The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-07-11
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THE TARIFF.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

committee rose and reported the bill to The
House amidst great Uproar.
The Speaker having lakeR lhe chair, a.
ibou' 40 members jumped up at ooce, but
Mr. Boyd got he q ror He moved the prev-
vious question on Concuirng IN The amend
menis OF The committee of The whole.
A motion was Immediately made TO lay
the motion on the table. The v0le was
yeas 96, nays il2. So The morlon for the
previous question was then ordered and the
House proceeded 10 vote on Ihe smeud-
meat 10 the bill made by the commute.
Ga colcurring ia the amendment Of
the committee of the whole by which 'salI'
was stricken out Of the duty paying articles
the vote was yeas lO5, nays 95. So the
amendment was cOncurred in.
Amidst great uproar a motion was
made TO reconsider The vote usI taken The
yeas and Rays 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 Speader requested The members to
take their seals and caused the rule in ques'
ton 10 DO read Il was moi however until
after repeated efforts Ma, the offenders
could be induced 10 leave the iron! Of the
desk.
The vote on the motion 10 reconsider
was then taken, and decided in The negative
Yeas ll6, nays los.
The annunciaIion OF the vote was receiv
ed by loud claPpiug.
The question was again put in another
form, viz: Shall sal, be placed on The free
list? The vote was yeas l05, nays l04.
So it was again decided that salt should be
placed on the free list
A momen. afterwards, however, the
Speaker was called upon 10 vote. He did
so, and in the negative. This made the
vote tie. which was equal 10 the rejection
Of she motion. Loud applause again follow
ed.
1t subsequently, appeared, however, that
owing 10 The great confusion which pre-
vailed, the Clerk had mscounIed the vote,
and that il was yeas los, nays l02, which
did not give the Speaker lhe right 10 vote,
he being permitted to DO 60 only when
his vote will change Ihe resulI on any cues
liOn.
motion wac then made TO reconsider
the vote, and il was carried d-yeas l04,
nays lO2.
The effec! Of this was 10 bring he house
back again TO lhe question, Shall salt be
placed on Ihe free IisR' The vote was yeas
l04, nays l05. So il was decided after
all that salt shall moi be placed on the free
list II therefore remains 10 the bill sub.
ject 10 20 per cent duty. The fate Of The
bill depended upon this one negative vote,
as otherwise The NewYork members would
not have voted for The bill.
The question was nexI taken on COM
curing in tho amendment Of The com mnitee
repeating The fishing bounlies. This was
non concuued in-,yess 100, nays lO0
This saved The vote Of The Maine delegation
who otherwise would have gone against the
bill.
The bill as amended, was tnen ordered
20 be engrOssed for hind reading, without
DIVISION,
The amendment placing tea and coffee
among the free articles was agreed to,
The question then being, Shall this
bill passl' it was decided as foDows-yeas
ia, nays 95, So he bill was passed;
YEAs--Messs, Adams of tliSs, Ander,
son Atkinson BayIy BedInger BenonBlgg
Black of S C., BOwiin Boyd Brinkerhoh |
Brock enbrough Blown Of Va, Burt Cath.
cant Chapman Of Va, Chapman of Ala |
Chase Chipman Clarke Cobb Colin CuIom
Cunningham Daniel Dargan Davis of Miss,
De Mott DobbIn Douglass Dromgoolc
Dunlap Ellsworth Farm FckIin Fries Giles
Goodyear Gordon Hamln HARRISON Har-
manson AeOIy HlIiard Hoge Holmes Of
s. G, Hopkins HOugh Houston Of Ala
Hubbard Of Va, Hunt of Mich, Eun'rr
johnson OF N H. tohnson of "a, John~I
son Of Tenn. Jones OF Tenn Jones Of Ga
Kaufman Kennedy King Of N. Y, Law"
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