Only 26 supported him and it was laid aside to be reported to the House without amendment and without division.
"I was immediately surrounded by my friends in the House, congratulating me and telling me that the crisis is passed, and that the bill will pass the House by a large majority.

Mr.Kennedy, chairman of the Committee on Commerce, has put the bill on the Speaker's calendar for Thursday morning, when the final vote in the House will be taken.

It then has to go to the Senate, where I have reason to believe it will meet with a favorable reception.

Then to the President, and, if signed by him, I shall return with renovated spirits, for I assure you I have for some time been at the lowest ebb, and can now scarcely realize that a turn has occurred in my favor.

I don't know when I have been so much tried as in the tedious delays of the last two months, but I see a reason for it in the Providence of God.