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THE MORNING N V. S. |
J FCTABLISHED lf-M INCORPORATED 1888. V
J. H. ESI ILL. President. I
WILSON CARRIES THE DAY.
The House Passes His Bill by a Vote
ol 204 to 140.
Icenes of Wild Enthusiasm Among
the Democrats-Mark the Closing of
the Dehate—Reed Closes the Debate
for the Republicans and Crisp' Fol
lows in Speech in Which He
Knocks the Man From Maine Com
plety Out of the Ring—Wilson Car
ried From the House on the Should
ers of Admiring Supporters at the
close of His Final Speech in Favor
of the Bill*
Washington. Feb. I.—To-day was cer
tainly democratic day in the House. Such
scenes have never been witnessed in the
House before, and possibly will never be
witnessed again, at least during this cen
tury. Realizing that the w <>rk of thirty
years was gradually crystall ing into life,
democrats on the floor and in the galler
ies. alike, were carried away almost be
yond reason in their enthusiasm of the
hour. The fight had almost narrowed
down to personal conflict between the
leader on the republican side and the
leader on the democratic side. It was a
battle between Representative Reed and
Speaker Crisp, renewed on the floor after
Iwo years in the chair as speaker.
looked like an arena.
The galleries were crowded with men
and women of all political faiths. The
floor looked like a vast arena and the com
batants were the cynosure of all eyes.
The members gave up their seats to
women, and the most celebrated di
vines from the district, Maryland and
Virginia, were present to watch the bat
tle. Cardinal Gibbons was on the
speaker’s bench, and scarcely moved a
muscle while the great discussion was
pending. Mr. Reed, himself, eclipsed
from the first, and lost in the vindictive
ness of his own temper, appealed to pas
sions and prejudices for arguments.
CRISP GREETED WITH A SHOUT.
When the Georgia man took the floor
there was a mighty shout in the galler
ies and from the floor. The members
looked upon these tw o men as their lead
ers and had pitted them one against the
other. Speaker Crisp was at his best.
He dismissed the ridicule of the man lrom
Maine with a dignity which belittled Mr.
Keed in the eyes of the audience. He
condensed a lifetime of study on the tar
iff to one hour's debate and tore in shreds
the mantle'with which Mr. Keed at
tempted to cover himself and his party.
Mr. Crisp has grown. His speech four
years ago. when he appealed from
Phil.ip drurnc to Phillip sober,
was masterful; but his speech
on the floor to-day was
powerful. His arguments were the clear
est yet used in debate, and the entire
audience were swept into enthusiasm by
his eloquence. His ciear legal reasoning
allowed no rebuttals, and he hurleu his
thunderbolts of logic in such a manner
as will forever make his speech memora
ble in < ongress.
Chairman Wilson's peroration was a
fitting c lose to the speakers argument,
aud it is these two meu who now stand
foremost as the mouthpiece of the party
of the people.
GEORGIA LADIES ON THE FLOOR.
Mrs. Crisp left her seat in the gallery
to make room for Cardinal Gibbons, and
oei upied that of Maj. Black on the floor.
Mrs. Hoke Cmith, Mrs. Cabaniss, Mss
Dooley, of Atlan.a. and Mrs. Phini/y, of
Aihens, were ia the executive gallery,
j ss narie Allen, of Augusta, and Miss
Center, of Savannah, were admitted to
the door and occupied seats on the demo
crat;, side. A number of Georgia ladies
were in the speaker's gallery.
lhe day was au eveutful one for the
soikn and the hearts of all southern
People were proud of their two leaders
!“, lll e debate and were deeply mo ed
w Hen Mr Wilson said In his remarks that
rT " as ’ n touch with the northern men;
sympathy with the western: but of the
aojtaern, he was bone of their bone and
nesh o; their iiesh ” When his trail
iul‘ e colla psed and he was homo from
~ ® ,loor ou the shoulders of his followers
was s ' arcel * v an eye in the vast as
that was not bedimmed with
A CRUSH OF SPECTATORS.
By the Southern Associated Press,
ashingion, Feb. I.—As the hour of
Oeeting of the House approached to-day
the naileries were crowded to the doors,
Ile aialcs were used as seats, the doors
Presented he appearance of living pyra
mids. and ba-k of them was a solid mass
humanity, hoping against hope, that
'? sometime get within seeing
t ear ‘ a ? distance of the closing of the
prea. tariff deuate. The elevators ran
e gallery floor heavily ladon with
•man treight, but no one was
, h t 0 pct ex *t from them through
I;vin g wall of struggling,
’ n g men and women who were
Evet 80lUly t 0 the elevator fence.
r-n tb e rngjaberg of p rcgg were j n
i ..V > ’ casf ‘ s unable to get access to the
ther J OOt,J r fei ’ o( * Jor them, and as
w ' * as no P° siolity of getting up by
whi a u* 16 ele ' alora . tbe only way by
a!'w “ e y could make any headway at
fivhti!, 5 f 10 ’ 08 U P the stairway and
brm .* :heir wa y through the crowd by
u m force.
w/ 1 ® scene °n the floor of the House was
.„ s o,t<atin £ as in the galleries, and
the f,* a * an air ea ? cr expectancy in
Rhone°* members as they moved
ais /It' 001 ' aml gathered in knots to
•i&v J Th he all ' im h orla nt question of the
with * Sf, ? lljer s table was ornamented
B^. niflcent bunch of long-stemmed
hal Neil roses.
Imln* 150 OF THE faOOCEEDINOS.
t<-;•, ‘ 1 eiy after the reading of yea
£wL 8 r ~ Mr. Lockwood.dem.f of
80 t the “j„Ti 6 lne point of no quorum,
Presence J? tall ed, disclosing the
Pruer, ss of 1 r“ ® un >b®*. During the
ral iin„.. the House was sov
‘eries, Doisf,s in th gal
order ” Anally the speaker hud to
monished *e ausinded, while he ad
trder ami 1 ji galleries to preserve
to ‘ .ear thi h lr ®>-tcd the coor keepers
P irsuan. p fTi*?** ainut the doors In
b’fvd the order a policeman cn
the gallery directly opposite
<W, acd ti* dnslc an<l behind the big
i® vet the r£2J ot a Ol1 *® tliao was unable
•ikally nut or 10 g° l out himself.
