The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-06-29

legislation will fail, and the income
tax expire by limitation with this year.
CUTLER NOT AN HONEST MAN"
There was considerable amusement
in the House o-day when Mr.. Ram
dali, OF Pennsylvania, arraigned Gen
eral Butler for striking out of the
manuscript of the Globe report Mr..
Randalps declaration in the House
the other day that Butler was not an
honest man. 1t seems that Butler
had possession of the manuscript to
revise his own speech, and coming
across Randall's aliusion, mutilated the
report by cutting it out, a liberty the
proprietors of the Globe declare to be
without precedent. Buffers conduct
excites Indignation among nearly all
the members of the House.
BUTLER & FARNsWORTH.
The veto of the President of the
bill for the renewal of the patent of
RolIin White for an improvement in
pistols was read. In the discussions
which took place on the veto, and
which was participated in by Messrs.
Wood, Latin. Hoar and Kellogg in
support of the veto, and by Messrs.
Jenckes and Butler of Massachusetts,
against it, an exciting episode took
place, arising out of the point of order
made by Mr.. Farnsworth that Mr..
Butler was the paid counsel of Rollin
White, the beneficiary under the bill.
He declared hat it was in evidence
that the member from Massachusetts,
had accepted a fee of $4,000 -H
Mr.. BUTLER asserted that there
vas no such evidence, 80
Mr.. affirmed that
there was, and said it was contained
in n communication of the commits
sioner of patents, which he had asked
to have read at the clerks desk, but
its reading had been objected to.
Mr.. BUTLER-There Is DO such
evidence, never can be, and never
will be.
MIR. F~ARNSWORTH| insist up
on its being read. '-r.t
Mr.. BUTLER--The point between
the gentlemen and myself is this: He
charges that a fec of S2,0 900 was furn-
ished me to advocate the extention of
the patent OH this floor. / say 1 re-
ceived the fee for arguing the case in
the supreme court. tt'asf 4
MI. FARNSWO stat.
utes of the United States declare a
member of Congress who receives any
fee for matter pending before Con-
gress, or in any of the departments,
commits a misdemeanor punishable by
Indictment, and it is in evidence that
the member from Massachusetts, vol
unfairly stated to the commissioner of
patents" 'fa
Mr.. BUTLER, interrupting-t1
do not give way to be abused by n
mar who has more beard than brains"
Mr.. FARNSWORTH-That is n
most excellent retort, as good as the
member is capable of making. The
member may curse my beard, but he
cannot steal under the shadow of my
beard. My point of order is that the
gentleman, the member from Massa-
chusetts, has no right to advocate a
claim here for $4,000.
The SPEAKER reminded the gen
tleman from Illinois that the question
of a members interest in a matter be-
fore the House is universally left to
that members own sense of propriety.
Mr.. FARNSWORTH urged the
readiug of the communication of the
Commissioner of Patents, to show
that Mr.. Butler had received a fee of
81, 900. .5
The time for which Mr.. Butler had
the floor having expired. Mr.. Ell
BRIDGE asked that the time be ex-
tended. 1t was a matter of great in
terest and Importance to the house and
the country wanted to know all
about it.
MI. FARNSWORTH insisted on
his point of order. 9
The SPEAKER directed the rule
to be read which directs that no mem
Der shall vote on any question in the
event OF which he is Immediately or
personally interested, and stated that
if the rule was enforced in the utmost
it would not prevent the
from Massachusetts, deba-
ting the question. The rule was linn
tied entirely to the question of voting
it was for gentleman himself to decide
upon his honor and his oath as a mem
Der. The Chair could not be con-
keeper of members.
MI. JENCKES, having four min
ltes time left, said he would yield it
to Mr.. Butler.
Mr.. BUTLER said he would not
ask half of it. He only wanted the
record to be read, which would brand
the statement of the member from H.
IinoIs as malicious, false and Infamous.
Mr.. Have it
Mr.. BUTLER-The entry is one
Of $4,000 for counsel fees paid me in
January, 1869, when 1 argued the
case before the supreme court, where
my brief is filed. 1t a for counsel
fees and nothing else.
Mr.. FARNSWORTH said he
read the record.
Mr.. BUTLER desired that it be
read at the clerks desk.
The paper was sent to the clerks
desk and read, from which it appeared
that Mr.. Butler had written to the
commissioner Of patents suggesting
the patent should not be extend
ed without examination, and that he
received n counsel fee of $1,000 from
the applicant,
Mr.. FARNSWORTH sought the
floor, but Mr.. JENCKES insisted on
the previous question. The House,
however, being in a humor to enjoy
and the scene. refused to