The New York herald., 1866-04-25

postal, military hn" ether purposes The bill directs the
srcreIary OF the Treasury whence live consecu-
tive miles OF the road ar" ,, ~, nd1e he credit Of
ste stS .,es for the payment OF lnle, @ ~ 10 tenty ~
,x Of the company for period not ,s enoae Rstween
ye NJ ninns and the lolst degree OF ions's1,,
GA 200 shares per m'i oet"e o 1 900 ~ miles. he
ueslees, On iI' and the l9lh degrees tthe mountain
distr,sn ON 500 shares per miie lor o-o a .a,InaIin
tween the lI9Ih m'rdlah anu w ., tLe coas' on 500
inoTdng the mountain ranges Oh lhe oo''7'' y" wv
shares D mile. A., .,,s
Mr. SDArI, Of Pa, made the point OF order una, "a
was an Appropriation bill, pedy ng the credit OF the
tinted States government or the payment oi interest,"
and must 90 TO the Commit o of the Whoe On ihe
State the Union
The SPEAKgR sustained the point of or err
Mr. SrKvE>s moved to recommit ,he NH
Mr. WAsnruRSR of ILL.,, mo- ed 10 refer II 10 the Com'
mtee Of the Whole on the State OF the Union
Mr BOUTWELL, sugl ested that II the decision OF the
Chair was correct then the bill itself unconstution
al az made appropriations or twenty years. VIM tne
constitution forbade appropriations ior more 'nah '"o
years. .
dec do constitutional questions, but only parliamentary
law.
sultcd-yeas a. nays So SO the bill. not referret to
the Committee Of The Whole tle State of the Union.
The bill then recommitted 60 the Committee on
the Pacific Railroad, and immcdatey thereafter hr.
Pace from the Committee Che Pacific Raj road re-
ported back the bill, mohGed, to avoid the
point of order the dill rnakng appropriation.
Mr.. WisHBUgNE, OF lllnof made tho point oil order
that The Pacific Railroad C')mmtee had not ordered the
Mr.. PRICE said, with some warmth, that that was a
question of veracity he Nyeeu the gentleman rom ILL
nois and himself adi ~ that it coul Id be tiled some
The SAKR over led the point of order, stating that
when a chairman OF commte said he was authorized
TO make report &c Chair bound to regard HIM as
being duly author lied.
Mr. RANDALL Of Pa, made a point Of order that the
committee was hot authorized to sit during the session OF
the House.
The spEAKrr sustained the point Of order but inma'ed
that the chair Of the committee might have oond-
tional author ty to report the bill
Mr. PRICE said he was authorized by the committee to
report the d, and when he made staemen: OF this
thing he armed the gentleman that his veracy was not
to be callc Al in question with impnnty. uaughterl
Mr. GA arELD, (r1p) Of Ohio, tried to make remark,
Mr.. informed m tartly that he was not TO be
comma nded by major generals or brgader generals on
Mr. Ross made the poin. of order that brethren should
dwell together in unity.
tt SPEAKER said he sustained that point Of order.
NM TnAyEa moved an adjournment, but the House
fu ,ed, Al to SO.
The SpE ,xER said that the question now arose to
ihether the House should receive the report.
OF m ss ns o orde,
that the point was as to the order OF business and was
not debaiablo.
The SPEAKER overruled the point OF order, citing O
precedent for his decision in the XxIXth Congress.
Mr. wssnBuRvE, of H., reminded the House that the
bill had not been recommitted two minutes when was
reported back He certain hat the gentleman from
Iowa had not been five feet from his seat oil the tmc
sense any meeting II The gentleman from Iowa would
state that the committee had considered the import
| ant amendments reported he (Mr washburne) would
withdraw his opposition.
Mr. STEVENS said it the ordinary of the chair
man taking the responsibility Of acting under instruc
tons by his committee, and not being ropudiaed by the
committee it to be presumed that he had authority
Mr. SPArI mo, at ten O'Clock, moved an Adjournment
| and called for the yeas and nays.
| The House refused To adjourn by vote Of 40 yea
| against go nays.
The question recurred on the reception Of the report
| on which the main question was ordered
ThemOton In adjourn renewed by Mr. SMITH. (rep.
OF KY and agreed TO- tho SPEAKER stating that thu
| aue Tho erece Dtiono oft the a
morrow, and the House, at half past ton o'clock, al
journed.