, 1866-07-16

i DISTINCTIONS the navigation Of the river that
might es caused h1 tuen nt'Sss.:
wat agre<d to au:Dor1x1n9 The construction Of 4
hEidge se1o.- the vi; :oun River At Kansas CRY.
BRIDGE acrcs: .ne Mi,t'.s'ppi R1reE Ut Clinton.
l. oNa. pos Eoad and highway o. fho Unied
s'a.e.; provided II does not materially oh 'truet
NJ. WA1nBUKSE Of Illinois, a<ked Mr.. Alley
10 accept mod'nestion 10 The shIpe OF proviso.
no~ pctdtns In HpJ cuH1t IN E-feFen-e TO ghe
brtdR+, and thai the eecllon shall uoI take eGsck
ultIl the bridge shall made 10 conform is Nioib
OF dras 70 nat 1eaaired IN other bridges seie1scd
M aLLEf decltred to accept 1t, or to Yield to
~ Er. WAsMBuRSEp Protested prof. u ,c.tn,. ,h.. ono Of
tht meet Important nfih Of the eessou. insolviDg
esebt million. of people, beng tore through mn
judgement, the hone " and ta.tnes+ o. the Hou=e
10 tay wnsthet 1t ~ou1d conhuo tho discussion Of
this eEaxe ~ ~ tet to M = etngle hour .u
stbe question thoroughly. hn' Al this period Of
the he couid not eonseni TO have ihe limo
o. iee hoase taken up IN ana: matt r. hs would
(kr ane8n} sud zen minutes 10 the gentleman
ftom lllinos. tat. Wasbburae.)
Nr. HOGAN expressed tasca Ideally hls thanks
for b1S Wouds 1fnljy oneu3 d1sposiilon IN allowing
ten minutes 10 DR. ruhect Of auch 1nca1cu asls
ln1por1 snce 10 lis ronssiusuIe and Lbs peoplt OF
ai..i:tippl Rssr aud is sriuutsi,es % e
nee ano unc bat1uctso to The peopls Of the United
S'ates. md now the Ceutiemsn nom Aassachnsetts
sse hsf a. a af ss e5 6 70
tuat navigation and take ron the c'ti7ens their
nigh 10 tne hee navigation Of the sEcse.t river In
were coode. @ cs nainsiy slioxed 70 present sheis
opposition 10 It. The gEea monopolfes On the door
nave their stockholders here % vote. Their iced
members are htfe 10 vote on the measure 10 rob
the pt 0p1e Of The West ui their great. God given
dehs 10 navigate freely on the great Mississippi,
~ pnrrvrrr ,,.a =, . ,,a.t,on ~ or+.-
excepting 10 ibe worrs last spoken and requiring
them 20 oe tsken down and read at the eierk's
The SPEAKER dec,ded that the words spoken
eere ont Of order a. being reflection upon mem
bess Of .be Honte,
st,op yas Wbe.her thc statement "a. ,rue.
Nj. HOGAN di-cis1med a wlsn to say anything
improper, and tha' he aould 4sot haye made tha
senlarkt. bad debate been allowed.
Mr. BOU rW ELL sa1d thr uoa.e bad right to
know whether the gentleman adhered TO what he
nj. HOGAN said he psrferred, as the words
were clearly rot proper to n1shdrav them.
u. BOUTWELL,. urrtd that That Nas not sun
Client resracflon. and wanted to know whether
Hogan meaut rsait tatu hls portion
Mr.. lHAfEE tald he ih0naht the gentleman
frpm Mis. oun had done all that House desIrsd.
and moved th>t he be allowed 10 proceed In orer-
Mr- BANKS claimed that As th. journal sould
shou the ords that were ruled cut Of order, II
should also eh0v The re'Tac'aon.
The SPEAKER, reterrn, II tne rule On 'he 'nb-
jeet. dtc,dee tnat "a. not requiEs By The ruie-
Mr. ALLEY wanted the gentleman feEm Missouri
road companies hasng feed attorneys on this door.
The SPEAKER 'a1o fhc House had DIS ed from
the matter, and given the gentleman permission 10
NJ. ALLEY moved 2 rccon,,dcr: The motion
was t7r led. ana Mr. HOGAN pFoc .eded IL order
1866 me ngi red Tor nsge oi 'he Mississippi R.v
and fss tributaries Was a4s III. that there
9e0 steamers engaged in lbat ravieatsoc. covering
nh
whole torIgn commerce OF the uniIed States.