1 * no-sy struggle, lie man-
Slje Jftofning Wrtoai.
aged to escape himself, leaving the
crowd in possession.
The House then went into committee of
the whole and took up the question pend
ing when the House adjourned yesterday,
Mr. Wilson s motion to close the debate
on the barley amendment, and the House
divided.
Messrs. Wilson and Warner, dem., of
New York, then took their places, as tell
ers; and the motion was agreed to, 179
voting in the affirmative and none in tbe
negative.
THE AMENDMENTS TO THE SCHEDULE.
The question then recurred on the
amendments to the barley schedule
offered late yesterday afternoon. Those
were an amendment by Mr. Wilson, rais
ing the duty on barley from 20 per cent,
to 25 per cent., and on barley malt from
2E percent, to 80 per cent., and several
others amending Mr. Wilson's amend
ment. More were added, which were de
feated as fast as votes upon them could
be taken. The House was dividing upon
them when the hour of 12 o'clock ar
rived, and in accordance with the special
order, the committee rose and the chair
man. Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, re
ported to the speaker that the House had
had under consideration House bill 4804
to reduce taxation and had adopted sev
eral amendments.
The speaker then announced that under
the special order, three hours would be
allowed for debate.
A JAM IN THE CORRIDORS.
By this time the ;am in the corridors
had become so great that progress through
them was difficult aDd well nigh impossi
ble. The diplomatic and executive gal
leries filled up under the pressure for
seats by others than those for whom they
are generally reserved, and the demands
upon Speaker Crisp by members for the
admission of their wives and daughters
well nigh drove him frantic. Finally, by
tacit consent, the floor was open to these
visitors, and they took their places in
the lobby behind the rail, so that
from the rear scats in the bail hack to
the sides of the chamber in the gallery
there was banked a mass of humanity
utterly unable to move, and almost un
able to breathe; comfortable respiration
was an impossibility. The speaker recog
nized Mr. Reed, rep., of Maine. This was
the signal for a spontaneous outburst of
applause, which the speaker made an ef
fort to check. Cheers and applause rang
out over the galleries, which continued
for some time.
Few speakers in the House ever had a
grander audience hanging upon their
words. There was not a vacant space to
be seen in the House, and here and there
throughout the hall were seen bits of
coior indicating the presence of ladies.
Severai members of the Senate came
over to witness the scenes in the lower
house, while arnoDg the distinguished
visitors in the galleries was Cardinal
Gibbons, easily recognized by his flaming
red skull cap and neckcloth; and on the
floor was Bishop Newman.
SEED BEGINS HIS ARGUMENT.
Mr. Heed stood for a while quietly and
self-possessed beside his desk, the cyno
sure of all eyes; and when the enthusi
asm had subsided, he began slowly and
impressively the delivery of a lorn; and
carefully prepared argument against the
pending bill. He said that in this debate,
which has already extended over many
weeks, one remarkable result has already
been reached, a result of the deepest im
portance to this country. That result is
that the bill before us is odious to both
sides of the House. It meets with
favor nowhere, and commands the respect
of neither party. On this side, we believe
that while it pretended to be for protec
tion. it does not afford it, and on the
other side they believe that while it looks
toward free trade, it does not accomplish
it. Those who will vote against this bill
will do so be a use it opens our markets to
the destructive competition of foreigners,
and those who vote for it do it with the
reservation that they will instantly de
vote themselves to anew crusade against
whatever barriers are left.
IN THE RANKS OF FREE TRADE.
Whatever speeches have been made in
defense of the bill on the other side,
whether by gentlemen who were respon
sible only to their own constituencies or
by the gentleman from West Virginia,
who ough., to have been steadied by his
sense o: responsibility to the whole coun
try, ha <e one and all, with but rare ex
ceptions, placed their authors uncompro
misingly, except for temporary purposes,
on the side of unrestricted free trade, it
is evident that there is no ground for that
hope, entertained by so many mod
erate men, that this bill, bad
as it is, could be a resting
place, where our manufacturing and pro
ductive industries, such as may survive.
Cun re-establisb themselves and have a
sure foundation for the future, free from
party bickering and party strife. Hence,
also, there can be no foundation for that
cry, so insidiously raised, that this bill
should be passed at once, because uncer
tainty is worse than any bill can possibly
be. Were this bill to pass both branches
to-day uncertainty would reign just the
same . This result was inevitable,
A FREE TRADE MEASURE.
Although this bill professed to open to
the manufacturers anew era of prosper
ity, and professed to be made in the inter
est of some of them, the moment it came
to be defended on this tloor the great
bulk of it could not be defended on auy
other grounds than the principles of free
trade. Hence, in this diseusslon, the pre
cise terms of this proposed act count for
nothing, an 1 we are left to a discussion of
the principles which underlie the whole
question. That question may not be de
cided here and now upon these principles,
but the ultimate decision by the people
can lmve no other foundation.
At the c.ose of Mr. Keed s remarks a
deafening wave of applause rolled through
the House, and a magnificent basket of
roses, a tribute from the republican mem
bers of the House, was borne up the aisle
on the shoulder of a page. When the
cheering had subsided, the presiding
o dicer, Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, recognised
the speaker, Mr. Crisp.
CRISP ALSO GETS A CHEER.
The appearance of Mr. Crisp standing
at the desk of Representative Clark, of
Missouri, in the first aisle on the demo
cratic side, a position corresponding to
Mr. Reed’s, on his side, was the signal
for an outbunt of enthusiastic cheering.
