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IN CONGRESS-.
Friday Aug. 5, 1912,

Mr. Preston from the Military Committee,
reported Army Retrenchment bill as retur
ned from the House,wi recommendation
that the Senate disagree to the House a
mendments and ask a conference. He
thought it desirable that this bill should be
before the Committee of Conference at the
same time with the Army Appropriation
bill. Agreed to.
After much other morning business of
secondary interest had been disposed Of
The Senate took up the Tariffbill, and
MIR. Calhoun of s. c. made speech of
great length and ability in opposition to its
passage, and TO all Protective Duties what
ever. When he had closed.
Mr.. Walker of Miss, moved 10 recommit
it. with instructions TO strike out the duties
go per cent on Tea and Coffee, and in
sert Domestic Tax or Excise on all arti-
cles of Gold and Silver ware. Rejected {:
Ayes 10; Nays 26.
Mr.. Benton now made heavy speech
against the Bill, and against both Protection
and Land Distribution. MIR. Evans of
Maine answered him, and the debate was
further protracted by Messrs. Woodbury.
against and Evans and Simmons in favor
of the bill, and others. At length, the ar
gument being exhausted, the Senate came
to direct vote on the question, "shdH this
bill pass ?" which was decided in the affir-
native, by Yeas and Nays, as follows:
YEas-Messrs Archer, Barrow, Bates,
Bayard, Choate, Clayton, Conard, Crafts,
Crittenden, Dayton, Evans Huntington.
Kerr, Mangum, Merrick, Miller, Morehead,
Porter, Phelps, Simmons, Smith. of Ia,
Sprague, TalImadge, White, Woodbridge
25. Ian Wings
NAYs.-Messrs. Allen, Bagby, Benton,
Buchanan, Calhoun, Cuthbert, Fulton. Ora.
ham, King, Linn, NJ Roberts, Preston, Rires.
Sewer. Smith, of Connecticut. Sturgeon.
Tappan, Walker, Wilcox, Williams, Wood.
bury, Wright, Young-23.
Three Wings In Italic: the rest (2O)
Locos. being every one they have in the
senate.
Mr.. Henderson of Mss, is absent from
Washington; Mr.. Berrien of Ga. did not
vote. Mr.. Graham of N. C. would have
voted for the bill if necessary to save it,
though he is dissatisfied with some of IFS de-
tails: so the bill was at no time in danger.
80 me TARIFF BILL, sustaining The LAND
DISTRIBUTIONS, is passed precisely asst came
from the House, and was sent TO the Presi-
dent on Saturday. Congress has thus nobly
discharged its whole duty.
The Senate then Is o'clock adjourned.
In the House, the morning hour was de.
voted TO the discussion Of resolutions submit.
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Considering the vast amounts or.
menis made by private individuals "Nes'
public Lands, during those three ve.. u lie
which equalled S43,OoO,OOe equal 10 and
than 20 years purchase, taking the ayo Noe
of sales of the ten preceding years. il
be safely asserted that the result of the Ia nai
lie land sales can hold out nothing 10 u f1r
the manufacturer with the idea of irs,,blp
In the revenues, and consequently in Il,
course of The government.
Under what appears 10 me, therefore Il
soundest consi lerations of p, bic po'icy,,.
IN view of the interests of eyery brancb
domestic industry, | rrturn YOU he bill ".
iheSe my oblectious to its becoming IA.
i take occasion emphatically 10 reroo,
anxious desire to Cooperate win Cd pen. o..
in the passing of law, which, while r. s e.
assist IN supplying the wants of the Tr,asn.
and re-esta blish public credit, shall afic.i
the manufacturing interests of the conn,-
all the incidental protection they reon;ra
After all, the effect of what do is subs,.,
TALLY to call on Congress to reconsider u.
subject. ION such reconsideration, a ma
ity of two-thirds ofboth houses should Lo :.
favor of this measure, it will become I.~
Notwithstanding my objections-ln case ="
clear and manifest error on the part of n.
President, the presumption ofthe Cons,i'r
ton is that such majorities will be for"I
Should they be so foun1 in this case ' Sal
ing conscientiously discharged NV own d ir
shall cheerfuly aequiesce in the result
JOHN TYLER
Washington, Aug. 9th, 1912.
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Veto Message.
The following extract contains the sub
stance Of the document.

