The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-06-29

| MI. Butler (lnterruphng)-I do not give
way to be abu sed by a man who has more
| beard than brains.
! MIR. Farnsworth-That is a most excel
lent retort, as good as the member is ca
pable OF making. The member may curse
my beard, but he cannot steal under the
| shadow Of my beard NV point of order
Is that the member from Massachusetts,
| has no right to advocate a claim here for
a fee Of $1,000
| The Speaker directed the rule to be read
which directs that no member 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
ITS utmost stringency. it would not pre-
vent the gentleman from Massachusetts
debating the question. The rule was Inn
tied entirely to the question of voting. 1t
was Tor the gentleman himself to decide,
| upon hls honor and oath as a member
The char could not be the conscience
keeper of members.
MIR. Butler only wanted the record to
be read, which would brand the statement
OF the member from Illinois as malicious,
false and Infamous [Sensation
Mr.. Farnsworth-Have it read.
Mr.. Butler-Ihe entry is one of $4,000
tor counsel fees, paid me in January, 1863.
when l argued the case before the Supreme
Court where my brief is filed Ii was for
counsel fees and nothing else
The paper was sent to the Clerk desk
and read, from which it appeared that But
Ter had written TO the commissioner of
patents, suggesting that the patent should
not be extended without examination. and
that he received q counsel fee Of $1,000
from the applicant
Mr.. Farnsworth said there were two
facts prominent in the matter. The first
was that in 1867 there was pending an
application from Rolhn White for am ey-
tention Of his patent, that that fact be
came known TO the member from Massa-
chusetts, and be volunteered to protest
against 1t. Whether this was for the pur-
pose of courtlng the offer of counsel fee he
did not know. The second fact was, that
when White hled the schedule of expendi-
lures IN 1869, in order TO show that he
had not made As much out of the patent
as he should, he entered as one item of ex-
pendlture that on January !. 1869, he
paid the member from Massachusetts So
600 for counsel fees. He would state fur
ther, that the gentleman did not utter a
word IN the supreme Court in behalf of
kollln White, though he did file a very
small and insignificant brief so that ii
mlght.appear that he did something in a
law court towards earning his s., 600. but
he (tarnsworth) would leave it to the
House and the country to determine what
the motive OF White was In paying $1,000
that induced the member from Massaclu-
setts to advocate, on this floor, the extern
sion Of that patent
The Speaker here called Mr.. Earns
worth to order.
Mr.. Garfield remarked that such Ian
guage ought not to be heard in these halls
The Speaker asked Mr.. Falnsworth
whether he insisted on his demand for the
previous question.
MIR. Famsworth Withdrew it,
Mr.. Butlerresponded 10 Mr. Famsworth
and as he was speaking, the members
gathered around hlm, so that his remarks.
at times, We're very mdistinctly heard by
the reporters. He explained that in 1867
he was applied to by certain gentlemen in
tins town, interested in the manufacture
OF arms, who thought that contract they
were about to enter into with the govern
ment, might interfere with Rollin Whites
patent He had therefore written a letter
10 the commissioner Of patents, stating
their reason, which rendered it for the IN
terest of the government that the claim
for extension should be examined before
the extenslsn was made. After the bill
had gone to the President, White came to
HIM and said there was opposition to it be-
cause 1t was made to appear that it would
interfere with the government, and then
he told him he could obviate that by fl
ing in the patent office a release to the
United States.
MIR. Butler continued at length. After
he had taken his seat the House Was grad
ually restored to order
Without disposition Of Mr. Judd's me-
hon to lay on the table the House bill for
the apportonment Of Representatives to
Congress, the House adjourned.