Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-07-11


Mr. lIBBATfS moved to insert " salt" in the second
section OF Mr. HussERFoRDs substitute in the list Of ar
ces which may be imported free of duty.
/ This was agreed 10 without a count
Mr. HUsGERRoRD's substitute having been gone through
with
Mr.. sCHENCK moved to add thereto the following new
section
Ind be further enacted That in all cases of question o,
doubt arising any port entry In any col
lection district within the State of as to the true
which enacted it shall be the duty of the Secretary
the Treasury and OF all officers having execution
and apply the according TO the terms and
sions of the following exposition Of its principles:
Here follows the letter OF James X Polk to John X
of PhadeIphis Columbia Tennessee June 10 Is44
giving exposition OF his views the subject of the tariff
we.as has been SO often published of it not deem
ed necessary to recite it here.
| Mr.. ScHEScK's amendment rejected.
/ The question put that the Committee Of the
Whole do agree to Mr. HuNGERFonDs substitute as amend
ed to-day in place of Mr. McKAYs BILL reported from the
Committee Of Ways and Means, and it rejected Ayes
| 80, 80.
| Mr.. BRINKERHOFF moved to amend the original bill
by adding the following section I.
adbs further enacted That if it shall happen any
ure fiscal that the shall not be sufficient dey
the expenditures required for that ear duty Of five per
centm ad valorem shall be Levied collected and paid all
the duable articles in this bill named in addition the duties
herein provided for to take effect after the first quarter OF the
ensuing and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the
Treasury to report such deficiency the President who
shall forthwith the by proclamation direct
that the aforesaid duty be collected above provided
Mr. BURT said the amendment in order--the COM
mitee having taken motion strike the whole
bill with the exception OF the enacng words and to insert
substitute and having refused do 3d. such
amount agreement the BILL and according the Par
iamentary law, susceptible of further amendment
The CHAIR ruled the amendment in order
Mr. EWING of Pennsylvania, appealed.
And the question put Shall the decision OF the chair
man stand as the judgment, of the committee
And passed in the negative Ayes a. noes %.
Mr. DROMGOOLE moved that the committee rise and re-
port the bill.
Mr. GORDON said he desired to move substitute for the
whole bill
The CHAIR said the committee had just decided, by vote
reversing the decision of the Chair that amendment
be moved TO the BILL
Mr. AsHMUN moved that the committee rise and report
the bill, with recommendation that it do not pass.
Mr. HAMlIN moved that the committee report that the
bill be recommitted
Mr.. DRoMGooLEs motion being first in order
The question put that the committee rise and report
the bill with the amendments The motion prevailed with
out count and the committee and reported accordingly
The the SPEAKER announced the report of the
committee, large number of members sprang for the floor
The Chair recognised
Mr.. BOYD, who moved the previous question
MI. BRODHEAD moved that the bill be laid on the table
Mr.. STARK WEATHER inquired Of the Chair whether,
if the bill laid the table, majority could take it up
hereafter
The SPEAKER answered that if the motion were made
when in the regular order of business such motion
Order the bill could be taken up by the vote of majority
but if motion made to take 1t up Of the regular
order of business it would require of two,rds
take it up.
The vote to lay the bill on the table was then decided by
yeas and nays follows Yeas 90, nays liz.
Mr.. CHAPMAN, Of Maryland, and stated that he
had not voted the question just taken, and he desired
state that the he had done was that to obge
his colleague Mr.. LiGoN, who favor of the BILL and
who had been compelled suddenly and Unexpectedly leave
the seat Of Government in consequence Of sickness his
family, TO pair of with him and to abstain from voting
this bill Under these circumstances he had withheld his
vote, though very much against his Wishes he was
ceedngy DESTROYS to record his yota against the bill
The previous question ordered to be put; and
was put, viz Shall the main question be put And
passed In the affirmative.
The main question would be first on the amendments
and then on the engrossment of the bill
The amendments were reads and such not
quesed by member TO be reserved for separate vote,
concurred in by general vote
The first of the reserved amendments concuring
with the Committee of the Whole in striking Sa from
schedule ID, which contains the list Of articles chargeabe with
duty at the rate of twenty per centun ad vaorem
And on the question to in this amendment the
yeas and nays aken and it decided follows
YEAS-Messrs Abbott, John @. Adams, Anderson, Ar
mold, Ashmun, Barringer Bell James black blanchard
Bowlin Brukerhoh, Broekenbrough. Brodhcad NJ Brown
w. w. Campbell, j. III. Campbell Carroll, Cooke, Colamer
Canston, Crozier Culver, Daragh, Garrett Davis Deano
Dillingham;, Dixon, Doekery Douglass Dunlap, Edsal Erd
try, Gddngs Giles, Graham, Grder Grnnell, Hampton,
Harper, billiard, Hoge, T.. Is. Holiness J. w. Houson s.
ID: Hubbard Hudson Washington Hunt Charles J. Inger-
SOIL Jos r. Ingerso James H. Johnson, Andrew Johnson
Daniel p King, Lcib, Lewis, Levin, Long, McCean Me-
Clelland, McCleruand, JOS j. Mcdowell McGaughey Me-
Henry, Mcllvane Marsh, Miller, Moseey, Mopiton Norris
Rendleton, Perry Phelps Pollock, Ramsey Reife Ritter
julius Rockwell, John A. Rockwell, Root, Runk Russell
Sawyer ScheRck, Seaman Severance, Truman Smith, Albert
Smith, e.. B Smith, Robert Smith, Stark weather. Stephens
Stewart, ST John, Strohm Sykes Thbodeaux Thomasson
Benz Thompson, JAS Thompson, ribbats, ilden, Toomb
Trumbo, Vance, vinton White Wilmot, Wnthrop Wright
Young, Yost-l05.
NAYS-Messrs Stephen Adams, Atkinson Bayly, Bcdin-
ger, Benton, Riggs, James A. Black, Boyd William g.
Brown, Burlington, Bort Cathcar Augustus A. Chapman
Chase, Chapman Clarke, Cobb, Collin, Constable Cullom
Dobbin, Dromgooe, Dunlap, Ellsworth, Ficklin, Foster
Fries Goodyear, Gordon Grover Hamn, HARRISON Har-
manson, Henley, T.. Holmes, Hopkins Hough George S.
Houston, Edmund w. HUBBARD, Jas b. Hunt, Hunter,
Kaufman Kennedy Preston King Lawrence Leake La sere
Lumpkin, Maclay, Mcconnell, McCrae, James Mcdowell
Mckay, j. II. Martin, Barclay Martin, Norris Morse Nj
ven, Parish, Payne Perrill Psbury Rahbun Reid Rhett
Roberts, Sawtelle, Seammon, Seddon, Alexander ID. Sims
Leonard H. SIMS Simpson, Thomas Smith, Stanton Strong
Jacob Ihompson Towns, Tredway, Wheaton Wick, Will
ams, Wood, Woodruff, Woodward, Yancey-95.
And SO the amendment agreed 10.
Mr.. HOUGH moved to reconsider.
Mr. GENTRY inquired if the gentleman voted in the
affirmative.
Upon examination Of the vote, it appeared that Mr.
IIoUGH voted with the nays and could therefore make
the motion to reconsider.
The motion reconsider then made by Mr.. RELFE
Missouri, who voted with the majority.
And the question reconsideration was decided by yeas
and nays in the negative For reconsideration lOl against
1906
And so the House refused 10 reconsider.
The next amendment of the Committee Of the Whole
proposes insert salt" in the list Of articles which may be
imported free Of duty.
And the question concur in this amendment taken
by yeas and nays, and decided follows