Mr. Crisp said:
i'rfi<*ptakf within the period allowed by the
ruins of tbe House, to feply to. and tojia j
plain to this House the eu£
tne argument to which they hare just lis
tened I assume that the cause of pro
tection han no more able advocate than
the jreniieman from
inme that the argument for protnt*
t'otoau .<■ put In no more forceful form than
that to wh'ch you hare listened to day- And
1 snail asa you calmly and dispassionately
e *amlne with me that*r*ument to aee upon
what It l* based, and then I shal ask the un
hv thf* centjemau from Maine can teenivo
llshed fonslatently with ri*ht and Justice to
tU Trtnnem.?n'iSlm tf atu* <‘h
that is uneuuaUed, when he encounters sn ar
SAVANNAH, GA„ FRIDAY', FEBRUARY 2, 1894.
f oment which he Is unable to answer, passes
t by with some origin and witty saving, and
thereby invites and receives the applause of
those who believo as he docs, But the gentle
man does not attempt, the gentleman has not
to-day attempted, to reply to the real argu
ments that are made in favor of freer
trade and more lit erty to commerce. The
gentleman refers to the progress of the
United States, he points to the rate of wages
in the United States, he points to the aggre
gated wealth of the United States, and then
says: “AU this we owe to protection.’’ Hut
he gives you no reason why wo owe it to pro
tection. He says because we have protection
in the United States, be.ause wages are high
in the United States, therefore protection
makes high wages.
SUNSET COX QUOTED.
Mr. Crisp said that this form of argu
ment had been met and overthrown years
ago by the gentleman from New York, S.
S. Cox. from whose well-known speech on
this topic Mr. Crisp quoted. The gen
tleman from Maine, not in his argument,
but in that more carefully prepared state
ment. which he has given to the country
as the views of the minority of the com
mittee on ways and means,
among other things insists
that whatever impost duty or impos
ition is put upon the foreign goods that
are brought into this country is paid by
the loretgner. The gentleman constituting
the minority of tho committee at another
period of discussion in that report, say
that tbe consumer here pays the tax.
The gentleman from Maine and
his associates, take the liberty,
when dealing with the people of the
United States on a great question which
affects the income, happiness and com
merce of all our people, to make state
ments inconsistent with each other and
inconsistent with every well estaolished
idea of present economy, and yet that
distinguished pentlemau presumes to
lecture this side of tho House, forsooth,
because we do not measure up to his
standing in shaping legislation for taxa
tion.
THE liriNORITT REPORT.
Reading from the minority report to
support this statement Mr. Crisp pro
ceeded :
“Let us see the report again, be ause it is
the carefully prepared view of the minority
of the committee on ways and means not an
utterance given out hastily in debate, but
carefully prepared in the closet and sent out
to the country as their views. This report
says that. the protective tariff on
plate glass, and on cotton ties
reduces the price to the. consumer:
but the protective tariff on steel rails and on
spool cotton Increases the price to tho con
sumer. [Laughter on the democratic side ]
They say that putting lumber on the free list
wi l not reduce It price, but when the repu >-
Ucans put sugar on the free lis it greatly ro
duced Its price. [Applause on tle democratic
side.] ihey say that the protective tariff on
leaf tol acio has given the farmer a better
price for his tobacco and yet has not in
creased the price of c> ais
But the most wonui* .ur effect of this tariff,
the most Inexplicable *aae that has overcome
under my observation, is the effect upon
wool, according to tho minority report. They
say that putting raw wool on the free
list and reducing the rote on
woolen goods will reduce the price
that the farmer gets, will reduce the wages
that the spinners aud the weaver gets, and
yet will accomplish only an Imaginary and
infinitesimal difference tn the price of cloth
ing. Now. If the manufacturer ;;ets his wool
cheaper, and If he ge's his wages cheaper,
let me ask you my friends, why it is he ought
not to sell products cheaper | Applause. I
All sunshine and prosperity, tbe speaker
said, was claimed as results of the pro
tective tariff; but when there were
strikes in protected industries, when
gaunt famine stalks abroad in the land,
then you charge those upon the shadow
of reduced duties by the Wilson bill.
“You capnot thus escape.” declared Mr.
Crisp, ‘ lrom the responsibility for condi
tions which are clearly the result of your
own policy.”
THE HOME MARKET ISSUE.
Proceeding to a discussion of the home
market issue, Mr. Crisp said it was a
failure, as demonstrated by the experi
ence of the country. A century of pro
tection had not developed a homo market
lor more than one-third of the cotton pro
duced iu this country, The tariff and the
market do not add a cent’s value to the
produ tion of the agriculturists. This
assertion the speaker illustrated by
the experience of the wheat grower
of Minnesota or the cotton
grower of Georgia, who, when he sold his
products in Liverpool and bourht poods
with the proceeds .here, must pay half as
much again as the cost of tho articles
abroad to the United States as a tariff
tax. Neither the farmer nor the customs
officer will be able to realize the truth of
the statement the gentleman from Maine,
that “the foreigner pays the tax.” These
laws, the speaker said, were for the bene
fit, and the benefit only, of the manufac
turer. [Applause.]
The gentleman from Maine had declared
that the corn laws, although passed nom
inally in behalf of the . English farmer,
were really for the benefit of the nris
toeracy, who wore the land owners. “Let
me tell him also that the tariff laws,
nominally in the interest of the working
men, are really for the benefit of the
manufacturer.”
Referring to the Aldrich report, quoted
by Mr. Reed, Mr. Crisp said that the gen
tleman from Maine had not told all that
that report showed, in fifteen non-pro
tocted industries the wages of workmen
had been increased, while the wages in
fifteen protected industries had boon de
creased. [Applause, j
UNFAIR TO THE PRODUCER.
Discussing the home market, Mr. Crisp
said the effect of the tariff laws upon the
people of the country was to compel the
producer of the United States to sell in
the cheapest market and buy in the dear
est. They constantly reduced the pur
chasing tower of the bushel of wheat
sold by the United States farmer, be
cause in purchasing with the pro
ceeds of tbat bushel, his liberty to buy
where he pleased was restricted, and he
was compelled to pay tributo to the
American manufacturer. Until the con
sent of the people of the United States to
be taxed for the building up of the privi
leged classes of industries had been
gained, gentlemen would never oe able to
retain in peace and quiet tho principle of
the protective party.
