, 1873-02-22
HOUSE.

to want Of timo for aotion. Maxwell mover
appeared boforo the Commfttoe to contest tho
seat Of Hooper, Of Utah.
Mr. M HAMAEY, Of Connecticut, presented a
wqs 3n, ordered 1 q; printed,
non for tho Btatuo Of General Phillip Koarnoy.
On motion Of Mr. BUnNET, the Bubstituto
for tho sonnte bill passed. for tho roller OF cer-
TAN ntinn IN =, hn oSntEa suPe1ntendenoy
Government building, ut parkersburg, ". Va,
WaB passed.
On motion OF Mr. .rINKE1NBuna, the senuto
amonuments n9ll to the bill providing for holding
rcd In.
On motion Of, hIr. PACKARD, tho sonate
amendment to tho House bill to enforce tho
was concurreet in.
Mr. DUN .NELI n moved 70 suspend the ru1o.
ana pass 90 bill granting the right Of way to the
Atchison, Topeka L. Santa Fo Railroad Com
Mr. r,UNNELL modified tho bill 80 rs to re-
aate 81 t TAO grant for depot purposon from twenty
:, NJ: HOLMAN qndiana) said that the objoo-
tor as would bo withdrawn # the power to mort
gage wore struck OUT but Nlr. TWTTOHELL
Feennr'ked that that would make tho bill ueolcas.
~. HOLMAN asked that tho rule be read
HAAI pTOuQlt8 mEnDeTH 1fQm Y0tllK on mat
tors in which they have an interest.
=, y no SPEAKER asked Mr. Holman to indicate
thf members to whom le reforred.
y, A1r. HOLMAN said no understood that M1.
hlr. TWiTOHELL donied that statoment, and
aaid that tho bill proposed . distinct corpora
tion, in which therc was nobody yet Interested.
The SPEAKER intimated that tho timo for
making tho point OF order WAS after tho n,o1nbor
11r. nANDALL-1f he should not vote, he
should not lobby either.
=, After somo further colloquy, in which n1r.
Mr. COX said ho had not Witnessed anything
more shaming to tho House than tho fact of q
President Of . railroad company, for whose
bono1it the bill was under consideration, stand
ing up and arguing In hiB own interest. Thoy
might talk about membern being Interested in
Begsemer steel, and Credit Mobilior. and Na-
tioual Dankg, but he had mover soon q worse
exhibition since ho had been member Of tho
House. He hoped tho gentleman would 500 that
for tho public credit Of tho body he should
noithor vote nor talk for tho measure.
Mr. TW1TOHELL- the gentleman $50
| any Credit 11obilier in this?
Mr. cox made no reply, and then, nftor d
| somewhat tart interchange Of viowR boti7een tho
| Speaker and Randall over~tho procedure, tho
House proceeded to vote OH tho motion to sua-
| pond the rules aud paHs the blu. Tho motion
waH rojoctod-yeas, 05 nays, 71-not two-thirds
| III the affirmative.
WASTE PAPER.
lTr, PRICE, from, the Committee On Printing,
reported a resolution to print 255. 900 copies Of
| the agricultural reports Of 1872. Laid over.
Tho Houso, ut O'Clock, went into Committee
Of tho Whole, Mr. Tynor in tho chair, on the
aundry
CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr. HALE moyod Rl amendment 0ppropriat-
ing s5U0,00 for tho purchase Of an addition to
| tho Hite Of the Boston Post Office, provided that
tho city Of Boston shall widen Congress street
along. the proposed new front Of tho building,
streets, where tho buildings hayo been de-
stroyol BY fire, to at least sixty feet:
Mr. FARNsWORTH opposed, and Mr. BUT
LEh advocated tho amendment. Tho vote was
taken On Mr. Hale'a amendment, which came
from tho Committee On Appropriations ana was
On an amendment ofrerpd by h1r. FARMS
WORTH, requiring NIL Government buildings to
after public adyortisement, discussion sprung
up, in which h1r. FarnBworth denounced tho
manner In which tho granite for tho TreaHury
building, tho Now York and Boston Post Clflcos,
piled. He connected tho contractors for supply
inG tho Dix Island grauite and tho Cape Ann
Company with rings extending into the House
and Bonnto. The Credit Mobilior Ring WAS
were piu,adoring tic treasury. The Government
had plenty OF money, mud it was being shoyeucd
out to those rings BY millions.
1Ir. DAWES said tlip contractors whom tho
gentleman had alluded 70 ,oeelongoa TO no rings,
aud Wero not represented IN any ring ir tho
iAouso or senaso' or na tao country. Inc son5
tlenan anonlu d r. 1s ait i1' anu
ast.onv +hnt fhaao ',omtrnntars fah H. ,rronpe
10 4,'a,an+ ~ ~ at,t ~ ,rn 1oiior ~
shnrid nradmon Il ~ 40 49,, Ii. attoutin,, ~
tl,ose + tGero worc:an,1 snc1, whn Xii ha1nng ~
tho riings. Aftor further discussion the 9 amond- l.
e.u,t ms oiaotad ~ 'A''A .eAo
't'f snhsc1nent1v % I,ovovor tim anoandua,t woa
Admitted In a modified fam. ''"
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