings,
Chandler. Clark CMo.), Clayton (Ala.), Clay
ton ton IN. ~, Cooney. Cowherd, Cox, Craw-
DAILY, Davenport (Stanley), Davis Dear
mond. DeGraffenreid, Devries, Denny, Dins-
more. more D,o1ugherty briggs, Elliott. Finley,
patrick, Fleming, Fletcher Foster, Fox,
Gaines. Gayle, Gilbert Glynn, Gordon,
Green Pa.), Griffith, Griggs, Hall Heat
Woie' Ta,. Henry Henry (Miss), Henry Tex, Howard.
berg. klutts, Lamb, Lane. Lanham, Lati-
mer. Lentz. Lester, Levy, Lewis, Little,
Littlefie;d Livingston: Lloyd Lorimer. Nc
Dowell, McL4ain, McRae, Maddox. May,
Meekinson, Miers Und). Moon Muller Ma
phen, Neville. Newlands, Noonan, Norton
0as., Ohio, Norton Sc, Pierce Tennl,
Richardson. Ridgely Riordan. Robb. Rob
inson Qnd), Robinson (Neb). Rucker
Ruppert; Ryan IN. y, Ryan Pa.). scud-
Sims, Slayden, Smith Ky.), Smith (Henry
g., snodgrass, sparkman. Spight. Stark
Stephens Tex, Stokes, suzer, Sutherland.
swanson. Talbert Tate, Taylor (Ala:), Ter
derwood Vandiver, Warner, Wheeler, Will
liams q. r., Williams (Wm. Ed. Williams
1Miss), Wilson udahol, Wilson IN. ~.
Wilson Is. c.. Zenor, Ziegler-153
The pairs were as follows, the first named
being in favor of the bill: Hull with Hay,
Packer with Polk, Barney with Allen
CMiss), Weymouth with Broussard, Gillett
(Mass.) with Thayer. Hawley with Cooper
(Texas). Burkett with Burke CTexas) Ma
hon with Otey, Minor CWis.) with Rixey,
Lybrand with Castor, Kerr with Carmack.
Davey Oem.) with Crowley, Meyer Dem)
with Robinson Ha), Often with Bremen
Wachter with Small. Stewart IN. J.) with
Salmon, Esch with Bailey (Texas), Boutelle
(Me) with Cochran (Mo).
Unpaired-Stallings.