The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-02

aggerated claims supported wholly by er pavte +
ought to be paid so ought all others
similarly situated, and that there are
many such cannot be doubted. Besides there are
strong reasons for believing that the damages in
this case has been greatly over-estimated II this
be true 1t furnishes an illustration Of the danger OF
trusting entirely to &c parte testimony In such mat
tiers. u. s. GRANT.
WASHINGTON, June !, 1872
At hal-past four O'Clock the Senate took q re-
cess until half-past seven p M.
Evening Session..
Mr.. FOREMAN, rcp.) OF Va, called up the bill to
relieve the political and legal disabilities Of Charles
~. Faulkner, of West Virginia. Passed.
bill authorizing the First National Bank of An
napolis, Md, to change Its location to Baltimore,
and to change Its name to the Traders National
Bank. Passed.
BILLS PASSED.
The following bills, reported from the Committee
on Patents, was called up and passed.
BY Mr.. Ferry, of Connectcut-TO amend the act \
to revise consolidate and amend the statutes re-
atng to patents and copyrights. For the relief of
The House bill for the relief OF Chester c. Tolman
for the relief OF Casta Il. Cox for the relief OF
oughby of Vneland N j.. the House bill to enable
William Sellers and Coleman Sellers to make app-
cation for extension OF letters patent for i'm
lprovement In coupling for shaiting
BY Mr. HAMILTON, OF Md.-House bill for the relief
OF Charles P. s. Wardell.
BY Mr. WINDoM.-'Fhe House bill for the relief OF
Sarah 8. Trap, executrix OF William Trapp, de-
ceased.
Simon Savage.
TERRITORIAL RAILROAD BILL.
Mr.. PQHERoy, (rep.l OF Kansas, called up the
General Railroad bill for the Territories, which he
and Mr.. Stewart advocated.
Mr.. BAyARD objected to a bill Of such Importance
being brought up AT this time.
Mr.. BLAIR, tdem.) of Mo-, alluded to the anxiety
! to pass u railroad bill when bills OF the greatest
public interest were prevented from being acted
on The Steamboat bill which concerned the lives
pf N
whole country, was obstructed in the interest OF
certain patentees.
alluded to him as being actuated by the wishes of
any patenteesp
Mr.. BLAIR said that what he had said should
stand He did not intend to modify 1t, and II Mi.
Conkling chose TO assume that it applied to him he
was welcome so to do.
Mr.. CoNKLING was surprised that gentleman of
n the known personal courage of Mr.. Blair should
y decline 10 state just what he did mean. lie (Mr.
Conkling) would now say that If the Senator or
any one else said that he was influenced In his OPP
position to this bill by the wishes of any paentees
he, or whoever said so, said what was false.
Il to the question but by the Senator from New York
\ for he did not propose to be dragooned by that
Senator, who spoke with that great air OF his which
was SO wen known to the Senator.
THE ApPoRTI0NMENT BILL.
The bill under discussion then went over and the
sundry Civil Appropriation bill was proceeded with.
n The following amendments were adopted-Appro-
priating 100000 to enable the Secretary OF the
to collect tSa ptr nute ana sates
u and to collect procure and preserve all
Vouchers papers records and EVIDENCE nc appro
the waters Of the Gulf States and of the Mississippi
Valley, and Of other food fishes into the waters of
the United States, to which they are best adapted
n The clauses in reference to reimbursing the
Board OF Public Works of the District OF Columbia
for moneys used in paving r0adways, sidewalks,
&C., adjoining the government property, were re-
served.
a ANOTHER TUssLE OVER INDUCEMENTS.
The resolution in reference to the adjournment
N was at this point received from the House, with
B an amendment fixing the time of adjournment Tor
I'd Monday, June 10.
Mr.. SHERMAN, (rep;l Of Wis, moved that the
Senate concur in the House amendment.
Mr.. CHANDLER opposed concurrence and advo-
4 Gated the appointment of committee of CON
j ference
y Mr. CoNKLING expressed his willingness to adopt
a the House amendment, referring to the eXtraor-
Il binary essays or whatever you may call them, de-
u vered in the Senate Chamber yesterday and in
n tended to influence the Philadelphia Convention. He
Thought they might well be left to the Intelligence
OF the 200 delegates to that Convention many OF
Y public. II this amendment was non-concurred in
y 1t would most probably necessitate AZ extra SEES
sion.
Y Mr. CHANpLER-very well. One OF the main rea-
sons why ! want non-concurrence Is that there
may be an extra session What nave we TO lose by
q to gain, while the enemy is demorazet
= and absolutely routed before the fight begins
VI Those brutal assaults made here yesterday upon
~ man who could not answer because he was not
"A member of this body-those brutal assaults upo'
N0 one OF nOSL nONoTcu Ueil tS Hdttou eve
~ saw, will react with terrific force upon thei
III authors.
B. Mr. POOLE (rep.) of N. c., moved an amendmen
IA fixing the time OF adjournment on Thursday
y June 20.
r. Mr.. CoNKLING said he should vote for the amend
X ment, because since he had spoken he had been in
formed that there was disposition on the part o
the House to grant further extension If the Sen
ate desired and further, by reason Of the Conven
4 ton next week, many members OF both houses
would be absent.
: Mr. WILSON, rep, of Mass. thought it best to
tl,aI hapf
deavor to finish up the business and Ii 1t could not
70 be done, ask the House for u further extension.
The Senate had made great mistake
y in fixing so early day OF adjournment. He
advised his political associates not to engage
in any political debates, for they were utterly
; prodtless The people cared nothing about them
and all the speeches that had been made in the
= Senate since last December had not changed five
votes
The amendment OF Mr.. Pool was rejected-yeas
Mr. PoMERoy moved to insert Saturday, June IS,
as the time for adjournment.
Mr. Howe Tep0, OF Wis, was willing to vote for
& the time fixed by the House, although he thought
there was enough business to keep Congress here
for four weeks. He might not, perhaps feel salts.
fed To go away without hearing replies to the
speeches that were made yesterday, but he wond
be consoled with the knowledge that the people had
: answered. They had, in fact, answered them a
year ago.
Mr. CAMERON, (rep) of Pa, had for fifty years
seen parties rise, eliminate and fall in the
A try, and had never seen an instance In which men
who abandoned their parties did not claim still TO
be members Of It. But the result was always their
own destruction because the people would no
more trust a traitor to his party than they would
trust traitor to his country.
The amendment of Mr.. Pomeroy was rejected
j. Yeas Z; nays 35.
Mr. Pool then moved that the Senate adjourn,
his object being he stated, to compel an adjourn
ment on Monday, which would necessitate an extra
session.
The motion to adjourn was lost by large ma
Orty and the Senate then concurred in the amend
ment of the House extending the time to Monday,
June 10-Ayes, AZ; nays, 49,
Mr.. LOGAN called up the bill appropriating $4,000
for an equestrian statue Of General Rawlins and 1t
4 was passed.
p. NJ, adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, June /, 1872.
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