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BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2::. 1884
THE TARIFF ISSUE
Squarely Before Congress and
the Country, But Only Two
Votes to Spare.
WASHINGTON, April 15.—The tariff
question was sprung upon the House
and upon the country to-day by a
j majority of two votes. On this slender
i thread had it hung for days and weeks.
Little else had been talked of during
this time. Up to the minute of takiug
the yeas and nays members represent
ing both factions were anxious and
doubtful as to the result. The degree
of accuracy of calculation on the vote
was measured by these dispatches last
night, which varied but six votes from
the final result on the matter of consid
eration. This, in a House of 325
members, shows how finely the figur
ing on both sides was conducted. It
beats anything of the kind on record.
When the house opened this morning
it was with a pretty full attendance on
both sides. The galleries were not
more than half occupied at the begin
ning, but rapidly filled up, and by the
time the morning hour expired presen
ted a sea of faces, broken only by the
empty diplomatic gallery. During the
morning hour a number of unimpor
tant measures got through without
objection, owing to the general atten
tion being absorbed by what was to
come. A great deal of hubbub was
created by private discussion, and the
Republican and Democratic whips
were busy in the seats, aisles, cloak
rooms and corridors So great was
the confusion that the Speaker's gavel
handle was in active play much of the
time, and several times business was
suspended that order might be restor
ed. .
MORRISON AND RANDALL
were the chief objects of interest from
the galleries, an interest which was
also shared by other members. Judge
Kelly appeared to have suddenly be
came the leader on the minority side,
and around him Hiscock, Kasson,
Heed and other Republican leaders
gathered for inspiration. Mr. Randall
sat in his seat, the first time for sever
al days, and his Democratic adherents
seemed to lean upon him heavily for
advice and comfort. Mr. Morrison
was very nervous. He fidgeted about
in his chair and twisted his fingers,
and occasionally got up and walked
about the aisles. He was not still a
minute, and looked quite grave and
serious. It was an important occa
sion for him. He was followed about
by some of his brother reformers like a
bell-wether in pasture.
Finally the suspense got too great
for Morrison to bear, and he rose and
cut short Sam Cox, Richard Robinson
and Mr Finerty, who had just entered
upon a petty wrangle over a proposi
tion to permit an ensign of the navy
to accept a foreign decoration, by call
ing for the regular order. The sound
of his voice had a more salutary effect
upou the House than the Speaker's
gavel, for the babel of sounds immedi
ately became hushed into funeral still
ness. Every eye in the vast audience
above and below was on him. Mr.
Morrison followed up his success with
a motion to go into Committee of the
Whole to consider revenue bills.
When the Speaker put the question
there was a loud "aye" frem the Dem
ocratic side to a feeble "no'' from the
| opposite forces. Some Republican
shouted "division." Hut it was evi
dent he didn't understand the Repub
lican programme, for Judge Kelly
arose and said he hoped his side would
not insist here. So the House went
into committee, with Cox in the chair,
without opposition.
TUB SCENE SHIFTS.
The motion, however, which came
next, to take up the Morrison bill, pro
voked quite a different scene. Mr.
Eaton, who had come down to a front
seat near the centre aisle, rose at this
juncture and objected to a considera
tion. Judge Kelly, in almost the same
breath, also objected. The first objec
tion, as if by design, was made to come
from the Democratic side. To save
time it was suggested the yeas and
nays be called at once. The Speaker,
in the usuul formula, put this to the
House, which rose as one uiao. The
unanimity on going on the Jievvrd
provoked a burst of laughter from all
sides. Perhaps a roll call WHS never
listened to in the House more atten
tively. As one of the members sup
posed to l»e pledged to Randall voted
aye, and then presently another, there
was a slight sensation—more seen than
heard. When the tally sheets Were
figured up, this sensation was apparent
among the clerks, who were besieged
by pages and members for the result.
Journal Clerk Smith wrote the figures
140 to 138 in large characters, and
turned them up on the reporters iti the
gallery and members on the floor. Mr.
Randall smiled. Mr. Morrison sal as
grim as the sphinx. If it had been a
crushing defeat he could not have
looked more serious, for it indicated [
certain defeat for the Morrison bill, if i
not, indeed, for the defeat of any tariff ,
legislation this session. A single vote j
more would have been a tie.
