Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-09-02
Correspondence Of the Free Press

WAsnlSGros, Thursday, Aug. %, 1912
No,wths,xndugth two vctoes II Mr.. Tyler, and
tne tactiOus opposition of the great mass of the Ioc0
EoeOs the gallant and patriotic NuGs have succ.e l.
xn So, p-e>lna another Tariff Bill il"u4h the House
ofRepre enia,ive>. This Bill + the the one
lately vetoed by the President-cNcept that the Dis
irbu,ion clause is Omitted, aud IF, AND corrE ARE
MADE DUTY. But notwithstanding these con-
sessions, which were made by the Wings in a spnit
of reconciliation and patriotism, the hope Of aoring
relief to - erng people and restoring the pr"spcr
~ Of the country, the great mass of III, Loco FucO
tnenbers opposed the Eil with as much biz erness
and obstinacy as ever No eff Ir,s of the Wings TO
make the Bin acceptable to moderate and fair mind
ed men Of all parties no conrcs IONS, compromise
could avail to mu;1ate the hostility of the Loco Fo-
eos, induce them 20 Yield their support as PARTY
to protective Farg. They demanded that the du-
ties should be reduced, 10 the iowet point, hat all
the pretecire features OF the Bill should he stricken
out aud that al, should be rewarded in ad
iustng lis details. The duties on manufactured
,rooi the particular object Of Loco Foco hostii-
sy You will recol'ect chat the duty on this article
was fixed at t'ree cents per pound specific, and hr-
~ per cent al vaOrem. When tins section was UNI
der confederation, Monday last, James L. RoostreH
one of the leading Loco Foco members of the House,
rose in his place aud moved that three cents per
pound, specific, and thirty per cent ad valureuI be
stricken on, from the BILL and tina, one cent per pound
specific, and tWenty per cen, ad valoren be inserted
Mr. Roosevelt, advocated this motion with great zeal
and esrr.et,uss, and when the vote was taken ! no
tced that almost every Loco FOco member voted in
lis favor hui the Wings united against it and voted It
down. Mr.. Roosevelt al,o made several other at
tempts reduce the duties other articles of the
Bill aud he generally sustained by his political
fr,ends but his efforts were all unsuccessful. The
vote on the passage of the Bill was taken at late
hour Monday night aud the result as follows
YEAS-Messrs Allen, Landnif w. Andrews,
Sherlock J. Andrews, appleton, Aycrgg, Babcock,
faker, Barnard, Barton, Beeson, Bidlack Birdseye,
Blair Boardinan borden, Briggs, Brockway, Charles
Brown jeremiah Brown, Burnell, Calhoun, Childs,
Chittenden, John G. Clark, Cooper, Cowen, Grams
Everett, Ferris, Fessenden, Fillmore Gerry, Gid.
dings, Patrick &. Goodc Gordon, Granger, Cuisine,
Hall, Halstead, Houck, Howard Hudson, Hunt
G. J.lngersoll,J J. 4 lngersoll James Irwin W W Ir-
win Keim, J. =. Kennedy, Robert Mcclellan Nc.
Kenuan, Thomas e, Marshall, Samson Mason, Mat,
tocks, Maxwell, Maynard, Moore, Morgan Morris
Morrow, Newhard, Osborne Parmenter Peace
rlumer Pope Powell, Profit, Ramsay, Benz Ran
Rodney, w. Russell }, NJ. Russell Salonsia, San
ford, Slade, Truman Smith, So!Icrs, Stratton, John
T. Stewart, Tallafcrro, Richard W. Thompson, Til
l,nphast Toland, T3mllnson, Trumbull Van Buren,
Van Rens selaer, Wallace, Ward, Edward ID. White
Thomas w. Williams, Joseph l.. Williams, Yorke
Augustus Young-i05.
NAYS-Mcssrs. Adams, Arnold, Arlington, Ath
erion, Black, Botts, Boyd, Aaron V. Brown Milton
Brown. Burke, William o. Butler Green W. CalI.
wen,P. C. Caldwcil,J Campbell,W w. -, CampbellT. J
Campbell Caruthers Gary, Casey, Clifford, Clinton
Coles, Coiquit, VI, A. Cooper, Cravens Cross, Dan
lel, Dawson Dean, DebcrIy Doan Dog John G
Edwards Egberi, John G. Floyd, A. l.. Foster
Thomas +. Foster, Gamble, Gentry, Gllmer, Cog
gin, Vim. o. Goode Graham, Green, Gwnn IIabors
ham, Harris, Hastings, HAYS, Holmes Hopkins
johnson, John w. Jones, Andrew Kennedy, King
Lane, Lewis. Linn, Litefeld, Abraham Mcclellan
Mckay, McKeon, Mallory, John T. Mason, Mahol
Mathews, Medill. Miller, Mitchell, Owsey, Payne
Rayner, Reding, Reynolds, Rhetf Rogers, Roosevelt
Saunders, Shaw, shepperd, Shields, VIM Smith
Spigg, Steenrod, Summers, Sumter, John b. Thomp
son. Jacob Thompson, 1ripett, Turney, underwood
Warren, Washington, Walierson, Weller James w
Williams, G. H. Williams, Wise, Wood-l03.
So the Bill sas passed.
On an analysis OF this vote you will find that tn
rieat mass of the Wing members voted IN favor O
the Bill, while the Loco Focos generally recordo,
their names against II. You will also perceive tina
f1FVFRy LOCO FOCO MEMBER FROM TIL