The Portland daily press., 1867-03-02

WASHINGTON, FEB. ", 1851.
Tho ,,ota in the House this afternoon by
vh ln the tariff bill was killed, was one Of the
largest cast this session. 1t showed that 1863
members were present. The galleries were
crowded and great interest was manifested in
the proceedings. The bill necessarily being in
committee of the whole, a two-thirds vote to
discharge the committee was required before
any action could be taken on the bill itself In
view of the TACT that The time to elapse Deio.e
the end of the session was wholly msunoio;, s
for the consideration of the bill an e1tenso nd
friends after consultation decided 10 81 fhing
action in committee and take the ! p1at af
that they could get and trust to Iegie ,-a,nantS
the next session for remedies and imP sI ~:
Accordingly as soon as the bill was ". 3ha;, bohaIs
morning Mr.. Morrill, speaking Ia - a. '.Iail,
,,th , ~ 20 az committee OF conference.
THIS uas accented as a test vote on the bill,
and fine roll was called with the House IN much
excitement. The vote sGooa-yeas 100, nays ia.
srhara was great confusion, caused by the
crowdng of the members into the area in front
of the clerks desk to watch the progress
of the call, and Bedlam seemed to
have broken loose when the speak
er announced the failure OF the motion, as
two-thirds had not voted in the affirmative :
An analysis of the vote shows that the mega
tive was composed of 80 republicans and "a
democrats, while the affirmative was composed
of 100 republicans and democrats The mega
tive vote was cast by the followidg States:
Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois and New York,
each; Kentucky, 6; Tennessee and Missouri,
8 each; Ohio Wisconsin and Maryland, each;
Iowa, 3; New Jersey, 2; Minnesota, Nevaaa
and Delaware, l each As soon as tne 'o.e
was declared, twenty members sh9uteu ~,
recognition by the speaker. Inc noo i,. H~
given to Mr. Stevens, who moved resoIu1io
discharginp the committee of the whole agree
ing to the Senate bill as already al y. n 1s
with one further amendment, VIZ, " ~ ~,
shipping charges in the VALUATION pIio9 Vi IN
ports score of gent ter hansfit Of snsci 81
interests Int Mr. Stevens refused to adopt any
except that of Mr.. Harding OF Illinois, which
in effect about doubled the Senate rates on
;ssne on a tariff bill made up from the Senate
hill and the last ways and means
hill: but it still required a twO-thirds
vote, as the discharge of the commit
tee was necessarily involved in the notion
The resultevas even worse than before, the
thing being now lost, Mr.. Morrill, moved a
joint reso ution, providing for temporary in-
crease OF 20 per cent, on all imports, except
sugar, tea, coffee, salt, coal and railroad iron.
stantly prevailed, and the speaker, after much
rapping on his desk, was finally obliged to ar
rest all business for two or three minutes, and
read the House severe lecture. The vote on
Mr.. Norris proposition showed still further
decentralization, the result being-yeas "a, nays
the suspension of the rules in order to get the
joint resolution before the House for action.
1t was now after four o'clock, and nearly
an hour and half had been occupied with
these proceedings. One effort more
remained, and it was led by Mr..
Rosseau in behalf of the wool interest,
who moved q suspension of the rules that he
might bring in the wool tariff bill passed by
the House on the last day Of last session. This
was lost BY yeas ass 3d. nays rs g. Many Of the
spite. An adjournment for dinner was then
carried. The New England vote on the first
call of the roll MIR. Hooper not voting because
the motion was made in behalf of the ways and
means committee, was as follOws:-Ye as-Al-
ley, Ames, Baldwin, Banks, Baxter, Blaine,
Boutwell,, Brandagee, Dawes, Deming, Dixon
Elliot, Hubbard, Jenckes, Lynch, Morrill,, Pat
terson, Perham Pike, Rice of Maine, Rollins
Warner, Washburn and Woodbridge; nays
none; disqualification and Rice of Massachu.
sets. On the second proposition Messrs Eliot
and Hoorc voted in the negative.-Dispatck
to Boston Advertiser.