The Republicans who voted for con- 1
sideration were three Minnesota mem- I
bers—Strait, Nelson and Wakefield; I
Anderson, of Kansas, and James, of
Rrooklyn.
The following Democrats voted
against the bill: Randall, Wise, Har
bour, Shelley, Glasscock, Tulley, Hen
ley, Hudd, Eaton, Finerty, Lamb,
Hunt, Findlay, Ferrell, Fiedler, Mc-j
Adoo, Muiler, Hardy, Van Alstyne, j
Wemple, Spriggs, Arnot, Stevens,
Converse, Warner, Page, Foran, Elli
ott, Ermentrout, Mutchler, Storm, Con
nelly, I'ost, Duncan, Curtin, Hoyle, j
Hopkins and Fatten.
RANDALL'S ROLL OK IS< AKIOTH.
Mr. Randall is very much chagrined
to-night because of the failure of those
who had personally given him assur
ances of their support to carry out his
programme. The list of delinquents in
as follows: Tillman, of South Carolina;
Garrison and Cabell, Virginia; Snvder, I
West Virginia; Rosecrans, California;
Seymour, Connecticut; Love, Dela
ware: Hoblitzell and Talbott, of Mary
land: O'Neill and Clardy, of Missouri;
Beach, New York: Jordan, Murray,
Lefevre and Seney, of Ohio, If these
16, who were pledged at the beginning
to Mr. Randall's side, had stuck to
their colors it would have been the last
of tariff legislation this summer. Four
more of the 60 claimed—Sumner, of
California; Xichols, Georgia; Campbell
and llutchins, of New York, were ab
j sent.
The vote of James, of New York, on
the Republican side, was one of the un
expected things which happened. As
; soon as the vote was taken Mr. Morri
son took the floor in a labored speech,
which he read rather dryly from manu
script. He was followed by Judge
Kelly, who made one of the best off
hand efforts of his life.
THE MAN WHO 81 RPRISED THEM.
Mr. Strait was asked to explain his
vote in favor of considering the bill,
and replied as follows: "I believe
that a reduction of the tariff must come
sooner or later. I believe that the
tariff is much too high. The reduction
made last Congress is a step in the
right direction, but tbe tariff will stand
a further reduction without doing
harm, in my opinion, to the manufac
turing interest of the East. While I
don't desire to cripple the manufactur
ing industries, I do believe they can
transact their business under a reduc
tion and still be able to compete with
foreign markets, and I further think
that the people of the West will insist
upon a fair and proper reduction. This
bill, in respect to many items, is not
what I or many others would like to
have. 1 would like to place many
items on tbe free list, and possibly
there are many items in the bill that
ought not to receive 20 per cent, reduc
tion."
"Don't you think that the discussion
is unavailing, will amount to nothing
and is an unnecessary waste of time ?"
"I do not think so, because I believe
in reduction, and any discussion on
that subject I do not think a waste of
time.
"Do you think the bill as it now is
should pass; in other words, would
you vote for it ?"
"I am not clear whether the bill in
its present shape should pass or not,
and shall have to reserve my judgment
on that point until after a fair discus
sion of it."
Ou being asked for an explanation of
his vote, Mr. Nelson replied : "In the
(irst place I am not a free trader, in tbe
full sense of the term. I believe in a
reduction of the tariff, and I believe a
majority of the people of my district
are iu favor of a reasonable reduction.
The resolutions and addresses of the
Farmers' Convention which lately met
at St Paul indicate that the sentiment
of the farmers is for a reduction of the
tariff, and the platform on which I was
nominated and elected was also in
favor of tariff reform. I voted to take
up the Morrison bill because that was
the only way of getting the question of
tariff reduction before the House. I
am not prepared to say it is a perfect
bill, nor am I prepared to say at pres
ent that I shall vote for it. Rut Ido
feel that the people of the West are en
titled to a reasonable and equitable re
duction of the tariff, and it is a great
outrage to have a system of taxation
which leaves a surplus of $150,000,000
in the Treasury every year."
"But it will be said that the tariff
bill cannot pass the Senate, and what
is the use to vote to do something that
will amount to nothing ?" was suggest
ed
THE SENATE FOR REFORM.
