Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-30
VOL. XX---NO. 153.


Mr.. BUNDY moved to increase the duty
on pig iron from 50 to $40 per ton. After
long debate, participatede in by Bundy
Spalding, LeBlonde, Mckee and Morrill,
the amendment was agreed to, SO to 4S.
Mr.. HALE moved to amend by increas
ing the duty on bar iron from 4c per pound
to llc. Rejected, 81 to SO.
The committee rose. Five sections of the
bill were disposed of in committee to- day
| Mr.. SMITH introduced a bill requiring
officers in Territories to hold their offices
and file papers at the capitol of the Terri
tory. Bill read twice and referred TO Com
mit'ee on Territories.
Mr.. HITCHCOCK of Nebraska introduce
ed bill to establish an additional Land
District in the Territory of Nebraska. The
bill was read twice and referred to the Com
mittee on Public Lands.
SIR. LATHAM offered resolution, which
was adopted, instructing the Committee on
| Military Affairs to inquire into the expedi-
| ency of reporting an amendment to the act
| Of March 3, ls49, providing payment for
horses and equipments of officers lost
/ through the mismanagenent of railroad
/ transportation.
Mr.. COOK, from the Judiciary Commit
tee, reported back with amendments the
bill to amend the act of Sept. 24, 1889, to
establish Judicial Courts Of the United
States. zaTrsut
The request of ths Senate for conferences
committee on the bill further to prevent
smuggling was agreed to.
The house committee of conference on
the Freedmen's Bureau bill are Messrs. FL
lott, Bingham ahd Mccullough.
The House then adjourned.
SENATE
Mr.. WILSON introduced a bill 10 in
crease and fix the military peace establish
ment Of the United States, which was re-
fsrred to the Military Committee. It pro-
vides for five regiments of artillery, six of
cavalry and forty-fve of infantry, the ar
tillery the same as now organized, all bear
ing the same organization as is prescribed
by law for the fifth regiment but hereafter
adlutants, quartermasters and cOmmissaries
shall be extra lieutenants selected from the
first or second lieutenants of the regiment
the cavalry to be the same as now organ
lied, except that each regiment shall have
a veterinary surgeon, with salary of SI00
per month. The company commissary ser
geant is abolished, and the regiment ohalI
have but one hospital steward. The forty
FIVE infantry regiments shall consist of ten
regiments of ten companies each, now in
the service; twenty new regiments,
formed by adding two companies to each |
battalion OF the nine remaining regiments |
three regiments of veteran reserves and five |
cOlOred regiments The sections relative TO |
appointments Of officers, the number of Of |
fcers, and the eulisting of 1000 Indians, arc |
the same as in the bill previously reported. |
Enlistments shall be for five years. There |
shall be one General, one Lieutenant Gen
eral, five Major Generals and ten Brigadier- |
Generals. The other sections, relating to |
4 TI9 +,I- L., Il
with slight modification.
Mr.. CHANDLER introduced a bill re-
lative to collection districts in North Caro-
lima. Referred.
Mr.. SHERMAN called up the National
Telegraph bill.
The pending question was upon Mr..
JRI MES amendment TO strike out the words
That the National Telegraph Company, q
corporation organized under the laws of the
State of New York April 10Th, 1865, shall
have the right, &C." and insert in lieu
thereof the words, 81 That any telegraph
company now organized or authorized to be
organized, shall have the right, &c"
Mr.. SHERMAN offered in lieu of Mr.
GRIMES amendment substitute for the
ith section of the bill " Any other tele-
graph company organized under the laws of
.he United States Or any State for the con-
itructiOn of telegraph lines throughout the
iiferent States and territories in the Union,
shall enjoy such rights and priVil sges as are
hereby conferred on the National Telegraph
Company, subject to the same restrictions
md obligations as by this act are imposed
- - Oafianol- Tp~i-5--r~L O.
provided the necessary papers are filed with
he Postmaster General"
Mr.. SHERMAN subsequently withdrew
he above, and the question recurred on Mr..
amendment.
Mr.. NYE said he could not see the object
# such legislation. He believed the object
# the new company was simply to get the
resent monopoly to purchase this franchise
lie said he did not believe the consent of
congress to put up single wire was neces-
ary the Supreme Court had yet the power
o see after that. A corporation chartered in
ne State had right to extend its functions
o another State. This National Telegraph |
company never would build a line-never
Intended to do do tit was simply a spec
lation, and it would be undermining the
ignity of Congress to be party to it.
Mr.. C0NNESS sale if he understood Mr. ,
I'VE right, it was that he maintained that
here was no use in Congress trying to
reak down the present telegraph monOpo- I
Y, as any other line would be bought up as |
oon as chartered {
Mr.. NYE said the effect of this and all
uch bills would be to increase the cost of
It would make the present
add the cost of purchasing the
ther companies to the present tariff.
Mr.. SHERMAN said it was provided in
be bill that the new company could not !
Ell out its privileges.
Mr.. NYE-Without the consent of Con-
ress.
Mr.. SHERMAN said Congress could
-ithhoid its consent to sell.
Mr.. NYE said the consent to sell would i
e as easily obtained as the consent to or
anize.
Mr.. SHERMAN said Mr.. Nye could not
now the gentlemen who were about to take
old of this matter. He (Shsrman) had
ct, and the first man on 1t was worth four
lillions of dollars. 1
Mr.. NYE-Would he have any objection O
adding another million to it, and making
five millions, by selling out tc the exist (
lg monopoly (Laughter.) 8
Mr.. CONNESS resumed the floor IN advo-
acy of the bill as proposed to be amended
Y Mr. Grimes. One of the greatest diff T
llties under which the commercial people o
+ the Pacific coast labOred was the mono
oily which controlled the telegraph te-
geen here and CaIifornis- Not long since
le Supreme Court decided a land case Of S
-eat smportance TO the Pacific coast The r
Tres were taken possession of by men be- c
nging to the company, who succeeded in .
.aking an immense speculation of it. a
Mr.. HENDRICKS enquired of Mr.. Nye
Ow he could deny to a company organized
rder a State law the right to sell its in
rest if permitted to do so by the State
w.
Mr.. NYE said that Congress could pre-
ant them from selling out the wire across
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