The Portland daily press., 1870-06-01

views. He has been an excellent servant Of
ms British ship masters and their agents, the
New York Free Trade importers and UNDER
writer's. Codman's pamphlets have afforded
all the staple for opposition speeches. To such
degree is this true, that one member even
used summary of the objections Goldman
makes, which an evening paper published,
and incorporated the same into his speech
There is not single argument yet made
which has not been drawn from these PAM
phets, and all the conclusions, with the ex-
ception of those drawn by Fernando Wood
from the report of the select committee itself,
have previously been worked up by this rene
| gade Yankee OF course Western men like
Logan, Ingersol, Allison, Coburn and Others,
don't know this mans relations and that Of
other agents who put him forward to do their
dirty work, but that fact shows their gno-
rance as well as their eagerness to find plausi-
BILE excuses for the stand they have taken. 1t
IS ne excuse for the personal abuse and mis-
representation Of which they have been guilty
on the floor, in their attempts to arraisn Mr..
| Lynch, especially as seeking only the aggrand-
izement of his own State and section. Mr..
Axtell of California, in an admirable though
brief speech, made on Thursday evening last,
| properly rebuked this spirit and refuted the
charge clearly by showing the great interest
had on the Pacific coast in this matter. 1t is
fact that the Democrats on the select CON-
mittee, as well as many in the House, have
shown the fairest spirit of all.
| There are several persons who are reported
to have been, or are to be, here in the inter-
ests OF the British Steamship Co. A purse
has been raised, and such instruments as this
| Goldman have been used freely. Since the Sen
ate Judiciary Committee have decided that
the use OF a newspaper to influence opinion is
an improper method of doing so, what shall
be said of pamphleteering at the rate mani
tested on this question. A more potent inflrl-
ence than the direct appeals of such agents, is
the indirect activity OF the New York import
ing houses which are altogether in English in
teresss. One leading firm, that recently sign
ed memorial against the pending bill, at one
time refused their countenance to an Ameri
can Transatlantic steamship enterprise, be-
cause, as the then senior member said, 81,
will injure my friend, Sir Joseph Cunard, and
L can't do anything of the kind"
OTHER INFLUENCEs-THE LEADERS PLOT
The evidences multiply that there has beer
all the time, much nearer home than Great
Britain, an inim:cal influence which ha.
quietly but actively been at work within the
House. Some of it has arisen from the spiri
which is not broad enough to do good thins
OF its motion, though able 10 see it when done
and not too mean to destroy or seek to be
cause they had no singer in the pie" TIL,
attempt to lay on the table was evidently :
pre-arranged move among the leading oppo
nents OF the bill to make the motion and a.
they expected by carrying it, kill the measure
entirely. In this they failed, as you know, a:
they earlier failed, after having gained the
floor from Mr.. Lynch by a piece o
parliamentary of practice quite unusu-
al IN The House, to carry recommittal
The people of those New England Stotes
charged as being so specially interested in
ship-buildng, will find some Representatives
rather direlict if they closely scrutinize the
proceedings.
THE LAST DEBATE
on Thursday was of d striking and animated
character, and Mr.. Lynch's speech at that
session was spirited and telling. He has
sought to carry this great national measure
forward Ill spirit of calm Judgment and
courtesy, but its opponents left him no re-
source but to turn on them and assume the
offensive, which he did most effectively. The
feeling created by his telling charges relating
to English influences and argument, was al
| most up to white heat and the scene was at
one time fully as exciting as that last week
over the debate on the Roman Mission. Cod.
man and another interested in the same line
were in the gallery when Mr.. Lynch attacked
them and their motives, and were evidently
angered at the arraignment. This speech un.
doubtedly had double effect, that of produc.
ing favorable reaction at the moment and
of making members determined TO look at the
subject more closely.
| PRESENT POSITION OF THE BILL.
| see that some papers misunderstood the
position of the measure and the nature of the
| substitute offered by Mr.. Lynch. The origi-
nal bill only asked for drawback on imported
materials and on slip stores, with a bounty
on American materials used for iron, steel or
composite vessels; also system of small
Dountles on sail and steam vessels, ranging
rom $3.50 to 81 per ton. The fourth section,
levylng tonnage tax, was taken from the
second bill reported, because it was hardly
probable that more than one could pass. The
drawbacks was the chief relief asked for bv
the representatives of the shipbuilding and
owning interests who appeared before the
committee. The substitute was the draw
backs, &C., provided, and is therefore the real
feature of the relief proposed by Mr.. Lynch
and his confreres on the committee. The
substitute, which is expected to pass, covers
the main feature of the committees report
and will be satisfactory to all interested. 1t
is possible that the other portions of the bill
were ely tubs to the whale, ann the oppo-
sition have expended their chief strength in
fighting the parts which were nearest to be-
ing non-essential to the plan proposed The
first business on Tuesday is the vot-
ing on Mr.. Lynch's motion for the previous
question, which vas stopped by the hour ar
irving for adjournment on Thursday. There
is little doubt now entertained that this will
be carried and then Mr.. Lynch will make the
closing speech and the vote on the main
question be taken, unless fillibusterng inter-
venes, which seems not improbable, as there
is evidently design to use this as a club for
the new sectional agitation which the prairie
States are threatening. SPECTATOR,
A Mean InsinuaiioM exposed.
From the York County Independent
The Republican organ in this county, in its
customary style of assailng those whom the
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