"1 have every reason to believe,"
Mr. Nelson replied, that our Senators
will support a proper reform bill. The
bill passed last year came from the Sen
ate."
"If the Morrison bill, as it is, should
be submitted to the House now for a
yote, what would you tlo ?"
"1 am not now prepared to say. As
the court says, I don't wau't to decide
the case until it is brought before me
to decide. I was very sorry the Re
publican side did not decide upon some
kind of a tariff bill and had it introduc
ed, for I should have preferred to have
voted for a measure introduced by the
Republicans. But as uo opportunity
of that kind was offered, 1 had but one
alternative, and that was to vote tako
up the Morrison bill or not to have any
bill taken up for consideration."
"Why did you vote to take up the
Morrison bill to-day?" Mr. Wakefield
was asked
"i yoted that way because I thought
it was my duty to my constituency to
do so. I voted simply for the consid
eration of tbe bill, but it does not fol
low that 1 am iu favor of its passage as
it is. I was nominated on a platform
which commits me to a reduction of tbe
tariff. My impression is unless this
bill was taken up and considered there
would Imj no opportunity of putting my
views on record."
"Would vou vote for it as it is?"
"I certainly should not vote for the
bill in its present shape, but 1 shall do
so if it is properly amended."
Mr. Mormon greeted hia friends cor
dially this evening. When asked his
opinion as to the prospects of his bill,
he said he did not think it good man
oeuvering to supply the enemy with
ammunition. He refused to discuss the
probabilities. When told that certain
Randall Democrats expressed an opin
ion that some kind of a tarill bill would
be passed by the House this session,
he remarked, meaningly, that if any
tariff bill were passed it would lie one
not very different from that which is
before the House.
The probable length of the debate on
the tariff bill is generally discussed to
night. Judge Kelly says at the close
of the general debate be will move to
strike out the enacting clause. When
the general debate will close may be
imagined, as more than seventy mem
bers are already booked in the Speak
er's list for speeches.
There art' 323 member* of the House,
two districts, tbe Second Mississippi
and the Seventh Virginia, not being
represented. Politically, Congress is
divided into 197 Democrats, and 12C
Republicans. The total vote to-day
was 278. There were 140 votes in
favor of taking up the bill. Of these,
135 were Democrats and five were Re
publicans. The negative vote consist
ed of 40 Democrats, and 98 Republi
cans. The absentees were 22 Demo
crats and 23 Republicans.
The Title "Esq."
The word "esquire" or "Esq." is
fashionably tacked to the end of a man's
name, no matter what may be his trade
or profession. Everyone does not
know what it means, and therefore it
is conceded, as a matter of course, to
be a compliment. We are told by
writers that it is derived from the
I.atin "scutum" and-the Irish "ecu,"
and means a shield, "a well-known ti
tle of nobility;" that this office in times
of chivalry, was honorable, and gener
ally borne by persons of good family.
Hence the term esquire became gener
ally appropriated, in England, to a
rank above tbe simple gentleman, and
below tbe king. * * * Heads of
ancient families are considered esquires
by prescriptions; and hence has origin
ated the use of the word, in tbe present
day, as a common addition to the names
of all those who live in the rank of
gentlemen. The king creates an esquire
by placing around his neck aßilver col
lar of F. F. to which ceremony was
favorably added the putting on of a
pair of 6ilver spurs.
Our people are great and no mistake
with the exception of the "silver col
lar" and the "Bilver spurs."
The American-German War.
Act I. The Lasker resolution.
Minister Sargent quoting from his
standard fifth reader, for use in high
schools and academies.
"Hope for a season bade the world farewell
When Thomas Ochiltree and Lasker fell"
Bismarck—She didn't.
Sargent—She did
B.—She didn't.
S.—She did.
B—Didn't.
S—Did.
B.—Didn't.
S._Did.
B.—Didn't.
S—Did.
B.—Din.
S.—Did
B—Din.
S—Did.
B.—Nother!
S.—Figbtin' one!
B.—Fightin' one an' dassent take it
up!
(They clinch—in their minds.)
Act 11. The Emperor's birthday
dinner.
Minister Sargent—l never said it.
Prince Bismarck—l never said you
said it.
