The Portland daily press., 1874-04-10
Forty Third Congress-Fi First Session.
SENATE.


tation of distilled spirils, was favorably report
ed with amendment and placed on the callen-
dar.
Mr.. Anthony called attention to the duplica-
ton of documents by being printed at the re-
quest of introducers of bills, ETC., and asked
Senptors not to ask to have bills printed until
| reported from committees.
Action having been taken on several private
bills, the Senate bill to provide for the incor-
poratiOn and regulation of railroad companies
in the territories of the United States,was
taken up. the pending question being on motion
of Mr. Wright to recommit the bill.
Mr. Wright Withdrew that motion and offer
ed several verbal amendments, which were ac-
cepted by the Chairman of the Committee.
Mr. Wright then moved to strike ont section
81. giving the right of way to any railroad
company oganized under the act through the
nnoccuPied puolc lands OF the United States
in any State to the extent of one hundred feet
on each side of the centre of such railroad with
authority to take from such public lands. Ma
| terlais Tor the construction and maintenance of
the road and ground for stations. buildings, de-
pots and shops, not to exceed forty acres for
| each ten miles of road
| MI. Bayard moved tn strike out the 14th sec
| tion, which organized, under the act to acquire
by purchase or gift, any lands in the vicinity of
It's road, or through which the same may pass
ana convey the same in such a manner as the
directors may prescribe. Agreed to.
MI. Pratt moved to amend the 9Th section so
as 10 grant ten acres of public lands in the ter
rltores for stations, buildings, depots and shops
fer every ten miles of road instead of forty
acres, as proposed by the committee. Agreed
| to.
MIR. Clayton moved an amendment requiring
every road organized under the act to mainrain
at some point on the line of its road, an office
| where the books are to be kept open at all time
| tor lnspectiOn. Agreed to-
MI. Hager moved to amend the first section
| 50 as to provide that the provisions of the bill
shall not apply to the District Of Columbia
Mr.. Buckingham moved amendment for
bidding the construction Of road across the
| Indian reservation.
Mr. Sargent moved to substitute the refer so
| as to provide that a road should not cross an
| 1ndiau reservation unless the written permis.
sion of the Secretary of the Interior was first
| obtained.
Mr. Buckingham, in advocating the adopton
| of his amendment, said that the committee had
| by its bill exempted the Indians Territory from
| the operation of the bill, and the amendment
| just adopted exempted the District of Column
bia. Congress had given Indians certain Ieser-
| vations and had no right to allow them to be
| crossed by roailroads. Such action would be a
| violation of faith.
| Mr.. Stockton argued that Congress had no
right to delegate its authority to the Secretary
| of the Interior. he was opposed to the whole
bill and would hereafter state his objections.
Pending the discussion the Senate went into
executive session and after a short time ad-
journed
dOUSE.
A bill repeating all moieties was reported
from the Ways aud Means Committee.
Mr. Roberts Of N. Y, said it referred only
to one branch of the subject now being consid.
cred.
Mr.. Wood of N. Y, said the bill had not
been voted on by the committee and did not 90
far enough. 1t was ordered to be printed and
recommitted.
Mr. Woodfords bill to prevent officials re
ceivng any more pay than their salaries was
taken up and discussed. Messrs. Dawes and
Butler opposed it.
of N. Y, to prevent officers of the United
States from receiving or being paid any money
beyond their fixed salaries came up and was
discussed, Mr.. WOodfOrd explaining and advo-
eating the bill, and Messrt. Dawes and Butler
opposing it as not being matured, the latter
abiding to the criticism on the display of the
Republican officials and contrasting modesty of
the present day with the ostentations display of
George Washington, who never travelled a rod
without making requisition on the quarter
masters department for six horses and a
coach for himself and four horses and coach
for his secretary,
In the course of the debate, Mr. Merrimon,
who had introduced the bill originally, stated
that on the morning after he done so. gov
eminent officer had pressed himself on the
floor and in very excited manner approached
him saying, This bill will ruin me, it takes
away the carriage which use, and it is impos-
III.
it was very hard on him, especially on his wife,
and he saw no objection to her riding when he
did not want the carriage. He (Merrimon)
told him, as he now told the House, that the
Republicans could not afford longer to carry
the wives of public officials.
