Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-07-15

Dill Whlch was made the special order Of
Modday
n Mr.. HARRISS called up the bill auth
! lzIng the Secretary of the Interior to lease
N to responsible parties, such of public lands
as contain mineral springs living East of lO2
meridian longitude East, for torn of wears
not exceeding twenty-five subject 10 re-
- adjustment every FIVE years. The rent not 10
/ be les than IN contract paid by those Who
y own mineral springs.
!, Mr.. CONNES opposed bill as being op-
2 posed to the principals of the Government.
passed on the idea that whatever is good be-
long to sovereign and not to subjects. The
whole section was rejected after discussion
; Mr.. GRIMES moved to postpone the bill
until the LIST Monday in December.
Before reaching \ vote on the above mo-
ton the morning hour expired, and the bill
to secure the speedy construction Of the
Northern Pacific railroad was taken up
, Mr.. SHERMAN spoke against the bill.
Ihls road had already received 100000
acres of land to build the road, and now
asked the Government for S172, 81 600 on
the insufficient security Of One-half the lands
which they received as grant. This bill in
a less Objectionable form was debated in the
House, and voted down by a heavy major
lty. 1t was framed with the special view to
evade rule of the House referrin @ all bills
appropriating money TO a committee 1t
would be dragged from the Speakers table
and pushed through the Heuse The pas
sage OF such bill as this would tend to i'm
pair the public confidence in the credit Of
the Government. Congress had been alto
gether too willing to embark in such enter
prises
Without action on the bill, the Senate
went into Executive session, and soon ad-
joumed.
HoUsE.--Mr. WASHBURNE protested
| against action ON one Of the most important
measures of the session, involving the inter-
ests OF eight millions of people, being forced |
through on the rule of the previous question. |
He appealed to the Judgment, the honesty |
and fairness Of the House to say whether it |
| would Contine the discussion of this grave !
matter to a single hour.
| Mr.. ALLEY said that he was quite will |
| ling to discuss the question thoroughly; but |
! at this period of the session he could not /
| consent to have the time of the House taken |
| up in this matter, that he would allow ten /
minutes to the gentleman from Missouri, and |
| the same time to the gentleman from Hi /
| nois.
Mr.. HOGAN sarcastically expressed his
wonderful obligations to the gentleman from
Massachusetts for giving ten minutes to dis
cuss question of incalculable importance |
to his constituents and the people of the U. |
S. generally. The list Ordinance of 1877 |
required that the Mississippi river and its
tributaries to be forever free and unobstruct-
ed to all people of the United States, and
nowthe gentleman from Massachusetts comes |
here, at the bidding and by permission ofthe
great metropolis of the country, to destroy |
that navigation, and to take away from the
people their right, as citizens, to the free
navigation of the greatest river in the world;
while he (HOGAN). and perhaps Others were
graciously allowed ten minutes to present
their arguments against a measure to deprive
the people Of their first great God-giyen
right to navigate freely the great Mississippi
river.
Mr.. BOUTWELL, rose to aquestieG of or
der excepting to the words last spoken, re-
curing to be taken down and read at the
Clerks desk.
Mr.. SPEAKER decided that the iworJs
excepted to were out of order. as being a re-
Election upon members of the House.
Mr.. RANDALL, of Pennsylvania, sug-
gested that the real question was, whether !
the statement was true.
Mr.. HOGAN disclaimed any wish to say
anything improper, and said he could not |
have made any such if debate had been al
lowed
Mr.. BOUTWELL, interrupted and claim !
ed the House had right to know whether
the gentleman adhered to what he said or !
retracted.
Mr.. HOGAN said he preferred as the
words were clearly not improper to with !
draw them, he begged that it was not re- !
traction.
Mr.. THAYER said he thought the gen
4 Ill Al II,
House required, and moved that he be al
lowed to proceed. The motion was agreed
Mr.. BANKS claimed that as the Journal
would show the words that were ruled out
of order, it should also show the retrac-
ton.
Mr.. SPEAKER referring to the rule :
of the subject decided that it was not
required.
Mr. ASHLEY wanted the gentleman 4
from Missouri to be required to explain
what he said about railroad corporations.
The SPEAKER ruled that the House had
passed from the matter, and had given the !
gentleman from Missouri permission to pro-
coed in order.
Mr. ASHLEY moved to reconsider the T
vote. The motion was laid on the table.
Mr.. HOGAN proceeded with his argu-
ment He called the attention of the House
to the fact, that in 1865 the registered ton
mage of steamers on the Mississippi river | =
and its tributaries was 292, IA tons; that
there were 9l0 steamers engaged in that r.
costing nearly S30,0OO,OOO; that j
its commerce was equal to the whole foreign
commerce of the United States.
Mr.. ALLY said that the argument Of the o.
gentleman from Missouri was more in refer +
ence to the general merits of the bill than TO h
specifying the amendment. The only diff
ference between this bridge and the other NJ
bridges proposed to be authorized was that q
the width required for others was only 20 y
feet in the clear. 1t had been in operation g.
for eighteen months, and was a structure Of 4
a most substantial character, built in the ii
best possible manner. The proposition was a
that the bridge be declared post road. The y
trouble about it was that it interfered in n
rivalry between st. Louis and Chicago. The :,
bridge being of advantage to Chicago the q
city Of Galena was somewhat in the predic-
ament of st. Louis; and anybody who had
served in the House with members from
Illinois so long as he ALLY had served, /
knew very well that measures which did not
bring any toll to his mill, and by his mill
he meant the city Of Galena-neyer received
much favor at his hands.
Mr.. WASHBURNE, Of Illinois, called the
gentleman to order, and excepted 70 the last
part of his remarks. The Speaker over
ruled the point Of order, not deeming the
words offensive. Mr. WAsHBURNE desired y
to be heard on the point, but the Speaker %
ruled that the matter was not debatable.
After some further remarks he yielded half /
an hour of his time to Mr.. WAsHBURNE, Of
Illinois, who denounced the Clinton bridge
as a most impudent and outrageous measure.
These Railroad Companies wanted TO dam up
the Mississippi river, and make all commerce n
of the country tributary to them, and if
they they could dam up the great majestic I
highway of commerce, then they would
raise the rates for transportation as much as y.
choose. The Rock Island bridge had q
caused IN five years, from 1855 to 1860, the Fl
loss Of sixty-four steamers, valued at two
millions Of dollars, and many RATS Of
lumber, and declared although he had
lived within sight Of the Rock Island
bridge, he had never heard of more than 7
three boats being wrecked. The statement Il
about Ga being lost there was news 70 him. c,
Mr.. WASHBURNE, Of Illinois, remark G
ed that it might be news 70 the gentleman =
from Iowa, but he would find it in the book Il
he had before him, and the report Of the
Committee Of Engineers appointed by the
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