Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-06-30
SENATE.

WASHINGTON. June %.
SITES FOR IRON -CLADs.
L9e tresident pro TEN. laid before the Senate tho
resolutions OF the General Assembly Of the State Of
Connecticut, relative to the selection of site 1sor
Hew London Tor fresh water basin for iron .ciads
Lad Oh the table and ordered to be printed
Mr.. Pomcroy presented the memorial Of tbc TOWN
VI ttca' worth, Kansas, relative to the sale Of
P0Top o. the military reservation for public park
Military fairs had made adverse report on this
sT9ect 9 they we're not in possession Of the nforma-
| moved that the report be recommitted to the com
n1tfee with the memOrial and papers now presented
! 4ho motion agreed to-
hT Chandler presented the petition of citizens NJ
y nHHLtW1ihston' n q, asking the establishment of
| merce. va --
| THE ARMY.
f. 5on reported Dill to increase and fix the
| - PUBLIC LANDS
Ihe bill to authorize the Secretary of the interior
70 lease certain saline lands having mineral nring
| On them, was taken UP and read is'
Mr. drmes SAID the passage of this bill would be
changing the policy of the Government in regard to
the public lands. Tho true way was to sell these lands
The further consideration of the bill was then nos
| ponGd until TO- morrow. 1'
q, ,,otio, oe NJ GHF w,3s wTE3sRITToRIss. ITO
the organic acts OF the Territories OF Montana Al
| iona, New Mexico, i'acotah, VI Washington, Idlho
| &c was taken up, and certan amendments repoTtAd
| by the Eommitteo on Territories agreed to
| Mr.. BUrka!ew moved to strike out the section pra
HIai1g & mat the elective franchise shall not be
| Mr.. Wade hoped the amendment wouId NOT be
agreed to. CONGRESS haI the undoubted right to
regulate suffrage in the Territories. The question
was fairly up now and it remained for the Senate In
| decide whether they would or would not regulate q
! question over which they had exclusive control
lac right Of suffrage pertaHed as much TO n man M
the right OF property, and these Territories must un-
| derstand when they come here for admittance that
| situtions. -
! Mr.. Buckalew said it had always been the custom
TO allow tao territories TO form their own constitu-
tons without any dctation on the part Of Congress
the only requisite being that thoy should be repubi
can in form This noG an act Orga nzinr, these
| TeTrit9TieS; they were already organized
| The Chair here announced that the morning hour
| mad expired and the unfinished business being the
bill TO incorporate the Niagara Ship Canal COMPANY
was before tho Senate, the question being on the mo-
ton OF Mr. Grimes TO recomnit the bill which was
decided in the negative. The reading of the hill was
| then concluded.
| an amendment reported by the Conrnittaa on
Commerce, striking out the section authorizing the
! appointment of five commissioners to regulate snd
revise the tolls to be charged by the company was
quiring the of the Legislature of New YORK
| within two years before thecompany shall commence
| operations, beng under discussion
| Mr.. Sherman moved to postpone the further con-
sderation Of the bill and to take up the bill to aid in
the construction OF telegraph lines and to secure to
the Government tao use OF, the for postal mill
| tary and other purposes.
| TELEGRAPH LINES,
| Mr. Howe moved to amend the motion bv maxine
| tie bill under consideration the special order for
| Monday, at O'clock ~
| The motion as amended was agreed to-
che bill indicated was then taken up, the question
| being on the amendment of Mr.. Grimes extending
the beuefts Of the bill TO all telegraph coapsnirs
instead of exclusively to the National TelegIapb
| Company of New York -'''e %Pn
| Mr.. Grimes withdrew his amendment
| Mr.. Sherman submitted a substitute for the 4th
section, providing that any other telegraph conDany
organized under the laws of the iTnited States ~ az
State for the construction of telegraph lines through
the different States and territories NAV enjoy fhe
same rights and privileges as conferred upon the
! National Telegraph Company, &C. subject to the
same restrictions, and provided they flc the ncces
| sary papers with the Postmaster General
| 10 - a.
NJ NJ s eGsnness opposed t {la TIE aamendmen5 G,9
Mr.. Grimes renewed his amendment as giVe On ab a
Mr.: Nye asked MIR. Sherman what was the object
Mr.. Sherman thought the bill sufficiently ex-
| planned itself. "a
Mr.. Nye said these bills were of 10 use: there Was
| not an INDEPENDENT telegraph compuDy in the conn
try and the only object to be attained was for this
Eatlona telegraph Company to sell out its franchise
Mr.. Brown said they could not sell without the
consent Of Congress.
Mr. Nyo said it would be as easy to obtain tbe con
sent OF congress los as 1t was to obtain the passage
Mr.. Sherman said the men who controlled this COM
pany were no men of straw as the Senator from
| Nevada seemed to imagine The gentleman who was
| dollars.