Mr. ALLEY sid the remarks Of the gentleman
o xsEs 10 ne de@sr,'s h @ 81 ths nt'
elce betNeen thi. bridge and The oh her bridges pro-
posed 10 be built was, ina the sidih CT :ne draw
at Clinton WIS NOT Of equal length to that qnired
had been tn operation for eeh cen nnnth-. and was
structure Of most substantial cnatac er, bull. In
p.y 'ha. inst bridge he declared post road Tne
trouble about y va thai It tnrerferest With he
sta'5y between 81 Lon1s aod ch.sssoTths s ntdse
w2t come nhat IN the pEtdcament Of II. Louis,
and any BODY who had served IN the House with
the nemEer ftom 1illpo's 70 long ~ be A'leY had
brlng my toll to hts n ana by his mill be meant
the city ot CaIera- received much iavor at
Nj. WAsHBUKNE, Of Illinois. called the eeutie-
man TO order excepting 10 The lass part OF hls re-
nasks. The woro- objected 10 having been ~rtt-
ten down and read from the CLERKS disk, the
SPEAKER overrnled the point Of ordeE, not uee1n-
inc the words offensive.
MI WAsHBURNE i desired to be heard on that
point. but the speaker ru1eu That tie matter wss
III. ALLEY. after some further remarks, yielded
Mr ~ w&shBuRsE, nasI s % Of Illinois, who denounced
tho measure In regard to the Clinton orft.e. a.
1aiirosd companies van ea % dam up 1he Nj. sla:
tippt Klvef, and 10 make all the commerce Of The
country tributary 10 them. II they could dan up
that great ard magest1c highway OF commerce.
ihen iney eopld raisc ther rntes II much a. ,h,y
chose. The Rock i-lAnd bridge hsd 'sEecksd, Ii
i've yenfs m from D 1851 so 1sa. slxy.iour fteamess,
Alr PRICE roe atu declared that, although be
lived ,Attcin sight Of Rock t=land pr,dse, be mad
ne1er heard Of more than three boats oaytne been
wrecked. The statement anoat si1ty,fonr boats
having been wrtck d there was news 10 him.
Mr. ~ASaBuRNE, Of Illinois, remarked that be
iosa. pur he would ind it In the BOOK he Ind bs-
fore him nom Board Of Engineers 1uu the War
DspaHpen@5 @ 1o nxes'le7,s 1,,;l ,ns na:ssE o;,.,,
with the views Of hls colleague. In rrgaro to the
c1irion bridge, and he hoped it would rot be le-
Tic question was taken md the a.ncudm=n, re-
iii. HOGAN moved to lay The BIZ. and amend
mcnt On .he table. Neeatived.
The bill ~as then passed.
The uouse proceeded TO consider the report Of
the tain committee in the case OF the breach OF
it e III. GE1unel toE word snohfn IN debate. The
commute, ats.r Feyiewiue The case at consider
able length. al. Of the ouinioo that i9 a'slultne
S,et ~ a.. ~ ~ ahs. .au a. ~ ,h Hona
aaim NJ, ' r. r - ms ,n.;nsrea H. .a rn,,,rs ~
Tnn..rsT 1 rn1n,n,1 80 81 an Inevcn-she n1.~cn ~
nriciiece ri ri .ti"use ~ Il, w ,he nenn,e re-
PPseses fed " Nv ' ~ S,nnnaiI anr srnseb h..
nsr't. The .,,nnrr.t e,1n!ir .nI",1on in ,he
nn.ar ~ tha T1nMse ~ im,ose
fhe romnn,ttee thrr, reviews The charge OF cosy-
arrifce M auc aro1n.t Rou.aenu rbtch :hev ,onnd
unt nabe. puf dtnv tbat tneY fu-t,iy Knuss eau in
ma conrse. They therefore recomms41 1hat ,hls
Hou.e exottss ii. clsapproyal or he ptrsouat re-
d. citnne 81 VI Gr,nnell upou Tue char4cier Of MI
Kou seau a. 3 yiplaton Of tbr pfieEe OF the House
and hyracb Of privilege, The comult,ce als, ~
cummepQ ttat Inc ,hrct. persons WHO were pFeseut
a.met, lor the e1press purpose OF v1olallug The
.. ace he psouqb1 helore the mar OF the House and
peic :uhfsct to its order The commtttee tur,her
nrge 75ed adherence to the rules Of tue House In
rfiat1. i to peIsonalilies Iu oebaIe,
Tie. ,,uallttee coscd theiF leuutay report with
resolu,,. IS as follow:
RffoIt. ). bal The Hon. t u, Rousseau, yepte-
sentat.c :on1 ken,ucky, ny csusine m asra1lt on
ior WorJs sroken ln debae has }ostiy forfeited his
nrt.iIc"es 4 member Of ,n1s Honsc. aud II nere
nv pYpe]leG.
HfsoirtI That the personal reflections made by
ME- t;rinue! in tbe p,eeeuca OF lhu House upon the
chsrsc sr Of Mr. Ron seau were yloia,,oa Of lhe
1iesgrcc mating rhc debate and the uiyepe. Of
memnefs fnnnoed thereon and merit tno 0f. annro-
1hs5 Shas = Psnn5o,esss Ct
nm In nremenitsted atsauIt by Mr. Houtseau.
Of Kentucky on Mr. Grluneil OF iO,-a. on ACCOUNT