The following extract contains the sub.
stance Of the document.
For some of the reasons which have
brought me to this conclusion, refer to nv
previous Messages to Congress, and briefly
subjoin the following:
!. The bill unites two subjects, which,s so
far from having any affinity TO one another,
are wholly incongruous in their character
1t is both revenue and an appropriation
bill. 1t thus imposes on the Executive, in
the first place, the necessity of either appro-
wing that which he would reject, or reiec-
ting that which he might otherwise approve.
This is species Of constraint to which
the judgment of the Executive ought not,
in nv opinion, to be subjected. But that is
not my objection to the act in its present
form. The union of subjects wholly dissim-
liar in their character in the same bill, lift
grew into practice, would not fail to lead
to consequences destructive of all wise and
conscientious legislation. Various meas
ures, each agreeable only to a small minori-
ty, might, by being thus united, and the
more the greater the chance of success,lead
TO the passing of laws, of which no single
provision could, ifstanding alone, command
a majority in its favor.
2. While the Treasury is in a state of
extreme embarrassment, requiring every
dollar which it can make available, and
when the Government has not only to lay
additional taxes, but to borrow money to
meet pressing demands, the bill proposes to
give away fruitful source of revenue
which is the same thing as raising money
by loan and taxation-not to meet the wants
of the Government, but for distribution, a
proceeding which l must regard as highly
impolite if not unconstitutional.
A brief review of the present condition !
of the public finances will serve 10 illustrate I
the true condition Of the Treasury, and ex-
hibit its actual necessities. On the 9th of !
August, FRIDAY last,) there was in the 1
Treasury, in round numbers, S2.l50,0OO |
Necessary to be re-
Iained to meet trust
funds, 100000
Interest on public debt
due in October, $4,000
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ted by Mr.. Cooper of Pa. and Everett OF
Vt. asserting the right of Congress to de-
mand the exhibition of papers relating to
the conduct of public offers which may be
in possession of the President or other high
Executive functionaries and censur-
ing the refusal of the President to do
this in a recent instance. The ques-
ton had not been reached when the morning
hour expired, and the House passed to the
Order of the Day, being the consideration
of Private Bills in Committee, of which
over one hundred were gone through and
reported for final action.
Mr. Stanly moved Committee of Con-
Agreed to, and the House adjourned.
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bout the Tombs and spectators generally
gathered closely together in groups IN the
ves,ibule,-some Of them standing on their
heads with their heels aloft, the more effec-
tually to express their astonishment; women
scattered as if the prediction OF Parson Mil
Ter we're about to be verified, and the little
urchins who play about the Tombs ran with
as much fright as they would have done had
a den of lions been about to be let loose up.
! on them. These, however, who had the
nerve 10 remain and visit the keepers room
had their fears quieled and their curios t.
by a full explanation from the keeper, and
the the exhibition of a great variety oftools
and implements for breaking prison and
scaling the walls found in the trunk OF The
notorious Co. Monroe Edu ards.
In the first place there was rope some
fifty or sixty feet long, with leather siirrups
al proper ltervals, very nicely constructed,
which was evidently the work ofthe colonel
himself, as the implements for that purpose
were found in his possession. Then there
was IN iron gr p lie intended TO iasien The
| rope ladder 10 the wall, a ball OF Irvine, seve-
raj iron wedges, probably intended for the
purpose of forcing the door of his cell.
Thu, howe v-r, could h ,rdlJ have been the
object. us a key which lie had flied the lock
precisely. And then there was a stone
hammer, cold chise, wooden mallet, cou-
pie of auge-s, brace ofbitts, files, a keyhole
w, and all the other necessary implements
for burglarious purposes. And there was al
so prime ducing pistol, well charged, with
percussion cap on, all ready for use, and
from all circumstances, last right was pro-
badly the lime SET apart for carrying out his
purpose. The Col. looked very stupid in
deed on seeing his plans thus frustrated, and
his bright prospects so suddenly and effec.
Iually vanish, but offered no remarks.
There are MANY conjectures afoat as TO
how these implements found their way into
the cell, but Of course there CAM be nothing
conclusive upon the matter as yet. Some
suppose he had one or more accomplces
who were TO gain admittance into the prison
yard during the day and thus render him
assistance, others think he iOiended,to effect
his escape from his cell al night, shoot down
the watch and then by the aid of an accom-.
plice on the outside Of the prison wall, &C.
complish his purpose. lie has been per-
ni!ted 10 receive much company-and re-
Gently one of his numerous lady loves has
paid him frequent visits, and some of his
friends have undoubtedly struggled these
variouse matters into his cell. He will
be removed from tho second corridor to the
third story and placed in position which
will efiectually prevent him from the exer-
else of his mechanical genius and leave him
10 brood over and concoct new schemes of
linanceeTing. The commercial part of the
world and capitalists generally should hold
a jubilee Y. Express.
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Observation-Disclosures