“The people until lately have not been
able to discuss clearly the economic ques
tion. but since we have boen aule to go
before them on this matter, they have re
sponded to our views of the question,
lie re to .’ore they responded to the appeal
■Oh, vote ns you shut,’ and they
antagonize the interest of the
south. That argument had again been
raised by tbe gentleman from Maine In
bis speech to-day, thirty years after the
close of the war. He had been unusually
free, at least, in his public utterances
from appeals of that kind, and it is a con
fession that his argument Is weak indeed
when he must abandon tbe field of reason
for that of prejudice.” [Applause].
CfIAKGES OF ARGUMENT.
The speaker pointed out the various
changes of argument advanced by pro
tective advocates in support of the tariff
system, the last one of which is that it Is
necessary to the welfare of labor. The
democratic theory is that free competi
tion in production will more steadily em
p.o.v more men than when it is restricted.
We say that #l6O a day
Tor 800 days in the year
is infinitely preferable to #2 a day for 2jo
days in an industry controlled by mo
nopoly. “For thirty years,” said Mr.
Crisp, “the Democratic party had been
endeavoring to regain power. ’ They held
out to the people the promise and hope of
reduced taxation and after full
and free argument, the people entrusted
them with power to effect their promises.
The bill brought in here may not beau
ideal bill; every gentleman on this side
may find objection to some detail of it.
But with a unanimity remc ' ■on ex
isting conditions we on thi ide h o de
cided that this bill is as; t in thv •' -lit
direction and that we wi 1 support it.”
(Applause).
In concluding the speake. aid >th gen
tlemen on the other side h„ uem tied
that the democratic party 3u \j SHOW
where it proposed to get the revenue to
meet tho deficiency estimated to result
from the passage of the bill. That
was right and proper, admitted
Mr. Crisp. “To meet this
deficiency of 175,000,000, we
will raise #10,000,000 by an increased tax
on whisky, and #5,000,000 from playing
cards and cigarettes, and #80,009,000 from
a tax on incomes, and earnings of corpora
tions. [Applause], And what remains
wo propose to meet by tho good old demo
cratic method of an economical expendi
ture of our revenues.”
WILSON’S CLOSING SFEECH.
Mr. Wilson, dem., of West Virginia,
who closed the debate, said the old argu
ments had been advanced this afternoon
which have always boon advanced against
every movement of progress and reform,
and they have not been stronger or more
forceful, more attractive or effective than
in the past. He referred to the argument
on this question of the gentleman from
Michigan, which he has brought into
every'congress, like a bouquet of wax flow
ers under a glass case. To the statement
b.v Mr. Doliiver, that ho had narrowly
escaped being a pupil of the gentleman
from West Vsrginia. “it was a narrow
miss indeed, Mr Speaker,” said Mr. Wil
son, “but judging from tho character of
tho argument he made on the floor it was
asgood as a mile. [Laughter], The argu
ment of the gentleman from Maine,
which has been heard at every cross
roads in the country, was that the
progress and prosperity of the country
was due to protection, due to the passage
of a law of congress, rather than upon
the munificent gifts of Almighty
God. [Applause]. The truth is that the
prosperity and progress of the country
came because no law of congress could
prevent them. [Applause], Ali tho Mc-
Kinley laws in tho world cannot impede
the progress of the world. But they can
and do lake from one man a part of one
man’s labor and give it unjustly to an
other.”
A SCENE OF WILD ENTHUSIASM.
At tho conclusion of Mr. Wilson’s
speech there was enacted a wild scene of
enthusiasm such as has never before been
witnessed in the House within the mem
ory of the oldest member. Tbe applause,
which broke out at frequent intervals
during the speech, overleaped all bounds
when Mr. Wilson tried to take his seat.
Cheer after cheer rang out again
and again, men throw their
hats and papers in Abe air. and women
their handkerchiefs. Mr. Breckinridge,
of Arkansas, embraced the speaker, and
a crowd of demonstrative admirers
headed by Mr. Bryan of Nebraska, and
Mr. Tucker of Virginia, raisod Mr. Wilson
upon their shoulders and carried him in
triumph out of the hall and to his com
mittee room.
Amid the din and confusion of the
House, the speaker announced that the
debate was closed, and that pursuant to
the special order, the House would vote
upon the amendments.
Pending this Mr. Burrows called atten
tion to the fact that the House could not
transact any business while the House
was ip such au uproar, aud he asked that
tho floor be cleared. This was accord
ingly ordered, and in ten minutes after
Mr. Wilson’s speech the House was
cleared of its visitors, and had subsided
to its usual state of comparative tran
quillity.
THE FIRST VOTE.
The Speaker announced that the vote
would first be taken on Mr. Tawney’s
amendment raisiug the duty ou barley
from 20 percent, to 22 percent, perbushei,
and on malt from 80 per cent, to 32 per
cent, per bushel. The yeas and nays
were ordered on Mr. Tawney’s amend
ment and it was defeated—yeus 120,
nays 197.
Mr. Witson’s amendment raising the
duty on barley from 20 per cent, to 25 per
cent, ad valorem, and on barley malt
from 80 to 86 per cent, was then voted on,
and agreed to—yeas. 204; nays, 114.
Separate votes were demanded on the
following amendments adopted in the
committee of the whole:
By Mr. Johnson, dem., of Ohio, on the
amendment providing that the wool para
graph should take effect Aug. 2. 1894.
By Charles W. Stone, rep., of Pennsyl
vania, on the amendment striking out the
reciprocity clausa of the petroleum
schedule.
By several New York democrats on the
income tax amendment.
The other amendments, including the
two important amendments to the sugar
schedule, repealing the bounty on sugar
and patting refined sugar on the free list,
were agreed to ou a viva voce vote.
TnE WOOL SCHEDULE.
There was a difference of opinion as to
which amendment to tho whool schedule
should be voted on. That of Mr. John
son. dem., of Ohio, provided that tho
wool schedule should take effect imme
diately after tho bill in passed. This was
agreed to in committee of the whole, but
subsebuentiy, tho committee, at Mr.
