Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-22

! said, and if there is committee of investi
cation raised, IWill prove it.
Morgan-Yes, aud am ready to back it
| [Laughters and cries Of loudeE1 "a ssss q
Sargent TO Randall --Iell me what spe
cific thing has been done q.
Randall-Undue influence, wicked in
iuence has been at work to induce Con
gress to increase this approximation unnec
essarily and unwarrantably, and 1 know
the language use and the purport of it,.
Sargent-.The point ask is, what specific
thing you charge?
Randall am not going TO be catechised
Mr.. Sargent-You spoke of members be
ing influenced. What members?
Mr.. Randall-The gentleman cannot
chase me into NATURALIZATION. If he
feels aggrieved BY anything said, be knows
his remedy.
Mr.. Sargent-That is all nonsense. The
gentleman speaks of unworthy means being
used by members, and l ask him what
members?
Mr.. Randall said there were wicked
influences at work inside and outside this
hall.
Mr.. Sargent That is not specific.
MFR. Banks-I object to Interruptions. and
1 call the gentleman from California to
order.
Mr.. Storm That gentleman is entirely
TOO sensitive ABOUT the Goat Island and
Pacific steamship Company.
Mr.. Sargent-It is not about Pig-iron.
Mr.. StoTm-Oh, ] am not sensitive
about That.
The debate was further continued by
Banks, Brooks, Bingham, Townsend, (New
York; Kelly, FaRnsworth, Maynard and
Palmer in support of the proposition and
Wood, Shellabager, Niblack, Coburn, Mar
shall and Spear, of pennsylvania in opposi-
tiOn. % 40
Holman moved to amend by reducing
amount subsidy to 100000 a year. Mega
tived, yeas .SS, nays 100.
On motion of Mr.. Speer, of Pennsylvania,
the time for contracting for additional. SER
vices was limited to three months after
the passage of the act, and on motion Of Mr..
Butler, of Massachusetts,, the engines and
machinery of the ships, as well as the ships
themselves, were required to be wholly Of
American construction.
Senate proposition, as thus amended, was
then agreed to. Yeas 100, nays SO. i. =.
Senate amendment, striking out the sec
ton which prohibits persons, who have
held Office in any department, from prose-
cutting claims in such department, within
two years of their leaving Office, was
rejected.
House went into Committee of Whole
on sundry'eivil appropriations bill. After
progressing through couple of pages of
the bill, much time having been taken up
in discussing the character of the supervi-
sing architect of the treasury, the Commit
tee rose and the house took recess till
7:3O, pm, -
The Treaty of Washington.
Inthe evening session Mr.. Banks reported
back Mr.. Buffers resolution on Sir Stafford
Northcote's statement, and Mr.. Butler ad-
dressed the House, expressing an opinion
that the Presidents answer shows that
the utterance of Northcote have either
been misrepresented or misconceived, or
he Northcote, entirely mistaken Mr..
Butler himself had substantial grounds for
saying that Northcote was wholly wrong.
Mr.. Butler then spoke at length in oppo-
sition to the supplemental treaty, saying we
should say to Great Britain, your course
leaves US no alternative. You did not ap-
peal to our sense of right, but to our fears,
and between us there can be no further
covenant.
Both Butler and Banks, the latter of
whom also made few remarks, expressed
the belief that no war would result from
the failure of the treaty.
Adjourned,