Mr. sherman said it had become absolutely neces-
Mr.. ConneSS said the Senator from Nevada talked
like he in favor Of mOnOpOlies, and if the tee-
graph monopoly wished an, argument in its fayor it
| could not have been suited better
| Mr.. Sherman said this company could not sell out
| without the consent of Congress.
| Mr. Nye-Oh. nonsense. Tell me what cannot be
done By consent of Congress- and | will show you a
white blackbird. lLaughter.I
MIR. Stewart advocated competition as the only
remedy for the present high charges, though not ia
| vOring the bill.
Mr.. Howard opposed the bill.
| The discussion further continued by Messrs
| Williams, Sherman and DOoiittle.
| The question then taken on the amendment
| of Ir. Crimes which was agreed to.
-mr. Sherman proposed number of amendments;
| which were agreed to.
| b
was disagreed to.
allowing the companies 10 pre-empt quarter Sec
ton Of land for each station. Mr.. Hendricks said
this was clearly for the purpose of speculation. A
railroad company needed land, but telegraph COM
pany did not.
Mr. Conness moved to insert 40 acres where one
quarter section occurs. which was accepted by Mr..
Hendricks in lieu of his amendment. The amend
ment was agreed to.
Mr.. Nye moved to adjourn; which was decided in
Mr. Hendricks then took tho floor and argued
against the right OF Congress to authorize any cor
poTauon to go into State without the consent of
that State. He would ask the Senator from Ohio
what night had Congress to authorize railroad cor.
poraon of the State Of Indiana enter the State of
| Ohio without the consent of that State
| Mr.. Stewart asked if steamboats, and stage coaches
| had not always gone from one State into another
Mr.. HendTicks said that so far as he was advised
nothing of the kind had ever been done without the
consent of the State whose territory was entered
This whole thing was simply providing for species
ofspeGglation heretofore unequalle9;
sideraon of the BILL until the first Monday in De-
| cember: which was disagreed to.
| Mr.. Morgan offered a substitute for the second
section; which was lost by yeas IL nays 49,
The bill having been reported to the Senate. Mr..
| Nye renewed the amendment offered by Mr.. Morgan;
which was disagreed to by yeas II. nays 15
The bill was then read the third time. and passed
| by yeas 10 mays u, as follows!
Yeas--MesSrs. Anthony. Brown, Conness Cragin,
| Fdmunds, Fessenden. Foster, Harris Howe Kirk
wood; Pomeroy; Sherman, SDrague. Stewart, Wade
Nays-Mcssrs: Buckalew Clark, Cowan, Doolttle
Guthrie. Hendricks Howard, Morgan, Nye, Sumner,
Van Wrinkle, Wiley, and Wilson'S.
| Tho Senate then adjourned
| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
| CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL
| Mr.. Stevens, Of Pennsylvania, from the Commit
tee on Appropriations, reported back tho civil ap-
preparation bill with Senate amendments 1t was
| postponed till Tuesday next.
| BUREAU OF INSURANCE.
Mr.. Cook, OF Illinois, from the Committee on the
| Judiciary, reported bill to establish National
Bureau of Insurance, in The Treasury Department
Ordered to be printed and recOmmitted
| INVALID PENSIONS.
| The House then resumed the consideration of fhe
| unfinished business of last Fridays morning hour
the pending motion being to recommit the adverse
report of the Committee on Invalid Pensions on the
bill granting pensions to the soldiers of the war of
| 1872. ~ -
| Mr.. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, moved to amend
the motion by instructing the committee to provide
in the Pill for increasing the pension granted in all
| The amendment was rejected.
| The bill was then recomnitted to the Committee
Oh Invalid Pensions-yeas l0l; nays 10.
The House then considered private bills. after
| tariff bill. " '-
On motion of Mr.. Rice. of Massachusetts,, an amend
| mendment was adopted to the second section pro
vidlng for duty endless belts OF elts for paper
or printing machines of Ocents pound and s. per
| cent dd UaL0reH
Pending vote on the dutiabIe articles of brown
| and bleachcd linen, damask table linen coatiugs
| crash, etc, and an amendment proposed by Mr.
| Dodge. OF New York, to strike out crush
| Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, hopei the amendment would
be adopted. He said the duty on this article here
proposed increased the rate from the present tariff of
one to two hundred per cent. He declared that what
was really needed TO protect the interests of Ameri
| and not these constant changes. He announced him
self as opposed to these largely increased duties.
| Mr.. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, said he had sup
posed thag thu time had arrived when we could agree
| to build up home markets for home consumption
enough on this pauper labor and he surprised to
hear the gentleman from Iowa (Mr, Wilson, advocate
| reduction of duties.
when We should see through the valley of the Mis-
sssppl those great manufacturing cities which would
not only consume our own products. but send them
abroad in manufactured shape to the young nations
of the earth. lie did not intend to say anything on
ths general subject but he could not hear the anti
| quated doctrine Of the gentleman from Iowa with
| out saying something.
Mr.. Wilson said the Committee on Ways and
Means had reduced by the late tax bill the internal
Revenue seventy.fve millions of dollars per year
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