Gov. Porter has resolved TO Veto the Dis.
tricting Law passed by a large majority Of
a Loco Foco Legislature, and thus the Ia
hor and cost of the Extra Session is entirely
thrown away The Philadelphia Ledger,
a Loco-Foco neutral of the Sun stamp thus
announces the decree:
THE ApPoRTIoNMENT BILL still remains
in Gov. Porter's hands, unsigned, and, as
the keystone says, it never will become a
law, and in consequence there will be no
election far Members of Congress this gear
This will be no serious detriment to the
State, as the Members, if chosen at the reg
ular election in 1S43, will be chosen time
enough to take their seats in the next Con-
gress. Still as the Legislature went to the
expense of an extra session, especially for
the purpose of regulating the election dis
tricts, they might as nell hare passed a bill
wlich couH haze received the Governor s
Signature"
Now, we should not have blamed Gov.
Porter at all for Vetoing this bill while the
Legislature remained in session, and thus
affording an opportunity for revision, but
to veto after the Legislature has adjourned.
ana thus destroy the labor of the Session,
seems quite too arbitrary. But only think
of the servile spirit of the Ledger: "they
might as nell hare passed a bill which roould
hare received The Governors signature %
How could they know what sort of bill
would suit him? What are Legislatures
made for? At the rate things are going on.
we shall soon see Congress or Legisla-
ture impeached and tried for High Treason
in daring TO pass bill without first ascer-
tanning that it exactly suits the President or
Governor, and will be signed by him. And
this is called Democracy.
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-08-16
THE INSULT OF LOCO FOCO
PROTECTION.

The lOcos are the most Inconsistent and
invcterate faul finders in existence. Thcy
now pretend TO be converts TO protection
and TO parade their new born zeal 10 the
best advantage. they go for nothing less than
the old high pressure tariff which for year,
they have been hunting down with the mos.
clamorous malignity. They are especially
careful 10 put the the tariff on wool so high
as to be sure 10 forego no opportunity 10
complain Of the wings because Congress
does not come up to their impraclibIe star
dard. Should fifty per cent. duties be IN
posed they would instantly soar up 10 Is.
and should Congress como uP TO that, Cap
Flya,coy would still be ahead, until Tic pc.
pie are tired Of the vain pursuit, and be
gin to suspect the cheat, and 10 detest the
cheater.
Who does not know that the great mass
of the wing party are agriculturalisls, The
plain yeomanry of the country, (maugre the
mongrel population, and foreign s. arPers OF
our cities, the strongest props Of loco foco
ism, } who for years have been zcalousl y de-
handing protection from the govcrnrlcn'
They have been necessarily approaching
the legislature with petitions, memorials
and circumstances for relief fIom the blight
OF foreign competition and aggressive legs
lation. And who do they meet there 10 OF
pose their wishes? The solid phalanx q
southern nulli6ers, free traders, direct taxa.
lion men, and abstractionists, reinforced BY
the enlistment of every loco foco member
from the north except one. Even Inc
slaveholding south, is far less uniform IN
to protection than their northern
allies. They have sort of manly indePen-
dence which their slavish subalterns here
are too spiritless and cowardly to initiate.
But, say the locos. with an andacity Pc
culiar to themselves, the wings after all
seek no tariff beneficial 10 the farmers
They are seeking to build up the mauufac'
urers, and fill the Golfers of rich capitalists
md aristocratic corporations. Yes the woe
growers with their pocket empty, and I'M
and paralized by the low prices
'fthe staple which they cultivate, for years
rave been openly and loudly demanding
protection of Congress. Their representa-
ives strained all the nerves of their indus
ry and eloquence 10 procure it; and espec-
ally the delegation from Vor mont have SUI
cred no denial, until they have wrung ifo~
congress the very best that the most lndon'
table perseverance could obtain. The 10
% focos resist their wishes in every snaps
f unmitigated opposition, rove, rail- sc0u'
nd ridicule protection, advocate free ''au'
nd direct taxation, and yet their followers
4 Vermont have the brazen efroniery :"
sser,, that themselves are the true olI'lO"
'ure protectionis,s, that the wings care ~
hing abou, themselves or their WOOL a"'
Dat they only seek 10 enable the manul"''
irers and capitalists of Lowell and Boston
!, roll in case and afTluence. As though
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CONGRESS.
PRosPECTs AT WASHINGTON AND IN
THE STATES.
Private Correspondence of the Tribune Editor
Washington, August 5th, 1912.

