Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1847-01-20
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Correspondence of the Tribune.

Correspondence of the Tribune.
WAsHNGroN, Jan. 2, lS47-5P. NJ.
To-day has been an interesting day in Con-
press. though the Senate was not in Sessicr
The House has been doing something satcuia-
ted to produce sensation in the country
W, r;ll have noticed that the Secretary of
che treasury, Mr. Walker, had written letter
70 the Committee Of Ways and Means, which
was published in Thursdays Union, urging the
necessity of tax on tea and coffee TAs Is
only in keeping with the iEsolent lntefterences
of the Erecufirc Departments with the Legs
lation of the Country. But there Is an end 10
all things, and there is now an apparent elln 10
this kind of dictation.
irt;on from the several States IN order. w men
II came to the turn of Illinois Mr. Wentworth
cot nm and to the great excitement OF the h3sie
offered the following:
RESOLVED, That it is lnexpediens any
tax on tea and coffee.
Every effort was made t. get rid of this--to
Law it on this table, &c &c.-which failed
Me previous question was ordered, and the
f.1uberz zrere broraat up to the work, to say
\ emphatically whether they were in favor tax
inc tea and coffee or not. The yeas and nays
being called there were for the resolution ll5,
! AGAINST it 4S. So there are only As men in
the House willing to stand by Polk and Walk
er in taxing the poor for means to kill the Mex
leans. Another resolution was moved by Mr..
Sims of Missouri, that the People ofthe United
States were too patriotic to refuse any neces-
sary tax in time of war. This was voted on
by yeas and nays; Yeas l26, Nays 0-but this
leaves the whole question open as to what is a
necessary tax in time of war. 1t is evident that
Polk and his party do not understand each 9TH
er.
Other Resolutions were offered to raise means
for the war, one was to tax Plate, sc. Anoth-
er was to Law tax of 25 or 90 per cent. or
the salaries Of public officers. These were how
ever laid over.
The House to-day abolished the rule allow
ing members to give reasons for.being excused
from voting.
There were q great many Resolutions offered
TO-DAY. but from the confusion prevailing in the
House it was hard to hear all that was said.-
Richelieu.
Tea and Cofee.-The following are the Yeas
and Nays upon the Resolution declaring II IN
'expedent to tax Tea and Coffee:
YE.s-Abbott, Anderson, Arnold, Barringer,
Bell, Benton, ]. Black, Blanchard, BlDkerhoii,
eBrodhead. M. Brown, Burlington, w. w Camp
bell, Carroll, Cathcart, Cooke, Collamer, Grams
ton, Crozier, Davis, Delano, De Mott, Dilling-
ham, Dixon, Dockery, Dunlay, Ellsworth, Erd-
man, j. H. Ewing, Foster, Gentry, Giddngs,
Grinnell, Grover. Hale, Hamblin, Harper, Has
tings, Henley, billiard, Hoge, Hough, J. w.
Houston, Ribbaad, Hudson, Hungerford, w.
Hunt, j. r. Ingersoll, Jenkins, J. II. Johnson,
j. johnson, A. Johnson. S. Jones, kennedy;D u.
p King, P. King, Lelb, Levin, Lewis. Long,
Lumpkin, MeCeland, ]. ]. Mcdowell, J. Nc
DoweIl, McGaughey, MeIIemry. Mcilyalne,
Marsh, Mcscley, Moulton, Niyen, Norris. Per-
HSill, Perry, Pollock, Ramsey, Rathbun, Relie,
;s,l.ssz-ss.-<fs cswell, Root, Runh, Sawtclle,
s6awyer, Scammon, Scbenck, Severance, Tr.
Smith, A. Smith, Thos. Smith, c. B. Smith,
sStarkweather, St.Jchn, Strohm, Strong, b.
Thompson, Tribbatts, Tilden, Vance, Vinten,
Wentworth, White, Williams, Wilmot, Win
throp, Wright,-ll5.
MASS. Adams, Biggs, Bowdon, Bowlin,
Bovd, Burt, r. Chapman, Chase, Clarke, Cobb,
Collin, CottrelI, CuIIom, Cunningham, Dargan,
Ficklin, Giles, Goodyear, Gordon, Harleon, Har-
manson, |. E. Holmes, G. s. Houston, HUBBARD,
Hunter. G. w. jones, Lawrence, Leake, La
Sere, Lyon, Mckay, B. Martin, Morse, Parish
PAYNE, Reid, Roberts, l.. II. Sims, Simpson,
Stanton, Jacob Thompson, Toonbs, Tredway,
Woodward-46.