Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-01

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the UnitedStates for interest upon the bonds
OF the United States issued to any such
company and which shall not have been re-
imbursed,and any such company may bring
suit in the court Of claims to recover so
much OF the price of such freight and trans
portation as shall have been Withheld, and
| In such suit the right Of such company to
recover the same upon the law and the
facts of the case shall De determined, and
also the rights Of the United States upon
the merits Of all the points presented in an
swer thereto by them, and the jurisdiction
and power of said court in any such salt
shall be the same as In other actions there
in, and its judgment therein and the tran
| script thereof shall have the same force aud
effect as in other claims against the govern
ment in said court; and either party to such
suit may appeal to the Supreme Court, and
both said courts shall give such cause or
causes precedence Of all other business"
Mr.. Wood moved to amend the Com
mittee's amendment by inserting after the
word "assigns" the words ''on and after
| first of January next"
After q long discussion the committee
| proceededto vote on the amendment offered
by Mr.. Holman. The proceedings were
interrupted BY making the point of order
| that
-r Hooper Was Interested
in the Unicn Pacific Railroad and therefore
not entitled to vote.
The chairman decided that it was a ques-
! ton for the conscience of each member
whether he was 30 interested as to bring
him within the scope of the rule. The
question caused good deal of
Trouble and Confusion.
Finally on motion of Mr.. Garfield the COM
mittee rose and reported the matter to the
House.
The Speaker stated thai as a matter of
parliamentary law it was laid down in the
rules that where the interest is direct the
members have Lo right to vote. In this
case, if the gentleman fiom Massachusetts,
(Hooper) was a stockholder in this railroad,
the chair would rule that he had no right to
vote. The difference between this case and
that of stakeholder in national bank was
that the latter was general interest held
By all classes of people. The chair would
hold that no point could be made on stock
holders in national banks voting On aques-
ton relating to national banks; but if
stockholder in a single corporation, as in
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be the duty Of the chair TO hold that, if he
were an active stakeholder, he had no right
to vote.
Mr.. Randall-That decision does you
honor.
Mr.. Speaker-It is decision which the
chair has made without any knowledge of
the facts, and therefore he submits the
question Of fact to the gentleman from
Massachusetts, himself.
Mr.. Hooper stated that he was indirectly
a stakeholder of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company He had not intended to vote
on the question. Had not listened to the
debate, and had been writing st bis desk.
When be heard the chairman call on all
members to vote in order to make quo
rum, he had voted inadvertently and asked
to withdraw his vote.
The House then went Committee of the
Whole and Holeman's amendment was re-
iected. So was Woods. Without dispos-
ing of the committees amendment the cem-
mittee rose and the House at P. NJ. took
recess until P. NJ.
TheCOnscIentIOus Lawyer Discharged
At the evening session Mr.. Maynard
moved, as privileged question, that Jos.
3. Stewart, who was in custody as a recu-
SAINT witness, be discharged. Agreed to.
The House went into Committee Of the
Whole, Mr.. Dawes in the chair, on Senate
amendments to the legislative appropria-
ton BID, the question being on the substi-
TUE reported By the Committee on ApprO-
priations for the Senate amendment direct
ing the Withholding of earnings for gov
ernment transportation due to the Pacific
Railroad Companies.
Mr.. Wilson offered TO add to the substi-
tute the bill reported by his select commit
tee on the subject of the Union Pacific
railroad companies, for the admission Of
which the rules were suspended to day.
The question was discussed by Wilson,
Hoar, Sargent, Conger, Kerr, Garfield,
Shellabrger, Cox aud Coughlan. Various
propositions to further amend were made
and rejected and finally Wilson's amend
ment, modified in some unimportant par
ticular, was agreed to, ayes 101, nays not
counted.
Finally the committees substitute also
was adopted. There was q great deal of
ExcItement and Confusion
over the question of the increase of salaries,
which que stion was about 10 lie reopened
by amendments from the Committee on
appropriations lOT bIo UcIeub Vi employees
for the House, and which were to be tackled
on to Mr.. Buffers amendment. The diff.
Guilty was avoided, however, by the sban-
donment of proposed amendments, and the
committee rose and reported the bill.
Butler Bafied.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, then moved |
to suspend the rules and concur in Senate
amendments as modified.
Mr.. Hawley tried to say that that would |
cut off debate on he separate amend |
ments, but he was prevented by loud calls |
to order. |
The motion to suspendthe rules did not |
prevail, the vote being Sc ayes to 81 nays,
not tWo-thirds affirmative.
The House then proceeded to vote on
the amendments in detail. The first i'm
portant amendment was that increasing the
salaries of the President, Cabinet officers,
Supreme Court Judges and members of
Congress. The amendment was rejected
yeas go, nays 121.
Among the ayes were r. Z. Butler, Gar
rett, Gelladay and Maynard.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, having
changed his vote from aye to no, moved to
reconsider the vote, and then moved an ad-
tournament. The latter motion prevailed,
nd OF 1 .QO tho HOuso cd