The sun., 1872-04-24
THE G0ATISLAND BUSINESS
EFFIGY SARGENT GETS THE toa
IHROUGH THE HOUSE.

Manly Protest OF General Banks The pm0,
men Drive II Through-Now Let Cou,,,..
Give Half or Govcrnor's Island ,o a.,
Harlem Railroad Company,
WAsHtNGToN, April 23.-ln the Ilou.e 10
day, Mr.. WHEELER Rep. N. " called I'M tho
bill granting TO the Central Pacinc R,ilro,d
Company the use Of one-halftbe Island ~ Yer
ba Iiucna, or Goat Island, IN the harbpr II san
Francisco, and offered n substitute for Il. rro-
Ndng for commission 20 FIX a sum e. bc uaid
by the company for the grant. lie addressed
the House in support Of the measure.
Mr.. SAHGENr uicp.. CALI supported the moa.-
uc and read a tel, gram signed by a maiurit, II
SIX u the California State Senate a body which
had Democratic majority recting a rc.uiu-
ton passed ythat body In fnvorof the measure.
~ had 10 say In reply to the structures of the
dRt CuVoI1tt1, which he called ditrcputable.
specnlating newspaper, that hc did not rcprc-
sent the city of san Francisco hut Cuurrcs-
~!pral district separated from that ritv and that
ne people uf his own district. ~ of the other
districts of the state, were almost unanimous
ia favor of this Lii.
ErrtGY sARGEST's MANNERS
Mr. Cox Dom. y " asked TO have rcad tcl-
eyrnm from san Francisco. showing "a diIcrcrt
state of things from that represented In the tel.
cptam read 10y Mr.. Sargent
Mr. WHEELER declined to Weld for that pur-
Mr. Cox expressed the opinion that the Siate
oI california was not represented here on this
Mr.. SARGENT-It Ia as well represented ne epv
state that can send here such an lnsignidcant
person as the gentleman COX Is.
Mr.. COX whO appeared not to have heard Mr.
SarHents remarll said he made no personal AZ
lusun to the gentleman when he said that Cali
iorna was not represented On this subiect
Mr.. SARGENT would Ike t. know who mnds
the gentleman the schoolmastcr Of me and my.
colleagues. '
Mr.. Cox--I represent my district here No
member OF Congress do not represent n bank:
40 not represent any port On Of Legislature.
represent IN this matter the property and pcO,
pie Of the United States which II now sought IN
be dcspoilcd by This special legislation.
Mr.. SAKGLNT- gentleman represents Tnrn-
sents NV
Mr. Cox. That is a blackguard remark.
On preliminary vote the friends of the hin
were IN the majority, lOO To ~
a VT, Ho,MAN ,l,, DEM Ind moved to lay the bin
Mr.. NlmACK Dem, Ind offered an amend
ment, reserving 10 Congress the right to alter,
amend or repeal the act. Agreed to.
RoBBlNG THE PEOPLE or CALIFoRNIA.
Mr.. Cox spoke against the bill as demoralizing
IN us tendency, He repeated that in his judg-
ment the members from California had not cor
state on the subject As 10 the Ala Cdtif,rrrfnL. rfL
with which the gentleman (Sargenu seemed to
have quarrel there was no more influential
paper on the Pacific const. except, perhaps, tho
sacramento Union and the san Francisco Bulc-
tn The lat or paper, VIII ch was the great paper
OF the Pacinc const. had been referred To- as IA
ypring this peculiar business, but he held IN hi.
hand extracts from editor als In that paper pro-
testing emphHtlcally against this bin.
Mr.. WOOD dem, ~ " argued against the
substitute as being even more objectionable
than the original LII. inasmuch as Il prr,iJnd
Tor the continuous and ncNct-cndinr use of the
island, on payment of a sum TO bc nNcd hv a
commission. lie sent to the Clerks dost and
had read rcsoluti N adpptrd ut a public uop'-
lul Ia san Francisco against the ua. sa..c og the
hill including eolutilns condciunug the ac-
uun ut members from that state.
rwo CAIIroRSA ErFIGWs.
c s5r laH f..t .
tonS had been offered In the state Icei-luture
and voted down 10y two-thirts vote.
Mr.. COGuLAN 0icp., Cal) advocated tlia hin
He said he had been frequently asked i'm rc,.id
70 the ANd California, whether 10 was NOT "a neat
ronlmerGill p3per. IL was a great commcra ID
dttier than any paper In the United States As
20 the recent act Of burning himself ami col
.ay was that the crowd that did that could lo
hired for sl3 10 burn our Saviour for lowing
reached the Sermon on the Mount. aid tle
itd 'WHoiHm could be hired for /. Il t. applaud
the deed.
GEN. BANKS OPPOSES THE jon.
Mr.. BANKs Rep, MassJ opposed the hin. and
-G'd that ihe same objections that were mado
and sustained AGAINST the ORIGINAL bin ,,cr. fse
strong ernlnst the proposed substitute. The
but a protest AGAINST the surrender Of IN. pr,,-
pcrty Of the United state, that was ncr,. .,ary
FIR It's defence, and arainst what would I,. J',
Irimental, II not destructive, to the hnrbYr and
cO OmlnCrcc OF san Francisco. lie oupusDd tho
eNasiye proposition as 10 the appointment ol
Of duty and power would be uuhecuminr, il not
Indecent on the part uf the House. lie appeal.
ed To the House, instead of giving time tp The
consideration of this bin To- attend tu ti, pri,i.
leg"s Of American citizens m chain i.iul.. Iu
foreign countries To attend to the DESTROYED
commerce uf the country t. reduce tire takes.
or To do any ~ those things which the uooiIa
expected them to do, instead Of abandoning tHe
property Of the country Hnt SUR, 0. Iariuv the
localtie7 necessary for the protection ~ lts
!lherttrs and its power, and the ualuttulureuf
it, commercial privileges.
GIVE THE HARLEM RAILROAD CovLgSuH's
IsLANp,
Mr.. WHEELER defended the hin anu r,Ili.d
90 what he called the stale and tyl .Il,d argue
Wnut that the bill would Interfere vim fIe
military dciences or with the harbor of S.u
Francisco
Mr.. Woop inquired whether Mr.. yLe.ler
would fuprou propos ION tu give to the lltr-
lem Railroad Company the use If half uI tu,.
oruors Island. in New York harhor
Mr.. WHEELER did not know tilt hc ,,puld
hut he would support prlpu' itiuu u Pill 70 10. ii
necessary, or he would arrc tLat The .i,IeIt
should appoint commission to ppurgi-a its
value and sell he uHe of IL.
MT. HANkS moved an amendment rnlulriuc
tNr President to approve ~ the aw1it 1T ~.
cUmmi~si"n rs before the railroad company ,...
take possession.
Mr.. WHEELER asscnted To- that amendment,
and II was agreed to.
Without making any further progress ON the
hll, the llouse,at O'Clock, took recess ,.ll hui