The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-04
TIE THREE JOBS.
Graphic Sketch Of the Great Bat
ties Of the Lobby.
Bayfield, and st. CrOiX, Goat Island
and Pacific Mail.
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The Honest Leaders and the Bead
and Wounded.
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EFFECT OF The HERALD'S REVELAI IcNS.
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Utter Failure of the Jobbers and
Their Schemes.
EFFECT OF THE HERALD'S REVELATIONS.
THE SENATE AND TIE THIEVES.


KNEW was doing good work. had seen these
people, day after day, the floors OF Congress- in
the corridors, III the Hobbies OF the House and the
Senate In the galleries, every where. good round
shot, knew, would scatter them. Tie wrath OF
the HERALD, felt, would be worth hundred
speeches. When The shot fell 1t fell ike thunder
bolt from serene sky IL was as II the flood gates
OF heaven had been opened ana deluge poured
down upon an amazed multitude lost In bewilder.
ment at the sudden storm. For weeks the lobby
had been industriously at work All their schemes
were ready. congressman mad been ''seenu anu
virtue had been bartered. The moment was oppOr-
tune, because the important jobs OF the session.
those which would shape the legislation Of the
Forty-second Congress were then before, or about
to come before, the House. MIR. John stuart Mill's
remarkable Image OF the vutures preying upon the
people, with one greater yulture-the government
itself-drawlng The vtsls out VI the heart Of the
nation was asa.i Receiving te highest sanction as
to s truth by the presence or the birds oil prey In
the Capitol. Now the storm has cleared away; but
slough the vutures have flown they are not dead.
The air Is sweet again, but subject 10 the atmos-
pheric changes which may corrupt it IN an hour.
This Is good time for review OF the defeat OF the
LOBBY, and history oil their work, SO far, IN the
present session oil Congress.
THE bayfield, AND ST. CROIX JOB.
1t Is q common remark that the Senate will pass
anything. 1t IS talking body full OF so much purity
that no impurity de6les IL. And when 1t commits a
Migrant anu scandalous outrage upon the country
It clings to The wrong to the end. This is notably
30 in the case OF the bayfield, and St Croix Railroad
land grant swlndle. When the measure came be-
fore the House for action it came with the sanction
and endorsement of the Senate. Nobody had seen
lit TO fight 1T IN what ought TO be termed In derisioL
the upper house.n Even among the Representa-
lives an easy victory was anticipated. When IL had
been read second time Mr.. Rusk, OF Wisconsin,
moved that it be put upon Its passage. Mr. Holman
wished 10 discuss the bill, and Mr. RusK, VINO had
the floor, was willing to accord him ten minutes
ten minutes lin which to oppose all the land grant
Jobs OF the session. In the end, although 100000
acres OF land, worth from five to twenty dollars per
acre. were involved, he refused to yield az oil. The
friends OF the measure PREDETERMINED to have
the discussion altogether on their side OF
the question, and Mr. Hazelton led Off
with an assault on the Northern Pacific Rail.
road contendng that II mis- road did not get these
lands the other would. Mr.. Eldrdge had never
voted for land grants, but in haste to have this
one passed in tlmo for action upon 1t by the WIS.,
C0nsin Legislature, and this was urged as reason
for not accepting Mr.. Holmans amendment thai
the grant should be construed to apply only to the
lands which would inure to the benefit Of the North
ern Pacific II the act JAILED 10 pass. Several menl
berS put themselves IN line with the job during tie
first days llibustering, Mr.. Peters declaring that
the adoption OF Holman's amendment would re-
quire the bill be sent pack TO the Senate. and M.
Hoar also Directing TO 1t. The voting showed great
strength for the bill and an easy victory was
tcipatcd, even wnen the House adjourned, adjourn.
ment being assented to only because victory seemed
assured. This was on the 2Sth day OF February, and
before the Ist day OF March 1t was hoped tue mea.
sure would be passed.
the morning OF the second day opened with the
same spirit prevailing among the friends Of the bill
as on the previous day. Mr. Holman asked for an
hours debate and Mr.. Peters objected. Mr.. Steven
son asked to have letter from the Committee on
Public Lands read and MI. ScoheId objected.
Every device to secure fair consideration OF the
measure Jailed TIL MI. Cox intmated mat he wanted
TO present protest from members Of both sides of
the House against the passage OF the bill. 1t could
NOT have been presented but II 1t had been signed.
as 1t certainly would have been, by the most con-
spicuously honest men IN Congress, 1t would have
been equivalent 10 Indictment before the bar OF
public opinion OF every man voting Tor the measure.
The returning sense OF the House, however, made
this extreme resort unnecessary, and the
motion to order the bill to a third
reading was recOnsidered, Mr. HANKS, OF
Arkansas, having the noor. MI. Hanks yielded ten
minutes OF his time to Mr.. Cox. On the previous
day Mr.. Cox had remarked in his half humorous
measure were acting In the direct line Of
the Presidents Message on this question and
had suggested that the Presidents political frends
who favored the bill should read it, Whom the
Speakers hammer fell he was reading 1t himself
and asked for time, he said to finish the elegant
extract Mr.. hay objected though II was clearly
none OF Mr.. Hays business, Mr.. Hanks alone having
the control Of the time. MIR. Hanks gallansiy said
Mr.. Cox could have as much time as he wanted. and
Hanks yielded to Mr.. Stevenson, and Mr. Stevenson
made q most able speech. As the debate proceeded
Mr.. Rusk grew anxious ana several times asked
for the favors he had refused the day before. Mr..
Holman finished the hour. BY that time the TIDE
nad completely turned. A motion TO lay the bill on
Inc table iaiied by only single vote. The debate
was then allowed 10 proceed and the friends OF the
job were accorded the privileges they had SO
strenuoasy denied to its opponents vote was
not reached when the House adjourned but tho bill
was dead for the House had ordered 10 be recon-.
mitted TO the Committee on Public Lands, with In.
etructions to amend so as not to enlarge the grant
TO the Northern Pacific Railroad or TO allow that
road TO select other lands in lieu oil the lands granted
by the bill.
~. THE FIRST STAGE ENDED
The parliamentary phase OF advancing bill an
other stage may be given wider significance ana
made apply TO the phases which mark the 1ortane1l
OF the measure Such stage e. mat which have
Just narrated IS In itself q Complete history OF the
pard work as well as the pyplay OF legislation. 1t
ID The lobby, both In and out OF Congress, which
gives dramatic effect to the proceedings on the
Moor. lftherc was no lobby fear there would be
pe no eioqucnce, AMI am sarc there would he no
such persistence III wrons.doing. IN this case the
lobby first appeared actively at work In behalf OF
One-perhaps two-oi the worst Jobs OF the session.
To allow the Bayfield, and st. Croix land grant was
aDalpa6ie swindie; not TO allow It, Its friends SAID
wouN be even more nagrant swlndle. what were
the ifisnds Of honesty TO do IN "A emergency ike
inis-an emergency where one railroad demanded
large part OF tho public domain and declared that
not 10 give 1t TO them would DC 10 make q worse
disposition Oft? Clearly 10 deny the grant to either
and let the hired adherents OF bo.n surge over