The Portland daily press., 1871-03-04
EVENING SESSION.

| IuoSes, new building Tor the State depart
ment, the extension of the capitol grounds the
propose new park in Washington, an Increase
! OF salaries OF heads OF bureaus. As to the irst
question the conferes shad agreed to increase the
salary proposed to the Justices of the supreme
| Court and to increase the salary of Circuit
Judges $1,000, taking from them however trav-
| cling expenses now allowed, but refused to in.
crease the salaries of other United States
judges. AS to the State Department building
| the question of material of which it is to be
built is compromised, by leaving it to be decid-
ed BY the concurrent action of the Committee
on Public Buildings and Grounds in each
House: As to the extension of the capitol
| grounds the Senate yielded on that point, al
not to be extended under this bill; so also as to
the proposed park. The Senate also receded
from the proposition to Increase the salaries OF
heads OF bureaus.
Mr.. Logan OF Illinois, inquired how much
was appropriated for one wing of State De-
rartment building.
Mr.. Sargent OF Californa-Five hundred
thousand dollars.
| Mr.. Logan-How many wings is it to have.
| Mr.. SargeDt-The ground plan is to he of be
| dimensions of the treasury building.
Mr.. Logan-How many wings has that?
Mr.. Sargent-Tbe gentleman can answer
that; l will not be catechised by him.
Mr.. Logan-Well, then, call it four WINGS
| Now if it was to correspond with the Treasury
Department, why was not material prescribed?
Mr.. Sargent-A proposition was made by
| the House conference to prescribe granite, but
we compromised by leaving the matter to the
concurrent action of the committees on public
buildings and grounds
Mr.. Logan-Then warn the House that it
is regular job for the purpose of having that
State Department building erected of red
stone, which belongs to certain individuals in
Washington.
Mr. FIX of New York-Will the gentlema n
state who owns the stone?
Mr. Logan-That is not tho question before
the House. / merely called attention of the
House to the fact that the conference commit
tee refuses to designate the material to be used
in this building, and that raises the question
in my mind whether it will not be butt of red
stone for the benefit of a few individuals in
this city.
Mr. Fox-If the gentleman possesses any
knowledge of that will he enlighten the House
on this question? I think it is his duty as a
legislator to give it to the House.
Mr. Logan.-Well will giva it to you. If
you look around this capital and around Treas
ury building and around other government
buildings in this city you will find the tagging
recently put down is all red stone.
MIR. FOx-l ask you to state who owns that
red stone.
Mr.. Logan.-I do not know.
Mr. Fox.-The gentleman has intimated that
somebody owns it.
Mr.. Logan.-Yes, sir, and somebody does
own it, but that is not the question here. III
knew every owner OF it wOnld not state their
names here, but the fact that the Conference
Committee does not designate the material for
this building raises in my mind amid the en-
quiry whether this is not a job.
Mr.. Fox.-Has the President of the United
States any interest it?
Mr.. Logan-I do not know whether he has
or not. II he has he will not give it to yeu.
(Lsughter) .-af-rgsz I'D sszrers--s- 90.
Mr. Fox.-Has Gen. Butler?, -. ..-.s
animated every moment, and w6iGn was Great iS
ing great interest and excitement on the floor
aud in the crowded galleries, was interrupted
at this point by the Speaker, who called Mr..
F Ok to order in connection with his allusion to
the President, and said he could not permit
such re marks to be made.
Mr.. LOgan-I am not using the name of any
person or intending to use the name of any
person connected with this matter, and it is an
insult to any man on this floor for another to
attempt to thrust into his mouth words or ideas
which he does not intend to convey.
Mr.. Fox-If the gentleman is not with the
administration he is against it.
MI. Logan, without noticing the interrup-
ton, went on to say he did not impugn the
motives of any one, but only called the atten
tioL of the House to the fact So far as the
President was concerned he was not here to as
sail him. The President was better man
than those who assailed him "a much better
man.
