Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-06-06

only of the Yaes (Mr. Par
meuler of Mass. being Locofoco, while
of the Nays Ninety-Sis were Of that par
~, fsOo TyIerszed, and Fourteen Southern
Wings. This bill passed the Senate by
Twenty-Five Yeas (all Wings to 7socnty-
three Nays, of whom Ts0enty were Lo-
cefocoes and three Southern wings, in.
Guiding Mr.. Rives of Virginia.
This bill was vetoed by President Tyler,
on the express ground that one Of its pro-
visions continued in force the LAND DIS
rRIBuT1oN to the States which Act,by It's
terms, was 10 cease to have any effect
whenever any Duties should be raised by
Congress above twenty per cent The
bill thus vetoed went back to the House,
and was there lost by vote Of Ninety
eight Yeas 10 Ninety Nays-the Coust'-
tuition requiring vote Of tsOo thirds OF
each House to pass bill over the head Of
Presidetial Veto.
This bill had passed the House on the
10th of July, 1912; been vetoed by the
President on the 9th, and thus every thing
thrown back where it was in the begin
Ming. A provisional Tariff bill. TO supply
Revenue until something could be def
nitely agreed on. was next attempted;
and ,on the discussion ofthIs in the House,
| Mr.. Nc KEENAN, Of Pennsylvania on the
22d Of August moved to strike out the
whole bill, and insert that which had just
been vetoed with.the exception ofthe sec
ton sustaining the Land Distribution and
the clause imposing Duties of2O per cent.
ad valorem on Tea and Coffee. This
motion PREVAILED O2 to 90-and the bill
as proposed by Mr.. McKENNAN passed
The House: Yeas One Hundred and Fire.
Nays One Hundred and Three. Ofthe
Yays, Eghty-ts0o were Wings, Three
Tyler men and Iwenty Locofocos--ali
the latter from New York {l0} and Pean-
sylvania (9) except Mr.. Parmenter Of
Massachusetts. Of the Nays Sirty5fre
were Locofocos, Three Tyler men and
Tpeny,Gue Wings; two thirds ofthe later
being among the stanchest advocates of
Protection, and voted against the bill ex-
pressly and only because they could not
consent TO the surrender of theLand distri.
button. The bill slightly modifed.Passed
the Senate on the 9th by vote of Itoen-
ty four to TtCenty-three-Tcenty Wings
and -Four Locofocos ia the affirmative;
Fourteen Locofocos. bEigM Southern
Wings and Mr.. Rivies in the negative.9E
Here it must be observed, too, that several
Wings voted in the negative expressly
for OPPOSITION 10 the surrender of the Land
Distribution to the Presidents arbitrary
mandate, while Messrs. Buchanan Stur-
geon, Williams and Virgin, the Locofo-
cos who voted TO destroy all its Protective
features in its proceeding stages, and Mr.
Wright made speech in condemnation
of the bill Introductory to his vote in lis
favor, and expressly declared that its Pros
tective features were disapproved by him.
and that he voted for this bill only because
the Government must have Revenue and
he was compelled to take this bill or
nothing. r,,,
! The amendments of the Senate were
promptly concurred in by the House.
and the bill transmitted to the President;
by whom, was signnd on the 3Oth, and
became thenceforth law Of the land.-
Such is brief history of the passage of
the present Tariff.
From The Michigan Farmer.
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