Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1894 — WILSON BILL PASSED. [ARTICLE]

WILSON BILL PASSED.

GOES THROUGH THE HOUSE BY A VOTE OF 204 TO 140. Seed Mabn a Plea for Protection. While L’rUp and Wilson Defend the Proposed Measure —Wilson’s Admirers Carry Him About on Their Shoulders. « Cnparalleled Scenes. At the conclusion of one of the grandest, most imposing, and most impressive scenes ever witnessed in the American Capitol, the Wilson tariff bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 204 to 140. The events leading up to it were almost unparalleled in the annals of this country. Such a vast concourse of people as assembled to hear the last arguments upon the great economic issue about to be submitted for final arbitrament to the representatives of the American people had never before been seen within the pieoincts of the nation's legislative capital. Three hours of debate preceded the vote on the bill. The participants were ex-Speaker Reed, S[ eaker Crisp and Chairman Wilson, of the Ways and Means Committee. The galleries were filled to overflowing with eager and expectan> listeners. The corridors were packed and long lines of applicants for admission stood at each gallery door. All preparations had been made for a picturesque ending to the long debate and no one was disappointed by the entertainment’. When the result of the ba lot had been announced Mr. Wilson was carried about the chambrr on the shouders of his admirers. Strictly speaking, it was not the Wilson bill that was passed, but what remained of the measure alter running the gantlet of the committee of the whole in a three weeks’ debate. During this discussion some of the main features of the measure prepared by the Ways and Means Committee were eliminated and important provisions added, but the bill will continue to be known as the Wilson bill. Before the final vote was taken the House ratified all the changes that had been ordered by the committee of the who’e, so that the measure as it now stands provides lor raw materials, including, coal, iron ore, lumber, hide*, salt and wool, free sugar, an income tax, no sugar bounty, and no reciprocity features. The vote in detail was a 3 follows:

