Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-05-26

bson oonsnmmated, nos did no underAand
that bis colleague WA very SICK . He was
sick bimsclf ma would iIatt aIsc iliseq p go
Nj. TrumbnIl. nom ne cohhiIlieo % the
j Judiciary, !. frppTted The appropriation bill
! NJ. Rdmusas stated. ,ha, ihiuuseiissnh a.
least one other mcmber,of thocoinmittee did
not concur In thie report
Mr.. Tunmbull also reported, nom the same
committee the bln V, rpguiais judicial pro-
oaedlngs and Tor other purposes, with amend
y mauts.7i 80 ~ tssarsie y 'siisha W 1rs ,s.i
= Also, from me same committee adyet seiy
| ~ ~ supreme Tout o. 'tlie pistriet, ~ Co
The Isslsistlvo appropriation, .bIll Wa thSS
pfocesdod with, tho pending question being
the amendment o. M. Drake. isATi siesl NJ
Mr. Trunbull said the intent 81 Courrcsa,
Mich nc va 4, NJ favor q carrying Hb vas
ard he moved 70 Limit dc Amendment u That
'MriNye read q tsiarram from. Nnr,ls car
lima giving an account Of tlie assassination of
kN-state Senator Stevens and also a telegfani
S c, SSySESSr HSiaGT sss;l9g fCgte iat
and that Congress- shot1d take some lmhlc-
dlate action 70 put stop u, Ho said AZ ave
nues 70 the Treasnry shonllbc cut OF ffoui
I these pUoploi l7ufgs W. ~ u go sdi .-1
kfltf considerable 'fGttiOt disstIsion, NJ.
Tnimbull Withdrew iiia anIonduient md the
amendment Of MI. Drake wasagreed to;'yras
Mr.. NORTH, u Mo- moved alucna hients in
creaHlng the salary M Tho Fifth Auditbk 10
$4,000 and mcfeaslRg the clerical force Of
he efllcei which WIS ngrredty, ~ ~ 3.
ALSO, 10 Increase the number OF female
clerks In the Internal revenae bureau fFoni 81
TO pS. lArteed 10. v .siigh sal,gllssf ~ 10
The s1saisI thGp, a. iots p. Ia, Sdiouuri1svd.
r. H0usE OF REPRESENTATIVES,. ~
Mr.. Waahburn, Of Wia.,r from thO SeIcct
Committee % Postal Telcgupl,a pald that
committee @6hid waive their figin % DC cAllcd
a. nextyon the iisklgns uuanimOus consent
4 copld be obtained for y 70 report at my time
after the meeting In December whichconsent
MI. GARFIELD, Of ONO, from the Committee
on Banking and Currency, obtained leave Tor
that cQmmittce 70 report and have mado Ute
4 special order on Wednesday Of next week,
alter the morning hour, the bin In relation TO
an Increase OF the currency. ''ae .-las1 81
The House then resumed the consideration.
Of the hill reported from the Select Connilt-
/ tee on the Causes Of the Decline Of .NincriCpn
Commerfc, MessrA Logan and Farpswotth
Nj. Lynch offered sabsli.uio Tor .ibo bin.
which had been preparedin tho eommittSe,
| with the Objectionable features stricken ont
and limiting the allowance 10 vessels Of over
a thousand tons burden. p - lisl y
After further. debate by Messrs. 1nget,blll
] and Garfield, the morning hour expired, mid
the bill went over Under Tho rules. ~
NJ Wheeler, ~ n, frpm tho Cppnltlev
90 The, paei6c Railroad - Teportsdi back, DC
Northern Pacific EailsOaa iii without aIhsdd-
/ menL Ia
Z Mr.swheeler said tho com,pltieo had agreed
that al the amendments offered 10 INC hin
should DO voted on. He said that the whole
number of amendments olieredwas twenty,
| four. Mr.. Wheeler then yieldodths floor TO
the opponents Of the bill to discuss It until he
h S9 G aH.5 RISy0S SSS question i.
House In opposition TO the bill unless certain
limitations and restrictions were thrown
around II. All he demanded for II was tlint
/ the same rcstrieiOn dhpuld be thrown about
this land grant As had been thrown around
other grants, He also alluded at length 10
the danger Of giving such immense wealth al
lathfes 81 tlieis IBtatds ard ne giants ceii,
templatcd by this bill were too valuable to be
entirely placed under the control Of one cohis
pany. :
Mr.. Sargent, Of Cal. addressed the House
also in eppVaitiop % In hill-a nd was followed
by Mr.. darlS N Eaill y oh IN same side. :
The bin was further discussed by Messts
Ella, of N H.; Wlnans Of Ohio; Potter Of n,
Y; and Blair Of Mich.
| Mr.. Whccler AZ O'CLOCK demanded toe
| previous question and II was hgfeod that an
amendments pending should be voted on.
Mr.. Cox OF N. Y. said he believed he whs
the only man now in Congress who had voted
unreseryedly on these land grants for rail-
road purposes.
He wanted to say that much In order that
blsInotIye might b. tnderAtopd whom he row
StAtdd tbat DC dcpfcd led Din plposiioa TO
N lic MIL BeeAtiee " caihe fihifly nom mon
who were Interested in the Central Paclac
aud Union Pacific railroads. lie would vote
against the bill because no was opposed 70
the system on principle, but he repeated that
r6ad Va 4 fivsi 70 dc tentfaf Pscific n
Messrs. Sargent and Farnsworth denied
that any such motives actuated them.
The previous question was then seconded Dy
dereS ~ a vS,a of i ,ole 90 w fSyii '''''"
Mr.. Wheeler then roSo TO close debate and
made twenty-mlnute speech In favor Of the
bill. He expressed the hope that all amend
ments would DO rejected and that the blll
would pass without unnecessary delay.
Mr. Fitch. Of Nevada, followed In favor Of
the bill and Mr.. Cox In oppositlon TO 1t. The
latter charged again that much Of the oppOa.
ton TO this bill came from men who were in-
tercsted In, The General Feeble rpilroad, and
he wanted 70 draw the limo Of Distinction be.
tween men who opposed IL from principle and
those who opposed II because thoy were inter.
ested In railroad. These latter had bedl
gorged with plumber, and now turn 10 give O
blow 20 rival interest He was opposed b
all these grants which he considered fcstcf-
Ing running sores upon The body polite; and
II the Republican party did not give larger
majority against this scheme It's downfall wa
sealed as surely as Il would be unless they
adopted free trade 0r aImOdcratc tariff.
Mr.. Smlfh, Of OREGON, advocated the bill. 4
Mr.. Wheeler, In answer To Mr.. Cox, denied
that the people of the country were oppose