The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-26

present but when the subject came up direetlv u,
did al al) he would, go into details and show III,
every dollar imposed the foreign article increa...
TO certain extent the price Of the domestic arics
the people OF the country.
He should not have anticipated this debate al =,
II he had seen any apparent desire on the part
those whose duty II was to get IL before Congrs..
for acton He repeated that ak months nearly Of
this session had passed away, and this, the sre.,
interval every means which arthce and avanee could
invent and device resored TO to control the .c
ton Of Congress on this subject.
But now that we were IN war, gentlemen WEN.
fecitating themselves the idea that the expendi
lures Of the public service require that no modikcs-
ton of the tariff should be made. That idea wa,
fallacious! On many Of the articles taxed by N,
tariff OF 1879 reduction OF the duty would be an
Increase Of the revenue, because the present dutv
was so high TO be nearly prohibitory, and thus %
destroy the revenue altogether
Mr.. s. JONES, (Mr. p. yielding,) as q member
of the Committee Of Ways and Means, WINS under.
stood to say that the COMMITTEES anxiousy desired
TO bring up the bill for the reduction Of the tanf,
but that absolaiey necessary 70 press the sp-
preparation bills through first; and this they could
not do while gentlemen continued TO consume the
time Of the committee in extended debate upon nj
nor and unimp ouant items.
Mr.. PAYNE thanked the gentleman for his In
formation; bat his rebuke was work OF superero-
CATION He knew his rights on this floor, and b,
should exercise them.
Mr.. JONES. While the gentleman Is exercising
his night I hope he will not blame the Committee
Of ways and Means for not bringing up another
bill.
Mr.. PAYNE replied that after the tariff bill had
been allowed quietly TO slumber for months, and no
move had yet been made to get u up, he hardly
thought that he should be considered ehargeabe for
the delay, on account Of few remarks OF perhaps
half an hour which he had the honor Of addressing
the committee. He now repeated, In concluding
for he had just finished his remarks when interrupt
ed by the senleman--that he was glad 10 soc that
the Committee Of Ways and Means were at last
wak sning to the importance Of the subject; and he
hoped to see the bill for ME reduction Of the tariff
soon brought up and passed. -....
MIR. COBB did not rise to participate IN the de-
bate. He thought IL was apparent thai debate
had sprung up this bill wholly irrelevant to the
question: and that il desirable that i should be
brought to a close For the purpose, therefore, Of
| testing the Of the committee, he moved that
| the committee rise, with the view (f no one else
did, of offering resolution in the House to term-
| nate debate on this bill this evening.
The question taken by telers, and decided in
| the affirmative, ayes 10, noes SO.
So the committee rose and reported.
Mr.. COBB offered a resolution, in the usual
form, providing that all debate the bill shall term
nate tomorrow at o'clock. ...
Mr. G. S. HOUSTON moved to amend the reso-
luton, by substituting this evening at o'clock; and
demanded the previous question.
A motion was made that the House adjourn;
which motion rejected. 49,,
The question recurring on the demand for the pre-
ylous question
Mr.. WINTHROP moved that the resolution be
| laid on the table.
The yeas and nays were asked and ordered
Mr.. LEAKE ask ed to be excused from voting
and, having assigned his reasons for the motion,
withdrew ii.
The question, on the motion Of Mr.. VIM
THRor, was then taken, and resulted as follows:
yEAs-Ms.;r John Quincy , Ada%, Arnold, A:hnun.
John g. Chapman Cooke. Collamer Cranston CroIier.
Culver DaITsgh psla3o Dixon, pSsksry. sd.sn. JShs
der Grinne Hampton, Harper, billiard. Elias Holmes.
Isaac Holmes, John w Houston, samuel d; Hubbard.
Hudson Washington Hunt, Daniel King, Leake, Lewis
Levin. Long, Jane. Mcdowell MeGsushey, MeHenry,
McTlyaine Marsh Miller, Morse Mosesy, Pollock, Ram
| sey, Rshhun, julius Rockwell John A. Rockwell Root,
| Runk, Seaman Severance Truman smith, Caleb Smith.
stephens Stewart, srohm, Thibodesux Benjamin Thomp
son: Toombs Trumbo, Vance, yinton, White Winthrop,
| N3Ys-Msssrs Stephen Adams. Anderson, Atkinson,
Brinkerhon Brockenbrough, Brodhesd. Milton Brown,
William o. Brown A A. Chapman, Reuben Chapman.
Minis Cunningham: Daniel Darsan Jefferson Davis. De
Mott D R,ss,i Possn p5omg9ols Dunlap Ellsworth
manson, Hopkins. Hough, Hungerford, James B. Hunt.
Hun,eE Jenkins. James Johnson Joseph johnson An
EnS Lswrsnes La ssss Lu%Pk,1 Maey MeGls,n Nc
Barclay Martin, Morris, Moulton, Norris. Owen, Parish
Perrill, Phelps Price, Reid, Ritter, sawteIs, sawyer
scammon, Seldom, Alexander D Sims. simpson Thomas
smith, Robert Smith ST. John Sykes James Thompson,
Jacob Thompson, Tresdway Wick. williams Wood
| Woodward, Woodwork, Yell. and Yost-Ss.
| So the resolution was not laid on the table.
And the question recurring on the demand for tho
previous question, there was a second.
| And the main question was ordered to be nov
| taken.
| Which main question was, first, on the amend
ment of Mr.. g. s. HoUsroN, substituting o'clock
| to-day, for l o'clock tomorrow.
Mr. HOUSTON asked the yeas and nays, which
were ordered; and, being taken, yeas 43, nays
| ll2.
So the amendment was rejected.
And then the resolution was adopted
Mr.. KENNEDY, from the Committee on En-
rolled Bills, made report.
| Mr. MCKAY moved that the House resolve itself
| into Committee Of the Whole on the state of the
Union. ..
A motion was made that the House adjourn
which prevailing
The House adjourned.