Wilson’s instance, adopted another
amendment striking out all after the
first three words of the Johnson amend
ment and inserted Aug. 2, 1894, for raw
wool, and Dec. 2, 1894, for woolen manu
factures.
The Johnson amendment wss agreed to.
A vote was then taken on Mr. Wilson’s
first amendment, and it was carried on a
standing vote of 205 ayes to 47 noes. The
second amendment was aiss carried on a
rising vote—ayes 196, noes 42. The effect
is to fix the date of the wool schedule at
Aug. 2, and of the woolen schedule at
Dec 2.
The amendment striking off the pro
vision regarding reciprocity on petroleum
was also agreed to on a standing vote
ayes 170, noes 44.
TnE INCOME TAX GOBS THROUGH.
On tho internal revenue amendment
Mr. Cockran asked if the proposition
could be divided and a separate vote
taken on the income tax feature, but the
speaker held that it could not. Mr. Cock
ran then called for the yeas und nays on
the entire amendment, and it was carried
amid applause—yeas, 182; nays, 60.
The democrats who vote against the in
ternal revenue bill, with the income tax
feature, were: Messrs Bartlett, of New
York; Beltzhoover. of Pennsylvania;
Brawiey, of South Carolina; Campbell, of
New York; Causey, of Delaware; CUn
cey, of New York; Cockran,of New York ;
Compton, of Maryland; Coombs, of New
York; Covert, of New York; Cummings,
Of New York; Davey. of Louisiana; Dc-
Forest, of Connecticut; Dunn, of New
Jersey: Dunphey, of New York; English,
of New .Jersey; Everett, of Mas
sachusetts;' Fielder, of New Jer
sey; Geissenhainer, of Now Jorsey;
Hatnes, of New York; Harter, of Ohio;
Hendrix, of New York; Lapham, of Rhode
Island ; Lockwood, of New Yoric; Magner,
of New York: MoAleer, of Pennsylvania;
McKalg, of Maryland; Meyer, of Ixtuis
iana; Mutchler, of Pennsylvania: O’Neil,
of Massachusetts; Page, of Rhode Island;
Prince, of Louisiana: Rayner, of Mary
land: Reilly, of Pennsylvania; Rusk, of
Maryland; Ryan, of New York; Shermer
horn, or New York; Sickles, of New York;
Sperry, of Connecticut; Stevens, of Massa
ehusetts; Talbott, of Maryland; Warner,
of New York, and Wolverton, of Pennsyl
vania.
The republicans who voted for the in
ternal revenue bill were: Messrs Bowers,
of California. Fletcher, of Minnesota,
Hartman, of Montana, Marsh, of Illinois,
Pickier, of South Dakota, Sweet, of
Idaho, and White, of Ohio.
With the exception or these votes and
those of Messrs. McCall, of Massa
chusetts, Powers, Of Vermont and
Scranton, of Pennsylvania, who voted
against the internal revenue amendment,
the republicans refrained from voting o n
this proposition. The amendments In
committee having all been agreed to in
the House, the question was upon the en
grossing and third reading of the bill,
and it was agreed to.
Mr. Covert, dem., of New York, ottered
a resolution for recommittal, and on this
demanded the previous question. Tills
was ordered without division, but Mr.
Covert demanded yeas and uays, but this
demand was voted down—yeas 3ft; nays
227, not one-fifth seconding the demand.
The motion to recommit was then de
feated by a vote of 108 to 177, the an
nouncement of the vote being greeted with
loud applause.
THE PASSING OF THE BILL.
The speaker then put the question,
“shall tho hill pass.'” and tho years and
nays being demanded on this, the roll was
called amidst the most intense interest on
the floor and in the galleries. As the
names of the doubtfulones were reaohed
and they voted “aye” or “no,”
upplausu, cheers. and sometimes
good-natured bantering followed their
votes. Tho greatest applause
followed Mr. Coekrau s vote of “aye,”
and also Mr. Cummings’ negative vote,
and the affirmative votes of Mr. Everett
of Massachusetts, Geissenhainer of New
Jersey, Lockwood of New York, Magner,
McAleer, Tracv, Beltzhoover, Warner,
Blanchard and Boatner. Republl an ap
plause greeted the votes in the nogative
of Messrs. Campbell, Covort, Cummings,
Davey of Louisiana. Geary of California,
Haines of New York, Hendricks of New
York. Price of Louisiana, Robertson of
Ixtuisiana. Schermcrhorn of New York,
Sibley, of Pennsylvania, Sickles of New
York, und Sperry of Connecticut.
When the names of Mr. Wilson and the
speaker were called great cheers greeted
their answers of “aye.”
Tbe populists all voted for the bill, ex
cept Mr. Newlands, of Nevada.
The vote was announced at 5:55 o’clock,
as follows: Yeas 208, nays 140, so the bill
was declared passed, with a wild shout
from the floor and galleries.
A later aud more careful examination
of the vote showed that 204 had voted for
the bill, including the speaker. The an
nouncement was greeted with cheering
and applause in the galleries and on tho
floor, which continued until the House
adjourned. The usual motions to recon
sider and to lay on the table were made
by Mr. Wilson and were carried, and the
House then at 5:55 o'clock adjourned until
to-morrow at 12 o’clock.
THE VOTE IN DETAIL.
Following is the detailed vote of the
passage of the bill:
Yeas-Messrs. Abbott, Alderaon, Alcxan
(ter, Allen. Arnold. Hailtv-, Baker. Baldwin,
Bankhead, Harnes. Harwig, Bell of Colorado.
Bell of loxas, Beltz-hoover, Berry, Black of
Georgia, Black of Illinois. Blanchard.
Bland. Boatner. Boen, Bower of
North Carolina, Branch. Brawiey. Breck
inridge of Arkansas. Breckinridge
of Kentucky. Ure/. Brlckner. Urook
hlre. Brown. Brvan. Bunn. H imes Byn mi,
Garanins. Caminxti, Cannon of California.
