New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-28
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WASHINGTON, Jan. q, 1867
Thu Senate on Saturday passed the bill to permit
.bo Roltimore and Potomac Railroad TO build late
raj branch to this city. This will, when completed
al. 40 &c two lines between here and Baltimore, and
win relieve in great measure the present lncon-
yeniences of travelling between here ana the west,
ks il is the intention to have through trains nom
mere 10 the West via Harrisburg, without change OF
oars The bill has been up for long time, and has
been persisently fought by the friends OF the exist
ing line. The one-tem amendment was reported
from the Judiciary Committee, and Mr. "ade gave
notice of his purpose to press it through the Senate AT
m early day SO as TO bring il before the State Legs
latures this Winter The Twenty Per Cent increase
bill was debated but not passed. though IL prooaoly
win be on Monday. The galleries were denseIy
hacked with the expected benefclares, ana that too
At an hour when, according to their own account
khey are tOiling themselves to death at starVauOh
salaries This backaction retrenchment scheme con-
templates an increase of twenty per cent In the saa
es of 5000 clerks and about 1900 other Government
employees. The Tariff bill came up at o'clock and
was debated until a. without making any apprecable
progress toward final result. Mr. Henderson made
long speech in opposition to 1t. 1t Is now out OF
Committee of the Whole and in the Senate, but that
dictates no definite stage, it is still as much as
,ver open TO amendment and discussion. MIR. Fes-
expresses his determination to sit it through
"a Monday. de would nave done so last night but
as colleagues left HIN without quorum early as
7oelocl, and thus Forced an adjournment.
Yesterday lSat'mday) was the close of an evontful
week in the history of the present House of Repre-
sentatives. The long night session of Wednesday,
with its aFsurdties and misgivings seems to have
hemoraJ' zed some of the members especially on the
Democ ratio side of the House, for the lie direct has
ccn given twice, by different members the floor,
'itnin IS hours. On Thursday, Cooper of Tennessee
odd Judge Kelley he lied, and barely escaped open
Ralsare from the House through slight technicalties
IN its rules of government. Yesterday, during de-
bate, Mr. Hunter of che Brooklyn District NewYOrk,
called Mr. Ashley u Ohio "a liar He was not so
fortunate as his political friend Cooper for he
oeiyed the censuse of the House Immediately after
M offensive laS g,lage had been uttered. These pro-
eeedings arose from debate Mr.. Stevenss Recon-
struction bill On Thursday Mr. Stevens said he would
stop all further controversy by moving to have his
bill tabled AS previously indicated in these dis
patches he changed his mind yesterday, and said he
would allow it be debated for another day, and on
Monday he would open it to amendments under the
five minutess rule. Ashley got the floor and made
long speech very radical in tone favorng the sub
stitute from the Territorial Committee to the Stevens
bill Ashley made some very broad assertions, and
laid himself open to great deal of crOssquestioning
from his fellow-members. Before he had made much
headway with his remarks, Messrs Stevens and
Conkling had light war of words 10 the merits
of the Reconstruction Committee From the remarks
of these gentlemen, one wond judge this Com
mittee is aught but happy family. Fessenden rules
supreme as chairman of the Senate side Of the Com
mittee but Mr.. Stevens, as chairman Of the House
side, is not so fortunate. Conkling Bingham Wash
burne Morrill,, and Boutwell, members Of the
Committee. All of them are leaders in way,
and representing of the best talent of the House
each is not without his little crotchet According 10
Conkling, Stevens is aware of all this and
shows he has no faith in his fellow
members of the Committee by reason Of his
never calling a meeting of that committee. Bing-
hams idea is TO have Stevens Reconstruction bill go
TO the Committee. but that gentleman again shows
his depreciation of said Committee by threatening
70 kill it rather than have it go there. When Ste
yens and Conkling had finished their little com
Inittee quarrel Ashley proceeded to deliver his
speech and during the hour ne spoke he was inter
rupted every five minutes by questions from Niblack
Hse Eldridge Chandler endOtheTs of the Democratic
side Ashley is fair debater, and came through the
numerous inquiries put to him with good success.
During the latter part of his remarks he charged
President johnson as being the leader of negative
rebellion, and as in league with the party Of the
North, a majority of whom during the were the
enemies of the Union and friends Of the Rebellion
When he had finished, Winfield Of the Orange Dis
trict, New-York, quoted the portion Of Ashleys re-
marks above alluded to. and inquired if he APP
piled them TO the Democratic side of the House. OF
to any particular member thereof. Ashley re-
piled in substance that his remarks did not apply
to the whole Democratic party but general also
that from the speeches made and the votes given by
certain Democratic members Of the House while the
Rebellion was in progress he felt that he could with
truth apply his remarks to number of gentlemen
who now sit upon the Democratic side Of the House.
Mr.. Winfield then and said, far as be was con-
cerned, Ashleys remarks were base SANDER Be-
fore Winfield got seated Hunter jumped TO his feet
and said that as far as he was concerned, it was
base lie. Speaker COlfax instantly called him to
order and he had sooner taken his seat than Hill
of Indiana, moved a resolution of censure on Hunter
for violation of the rules of the House. in insulting
its members by using supplementary language.
The rules of the House require that when member
uses supplementary and insulting language
resolution of censure only be entertained when
presented Immediately after the Speaker rules the
offending member ont of order, and before any
other question or debate intervenes. Ignorance
of this rule saved Cooper the other day from
in using similar language to Hunters. The intro
dueton Of the resolution Of eensure set the Demo
crazy in flutter and nearly every one of the party
was on his feet at once and were only prevented
from enacting scenes that generally occur in Demo-
cratic conventions by the strictness of the Speaker
After ten minutes turmoil from the angry Democracy,
The demand for the previous question was made and
motion to second it, Mr.. Ancona moved to lay it
on the table, and called the yeas and nays. This
was voted down by vote of 80 to &c. This was a
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