The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-16
42d CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, March 10.
HOUSE.

Mr.. BEATTY, from tho Committee ol
Printing, announced that the committe
had prepared bill for printing the Con
gressional proceedings which would ro
duce the expense $l50000 u year; bu
notwithstanding this, the proprietors o
the Glos were lobbying to get passed. ol
Monday next. the Senate bill which wOult
give them $4,000 more than the work i
worth.
The House then resumed the consilera
tion Of the Senate bill extending the tint
In which To complete the Lake st. Croi'
Railroad.
Mr.. KRTCHAM gavO tho hour he had Il
close the debate To the opponents Of thu
bill.
Mr.. BUTLER, of Mass, replied to thl
points made by Mr., CoNaER as to tho ole
States having received all the public land
within their limits.
Alter debate, the House proceeded t.
vote on the bill.
Mr.. STRONG said II anything revived
the Democratic party It would be Its pre-
sumed opposition to land grants, and thI
presumed support OF them by the Repub
llcan party.
Mr.. HAY, Of Illinois, wanted his con
stituents to know that under the rules he
had but two minutes in which to Oppose
the bill. He referred to the statement o
another Senator, that tho most extraOrdi
nary chapter Of American legislation wa!
the land grant legislation OF Congress.
MIR. RANDALL offered all amenlmen
requiring the State Of Wisconsin TO refunt
all monies received from the timber cu
and sold on these lands, or from stump
age, or penalties from trcspaSsers.
Mr.. TYNER opposed the bill, and said i
was in the interest Of swindlers.
Mr.. HAZLETON advocated tho bill, and
said its defeat would benefit the Northern
Pacific road, tho greatest monopoly in thu
country.
The discussion was closed by Mr.
STEVENSON in opposition to the bill, who
argued that the road was not needed
that 1t was mere speculation. The lands
were worth fifteen million dollars, and
that would build the road twice over
The reason the road had not been bull
before was because the company had
been waiting for the lands 10 increase in
value.
The House proceeded to vote on the
bill and amendments.
The first vote taken was, on the motion oI
Mr.. ELDRTDGE, TO strike from the amend.
ment reported by the committee the sen
tence forbidding the construction that the
act granted lands in lieu of other lands
which might be selected by tho Northern
Pacific Railroad Co., or as sgranting any
coal lands. The motion was agreed TO.
The next vote was on Mr.. KiLLNGER'e
amendment, requiring the rails used on
the road to be of American manufacture
by 10 to 1872.
The next vote was on the substitute
providing that all lands granted by Con.
gress in 1856 and 1864 shall lhenceforward
be subject to homestead entry and settle.
ment, under the homestead act Of May,
1862; and no part OF such lands shall bO
settled or inure to the benefit of the rail.
road company.
The following is the vote in detail:
YEAs-Messrs. Adams, Amber. Arch.
er, Beatty, Biggs, Bingham, Braxton,
Burlington, Burchard, Burdett, Carroll, Of
N. Y; Coburn, Coghlan, Grebbs, Gretch.
er, Grassland, Darrall, Dawes, Dickey,
Finkelnburg, Farmer, Garfield, Harmer
Harris, Hawley, Hayes, Herman, Kelley,
OF Pa, Killinger, King, Lewis, Lowe,
Manson, -, Mcclellan, McKin.
ney, Mercur, Merriam, Merrlck, Monroe
Mitchell, Packer, Perry, OF o., Porter
Robinson, Rusk, Shanks, Smith, of O..
Snyder, Sprague, Stevenson, Storm
Strong, Turner, Van Trump, Voorhees,,
Whitcley, Whitthorne, vii
son, oi Ind, Wilson, OF O., and also Orr.
The bill as thus amended passed, with
but little change, -
On motion Mr. KETcHuM so dcclar-
ed forfeited TO the United States
lands granted TO the Wisconsion reserve,
under the homestead law. .g
House adjourned. Session tomorrow
for debateonly. rs,5Si5!sE
SENATE.
Mr.. TRUMBULI, in q personal Gxplana.
lion, pronounced as malicious and prepoS.
ferrous, the charges OF HASTINGS, OF Mich.
that he (TRuNlDuLL) pocketed ten thou'
sand dollar fee In the McArdle case.
Mr.. CHANDLER replied. Mr.. TRUM-
BULL was called to order by the VlCe'
President for using opprobio1s language
The tariff bill was then taken up and
Mr. SHERMAN addressed the Senate
thereon.
Mr.. RAMSEY, from the Committee
on Postoftlces, reported with amend
ments, the House bill Furnishing by fine
and imprisonment the contracting ior
mail and falling or refusing TO carry out
the contract.
Mr.. TRUMDULL rose and sent TO the
desk TO be read an extract OF q Washing
ton letter of MIR. HASTINGS, Of Michigan
charging that he had illegally pocketed a
$4,000 fee in the McArdle case In the
Supreme Court. having been employed t
the United States by Presiden
johnson; and charging tllat the vote OF
the Impeachment trial WAS influenced BY
this Zee, and calling for All investigation
by the Senate.
Mr.. TRUAtRUM. said during seventeen
years service in the Senate he had mover
before made personal explanation, al
though he had been miEepresented. HI
denounced tho charge US malicious anc
preposterous, and produced letters Il
show that he was employed. not by John
son, but by Stanton and General Grant
two months before the articles agains
johnson, and before tho fec was fixed
He charged that the letter was writer
by man in the employment Of the Gov
ernment, and intimSted that tho chargl
had been made for the purpose of injuriDl
him because he was hostile TO the intlu
ence by which he was kept in office. III
also referred to resolution offered to tn
Secretary some time ago.
Mr. CHANDLER replied, and denicC
that lie had ever brought a charge tina
Mr.. TRuMBuLL had been employed b.
Mr.. johnson, and said his object was 4
ascertain whether the Senator had vic
lated the law. He believed he had.
The VICE PRRsIDENT called MI