Ospehart. Carutb. Catching", Causey,
Clancy, Clark, of Misourl. Oia.-keof Alanama,
Cos ..j of Alabama, Cos b of M.ssouri, C'ookran,
Cockrell. Coffeen. Compton of Connecticut,
Coombs. Cooper of t* lor.da. Cooper of Indiana,
Cooper of 1 exas, Cornish Cox, Crain, Craw
ford. Culbertson. Davis of Kansas.
Deirmona, Le horest, Denson. Dlnsmore.
LO.kery, Donovan, nuun. Dunphey. Dur
borruw. F.d-nun Is Kills of Kentucky.Ungltsh,
Luloe. Kpes. Krdinan. Dverett Fielder. Fith
tun Forman, Fyan, Uolssenhalnor, Golrtz.lcr,
Goodnight Gorman, Grady.G esham Griffin,
Hall of Mlnr e iota Hall ol Missouri Ham
mond. Hare nsrrls. Harter. Hatch. Hayes,
beard, Henicrson of North Carolina,
Hines, Holman, Hooker of Missis
sippi. Houk of Ohio, Hudson,
Hunter, Hutcheson, Ikirt. Johnson of Ohio,
Jones. Kem Kilgore. Krlobs, Kyle. Lane,
Lapham, Latlinor, Lawson. Layton. 1-ester.
Lisle, Livingston, Lockwood Lyueh. Mad
dox. Magner. Maguire. Mailory. Marshall.
Martin of Indiana. McAleer. McCreary of
Kentucky. MeCullock, MoDanuold, Mc-
Dcarmou McKtirlCk. M Gann, Me-
Kaig. McKolghan, Mcl.nurin. McMil
lan. McNaguv. Mcllae. Meredith, Money,
Montgomery. Morgan. Mitchell, -eill, Oates,
O'Neill of Massachusetts. < .utbwaits, Has bal,
Patterson. Paynter, Peaison. Pence, Pendle
ton of 'xc abs. Peudleion of West Virginia,
piggott. Kayner, Keilly, Richardson of Ohio,
Richardson of Michigan. Richardson of 'len
nessee. Ritchie. Robbins. Husk. Russell
of Georgia. Ryan, Sayers, shell. Simp
son Snodgrass. homes. Springer,
h.aliings. Sto kdale. Stone of Kentucky,
strait awanson. i’alv-ert of south Carolina,
Talbott of Maryland, Tarsney, Tate, Taylor
of Indiana, 'lorry. Fracey. Tucker, Turner,
Turpin, i vler Warner, Washington Wes
do k Wells Wheeler of Alabama. Whiting,
W illiams of Illinois. Wilburn* of Mississippi,
Wilson of West Virginia, Wise. Wolve.ton,
Woouard and Charles F Crisp, speaker-zo.
Nays - Messrs. Adams of Kentuoky, Adams
of Pennsylvania Aitkin. Aldrich Apslcy,
Avery, tabeock. Baker of New Hampshire,
Uattholdt, Bartlett, Uelden. Bingham. Blair,
Bojtclle Bowers of California. Broderick,
Brosins Bundv. Burrows, Cadmus. Caldwell,
i ampbell. < aunon of Illinois. ChL.kerlng,
Childs. Cogswell. Cooper of Wisconsin,
Cousins. Covert Cummlng Curtis of Kansas,
Curtis of New York. Dalze l. Daniels Davey
of Louisiana Dingley, Doliirer, Doollttlp,
Draper. Lills of Oregon. Fletcher,
Funk, Funston. Gardner. Gear. Gillet of New
York. Gillet of Maasu-husetts. orjsvenor.
Grout, linger. Hatner of Nebraska, Harnes
Harmcr. Hartman. Haugen. Helner of
I’onnsylFonla, Henderson of Illinois. Hender
son of lows Hendrix, Hepburn, Hermann.
Dicks. Hlii*orn. Hitt. Hooker of New York,
Hopkins of Illinois Huilck. Hull. Johnson
ot Indiana, Johnson of North Dakota, Joy,
Kiefer. Lacey. Lefever, Linton. Loud, Loud
envlagcr, Lucas Mahon, Ma th Marvin of
New York, McCall Met learz of Minnesota.
McDowell, Melkeljohn, Mer er, Meyer. Moon.
Morse. Murray, Newlands, Northway.
Page Pavne. Perkins, Phillips, Pickier.
Post Powers, Price. Randall. Kay. Reed.
Key burn, i.obertson of Louisiana, Robinson
ol Pennsylvania. Russell of Connecticut.
Scbernuerhorn, hcranton. Settle. Shaw. Sher
man, Sibley. Sickles, *mlth. Sperry, ntepaen
son. Charles W. stone. William A. Stone,
stores, strong Tawney, Taylor of Tennessee
'thomaa Updegraff Van Voorhis of New
York Van Voorhis of Ohio. Wadsworth.
Walker, Wagner Waugh. Wever. Wheeler of
llllooU. White Wi son of Ohio. Wilson of
Washington Wooiner. Wright of Massachu
setts and Wright of Pennsylvania—l4o.
The absentees on this rote numbered
13, of whom Messrs. Hopkins of Pennsyl
vania and hjvveet of Idaho, had been in
attendance during the day, but were com
pell dto leave before the roll call. A
physician was present with Mr. Hopkins.
Mr. Stevenson, a member of the commit
tee on ways and means, did not vote.
r.ND OF THK FIOHT.
Wilson's BiU does to the Senate in
Oood Shape, but Ite Fate Uncertain.
Washington, Feb. I.—The long struggle ;
is over, and the contest U past at last.
Tho fight over “tariff reform,” which has
been the rallying cry of the Democratic
party for so many years, on whioh so
many battles have been lost snd won, and
which has found its culmination in the
debate in the House from Jan. 8 until to
day, has become a victory, so far as the
House is concerned. The representatives
-that is. a majority of them—who came
direct from the people, and in whose elec
tion tariff reform was a vital issue, have
stood by tho declarations of the platform ;
and have announced to the country that
they favor a reduced tariff, and that they
have done their part towards making tbe
platform a law.
