The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-23
Broken Pledges.

The House on Thursday refused to
agree to the motion Of Mr.. Morrison to
20 into the Committee of the Whole 70
consider the tariff bill. This means
that there is TO be no relief from "crush-
ing war taxes which have paralyzed
business, crippled industry and deprived
labor of employment and of just re-
ward" during the present session of
Congress.
An analysis of the vote shows that OF
the l40 affirmative votes, 1876 were cast
by Democrats and 4 by Republicans.
Three of the Republicans are from Min
nesota, Messrs. Nelson, Strait and Wake
field, and the fourth, Mr.. James, is one
of the New York Representatives.
OF the 1876 Democratic votes, 10 were
cast by Representatives from the South
and West and IA b. Representatives
from the Eastern and Middle States.
The Ohio Democrats voting for consid-
Grafton were Messrs. Anderson, Hill and
Cultivate; the New York Democrats
were Adams, Beach, Belmont, Gallinger,
Campbell, Hewitt and Mahoney, and
the Pennsylvania Democrats, Scott,
Storm and Swope.
OF the 157 negative votes, 10 were
cast by Republicans and 80 by Demo
Gratis. OF the 50 Democrats voting in the
negative, 6 came from Southern States
as follows: Mars land-Findlay Louis
iana-Gay, Irion, St. Martin and Wal
lace; Alabama-Martin
The Western States contributed II
negative Democratic votes, as follows
California Henley Illinois--Lawler anc
Ward Ohio-Campbell. Ellsberry, koran
Geddes, Lefebre, Seney, Warner ant
| Wilkins.
The remaining negative Democratic
votes were cast by members from New
York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, a
follows:
New York-Arnot, Bliss, L. j. Camp
bell, Dowdney, Merriman, Muller, Pin
dar, Spriggs, Stahlnecker and Viele.
New Jersey-Green, McAdoo and Pid
cock.
Pennsylvania-Boyle, Curtin, Ermen
trout, Randall and Sowden.
OF the gentlemen paired Aiken (Soutl
Carolina) has never taken the oath o
Office, having been i'll since the beginnin,
the session.
The only member absent and impaired
was Frederick, of Iowa, who was con.
fined to his home by illness.
! If the division haG been on party line
the vote would have stood I'll Demo
Gratis for, and l29 Republicans agains
consideration.
The plege of the Democratic party t
"revise the tariff in spirit of fairness t
all interests" has been broken, and tn
people can see whose fault it is that sucl
is the fact We are glad that no blam
can be laid at the door of any MississiE
pi Democrat new member of Congress
In fact, the entire South, with singula
unanimity, answered yea when the di:
tinguished Chairman of the Ways an
Means Committee, asked if it was nc
time to relieve the people of the burthe
of paying tribute to monopolies. FroI
Delaware to Texas, there were but 81
dissenting Democratic voices. Four c
these were from the neighboring Stat
of Louisiana, and were doubles
4 prompted by the fear that revision {
the tariff would result in reduction {
the duty ON sugar, the effort to proteo
which from foreign competition, cos
the people of the United States ann,
ally more than would purchase, at fa
price, the entire sugar-producing sectio
of the State. We suppose that the AL
: bamian wants TO continue, in favor
the iron industry in his State, the rol
berry which has been heretofore perp
trated in favor of the Pennsylvania mi
nopolists; and as for the Marylander
would be difficult to assign reason fC
his vote unless it be general cussednes