Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-08-17

Gin speaking Of the passage OF the Mills..bill,
and especially the tobacco feature, tho YIND1~
GATOR says:
ginia. How did her ten representatives on it
of the tent. H. b. Browne, Bowden, Gaines, j.
voted against it.
OF the ten-Hopkns (Labor), and Wise, Lee. and
O'Ferran, Democrats, voted for it.
In the counties forming the districts of Gaines
j. r. Browne and Yost, the bulk of the tobacco
raised in Virginia Is grown. These votes should be-
remembered in Virginia.
And they will be!
We echo the prophecy of our neighbor.
These votes will be remembered as well as
some others which have gone upon the record.
The Mills bill, as the VINDIoAToE ought to
know, never proposed to abolish the tax on
tobacco, except as to certain classes But an
amendment was offered by Mr. Yost, which
did propose to abolish all of the tax on to-
bacco, whether leaf or manufactured, also the
tax dealers. This amendment was opposed
by Mr.. Mills himself, and upon call for a
vote, Mr.. Mills was appointed as teller on
the one side and Mr.. Yost on the other. Upon
that amendment the vote stood, ayes g. noes
IS. OF the affirmative vote, 6 were Democrats
and SIS Republicans; of the negative vote, 81
were Democrats and 1 Republican. This is the
who, we presume, always desires to be correct,
would give it circulation. -Vagley Viayiaaittaa
Certainly we will. The 25th section of
the Mills bill reads as follows:
SEC 25 That on and after the first day of Octo-
Der, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, all taxes on
manufactured chewing tobacco, smoking tobacco.
and snuff, all special taxes upon manufacturers OF
and dealers in said articles, and al ta1es upon
cilGteSdle and retail dealers an tedJ TOBACCO be- and
are hereby, repeated.
The 2oSh section of the Mills bill reads as
|, follows
SEC. IS. That section thirty three hundred and
slxty-o of the Revised Statutes of the United
pose restrictions apOn the sale OF leaf tobacco be,
ana are hefe0y, repeated.
The only tax on tobacco retained is on
'cigars, cigarettes and cheroots." All
other tax is repealed. 1t is re-
peal that the people of Virginia have
urged session after session through their
representatives. Mr.. Yost offered an
amendment to the bill repeating all tax on
tobacco. There are 1872 Republicans in
the House and his amendment only got 81
votes in all. The vote against it was IS
and it was defeated. The Republican party
is thus on record. according to Mr.. Yost's
own statement, for out of 1872 Republl-
can members only 5S-just about one
third-could be gotten to support his
amendment repeating the tax on tobacco
That ended the amendment. but qUhen the
Mills bill came up on ats passage repeating
all the tobacco taG except that on cigars, CT g.
arettes and cheroots, Messrs. L. II. B.
Brown, Bowden, Gaines, J. r. Brown.
Bowen and Yost v0ted against It, as did
euery Republican member in the House
except four. When they could have helped
their constituents by voting for bill re-
pealing the taxes On tobacco-manufactur
ed, leaf, snuff, smoking, all kinds except
cigars, cigarettes and cheroots, every Vir-
ginia Republican member voted against
it and the bill had to be passed over their
heads. What will Buckingham, Fluvan-
ma, Cumberland and the other tobacco
counties Of Mr.. Y ost's district; Halifax,
Charlotte, PittsylvanIa and the other to-
bacco counties of J. r. Browns district,
and Prince Edward, Sussex, Amelia and
the other tobacco counties of Mr.. Gaines
district say to their Republican represen-
tatives about this