NOT SATISFACTORY TO ALL.
The bill, as it was introduced Into tho
House, was not satisfactory to all; neither
is it satisfactory to all as it has passed
the House. There are some democratic
members who honestly und earnestly be
lieve that certain features in the bill
ought to hare been changed. Some of
them think so. because their constituents
have Interests which they think will be
injuriously affected by the operation of
the bill. Others us honestly and earnestly
think that certain features will inure to
the detriment of the party.
THE RESULT OF HONEST WORK.
But the bill, despite these objections,
represents the result of months of hard
work on tbe part of some of the most
earnest and able members of the party.
There nre no truer or more earnest demo
crats than those who constitute the ma
jority of tbe ways and means committee.
They have all the time realized the im
portance as well ns the difficulty of the
work they had to do.
The nihking of a tariff bill Is no easy
thing; and this making of a tariff reform
bill is still more difficult. To reduce the
turlff on a list of several thouaaud ar
ticles, and to adjust It so as not to work
needless Injury to tho manufacturers of
any one of them is a herculean under
taking. The democratic members of ths
committee have had in view the best in
terests of the whole country. To mcSte a
bill that would best conduce to tbei wel
fare of the entire people, they have
labored day and night; aud the Wilson
tariff bill is the result.
THE TARIFF A TAX.
Proceeding by tbe sound democratic
ldeu that a tariff is a tax, (and that it Is
not paid by foreigners either) tho ways
aud means committee endeavored to re
duce that tax to as great an extent as
was possible without reducing the reve
nues of the government 100 low, and with
out making the reduction oppressive to
the interests that will be affected by it.
Asa result, they have produced a bill,
which despite all that may be said against
it, is a monument to the Industry, ability
and nonest purpose of the democratic
members of the committee.
Tiie bill leaves Die House In good shape.
What condition it will lie la, when the
Senate gets through with it, cannot be
foretold.
BIDS FOR THI BONDS.
Carlisle Advised of a Total of About
980,000,000.
Washington, Feb. I.—The subscriptions
to the new 5 per cent, loan so far as re
ceived amount to # 54,508,000, at prices
ranging from 117,223 to 120,829. There
was also an offer of 200 for one bond of #SO,
There arc known to be on the way ad
ditional subscriptions amounting
to more than $3,000,000 which,
owing to the dqlay In the arrival
of the mails, will be entitled to considera
tion when received. The amounts sub
scribed by cities are as follows: New
York, #45,838,250; Boston, #5,362,550;
Philadelphia, #731,500: Baltimore, #691,-
150; Cincinnati, s4rt,Boo; New Orleans,
#70,000; St. L0ui5,5275,050; San Francisco,
#110,(K)0; Washington, #357,550; Chicago,
9288,060; place of deposit not staled,
#205,200; total, #64,508,100.
GLADSTONE’S RESIGNATION.
The Pall Mall Gazette Publishes a
Qualified Reassertion.
London, Feb. I.—The Pall Mall Ga
zette, which yesterday announced that it
had learned from an authoritative source
that Premier Gladstone intended to resign
office before the next session of par
liament to-duy publishes a qualified re
assertion of Its previous statement. It
si; s that it was prepared for a contra
diction of the statement on the part of
the press and government officials, but
was not prepared for the virtual confirm
ation of the story by Mr. Gladstone him
self. The paper savs it knew that Mr.
Gladstone’s intentions had been conveyed
to few, if any of his colleagues, and adds
that whatever change publicity may ef
fect it is now certain that Mr. Gladstone’s
tenure of office will be limited to months,
if not weeks.
FRANCE’S DEFENSES.
The Deputies Pass a Vote of Confi
dence in the Government.
Paris, Feb. I.—ln the Chamber of Dep
uties, to-day, the discussion of M. Lock
roy’s question in regard to the efficiency
of the f rench navy and the adequacy of
the defense of the coast of France was
concluded.
The chamber voted Its confidence that
the government would effect the neces
sary reforms in the navy and provide for
the proper defense of the coast.
The vote of confidence wss passed by
356 to 160, a resolution which called forth
applause from the supporters of the gov
ernment,
STILL IN A DEADLOCK.
Candidates to Be Required to Pay the
Per Siam of the Members.
Jackson, Miss., Feb. I.—This was the
ninth day of the senatorial caucus. The
fifty-third ballot resulted: Campbell, 88;
McLaurln, 46; Taylor, 88; Lowry, 20;
John M. Allen 2.
The caucus adjourned until to-morrow.
The caucus to-night unanimously
adopted a resolution requiring candidates
tor united States senator to succeed Gen.
Waitbatl to pay the per diem of the mem
bers of tho legislature during the dead
lock. One-half of tbe conference com
mittee reported that so far the committee
had been unable to agree on a plan, tbat
it had several schemes before it, and
hoped to be able to agree on something
to-morrow.
A Blaze at Chicago.
Chicago, HI., Feb. I.—Fire this morn
ing destroyed the wooden and willow
ware storehouse and factory ot Felix &
Marston. on Canal street, causing a loss of
#.'81,000 on the building aud 930,000 on the
contents, which ace fully covered by in
surance.
I DAILY. 110 A YEAR, I
- 5 CENTS A COFY. >
) WEEKLY, tl 25 A YEAR. I
HILL’S CASE NEAR ITS END.
All the Testimony in and the Argu
ments Under Way.
Echols Plays His Trump Card for the
Proseoution, and in Retaliation the
Defense Calls Witnesses to Impeaoh
His Reliability Bohols Reads m
Letter Purporting to Come From
Hill Which the Latter Denounces as
a Forgery.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. I.—The testimony In
the Harry Hill case was concluded this
afternoon after some most sensational
passages and argument is now going on.
Four speeches will be made to-morrovr,
two for each side, and then the case will
go to the jury.