Private Correspondence OF the Tribune Editor.
Washington, August 5th, 1912.
Dear Sir The Tariff bill passed the
Senate this day, and l believe, without a.
mendment, and will be sent TO the President
to morrow. The wise ones here speak of
the Veto as certain. and that Congress will
Immediately adjourn. Ifthe bill be vetoed,
l have considerable reason for saying a
declarato:y law will be passed subjecting all
importations to 20 per cent. ad valorem,
and without waiting the action Of the Pres
ident Congress will forthwith adjourn. i
am not, however, satisfied the bill will be
sent back. The President has been infor-
med, and no doubt has his fears, that if he
rejects the bill he will be left without any
legislative aid to raise the expenses of the
Government. One thing is quite sure-that
the excitement will be beyond all parallel
if the bill be sent back. Mr.. Calhoun has
made very labored speech to-day for the
Southern market. He has become alarmed
at the manifestations in favor of Mr.. Clay
and Tariff. Never was more wisdom
displayed than in the timely nomination of
distinguished statesman. The party are raj
lying all over the country. Even PENN
sYLvANIA is waking up, and you may rest
assured she will be with us in IA. There
is good reason to believe Indiana has gon
right-so her Representatives say. ONO
l have before vouched for. gentleman
from New-Orleans said that among them
were but three houses of any consequence
standing in that city. So we 60, under the
reign of John Tyler, practical Loco Foco-
ism and the hard money system.
Yours in haste. B.
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Col BENTON, in his anti Tariff Speech
on Friday, took occasion to settle off some
scores with his Political friends. Mr.. CAL
houn had laid all the blame of originating
our National disasters on the Tariff of 1928!
which Tariff was passed by the votes of
MARTIN VAN buren, and SILAs WRIGHT.
But Mr.. Benton denied this, and attributed
the precipitation of our National bankrupt.
cy to the Surplus Revenue Distribution
lS36-which Mr.. CALHOUN so zealously
supported in its day. He denounced this
act as one of signal improvidence and prof
legacy, and in alluson to Mr.. Calhoun's
desperate hostility TO Distribution now, drily
remarked that he could not perceive the
the difference between distr b Iting surplus
really derived from the Land Sales and dis
tributing specifically the Proceeds of those
Sales.--A no can?
The Missouri Earthquake is plainly re-
solved that the metaphysical Carolinian,
who, with all his great talents, "never in
vented even humbug, Sill" shall not enjoy
the honor of being beaten by Henry Clay
in 1874.
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-08-16

OHIo.--After fortnight's hard cogita
ton, the Loco-Foco Committee on the APP
portionment, for whose report the Legsla
ture has been patiently waiting, have viz
tually reported that they cannot agree
on any plan [Reason--Each Member
beside wishing TO give the Wings as few
Districts as possible, has farther desire to
make his own District Loco, and this is moi
an easy matter TO adjust in Wing State
like Ohio. So the three leaders, Taylor
McNulty and Byington, have each concoc.
ted separate bill. Mr. McNulty's and
Mr.. Taylor's bill each give the Loco. Focos
thirteen of the twenty-one Members, with d
large majority of the popular vote against
them; Mr.. Byington takes fourteen or Just
two thirds. This is excessively modest,
but necessarily so under the Single Dis
tr.ct restriction of Congress. But for that,
they would roll Wing Districts under Loco
Foco so as to give us but two or three Men,
bcrs in the State. 1t is great bar to spec
ulation, that District clause.
The State will doubles be districted in
some way similar TO this, by which the
Wings, if they poll 5000 majority of the
entire popular vote, will have but one third
of the Congressional Delegation! This is
The way things are done nowadays The
Governor of Ohio has no Veto, and the
Loco-Foco majority, though they may
squabble little at first for local advantage
in the in the Districts, will be very careful
not to let the matter go over 10 another
Legislature, wherein they will probably be
in Il minority.
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-08-16

