The bill was put upon its final passage almost without dissent, and the calling of the ayes and nays began.

When it was ended the triumph was complete--the two-thirds vote held good, and a veto was impossible, as far as the House was concerned! Mr.Buckstone resolved that now that the nail was driven home, he would clinch it on the other side and make it stay forever.

He moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the bill had passed.

The motion was lost, of course, and the great Industrial University act was an accomplished fact as far as it was in the power of the House of Representatives to make it so.
There was no need to move an adjournment.

The instant the last motion was decided, the enemies of the University rose and flocked out of the Hall, talking angrily, and its friends flocked after them jubilant and congratulatory.