After further debate. Mr.. Woodford admit
ting there were some practical objections tn the
bill in its present shape, moved to refer it to
the Committee of Ways and Means. Carried,
yeas 159, nays &c.
Mr.. Speer of Penn. moved that the commit
tee have leave to report at any time.
Mr.. Maynard of Tenn, objected
The House at Las resumed the consideration
Mr., E. r. HoaI of Mass, opposed the bill,
and said he would not vote for another dollar
OF paper money unless it was accompanied
with provision for its redemption in Gle.
he mad no objection to free banking. provided
it was to be on honest circulation. He asked
the House not to pass a bill for increasing the
amount of paper money while the government
promises to pay were still unprovided for, q
while it simply added to the broken promises
with which the atmosphere was lade'
Mr.. Conger of Mich, discussed the question
as a conflict between capital and labor. between
wealth and poverty, between the few thousand
favorites of fortune and the million sons of
toll What panacea was proposed and urged?
Legislation that intended tn ado IL per cent. to
Indebtedness of the toiling millions and IL per
cent. to boarded wealth OF their creditors. The
conflict between boarded wealth and patience
and industry came early to this new nation in
this new world. He doubted if people would
quietly submit. They had not yet ground long
enough in the prison house of the Philistiues to
bear their burdens unmoved. Even in their al
legged blindness they might bear themselves up
on the pillars of mercy changes and overwhelm
all i'll common ruin. From every quarter came
ommous signs of warning and low murmurs
of dssat sfaction. Scarcely had Mr. Hawley
of c., proclaimed that he would hold no more
companIonship with those who would vote for
currency, then the citizens of his own State |
took him at his own word, and with sorrow
withdrew from his communion aud hid senate
rial honors from his longing vision laugh
ter.) Even the Granite State had cast off a
party whose leaders in the House had forgotten
the grand mission OF the Republican party to
care for the poor and lowly and to protect the
toling millions from the encroachmepts of
monopoly and wealth. He solemnly believed
that wise legislation in the direction indicated
by vote OF majority IN each House would
restore confidence, revive business and bring
prosperity. Let the Governors of the States
dictate to subservent legislatures their high
sounding manifests in furtherence of the me-
MORALS Of merchadt princes and millionaires
He could not tell how submissive others might
become, but he himself would await verdict
of that loyal. enterprisng, intelligent host of
toiers whose conf1ding trust indeed might be
outraged, that whose averaging wrath would be
terrible if once aroused.
PEELED indignantly his attack on the Governor
and Legislature Of the State of New York. His
own sentiments in opposition to the pending
bill were in harmony with those of the p>ople
he had the honor to represent He hadoe-
served with regret that the divisions on this fl =
naucial question were old-fashioned party di-
visions but were sectional and geographical.
Mr.. Garfield opposed the bill and took for
the text of his remarks sentence of a very re-
markable paper written few years ago by
Thomas Carlyle under the t4le which was sug-
gested to-day, shooting Niagara and after"
In discussing some of the things that made up
his title he said they had very vulgar home-
ly proverb in England, "Cheap and Nasty"
There was pregnancy in that homely adage
| which ought not to be misunderstood 1t was
| the rude, indignant protest of human nature
| against elements which sought for quantsty at
the expense of quality, which sought for bulk
| at the expense Of truth and usefulness. This
characterized his (Garfelds) opinion of the
| policy which seemed to have been fixed upon
by the majority of the two Houses They
were proposing now to make surrender of
reality in the name of appearances, to get
empty shadows and names and lose the solid
substance which names ougpt to represent In
the course of eleven years he had seen no day
SO fronght with consequences, great and far
reaching as this day. Referring to the efforts
| at reputation ia 1867 aud 90, he said the Am
ercan conscience had responded to those eff
| forts in the election of Gen. Grant to the
Presidency, on the marked and distinct issue