Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-06-23

Il I fOffIa and AmntrnIIh HHofATTnn To atno lOm=
@ittcc an 6ommercc. " " ~ ~
TIM ffouse then proceeded 10 ,the conaidera-
don n bnsiness IN, M sneater's tebie. And
COMMITTEE On Conference were ordered upon
ne I'M for the reliei Of certain oficers 81 tho
nav and unon several private bIila. - 2.
III rext knsiness IN al fable nd spoaiser
annorncrd 10 ne tbe Confederation 81 the
measeee vetoine lhe bin for The relief Of RoIIn
Whitas 0 'S''s''s -, $500
We tenckoa ~ r. L. expIaincd he M
tnre III the oaae. alalIno that tho patent being
About expirine, application Tor an extenslon
| va made and testi1iony taken, q portion Of
whiob va stoler from The co1rt-roon, Al a
| time TOO late 10 plAce II before the Patont
| OfIlcc when the appIicalion was heard. Tho
| hi amply anihoflfed the rc-hearing OF TIC
| appiIcatlon by Inc Commissioned Of Patenls.
III. Wood, ofH. ", opposed nc biIl. claim.
| ing that Mr.. White had been s1ficionliy 70
mupcrAted, and that tho Interest Of tho people
demanded that bis patent ahouh moi Ia re-
nevod. .si -, 4. I
| NJ. lafin, OF N. Y, spoke IA oppoaltian 10
a revival Of the patent and charged that Tho
ia. ny hnanilnous Consent, without ia mSrits
being Understood, a'7 -" - $3.50 =
Nj. Kellogg, OF Pa, also oppooed the bin,
claiming that Mr.. Whites Invention was only
made yaiuSble by additlonai inVentIons 81
otbors. ..II
Mr.. putler. Of Naaa,. WA proceoding 10
spoak In support OF the bin. when M. Farms
worth, OF nj, railed tho point 81 order that
| the kontlcnah wa pecnniariiy interested IN
The eaSe, aad DIAL q 'certincato which he had
Sent 70 the CiefEa desh would aboN that be
Ind received fec % two Thousand dollars 70
Advocate Tho exlgntlon Of thls PATENT l...,s (. I.
Mr. butler eaid that he did not Wish 70 be
iriiofnlpied BY q man with moro beard than
bfaipss M "a .yl .....f #..IIl
NJ, FarnsWorth retorted that no one should
como IN hero and steal under The shadoW 81
hh board. =, He lnsialpd upon his point 81
order. ~ .S,ls1yy " ~ -.T.a.+ .E.,Ifi..lL
The Speaker had resd By the Clcrk lhe rule,
that 10 member shall be allowed 70 vote upon
any ineaAure In which he 4 Immediately inr
tefesled DC, and decided the point not wen
taken, "a Mr.. Butlor was only debating tho
question. III 800 .,tq a. MOO
Nj Farnsworti insisled thai The certificate
should be read a.. ~. 49,. = Ina -tf..lg
Mr. Butler, who had gone 10 the Clerks
dcak and road tho paper, desired II read,
sayina whom II WA read ID would brand ne
and infemous. - ~. ~.
Nj. FarnSVprth, vas about 70 read the Ger
tlhcate, when Mr., Bullot said he preferred the
Clerk 70 read u /, he Nhnted Il read by some-
body who could rad. -, /.
J The clerk then read certified transcrip.
from papcrs in the Patent ofico, BY Whlebli
appeared that In 1851 he had written a letter
q the CommissIoflcr, ln which he said that Inc
United States and certain citizens Of Maasa-
chusetts would DO Affected by the relssue Of
Whllo'a patent, aud asking 10 be Informed II
he made an Application for an e1tenslon; and
that in 1900 Mr. White Paid to Mr.. Butler
m FarpsWoTth esIled the Attention 81 liz
House 10 the fact that tho schedule Of White
showed that he had rewarded tho gentleman
bv The pavment Of 1000 "A counaei fepa.
Ho would aiso state what did not show In The
certineato read, but Il was ahown In the Bu-
prone Court that dc gentleman did not aay a
word 10 The case IN he supreme Court, but
simply fled o short and inslgnlAcant brief 70
ahow that he had done ,semethIng In thai
court. He loft II 10 tho county V say Tor
what purpose White had paid this sum 10 the
gentleman, and why no had advocated nc bill
here. In his letter Of 1851 he had stated that
reissue OF this patent would DO In violation
q The interese q The country and yet for
here 10 advocate The reissue Of this patent.
Mr.. Butler replied In yery aeyero language.
and orphaned his connection with Mr.. White !
application. n
IN 1850 certain gentlemen from New Eng
land were here and being dealrous OF know
Inc il M. White made an Application Tor an
extension, and nol Desiring % stay IN Wash
Ingtou 70 watch ne ease they had requested
him 10 advise thom n the Application was
made, and he had written the letter 70 the
commissioner a. read. In 1883 Rolln White
caIno 10 him, stating that he had a case In
the Supreme Court which he desired him to
argue. He spent four weeks In preparing the
brief which the gentleman had declared InslQ-
niicant. There were nineteen patents exam
lined, many Of them French, and for that
brief he had received a fee Of s3O0o, There
was then no application pending In the House,
and he aid not know that there would ever
be. Tho gentleman from Illinois would never
mako such brief "a that, would never be
employed In the case, and there was no dan
ger Of his ever receiving fee OF "a, O00
He appealed 70 tho committee 10 state II he
had ever becu 10 the committee about the bin.
He had not voted on Il In tho House, and had
not attempted 70 secure Is passage In the
Senate, or It's being signed by the President.
the House when asked 10 do 20, He ala not