New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-06

iblc ard disgraceful The idea Of carrying obnoK
ious measures, Ike the stupendcus Washington
Water WORKS, for example, against the
deliberate ard declared opposition OF tue
Hou.e by fastening them, through toe machinery oi
Committees OF Conference, upon hPProPrlatlon blis
which the sepse Of legislative responsibility, or the
pecuniary wants or necessities OF me nbers Will not
permit them to oppose, Is one OF the most dam-
nable features of CODgressi"nsl acnon III deserves
the dfenest and widest public reprObatloD. IL IS
swindiinp by the million aud the members who are
Qu;lty az IL or who will connive AT il, deserve to
be txpt-ed TO universal odium. For the City Of
Washington TO obtain its appropriation in this way
/. lust about equal, on the score Of justice or mo-
raiity, 70 highway robbery or plundering Uncle
Sans chest with picks and crO~s. II ought TO fill
the mild Of every Member Of Congress with con.
tempt, as it certainly must with prejudice. In
view OF such shameful mode of plundering the
Treasury II certainly must put every new member
especially on his guard against the cormorant and
atrOclous grabs Of the Federal Capital.
Let il not be said this - an inevitable evil. The
assertion is utterly false. Would the House but
once consult its own dignity, and ts own sense oi
what is due 10 il a. a coordinate legislative branch
cfthe Government, and refuse 10 pass bill OF such
a character aud under such circumstances a. we
have deneated the practice of these frauds on
legislation would cease. Let the civil appr0prm-
ton fail. if need be- The experience would be
worth millions in money and be OF untold ad'an'
tage in other respects. ~
After the civil appropriation bill was thus dis.
posed Of bill to pay $40, 900 for Indian depreda
tiOns in California was considered and passed.
Two or three private biils-a bill 10 pay Thomas
Cbilds Of New-YOrk, a member who has never
been in his seat; AMI one TO relieve certain con-
tractors who furnished bricks for the notorious
acqueduct, were next run through motion 10
pay delegate from Arizona failed, which was q
wonder
At II o'clock Gov. Aiken Of South Carolina in
PRODUCED q complimentary resolution to Speaker
Banks, Who had temporarily re-lgned the chair 30
Mr. Haven Of Ncw-YOrk. Mr. McMullen Of Vir-
GINA bitterly opposed it: so did Mr., CragOf North
Carolina Mr.. Harris OF Illinois, and enc or two 9TH
era. general confusion ensued, oil sorts of cross
motions being put, and much ill.tempcr being mani
tested The Yeas and Nays were finally called
amid q great deal OF excitement, aud - Nays
were recor led against the Black Republican
Speaker. Some were from members OF the Re-
publican party who would Themselves have ap-
reared better to have disguised their ire and kept
Its manifestation for a more fitting occasion Con-
siderng all the circumstances OF the case Mr..
Banks came out of the ordeal with little to com
plain Of The Virgiuians generally behaved like
blackguards hardly one 81 them that could hear
voting for the resolution. The spectacle was most
significant in its sectional aspect We are not
divided people. AZ Charley Bates would say, son,
-
resolution appointing a Committee 10 wait on the
President was interjected and passed. At ii!
O'Clock the Yeas aud Nays bad been put on the
record as thus: For Speaker Banks, ll9; Against
him, So
Mr.. Sherman Of Ohio then made a reybal report,
that the Committee of Conference on the disagree
ing votes on the Book question had decided that
the members might have them by agreeing to put
them in public libraries. This compromise was
received joyfuly by the sharp set members, and
the report adopted mauger the determined hos
tiEty Of George Jones and Mr.. Houston OF Ala
bams.
At this point Of time, the Clerk Of the House
was seen running 10 aud fro with enrolled bills at
great speed so as not TO be behind time. Hum
phrey Marshall came in az the last moment, and
rushed private bill through, and had it signed at
about a minute and quarter before II. little
more uuimportant business WAS transacted. Hons
ton of Alabama got mad with the Speaker on
point of order, and just began speech when
Campbell of OHIO rose to a privileged question,
saying the President had no more communications
TO II axe. and moved an adjournment at precisely
10 O'Clock. The Speaker msdo handsome aud
nervous valelictory, and the XXXINth Congress
bad passed into the etornites 80 Il.