When the court opened this mornlngths
typewritten confession which HiU was al
leged to have sent to John W. Echols
from Chicago Just after his flight, was in
troduced and read. The letter is the cen
tral point in a highly sensational featurs
of tho case. The defense claims that
Echols, who had a quarrel with
Harry HiU Just before his flight,
and is now aligned with the proAocution,
forged the letter in order to convict Hill.
Echols has had a most unsavory connec
tion with the case from the first, despite
the fact that he was made assistant
counsel by the prosecution. lie was put
in this position, the defense claims, ass
reward for his treachery to the prisoner,
and also to seal his lips upon damaging
evidence undor the rule of professional
information. Yooterday Echols got badly
tangled up in his testimony for the prose
cution, nn.l this, with the letter he put
forward this morning, resulted in his
impeachment by tho defense. While his
side replied with witnesses who vouched
for hi* character, many persons believe
that tbe Jury will not now give Echols*
evidence much credit.
CONFLICTING TESTIMONY,
lie was not only impeached, but several
highly reputable witnesses Introduced in
rebuttal sworo positively to material
facts tbat be had just as positively de
nied. Echols was the main witness for
the prosecution, being introduced to sub
stantiate Mrs. Porter's storv. His im
peachment is a damaging mow to thg
prosecution, but there are many tech
nical points in the case which still
hang heavily over the head of the de
fendant. During the reading of the
loiter to Echols,put in as Hill’s confession
of guilt, the defendant arose inithe crowd
and dramatically exclaimed, addressing
the Jury, that he had never before heard
of such a letter, and thut it was a forgery.
He was made to sit down by his attorney,
I*ater on he took the stand and repeated
his denial.
TEXT OF TUB LETTBII.
This letter reads:
Chicago, Mnv 17. 1893.—C01. John W. Echols,
Attorney at Law: My Dear Sir—Aloue. b
a.nt from friends and native land, I am going,
after careful snd mature deliberation, Ut
compound in concise form the situation com
plete. relating to the overwhelming calamity
which has befallen all who ure Interested la
the unfortunate affair about which you are
so familiar.
In this I shall avoid, as fur as possible, all
that pertains to sentimentality, yet I cannoS
rejeot the faith whkh 1 entertain in a merci
ful Uod, of his willingness to receive ths
erring back into his fo.d again. In the long
journey 1 have taken to this point
great opportunity has been afforded
me for mrdltstion. Ths accom
panying summary. I shall recapitulate ss
perfectly as memory will serve me. so far as
relates to every monetary act connected with
the cane I nhall column the amounts, from
whom obtained, the Interest thereon, aggre
gating. as far as possible, every item and cir
cumstance connected. Then give explana
tion for application of all that was spent.
I do this an a matter of justification to your
self. to Me. HIU, the lady In question and to
myself. I have no nbiltty to exuress my deep
concern for her, and the anxiety through
which. 1 know, she Is passing, yot with me
she will always maintain the name exalted
station of which sue bus been the occupant
tor many and inanv years
To express the error of my course woui! be
a useless story; 1 can only say I regre. I was
prompted by the desire and ambition to suc
cess, and had the fates directed success for
me. how different would be the attitude to
day. You said very appropriately to me,
“Harry you have'p’.ayed and lost.” How often
these events occur, and were the acts of us
sil known, thev would seem stupendous.
None sre come cnee-clean, none can place
their hand on me heart and say, “There is no
Uod.''
Of course, you are aware that this lady bad
on many occasions done for me a.-ts of kind
ness. loth beautiful and gra.lous In my ex
treme anxiety to recoup uer, to redeem that
which might have been lost, to avoid her
from aspersions which tbe world Is so willing
to cast at the unfortunate, and especially if.
that be a lady, is It possible, therefore, that
I could have been no ungrateful as to abandon
this desire for her protection - In all this do
ing 1 was prompted more through the con
cern which 1 entertain for her than for my
self.
After the first circumstance which relates
to the matter of Mr Carey. I recognized that
she was displeased, but she granted forgive
ness, joining me In the hope of its oenellolal
rebounding. If there was a wrong committed
on my part, the initial act was the stigma, all
subsequent ones were prompted by reason of
palliation with the hope tbat the business la
which 1 subsequently engaged and which f
knew was a certain of tar mors
than the usual prollt of ordinary voca
tions stands as my only exouse to all except
the first event.
In tho 111 Judged execution of the well
judged plan of things, tho call seldom pro
duces the comer. Nature does not often say,
“See” to poor creature ut the time when see
ing can lead to happy doing, or rsply “Here''
to a body's cry of “Where” till the hide and
seek has become, an Irksome, out worn game.
Wo may wonder whether at the acme and
summit of human progress these anachron
isms will be corrected by a finer Intuition, a
closer interaction of tho social machinery
than that which now jolts us around and
along; Out suoh completeness Is not to be
prophecled or conceived as possible. From
maladroit delay springs anxietv. disappoint -
ments sho.ks. catastrophes and alt else In
the fate of destiny.
Of course, It Is my object that this entlra
matter should be kept exclusive and sauredly
private. Out If the world must know all that
Is connected with the affair. I should not dis
approve this communication being made
public.
1 know my wrongs, and that silent monitor
called conscience never fails to Inject his con
demnation when I cither commit or attempt
to commit that whl.h Is wrong. I trust the
spirit of those most dear to me, who have
gone before, and of the gentle character of
this lady, each In themselves have been the
Instrumentality tbat has prompted the good
that I may h ive accomplished, or tbe
higher purposes thut have actuated
me. Rut 1 am going to conclude
what I have written, and what l shall append
Is honcstlv and faithfully true. As for my
own remorse and grief. I can only attribute It
as coming from acts of my own. The thorns
1 reap, are of the tree I planted. They tear
me. and I bleed. Uut well might 1 have
known what fruit would spring from such a
bitter seed Most truly. Harry Hill
Accompanying it was another letter
giving a complete schedule of the alleged
forged notes.
ECHOLS ON THE STAND.
Col. Echols was put on the stand aad
testified that the communication tbat