The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-01-15
HOUSE.

Mr.. Bingham, OF Ohio, from the Ju-
dietary Committee, reported a bill TO
amend the act OF the eighth Of June,
1872, providing for holding q United
States Circuit Court in the Western
District of Missouri. Passed.
Mr.. Potter, Of New York, introduced
bill extending the time Tor the com
pletion OF the Portage Lake and Lake
Superior canal. Passed.
Mr.. Hawley, of Illinois, from the
Committee on Public Lands, reported q
bill for the relief of the inhabitants OF
the town of Arcedis, Humbolt county,
California. Passed.
The House then, at P. NJ, went
into a Committee of the Whole, Mr..
Stevenson, of Ohio, in the chair, on the
legislative, executive and Judicial ap'
preparation bill, the pending question
being the amendment offered by MIR
Randall, of Pennsylvania, last Satur-
dav, providing that no money shall be
paid to any railroad company for the
trans portation OF mails or troops. while
such companies are in Default for inter
est on bonds issued by the Government
Mr.. Beck, OF Kentucky, who had
been on the Conference Committee on
the army appropriation bill OF lo'2,
which contained the section relieving
the Pacific Railroad Company, ex
planned and justified the action OF the
Senate and of the Conference Commit
tee, and argued that the section had not
been surreptitiously introduced; but
had been elsborately argued 10 the
Senate, and inserted there by vote OF
sc to Is. the House Con ference Com
mittee had asked that the question be
laid on the table. Beck had called
attention to it as a very serious and oo-
jectionable piece OF legislation. NO
man in the House had opposed the
provision or called for division on II
and it was too late now for any one 10
assert that there was ANYTHING surrep'
titious in the action OF the committee.
Why did they wait till the country was
ufamed and until the mention Of the
Credit Mobilier OF. the Union Pac'nc
railroad was like shaking a red flag In
the eeyes Of an angry bull? He declared
now, while admitting the legislation was
objection able. that the law Of 1862 and
of 1864, as decided by the Judiciary
Committee Of the Senate, and as deci-
ded by the language Of the law itself
only gave the Government the right to
retain one-balf OF the interest. No
friend OF his, no constituent OF his, NO
colleague OF his knew anything about
the Credit Mobelier, or held stock in
auy OF those companies. :,
NJ. D ives, Of Massachusetts, asked
Mr.. Beck to state that he (Dawes) was
no, in the House when that conference
report on the army appropriation bill
was made. and that the Senste amend e
ments had never been referred to the
appropriate committee.
Mr.. Beck said it was the fact that
Mr.. Dawes WAS absent on another con-
ference committee when the report WA
made and that Mr.. Randall was also
sbsent on a conference committee.
Mr.. Randall, of Pennsylvania, ar
eued that If the original law gave this
privilege to the railroad companies
there wss no necessity Of inserting that
proyision in the army Appropriation
bill of 1872 His motion now was TO
nut the government back where It had
been before, and let Mr.. Boutwell,, who
wss an upright and honest officer. con :.
tend with AID throttle these railroad
com psnies, and then whoever would
suffer, would suffer under the just dis.
pensation Of the lsw.
By coumou consent hr. Rapda!Pi
amendment was Withdrawn and the
following amendment substituted for It
a. offered BY Mr.. Hibbard, Of New
Hampshire:
"Thss the section Of the Army Ap-
nropriation Bill, offered March Sd,
1871, is hereby repealed, and it shall BE-
the duty OF the Secretary to apply 81
such sums Of money ss are now or snsil
| become due to either OF the taelhe
Railroad Com panies, embraced With The
urovision Of said section, from the Uni
ted States for transportation OF troops
mpplies, mails or otherwise. to the pay
] i-.t ~ ;ndshtsdneas of euoh COMPANY