Minister—l never said you said I
said it.
Prince—l never said you said I said
you said it.
Tbe Kaiser of Kaiserville—Embrace
me my children.
(They all feed. While they chew
their vittles white-winged Peace comes
in and broods over the crowd, like a
cochin hen trying to cover six dozen
eggs.- -Bur liny ton JJawkeye.
A Scene in the Senate.
A large and imposing Senator from
[ a Western State waH walking op and
down the Senate chamber behind the
chairs. 11 in hands met at the small of
bin back, und one of them held the
other. His step was stately and hia
head leaned forward a trifle. On hia
face waa a fur-away abstracted expres
sion which is usually interpreted to
mean that the owner of it ia in deep
thought. On a sofa in the the corner
of the Senate chamber sat a Senator
from another Western State talking to
a friend. Pointing to the Senator who
was pacing back and forth in full view
of the galleries, the sitting Senator said
to his friend. "There's a man who ia
laboring under a very Htrange hallucin
ation." "What is it?" inquired the
startled friend. "Why, he thinks that
he is thinking."— lVaxhinyton Repub
lican.
Literary Fame in New York.
Fame is an unceHtain possesion. A
gentleman well-known in the literary
world waa presented to a lady the
other evening to a fashionable gather
ing. "Your name seems very famil
iar," remarked the lady. "Perhaps,"
intimated the friend who had made the
presentation, "you have seen it in
print." "Perhaps I have," replied the
lady, plaintively, "but I thought I
might have seen it on a sign, I am so
forgetful."
Not Much Practice Yet.
"Are you having much practice
now ?" asked an old .lutlge of a young
lawyer.
"Yes, sir, a great deal, 1 thank
you."
"Ah, I'm glad to hear it. In what
line is your practice particularly f"
"Well, sir, particularly in economy."
—An Omaha pastor is trying to put
a stop to Sunday night courting. A
gentleman by the name of Mahomet
once tried to move a mountain, but
that same mountain stands right there
yet.
—"A great ship must have deep
water, I'm told, but this vessel needs
something stronger," said the old
toper, as he lovingly carressed the
empty l»eer schooner that was strand
ed on the bar before him.
—A man who bought a badly fitting
suit that was too large for him was
constantly taken to task by bin good
wife for hia folly. One evening, aa
their little daughter wan retiring, they
were much aurprised to hear the fol- j
lowing conclusion of her evening pray- !
er: "Please, Ood, make pa over again, 1
so his dotheH'll tit him, and then ma
won't natf at him no tnor»» v "
CHURCH TRIAL.
Another Phase of the Tarentum
Trouble.
; from Pittsburgh Corn-Gazette.]
1 The pretty town of Tarentum baa
another church trial on hand. It grows
out of the recent investigation of
charges against Rev. O. H. Timmons,
and implicates two of the prominent
citizens of the town. It appears that
! the dissensions in the Tarentum U. P.
1 Church, of which Rev. Timmons was
i pastor, were by no means healed by
I the verdict of the Presbytery in the
( trial of the preacher. On the other
| hand the breach was widened, if any
thing, the lines between the two fac
tions of the church being more distinct
ly defined by the developments of the
investigation. A movement is now on
foot among the friends of Rev. Tim
mons to secede from the congregation
and organize a new church. They
claim to have a strength of 70 mem
bers. To illustrate how the congrega
tion is divided a ballot may be men
tioned which was taken at the meeting
of the members last week, when the
anti-Timmons faction were triumphant
in electing officers. The highest vote
was on John Dickson (Timmons) and
Geo. Watt, (anti-Timmons. The lat
ter received 68 votes and the former 53
votes. The same proportion ran all the
way through the election. It is said
Rev. Timmons' friends are preparing a
petition to Presbytery to allow them
to form a new church.