YEAS. Abbott, Dunn, McKeighan, Aldkbson, Dunpht, McLaurin Alexander, Dubbobow, McMillin, Allen, Edmunds, McNagny Arnold, Ellis (Ky.), Mcßae, Bailey, English, Meredith, Baker (Kan ), Enloe, Money. Baldwin, Epes, Montgomery, Bankhead, Erdman, Morgan, Barnes, Everett, Moses, Barwig, Fielder, Mutchleb, Bell (Colo.), Fithian, Neill, Bell (Texas), Forman, Oates, Beltzhoover, Fyan, O’Neil (Mass), Berry, G’iss’nhain’r, Outhwaite, Black (Ga.), Goldzier, Paschal, Black (111.), Goodnight, Patterson, Blanchard, Gorman, Paynteb, Bland, Grady, Pearson, Boatneb, Graham, I'price, Boen, Gresham, PE’DLE’TN(Tex) Bower (N. C.), Hall (Minn.), P’dlt’n (W.Va) Branch, Hall (Mo.), Pigott, Brawley, Hammond, Rayner, Breckinridge Hare, Reilly, (Ark.), Harris. Richards (O.). Breckinridge Harter R’ch’ds’niMic.) (Ky.), Hatch, Ric’DsoNlTen.) Bretz, Hayes, Ritchie, Brickner, Heard, Robbins, Brookshire, H’nd’bs’n(N.C.)Rush, Brown, Hines, Russell (Ga.), Bryan, Holman. Ryan, Bunn, Hooker(Mlss.),Sayers, Bubnes, Houk (Ohio), Shell, Bynum, Hudson, Simpson , ( abanibs. Hunter, Snodgrass, Caminetti, Hutcheson, Somers. Cannon (Cal.) Ikirt Spbingeb, Capehart, Johnson (0.), Stallings, Cabuth. Jones, Stockda’le, Catchings, Kern. Stone (Ky.), Causey, Kilgore, Strait, Clancy, Kribbs, Swanson, Clark (Mo.), Kyle, Talbert (S.C.), Clark (Ala,), Lane, Talbot (Mo.), Cobb (Ala.), Lapham, Tabnsney, Cobb (Mo.), Latimer, Tate, Cockran, Lawson, Taylor (Ind.), Cockrell, Layton, Terry, Coffeen, Lester, Tracey, Compton, Lisle, Tucker, Conn, Livingston, Turner, Coombs, Lockwood, Turpin, Cooper (Fla.), Lynch, Tyler, Cooper (Ind.), Maddox, Warner, Cooper (Tex.), Magner, Washington, Cornish, Maguire, Weadock, Cox, Mallory, Wells, Crain, Marshall, Wheeler (Ala) Crawford, Martin (Ind.), Whiting, Culberson, McAleer, Williams (Ill.) Bai'is (Kan.), McCREABY(Ky) WiII’ms (Miss) Dkabmond, McCulloch, WiLSON(W.Va), De Forest, McDannold, Wise, Denson, McDbarmon, Wolverton, Dinsmore, McEttrick, Woodard, Dockery, McGann, Crisp—2o4. Donovan, McKaig. nays. Adams, (Ky.), Groat, Phillips, Aitken, Hager, Pickier, Aldrich, Hainer (Neb.), Post, Apsley, Haines, Powers, Avery, Harmer. Price, Babcock, Hartman, Randall, Baker (N. H.), Haugen, Ray. Bartholdt, Heiner (Pa.), Reed, Bartlett, Hendersondll.) Reybum, Belden, Henderson (la.) Robertson(L«, Bingham, Hendrix, Robinson (Pa.), Blair, Hepburn, Russell (Conn.), Boutelle, Herrmann, Kch’p.mehhoen Bowers, (Cal.) Hicks, Scranton, Broderick, Hilbom, Settle, Brosius, Hitt, Sliaw, Burrows, Hooker (N. Y.), Sherman, Cadmus, Hopkins (HI.), Sibley, Caldwell. Hulick, Sickles, Campbell, Hull. Smith, Cannon (Ill.), Johnson (Ind.), Sperby, Chlckering, Johnson (N.D.),Stephenson, Childs, Jov, Stone, C. W. Cogswell, Keller, Stone, W. A. Cooper (Wis.), Lacey, Storer, Cousins, Lefevre, Strong, Coveet, Linton, -Tawney, Cummings, Loud, Taylor (Tenn.), Curtis, (Kan.) Lohdenslager, Thomas, Curtis, (N. Y.) Lucas, Updergraff, Dalzell, Mahon, Van Voorhis (N. Daniels, Marsh, Y.). Davey (La.), Marvin (N. Y.), Van Voorhis Dingley, McCall, (Ohio). Dolliver, MeCleary (Minn) Wadsworth, Doolittle, McDowell, Walker, Drap'er, Meiklejobn, Wanger, Ellis (Ore.), Mercer, Waugh, Fletcher, Meyer, Wever, Funk, Moon, Wheeler (Ill.) Funston, Morse, White, Gardner, Murray, Wilson (Ohio), Gear, Norlands, Wilson (Wash.), Geary, Northway, Woomer, Gillet (N.Y.), Page, Wright (Mass.), Gillett (Mass.), Pavne, Wright (Pa.). Grosvenor, Perkins, —l4O.

Pemocrats are Indicated bv small caps, Republicans by roman, and Populists by italics. National Capital Notes. ~ The deficit in the revenue for the month of January approximates $lO,000,000. Congressman Gorman fell on the sleety sidewalk, injuring his shoulder very badiy. The Republicans in the Senate have decided to make no opposition- to the admission’of Utah as a State. _ ThE District of Columbia appropriation bill was reported to the House. The amount recommended is $4,927,194.97. Last year it was 80,413,233.91. The Secretary of the Treasury appointed a committee of scientific and mechanical experts to report on the best method of safe and vault construction, with a view cf renewing or improving the uault facilities of the United States Treasury. They recommended vaults instead of safes. They testad a number of safes, making experiments with burglars’ appliances, and in only one instance failed in effecting an opening sufficient to permit the robbery of the safe of its contends. They reported the vaults and safes of the great banking and safe deposit companies of New York and elsewhere much better protected than those of the Treasury Department.