The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-07-11
Reported fci tbs Bait more Sun.
THE TARIFF.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

no c0DslueTaNon OF me laiNH Olll Wte
again resumed in committee OF the whole.
A great number Of additional amend.
men.s having been rejected, a, noon the
committee rose and reported abe til TO the
House amids, grea. uproar.
The Speaker having ,aken The chair. a.
Ibou, 40 members jumped up at once. but
Mr.. Boyd got the a ,or lie moved the previ-
vious question on concu,ring IN the amend
men,s of The committee Of the whole.
A motion was Immediately made to lay
the motion on the table. The vote was.
yeas 96, nays liz. So The motion foe the
previous question was then ordered and the
House proceeded TO vote on the ameud-
men, 10 the hill made by the commute.
On co,curring ia the amendment Of
the CON mmi,lee Of Ie whole by which salt
was stricken ou, Of the dNy paying articles
The vote wss yeas iO5, nsys %. So the
ameRdmen, was concusred in.
Amidst a great aproar a motion was
made TO reconsider The vote jus, taken The
yeas sBd Hays having been ordered. Mr..
Hudson called upon The speaker TO have
that rule enforced which prohibits any
member from standing near the clerks
desk while the vote was taking.
The SpesJer requested the members to
take their seats and caused the rule in ques'
ton TO be read 4, was mol however until
after repeated efforts ths, the offenders
could be induced 10 leave the from. Of the
desk.
The vote on the motion 10 reconsider
was then taken, and decided in the negative
Yeas ll6, nays los.
The snnuncia,ion OF tho ole was roceiv
ed by loud clapping.
The question was again put in another
form, viz: Shall salt be placed on the free
Iisl!'-1'he vote wa, yeas los, nays l04.
So it was again decided Ma, salt should be
placed on The free list.
A moment afterwards, however. the
Speaker was called upon 10 vote. He did
so, and in The negative. This made the
vote tie, which was equal to the rejection
Of the motion. Loud applause again follow.
ed.
1t subsequently, appeared. however that
owing to the grea. confusion which pre-
vailed, The Clerk had mscoun,ed the vote,
and that il was yeas los, nays l02, which
did not give the Speaker The right 10 vote,
he being permitted 10 DO so only when
his vote will change ,heresulI on any CUES
lion.
A motion was then made to reconsider
lhe vote, and i. was carried-yess l04,
mays 1902.
The effect Of This was to bring the house
back again 10 the question, Shall salt be
placed on the free lst7' The vote was yeas
lO4, nays los. So il was decided after
all that sal. shall no, be placed on the free
list. /, therefore remains in the bill SUBJ
ec, to 90 per cen, duty. The fate of ,he
bill depended upon ,his one negative vote,
as otherwise the NewYork members would
not have voted for the bill.
The question was mex, taken on com
curing in the smendmen, of the comni,lee
repeating the fishing bounies. This wal
non concurred in-.yeas 100, nays 100
This saved The vote of The Maine deleg gsior
who Otherwise would have gone sgaius, ths
bill.
| The bill as AMENDED, was ,nen ordered
to be engrossed for ,hild reading. wilhou
a division,
| The amendmen, placing tea and coffee
among the free articles was agreed to.
! The question then being. Shall ihit
bill pass?' j, was decided as follows--yea:
IA, nays 95. So the bill was passed;
| YEAs-MessIs. Adams Of Miss. Adder.
son Atkinson Bsyly Bedipger BentonB B gg,
Black offs c., Bowhn Boyd Brnkerhofi
Brockenbrough Blown OF Va, Bur, Cath,
Gait CHAIRMAN Of Va, Chapman of Ala
lChsse Chapman Clarke Cobb Colin Cullom
cunningham Daniel Dsrgan Davis ofMiss
De Mott Dobbin Douglass Dromgoolf
Dunlap Ellsworth Farm Ficklin Fries Giles
Goodyear Gordon Hsmlin Haralsen Har-
manson Henly Hilliard Hoge Holmes of