In the meantime charges were form
ally preferred againßt Dr. G. N. Gal
braith and Wm. V. Evans, They are
anti-Timmons men. It wa? to investi
gate these charges that the Allegheny
Presbytery convened in the church
building at Tarentum yesterday. They
took up Dr. Galbraith'scase first. The
charges against him are three in num
ber, with almost a dozen specifications,
viz : First, violation of his ordination
vows as ruling elder by failing to visit
the sick and afflicted, neglecting to pray
with them, not striving to instruct the
ignorant nor reclaim the erring; second,
derisive conduct, such as speaking dis
respectfully of the pastor, endeavoring
to defeat a Sabbath school election, and
actions at a meeting of sessions; third,
falsehood, in saying that Rev. Tim
mons had driven several families out of
the church, and that he had induced
persons to sign a petition for the adop
tion of the new version of the Psalms.
The charges against Mr. Evans are of
the same nature.
THE EVIDENCE.
The Presbytery met at 11 o'clock A.
M. and organized by electing Rev. Mr.
Reed, Moderator, and Rev. Dr. With
erspoon Clerk. Adjournment was
then had for dinner. In the afternoon
the trial of Dr. Galbraith was com
menced. Something of a tilt occurred
at the outstart. Rev. Mr. Calvert, of
Sbarpsburg, who acted as counsel for
the prosecution opened the case by i
reading the bill of charges and propos
ing his line of action. His idea was
to save all the time possible by allow
ing the witnesses to tell their own
stories without being bothered by
cross-examination. Rev. Mr. Gal
braith, brother of the defendant, ob
jected emphatically to such haste
where the reputation of a gentleman
is at stake. He wanted the privilege
as counsel for his brother to cross-ex
amine witnesses. At this juncture Dr.
Findley got the floor and declared thut
the charges were foundationless, and
would not stand. He was going on
at length to forestall the case when
the Moderator called him to order.
Things were somewhat confused, but
finally the Moderator decided that the
gentleman was out of order and that
cross-examination should be allowed.
The audience of lay members, both
men and women, who bad gathered in
anticipation of something lively, were
disappointed. Testimony was given
quietly and the case proceeded smooth
ly for the most part. Mr. Evans was
the first witness sworn. He knew
little or nothing against Dr. Galbraitb
although he admitted that he had
never lead in prayer when visiting his
family. He said I)r. Galbraith had
invited him into bis office to sign a pe
tition for the new version of the
Psalms which be said would be adopt
ed. John McDowell never knew him
to refuse to visit the sick where he
was anked to, and he would pray if
aHked to do so.
DUTY OJ' KLOKKtt.
Rev. Timmons read from the book
of rules to show that elders should vis
it and pray with the sick at all times
without waiting to be asked.
Mr. Galbraith asked tbe witness if
be did not consider it imprudent for
one physician to visit a sick patient
who was in the charge of another phy
sician.
The witness further testified that he
had heard Dr. Galbraith say that Rev.
Timmons was injuring the church by
staying, and that he bad driven fami
lies out of it.
Robert Little testified that as far as
he knew Dr. Galbraith bad done no more
to defeat the Sunday School election
than ijuestion its authority for actious
at the meeting in point. He had only
said it was doing what was the duty
of the sessions.
Robert Baily stated that in four
families of his connection there had
been four deaths within four years ,and
that in all that affliction Dr. (Jalbraitb
never visited them as an elder of the
church.
•Samuel Black, Mr. Houston, Joseph
A ten and Mr. Gibson testified subse
quently, but their evidence was simply
a rcpetlon of the above with Dr. Gal
braith slightly leading in favor. A
short session was held in the evening
again, arid the case will he continued
to-day.
—lf there is anything that convinces
a young husband that it would be
cheaper after all to engage a hired girl
it is to find that the dear young creat
ure has gone and starched his night
shirt so that it makes him dreatu all
night of mustard plaster* and scalping
knives
FARM NOTES.
—Kentucky has the reputation of pro
ducing the best saddle-horses in Ameri
ca.
—At a metting at Pittsburgh, March
2»>, an association was formed under
the name of "The Devon Cattle Breed
ers' Club of America."
—The Agricultural preßS is begin
ning to oppose the free use of arsenical
preparations—Paris green, London
purple, etc.—for destroying insects.
Arsenic ia dangerous stuff to have
around, and its general employment is
much to be deprecated.
—Farms should be so laid out as to
dispense a 9 far as possible with fences.
They are expensive to build, and costly
to keep in repair. They take up room
and shelter weeds and briers. The
fewer there are of them, the better from
every point of view. But whatever
fences there are it pays to keep in good
repair.
