Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-03
VOTE ON THE TARITF QUESTION,


In the disposition of the tariff ques-
ton with which this Congess is now
wrestling, the Southern States hold the
balance of power.
An analysis the Southern vote, as
furnished by the New York Tmcs, is
given as "denoting a very considerable
tendency to support the dilatOry tactics
Ofthe Protc ;tiOnists."
The Senate has already voted upon
and passed the bill for the appointment
of a tariff commission, and this vote is
taken as basis upon which TO predicate
the tendency Of Southern sentiment,
although the vote which will ultimately
De taken in the House will afford surer
evidence of what We may expect in this
direction.
The classification made of the South
ern vote in the Sen..ta, embrace six
teen State which have thirty-two rep
resentadycS in the Senate. OF these
twenty-four voted on the tariff commits
sion bill. Thirteen voted against the
bill, as follows: Messrs. BECK and
WILLIAMS, Kentucky; CALL, Florida;
Coke and Nancy, Texas; GARLAND
and WALKER, Arkansas; HARRIS, Ten
neSsee; JONAS, louisiana; MORGANand
PUGH, Alabama; VANCE, North Caro-
lima, and VEST, Missouri. Besides these
five others were paired with Northern
iriends of the bill, viz: McSSrs. GEOEGE
and LAMAR, Mississippi; JACKSON,
Tennessee; JONEs, Florida; and SAULS-
BURY, Delaware, making IS in all. On
the other hand, there were IL who voted
in favor of the bill, viz: McSsrs. BAY
ARD, Delaware; BROWN, Georgia; But
LER and HAMPTON, South Carolina;
CAMDEN and DAVIS, West Virginia;
GURMAN and GFOONE, Maryland;
Johnson and MAHoNE, Virginia,
and KELLOGG, of Louisiana, leLv-
ing Mr.. HILL, of Georgia, who
is i'll. and McSsrs. VEST, Of Mis-.
souri,, and RAN. on, of North Carolina
unrecOrded. On this vote, therefore
the following seven Southern states are
recorded July against the commission:
Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi, Florida, Alabama and Texas.
Four states were recorded in favor of
the bill: West Virginia, Virginia, Mary
land and South Carolina. Two were
divided Louisiana and Delaware; and
three east one vote each for the bill,
while the remaining Senator's are not
recorded, viz: North Carolina, GCOr-
gia and Missouri.
The actual protected industries of the
South are sugar and rice. The former
is very heavily protected by a duty
ranging from % per cent. to 70per cent,
the latter by a duty OF, ,! cents per
pound, except on rice from the
Hawaiian Islands, which is free. Of
the sugar States, Louisiana is divided,
though there is much re..son to believe
that on this question Mr.. JONAS repre-
sents his State more completely than
does Mr.. KELLOGG. Mississippi is
squarely against the commission.
OF the rice States, South Carolina
is for the commission, GeOr-
gia and North Carolina give one
vote each for the bill, with the other
Senators absent. The immediate inter-
ests of the South, as usually interpreted,
cannot, therefore, be regarded as having
very strongly influenced the vote in the
Senate. On the other hand, it must be
noted that no Southern Senators took
the ground that the bill was defensible
as aprotectiOnist measure. Mr.. BAYARD
accepted it rs the best he could do for
free trade. Mr.. BCOwN, of Georgia, and
Mr.. BUTLER, of South Carolina, sup
ported ii as likely to secure instruction
on question which was still open. The
opponents of the bill were all of them
pronounced and unqualified in favor Of
a tariff for revenue ONLY