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alEuea the Co. @ forc the Supreme Cout, where
my btae1 ts fled 1t wRs for counsel fees and
nothing else" "
Hf. FARESWORTu said he would read the

N. FARNswoRTu said he would read the
Mr BUTLER desired 1t be read at the Clerks
desk.
A paper WAS sent to the Clerks desk aud read
from which 1t appeared THAT Butler had written tp
the Commissioner Of Patents, suggesung that the
ton, and that he received q counsel fec Of s. 900
*. X: F. FShHsWoRoH aS'ss sought the door, but Mr..
Jc1cles Insisted on the previouE question,
The House, however, being In a hurnor to entoy
the sccne. refused to second the previous QUes-
lion, - III: FARNsWoRTH obtained the dooT.
matter. The first was thst in 1851 there was pend
Ing an application from Rollln White for an ex-
tension Of his patent Thae tact became known
tceIed to protest against It Whether that VIA
for the purpose Of inviting the offer Of a counsel
fee he did not know. The second fnct was, that
lures In 1868, IN order to chow that be had not
made as much out OF the patent as be should. be
entered as one item Of expenditures; that in Jan
qaly, lsIg, M ne ~ PAD the member from Massac4u
the Supreme Court In behalf OF RoIlin White,
though ne did file very small and Insignificant
laT court foFara earning II his 81 s. s%5o, but be be
Farnsworth> would leave IT to the House and to
tnc country to dctermsnc what the motive Of
was not the 5000 that Induced the member IRON
Massachusetts to advocate, on THIS moor, the c1-
tension Of that patent. The member had spoken
tad toid him. as he did now, that long or short,
NJ member should, with his knowledge. steal un-
der the shadow Of hts beard. No member should,
IL M ths s upon ee psc e Ess a % sea
whose interests woul1 be violated, as he f3utlerS
had satd N his letter to the Commissioner Of Pa
noticed that, in the letter written by the member
IN 1885, he said the lelssue OF this patent would be
subversise Of the interests Of the government but
member, forgetting his oath and he interests Of
tho United States, advocates the reissue Of the
patent, and advised the patentee to make al
when thc evtdt nee was that be had assigned it,
long before, to Smith i Wessou. and, therefore,
has no right TO assign 1t to the government And
Was, that the advice was worth 1860, and thlt
White gave him <e,cD0 tor It. That
was too thin veil, too shallow pretence. He
menher from Massachusetts for being On both
Sides OF the question, first on one side, hud then
on the ether, for q Ice.
Nj. GARFIELD remarked that such language
on2ht p9t 5srn1,S!1 e es 1e55d IN a thess balls
moved the previous question.
: 4 general murmur Of dlsapproral showed that
the House did not relish tho idea Of shutting on
The SPEAKER asked him whether he insisted
II: IL FgA!1k!#E9EsToRTH !1!#9 E ORTIZ withdrew It.
H.
he was speaking members gathered around him 50
that Ills remarks at the time were very tndtstinct!y
heard By the reporter. He denied that he man
warding the passage W Of tie bui, md appea1ed d
to the Chairman Of The Committee On Patents and
y memberB generally to bear him ont tn that denial.
He explained that IN 1861 he WAS applied by GER
tain gentlemen in his town, Interested ti the
manufacture OF arms, and who thought that
T. IT, contract they Se1e about entering nto vim
In Whites patent, to watch any application that
might be made for an extension Of that paten.;
and be had written letter to the Commissioner
n Patents stating these reasons, which rendered
1t for the interest Of the government that the
claim for extension should he examined before the
extension MAS made: He had never heard Of it,
~. vaeaoo a S RoIiin 0s wnits Mss eams aa@s e e
him and said there Was pending suit ln the su-
GTce argued before the court and then stood for
reaIgument; that hts counsel was sick and he
Wished him tButle11 to argue II; He Ind, there
= nrief which be filed, and which the mem.
|11ssa: FIT i. T5s ssp,ssa L xSo
s da e 5anua Her, ,ss had recsfsd ses ,sn we
no appl!catto:- pending before Congress
fur the extension Of the patent to his knowledge,
and he had not known that there ever would be.
never would make such brief as that; never
would he arGue case as that case vas argued,
md that he was perfectly safe from ever receiv-
hat II was after the Bill had gone to the President
hat White came IT him and said there va.
OPPOSITION 70 It, because It was made to appear
hen he told him he could obviate that by nllng
n the Patent Onlce release to the United Statea
[le had h. heard that th7 was brought up against
1tm In the House. but he had felt that malice;
But these had been NOW presented npeSts bsfoss
he country the singular spectacle Of an attempted
ATaiGnment OF member by another member who
attacked him unawares, IN the manner that the
'lo"s o. coWafts aud assassins are ever made.
a sudden and vehement descent Of the Speak
aly debate IVES being cncruached on
NJ. BUTLER paused, looked at the Sneaker a.
wondering at ne inter upton, and inquired, In
4 Laughter, whether 1t VAS q message from the
'enate. Resrming his remarks, he said. II re-
i t6e nIox of a coTaId an @1 and
cvelyw here, great truth In ethics, to
shieh ! think nobody. not even the Sneakers
M any 0G5ssa %sa e3e ee1t6' ~he t.nfa It aheFf
ave been false 10 my country, pray and Invite |
ote Of censuze from this House, lie aided that |
nown there was very great difference Of feeling
'etween him and bis assaant, but he t1}utler@ had
lever inuuded that difference on the House, and
House He had endeavored to Keep what he said |
sithiu exact parliamentary Language. As TO the |
that he Ind filed q brief in The Su- |
'rcme Court merely as pretence, to obtain fee,
lie could only say, "oh, Father Abraham, what
hese Christians sre whose own hard feelings
each them to suspect the very thoughts Of 9TH
ers."
Nj. BUTLER TOOK his seat, and the House was
gradually restored to order. |
The vote on the passage OF the bill over the |
Trsldents veto resulted, ayes II; noes, 169 |
BILLS FROM THE sKNA1R.
The Senate amendment to the House bill to |
lmend the act incorporating the National juno |
1on Railway Company, Was concurred tu.
The Senate amendments to The, House Joint res
luton IN regard to the suspension Of the sale OF
ertaln lands In California, were concn1red in-e4
o "a. |
The Senate amendment to the House bill for the |
elef Of Charles Cooper and others Was referred |
D the Committee on C1atmR
The Senate amendment to the House bill 70 pro-
lde for the apportionment Of Representatives to |
congress from the several States came up.
Ar. JUDD moved to .ay the bill On The table. |
'tEatiseH.
Without dlsrosng of Nj. Judd's motion,
Adjourned. |