—lt is a good plan for farmers to
know how to graft their own trees.
There is a no deep mystery about. 1 he
only secret in grafting is to cut the
cleft smoothly so that it will heal
readily. Bind the graft in the sap
wood so that the cut surfaces shall ad
here in all parts, and exclude the air
with grafting wax. Nature will do the
rest.
—At this season, if not done before,
according to the American Cultivator,
potatoes intended for seed should be
got out of barrels and deep bins, and
placed where they will be kept cool and
exposed to the light. The object is to
have the eyes put out green. Then, if
cut and planted carefully, the crop will
be several days earlier than from seed
not so prepared.
—An exchange say: "Hew milk
weighs 8 pounds 8 ounces per gallon,
skimmed milk 8 pounds 9 ounces,
cream 8 pounds 4 ounces, buttermilk
8 pounds ounces, and water 8
pounds 5 ounces. Those who believe
in testing milk by the lactometer, or
any specific gravity test, will observe
that 3 gallons of skimmed milk and 1
gallon of water will have the same
specific gravity as a gallon of milk."
—Apple worms, says an exchange,
frequently go through their transforma
tion in the cellar, and the moths escape
when the windows are opened in the
spring Screens should be kept over
the windows, and the moths caught as
they are attracted towards the light.
The codling moth is nearly half an
inch long, of an ashen gray color, hav
ing a copper-colored spot on the ends
of the wing 9. In common with some
nearly related insects, they hare the
peculiarity of flying with their body
perpendicular.
—The use of tobacco dust in place of
an infusion is recommended by The
Country Gentleman for sheep ticks.
While one man holds the sheep, laid on
low box for convenience in handling,
let the other open the wool with one
hand and sprinkle four rows of dust
the entire length of the animal, from
head to tail, Two rows should be on
each side, one six inches from the
backbone, the other near where the
legs leave the body. This will destroy
the ticks in a few days, The dust can
be had of wholesale manufacturers for
the asking. Ten pounds will suffice
100 sheep.
—The phenomenally low price of
wheat is upsetting a great many calcu
lations on the part of both producers
and speculators. The stock on hand is
far beyond the estimates, and the pros
pect for higher rates is not a flattering
one. But the price of wheat continues
high, and the demand is]practically un
limited. AB beef, mutton and pork
are concentrated vegetable food, proba
blv the beßt thing our American jfarm
ers can do is to market less crude
grain and put more into animal food.
—A correspondent of the New-Eng
land farmer has had a few months'
experience with a herd of polled cattle,
and comes to the conclusion that he
doea not want anything more to do
with the horned variety. He finds the
cattle much more manageable, and
thinks his cows will do aboot one-fifth
better than if they had horns," % being
BO much more quiet and kindly in their
dispositions. He sometimes uses a
large, fine polled bull in a tread-mill
with a horse, and the two animals
work side by side in perfect peace and
good will. In fact the horse seems to
have formed quite an affection tor the
bull, and when the machine stops
will rest his head against the bull's
head, without a sign of resentment on
part of the latter.
American Art.
Photographs, Engravings, etc., can
be exquisitely colored with Liquid Art
Colors made from Diamond Dyes. Full
directions for this beautiful art work,
with a handsome colored cabinet photo
sent to any address for 10 cents.
Wells & Richardson Co., Burlington,
Vt,
—An Indiana jailbird recently scrap
ed off the back of a mirror and swal
lowed it. It was a very cold day for
him when the mercury went down.
—"l'm bent on having it out with
the old lady," remarked the small boy
when his grandmother laid him across
her lap.
—Kissing, according to Dr. Deems,
is purely an American habit. This is,
to say the leaßt, highly complimentry
to the good tuste af all of ÜB.
—This is a presidential and leap
year, and us fellows who are neither
presidents nor women will have to re
main seated uutil invited to dance.
—lt is Haid that Mr. Ilowells' first
poem was rejected. But he needn't
let that worry him. Our first poem
was also rejected. And so, by the
way, was our last.
—"lsn't it awful?" cried Julia, as a
dog, in an agony of fright went scurry
ing past with a tin kettle tied to his
tail. "Yes, indeed," replied Jones.
"I guess there won't be much left of
that kattl* "
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