Mr.. Fox-The gentleman's insnuatien was
that somebody connected with the governmen Mt
was interested in this red stone and desire to
know who that person is.
Mr.sLogan-Go and find out and you will
know. tLaughter.) He objected to the pro-
vision about the judges salaries, conlendng
that it made improper discrimination against
the judges of the Court OF Claims and of the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
He concluded hy saying it would be better Tor
the country and the Republican party to lay
the bill on the table and let the next Congress
get up bill which would not rob the people as
this bill proposed.
Mr.. Sargent stated for the information of Mr..
Logan, that no amount of appropriations for
Washington City would stand in that gentle
mans way in regard to his project for the re-
moval of the capital.
Mr.. Morgan Of Ohio, member of the con-
ference committee, argued against the report.
particularly in reference to The State Depart
ment buildings, which he said would cost $10,-
900, 900.
Mr.. Dawes expressed his dissent from some
of the propositions in the conference report,
but agreed that under all the circumstances it
was better for the House to agree to 1t, as
conference report was Ill Its very nature a thing
of mutual concession. forge
MIR. Cox arg ued that as a new Congress was
to meet tomorrow, the bill should be allowed
to go over.
MI. Cox-What does tine gentleman from H.
linois mean by this red stone ring or this Sem
eca ring? Who is in it? This House or lobby
at least ia rotten with gilded flies of corrup-
ton collected by the legislation of Congress.
Let this bill therefore remain until it can be
examined. Let these inuendOes against the
President of the United States, and which
have not been denied here, be examined
Mr.. Garfield, of Oho-I ask the Chair
whether it is parliamentary language for
gentleman to say this House is corrupt and
rotten.
Mr.. Speaker-Iti is not.
Mr.. COx-I did not apply that remark to my
friend from Ohio, and he need not be personal
about it, said that there were gilded flies of
corruption all about the Capitol.
Mr.. Van Horn, of Missouri-Every gentle-
man has a right to speak from his own stand
point. (Laughter.)
Mr.. Cox-The language which I used was in
reference to the lobby, whose members were in
our offices this morning all around here like
the lice and frogs of Egypt. Island tere Tor
the people who are oveItaxed and almost
broken down by the burden of taxation. You
do pot tighten those burdens, but you make
them heavier. a'.
Mr.. Sargent declared that the bill did not
contain single job, and that with the excep-
ton OF the item tor the State Department
building it was entirely for the ordinary civil
expenses of the Government. There was no
warrant at all for the remark of the gentleman
from New Hampshire (Mr. Ccx). There was
nothing in the character of the members OF the
House to warrant the idea that corruption was
rank in this body or that there were corrupt
men in the lobby
Mr.. Cox-The insinuation came from your
side of thelHouse.
=. Mr.: Sargent-I do moi know what insinua-
ton is meant
Mr.. Eldridge-I want to know if the gentle
| man MIR. Sargent) takes issue with the gentle
man from Illinois MIR. Logan and whether he
denies the insinuaton and is prepared to say
what the gentleman from Illinois says is I'M
| true.
Mr.. Sargent--I will not deny it for you; |
deny it for myself. l deny il for the body OF
this House. You can make such reply to it
as you see fit.
Mr. Eldridge-The gentleman from Illinois
| spoke of the ring outside which owns red stone,
and the gentleman did not deny it.
After further discussion the report was
agreed to- 10Y to sc.
The conference committee reports on the
river and harbor deficiency and naval appro-
| priatlon bills were also agreed to.
Mr. Logan moved 20 suspend the rules and
pass the Senate bill relating to the Central
oranch of the Union Pacific railroad. Re
jected.
=, Mr.. Van Wyck of New York remarked that
Tue same dill had been voted down six times
this session.
Resolution from the Judiciary Committee to
pay Young, Representative from Georgia, full
compensation for the present Congress and te
! other Georgia members one year spay aud one
trayel was adopted after discussion until mid
night.