The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-24
/. 42d CONGRESS.
HOUSE.

ing the. statement Of the Secretary o
War that he has not been able TO find thI
records and proceedings OF the court 9
inquiry in the case 0f Mai. Gen. Buell.
aud authorizing the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs 10 send for persons and paper!
with IL view OF asCertaing what has be-
come Of such record, and who Is responsi
bic for the loss. Agreed to.
The resolution excluding cx.membGrt
Of Congress from the floor Of the House
when they were interested in any meas
ures under consideration was taken up.
Mcssrs. BANKS and SCHoFIELp support
ed the resolution.
Messrs. BINGIIAM and BUTLER support.
cd the resolution, which was subsequently
rCCOmmittGd
The. bill granting tho Central Pacific
Railroad portion Of Goat Island in the
harbor OF San Francisco was taken up.
Mr.. WHEELER offered n substitute fOl
it providing for u committee TO fix the
sum TO be paid by the Company Tor the
grant. He proceeded TO address the
House in support oi his substitute.
Mr.. SARGENT supported the measure,
and claimed that the people of his State
were almost unanimously in favor of this
bill. He said that the Alta Californian,
which called his name in question, in con.
necton with this matter, was a disrepu-
table and speculative newspaper, and no
one, except the dirty scOundrel who edits
it, had ever dared impcach his motives.
He believed the bill would benefit the
business mGn Of San Francisco by bring.
ing AsiNLic commerce to their shores.
Mr.. Cox expressed the opinion that the
State OF California was not represented
here on this subject
Mr. SARGENT-lt is US well represented
as any State can be here
Mr.. Cox, who appeared not to have
heard Mr.. SARGENT's remark, said he
made no personal allusiOn to the gentle.
man, when he said that California was
not represented on this subject
Mr.. SARGENT should like 10 know
who made the gentleman schoOlmaster OF
me and my colleagues?
Mr.. COX-I represent my district here
as q member of Congress. do not rep.
resent bank. l do not represent any
portion Of the Legislature. l represent
in this manner the property and people of
the United States, which is now sought
to be disported by this special legislation.
Mr.. SARGENT-The gentleman repre-
scnts Tammany and nothing else, that is
what he represents.
Mr.. CoX-That is q blackguard remark
on the friends Of the bill in the majority
100 to 70.
Mr.. HOLMAN moved to table the bill
Negatlved by 70 to 90.
Mr.. NIBLACK offered an amendment
reserving TO Congress the right TO alter,
amend or repeal the act. Adopted.
AIr. Cox denounced the bill as demor.
alizing, and spoke cnergetiCally on the
ANG Californian, Sacramento Union and
San Francisco Bulletin.
Mr.. WooD opposed the substitute rs
more objectionable than the original bill,
us it provides for the ncver.endiug use
Of the island on the payment OF sum
to he fixed by q Commission.
Mr.. CoGLAN objected 10 the bill, and
said the Alta paper could be bought
cheaper and do dirticr work than any
other paper in the United States. Tho
crowd that bnrned himself and colleagues
in cliigy in San Francisco, could be hired
for thirteen dollars to burn our Saviour
Tor having preached the sermon on the
Mount, and the alta could be hired for
fourteen dollars to applaud the deed
Mr.. BANKS opposed, and Mr.. WHEELER
defended the bill.
Mr.. BANKS moved an amendment re.
Quiring the President 10 approve IN
award Of Commissioners before railway
company can take possession.
Mr.. WHEELER Rssented to that amend.
ment, and it was agreed 10.
Without making any further progress
on the bill, the House took u recess till
7:S0 p. NJ, the evening session to be for
the consideration of the pension bills.
SENATE.
Mr.. SPENCER asked consent to reply to
some OF MIR. TRUMBULL's remarks made
Nt the Cooper Institute meeting, New
York.
Mir. HAMLN objected to the deficiency
bill being taken up.
MIR. BAYARD continued his remarks
against Mr.. MoRRILL's amendment until
the expiration Of the morning hour, when
the North Carolina election case came up,
Mr.. COLE moved to lay it on the table.
Lost,
Mr.. CARPENTER again made legal
argument in reply 10 Mr.. THURMAN in
favor Of admitting Mr.. ABBOTT to q seat
in the Senate. The question was taken
on the minority report admitting Mr., AB
BoTr and was rejected.
Mr.. SUMNER then resumed the con-
sideration Of the deficiency bill, and MIR.
BAYARD concluded his remarks on the
pending amendment limiting tho jurisdic.
ton Of the Court OF Claims.
MeSsrs. CoNKLING and FRELISGuuYsEN
favored tho amendment
Mr.. MoRToN also advocated it and
predicted that il the Democratic party
should come into power the constitutional
amendments would be ignored, and all
legal distinctions between loyal men and
rebels blotted out.
Mr.. EDMUNDs took the same view and
spoke Of the Cincinnati Convention as
designed 10 be the nuclus of the party
which would be the same as the Demo.
cratic party in everything but name.
Mr.. THURMAN said he was not one OF
those who had been expecting great results
from the Cincinnati Convention, but from
the unCasiness and anxiety in regard to it
shown by two distinguished Senators
(MoRTON and EDMUNDs) he began to
think lie had been mistaken. These Sen.
ators seemed to fear stampede from
their own ranks, and 10 have taken This
occasion 10 warn their lieutenants
throughout the country to watch the
troops lest they should desert. Unless
on this hypothesis, he could not account
Tor their making stump speeches on the
pending question, designed to alarm timid
people, and attacking the Cincinnati
movement in the absence of those Senninrs