Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1843-12-28
rHE.TARIFF.


We referred briefly (says the Baltimore Ameri-
can)iolhe action OF the House Of Representatives
10 reference to the resolution offered by Mr
Rheu, Of s. c. on Monday, insuuctiug The
Committee Of Ways and Means 10 inquire Into
the expedieney Of reporting bin 10 repeal lie
Tariff Act Of 1912, and 10 substitute in lieu
.hereoia maximum rate Of duty OF twenty per
cent. ad valorem on imports. The votes on The
motion 10 suspend lhe rules for the purpose Of
enabling Mr.. R. 70 offer his resolution, was as
follows. Il was considered test vote u
YEAS-Messrs #Ashe, Atkinson, Belser, E
J. Black, ]. A. BLACK. Blackwell, Bower, Bow
lin, Boyd, jacob Bfinkefhef, Aaron v. Brown,
William J \ Brown, Burke, Burt, Campbell,
Reuben Chapman. Aug A. Chapman. Cobb,
Cross, Cullom, Daniel, GaIreu Davis, John W .
Davis. Dean Deberty, Dickinson, Douglass,
Duplap, FickIin, HARRISON. Henley. HeIrick,
Holmes, Hoge, Houston, HUBBARD, Hughes,
B. Blunt, Jameson, Cave johnson, Andrew
Johnson. George w Jones, Kennedy, Lewis,
Lucas, I.umpkin, Macay, McClellen, McCler-
nand. Mcdowell, Mckay, Matthews, Moore,
Murphy. Norris, Owen, Petit, David S Rheu,
81, John, Saunders, +. II. Seymour, Simpson
Ihpwa .spih, RqbsFgE Smith uSSa4AHofHeA ySSeiief
Wehtworib, Wise, Wood ward-77
MA YS-MessrssAdam Anderson, Barineer.
BARNARD, Beardsley, Benton, Bidlack, James
Black, Bcssier. Broadhead, Milton Brown, Jefe-
miah Brown, B0fingloD, Caldwell, Cary, ar.
roll, Cabin, chappell,' Chiffon, Cliasham Gin.
ton CalIamer, cranston, Dana, Richard d Da.
Wis, Dellet, Dickey, Dillingham;, Ellis, Elmer.
Farlee, Fish, Florence, Foot, Foster. French.
Frick. Willis Green, Byram Green, GIinnsIl
Order, Bamlin, Hardin, Harper, HAYS, Hop
kins, Hpbbeli, Hudson, Hungerford, Washing.
ton Hort, Charles J. InsersoH. Joseph R. In
gersoll, Irwin, jerks. PeIley B johnson, Pies
ton King. Daniel P. King, Kirkpatrick La
branche, McCausiens Mcllvane. Edward Nor
ris, Joseph Morris, Moseley, Mes. Newton, Par
menier, Paterson, Peyton, PhnniT, z R. Potter.
Emery p Potter, Pratt, Purdy, Ramsey, Rath.
bun, c. Reed, RelGe, Ritter, Robinson, Rus
sell, Sample, Senler, David L Seymour, Simons,
Slidell, Albert Smith. J.AT Smith, Stephens,
S,etson, Andrew Stewart, John Stewart, Sykes,
Thomassnn, Tibbaus, Tilden, Tyler, Vance, Van
meter, FinIon, Wheaton, White. Williams
wilkins, Winthrop, William Wright Jos. A
Wright, Ycst-lO7.
So, lwo-ihirds not voting 10 The affirmative,
,he rules. we're mol suspended, and he resolution
sDas moi ftceipsd.
We 6nd an analysis Of the above vote in the
Spectaief, The Calhoun paper. at Washington
The ediybr Of that Journal sats--"Thefe voted
against The resolution. all or tie Representatives
from Pennsylvania and New Jersey. aud all
ion Nsv York, excepting two, Mr. Murphy
and Mr.: Strong. All from New England, ex-
cepling The New Hampshire delegation, and
Messrs- Dunlap and Herrick from Maine, and
Nr. Seymour from Connections. Also all The
Wings, Soulhern and Northern. with The Isxcep-l
lion Of Nf. Davis. Of Kentucky. who. although
voting f9r i, is a tariff man. In favor Of the
resolution, all The Southern Democrats voted
and ali from Michigan. Indiana and Illinois all
but one lfrom Missouris and from Ohio, six Of
the Democrats Tor, and four against il. In vir-
GINA. llthe Democrats, excepting Mr.. Hopkins
10 Louisiana. three Democrats against the reso-
lulion-one abseni.n