GIRL AT EXCITEMENT AT THE romes-Nrv
ROE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO ESCAPE rpoN
"l,oN = >o1u. O'Clock on Monday after
s"'"' eve J 'A'ng a; the Egyptian Tambs
N'' ,u'h' upside down and thrown into
tufr'o,G cHri"Sfon hH tie announcement Tim,
Mr. Human. Deputy Keeper Of thc C,,.
Prison. had dlscovercd.-somo SAID a ,raro's
"''st. others had it, a gunpowder pIo, ~
something else still more wonderful in ,l,a
&c "i the immortal slon,oe Edwards Tn..
administration OF Justice was Suspended
the Officers h"ll up their hand and rolled IN
l'-e'r @,es IN afligii-ihe hangers on a
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$4,000

Levi Woodbury., in his anii-rarifr speech
the otter day. said the LAM fund this year
would be three millions. That will give us
our FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS as
slick as grease. Dare the locos doubt the
Lcvite-can't he, their cd Secretary, tel
all about de nonish, down 10 a single shekt
@eR-iie money lsiH he ready,-as sure
as ne word Of Low. What saw the people
ut VrrmoHI-wiIl you let the locos cheat
You out of il?- Wdfehman.
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CAPITAL The friends of Gen. Scott
in Pennsylvania, in their call for State
Convention, make this remark:
"The present Executive having commit
ted himself to the principle of a SINCE term,
and being inferibly tenacious Of his person
al consistency. cannot be expected TO yield
10 any persuasion to become candidate
for reelection"
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-08-16
MR.. CALHOUN'S SPEECH.

The speech of Mr.. Calhoun on the Tar.
iff bill, del yer d in the Senate yes terday,
was listened to with great attention by a
large audience. 1t was mastery effort
comprehensive and concise--overturning
fallicious systems in one breath, and depic-
ting the operations and results ofstupendous
principles in another.
Although we are frank TO admit that his
speech was replete with momentous truths,
yet we differ with him as to the propriety
and expediency of the application of his
favorite principle, at the present time, as a
remedy for existing evils. which all must
confess are the result Of defective legislation
detective, because the interests Of par.
tv have been subserved instead of country.
But we shall take occasion to review this
speech at length. 1t is only our purpose at
this time to say word about protection.-
That protection is the main object of the
bill which has been discussed in the Senate,
there can be no doubt. That Tariff on
certain articles, amounting to prohibition,
for the purpose of building up monopoly
for one class, while the great mass Of the
People are taxed for purposes OF revenue,
tas much as the land fund) is distributed to
certain stockholders, to whom the States are
indebted, as unconstitutional, is equally OBJ
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LOO.Onn

To redeem Treasury
notes and pay the in
terest, 100000
Land distribution, un.
der the act of the 4th
Sept, 1871. $4,000
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PASSAGE OF THE TARIFF BILL

By referring TO our Congressional report,
our readers will see that the Tariff bill, sus-
tanning the Land Distribution, passed the
Senate on Friday evening by 25 Yeas TO %
Nays, precisely as it came from the House.
1t was signed by the officers of both Houses,
and sent 10 the President on Saturday, so
that his action thereon may be confidently
expected TO transpire in the course of this
week. The nature Of that action, however,
may be pretty accurately inferred from re-
cent demonstrations, and especially from
the leading articles in Saturdays Madiso'
,li1n which Is as fellows.
Der Lecha Patriot und Northampton Demokrat. (Allentaun, Pa.) 1839-1848, 1842-06-01
3mfdllin actrpfcm.

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Dernbr gcbbrt bate, oon no er ber (ci fruq
er ibn wie bic GObIens5cfhifte girngen, wie
Dtel 8onnen fdCn perfdifft wUr6en (eiell, &c.
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ipcrtetc, oaB CT pcn bem &oblcn Soaicrl
nltbtc ipiiIe, ipenn abcr Iette Grcetlens bic
preile bon "2umbcr' C8dubcILD @eIbprint,
pldnfen &c. ipinen pplItc, f6unte CT ibm piels
lrldbt btnldn9lidle 9Intipprt 9ebCn. Da6 Sc
tlht be6 DaUiO N. foil bierllbcr cite oani AT,
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