New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-29
By Thu MIDNIGHT SOUTHERN NAIL
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
DEBATE on MILEAGE.
WA.nlveroy Wearesiay D

Der, Of this House lna.much as be though: goos
desl Oi ais character ss an honest man ne di1 no
want the gentlemen upon ms 1oor especially mem
Der Of this House 20 charge him with doing that which
was decidedly wrong Ia Itself for. among other N
bers be charged with taking Al Unreasonable snc
excessive amount Of MILEAGE AZ member % tn
House and a. he understood in dishonest and fraud
ulent manner. His position was PROBABLY LIT
Eorse ~ represented than thsi Il any member o.
this fOor He put in contract In THIS publication
with one Of his colleagues Nr. --HEycE Ine chsr.'
szsnttthsi gentleman that h. had taken some - 0
excess a laugh. and ] Az charged WITH harin.
taken tuo hundred sud sixtyodd dollars o. excess
renewed Laughter, ! when the facts were these hs
lived In the ne 20 5orhOod q ns col eague, an1 prooa
blv some az or seventy miles farther from th- sea
Of Government snd the only possible way for MIN q
get 70 Washington City was through the town Trert
his colleague lived. The charge on the ol Of in1ict
nent preferred By the gentleman rom NeTYork NJ
| GErELET 10 bis paper Tss. that his mileage vas e
ssly for 10 miles, snd bis colleagues Nr ccHENck
for II miles while he Nr SAwTEz was charged VIII
having taken rnilesge for go miles snd hs colleague
for 20 miles The gentleman from New ors excused
bis colleague a. having taken but = 81 excess Of
nilesge While be charged him with having taken
S2-1 20 orcess Now. n fro things must be true
/ either fh- gentleman himself did not examine and
rske bic statements accurately, else be rad ia IN
edy placed him NJ. sawTERl To a. unenTia5ie snd
wr 'scHrvcK interrupted and assured bis colleague
I ths, there had been no collision between him .Mr
scHENcEl and the gentleman from Ne~lork a
I laugh "
wr SAWYER SAID he CHARGED 10 COLLISION but he
asked his colleague state % the House whether Thai
he had now stated was not true-thai he NJ -AWfERl
lived some ~ 20 miles farther from the -eat oi '7
/ eminent than bis colleague lid and whether Do az
! not hav, . 20 through NE colleagues place Of resi-
dence in going 70 and returning from the city OF "a'n
ington1
tive.
M sA,rfra repeated that the gentleman from New
York represented him having charged large excess
| and that his colleague had charged only very -hH"
f~f & rIa HrT Fu
HE constituents the light of having acted issey ana
/ frsudu.onty In this matter
Mr. PETIT IN biz seat said the Gentlemen nted 10
be disturbed for nobody VINO read tue paper Inc 1T
Wr sAwrrE sid be had drawn the attention Of the
House % this publication for this reason although NJ
considered u q very small business o. make the hr't
q o. and species 10 demaE0guism OF when ne cou'l
never consent 90 Jo guilty while be- occupied sest on
this foOr while be- made any preensions u stand a7
an honorable man among bic con'itnfnh jet ths afl
Gle Ola him gross injustice as he presumed o dd o.
other gent euen. For what reason was this done, n
his own case especially He believed 10 was Tor me
purpose Of ow'ring him in the 'tmauen "i u5 peo
pie in such manner a. neither the gentleman from
EewNork nor anybody else could d. by lair and hon
orable means
The spFAKFR interposei and sali must be quite
obvious D. the House that, 10 one gentleman was
allowed TO proceed on ibis subject As quesion Of
privilege al the members OF the House might with
the same propnoty, claim the sans right Laughter
and cries OF suspend the rules snd ''t inc House
make their pers mai explanations
The SpFAKFR propouuded the question, whether fhc
House would entertain this subject rs a question of
privilege, which. being taken, was d.cided in the
So the House decided that il question OF priv
llege and
attention of the House o. another point In this matter
he would inform the gentleman from New-l 0rk Mr.
GREELEY that The Tribune, with All lis attacks upon
him pact present or prospective would not deter BIN
from the fearless discharge Of his duty both here and
ola H. would call the attention OF the House
b the following paragraph under the editorial head To-
the article The Tribune, In which this statement IN
reference 20 mileage wa MAD
sTweniy ysars ago the Member FROM Norit-e-s ern
Ohio red 3 miles u bis distance 90 Washington com
ing htrr horseback, ard rtcevi $500 Tor ne 80
sis successor in he present Congfess can me here
much quicker and certainly 81 cheap nut he CHARGE ~
miles. & o for mileage tis but Just % add.
that be- lives 80 miles farther away
he ola not know whether the editor oi the Tribune
referred TO hun IN this paragraph but he was inclined
% think no did 10 wa true. he had spoken of the
| member from Northeastern ohio. snd he had come
from the Moth part of the state but be- might
have been M sisken on this point He supposed the
reference 10 him. as the exsct number of miles
for which BIZ Predecessor had charged was stated
Mr. GRrrLEI Ou his se,r sid that part % the article
referred 10 Mr. GIDDINGs
M GIDD1No7 dn his sesfl claim that Mr saw
Mr. sAwyrR accepted the correction. snd recurring
% the contrast which be ssd vas msde DO the article
between himself and his colleague Mr. -cHEScKI I'M
favorable Unmarked IN the design oi the wri-
had been % fairly Ia the matter Why he bad not
taken the trouble 20 ascertain the facts The pubiics
ton made OF such character r. 20 AFFECT tn' per
sonsl relations OF every gentleman this floor and
the gentleman from Newlork well knew. before this
publication thst there great excitement and feel
Ing on this subject aud had evidently desired 20 ian the
flame aud add fuel % the IRE In 20 dong ne he1 done
manifest Injustice o. him Mr. s however he mi4ht
have sheced other gentlemen aud be had thought pro
per call attention 20 H. that he might vindicate him
self before the House and the country and that neither
adjudication which DID him grIss iniustice nor ~
authority shoud escape that public reouke which they
deserved
Mr. scHrNcK said he understood bis colleague he
comp ainrs ihst he had been charged with receiving
greater excess than he Mr ScHFN cK had d0ne-With
receiving upward of 500 excess while he Mr.
SCIENCE was charged 10 have received only = 40
Mr. SAWYER sssented
Mr. scHrNcx-weu 10 relieve my colleague from
the dilemma 1 viii swap with him. Laughter
Mr. SAwTER having concluded
The SPEAKER again pr0p1unded the question on The
motion OF Mr. NNToN % 90 into Committee Of the
Whole House on the state Of the tnicn.
Mr. TURNER rose % question OF privilege 10 re-
lated someWhsi, he said. 10 the same matter rs that
upon which the gentleman from Ohio Mr. SArTERl
tsd BEEN addressing the House bu as the gentleman
who wrote this article bad been exceedingly liberal
with him 81 r and hal ct him down a. receiving
q very respectHhe sum. he disposed q pass 10
not feeling that his constituents would regard him
sny more OF thief 10 consequence of the gentleman
from NeV York Mr. GREEIEYl having
The SPEAKER uterposed. but with what result the |
reporter could no, hear. lie imPor, may Be Inferred
from what follows
the Editor of The Tribune he Mr.. T hsi been |
charged with grand larceny together with several OH
but he had risen for the purpose OF calling at
tenton % the SANDER upon the honorable Speaker of
this House who in the s-me psper had been charged
with petty larceny nf only The of fourteen
dollars and fly cents
Mr. HrNIEI said be- bad iet It 10 be- bic duty g. say
few words because. during the trst two sessions of
which be- had been member oi tn. House, be bad /
been member of the Committee on Mileage he felt /
due 90 gentlemen whose character seemed o. have
been ssssiled. % make statement which he was |
enabled 10 mske upon this subject OF mileage
rte had not read the article IN The Tribune be had /
heard He did not know that 10 charged fraud
those members Who hsd received What eel down 4
excess OF mileage 10 10 hHi charged fraud be- I
prepared o. say that il bad done great injustice Do
i intended O. charge members with receiving more
mileage than the laN SLOWED. q also did great Injustice
Injustice which be- should think neither The Edit /
or Of The Tribune nor its corresp ondent-
Mr. GENrkY here rose eni asked Mr. HENLEY D. |
yield The door 90 allow him Mr. o.. o. make an eS /
plsnstion.
The SFEAEEE said the foor bad been yielded by The
gentlemen from Illinois Mr. TUENEAl o. the gentleman
from Indiana Mr.. HESIET
Mr. TvKNER having ssssnied-
NJ HENfrY yielded tie fo0r o.
Mr. GENrRr who said that be Understood the I
iscts the aW Cf Congress and the rule Of the House
10 member ctrrsca mileage a. a. A law 81 Congress
determined the mileage oi escl member under the |