Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-04
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WASHINGTON, March 3.-Immediately
after the meeting of the House, it went into
committee Of Ithe whole, Nh. HazeltOn,
Of Ohio, in the chair, on the deficiency
bill, the first item reached in the bill being
certain appropriations for the District Of
Columbia. To an argument made against
them by Mr.. Holman, in which he reflected
on the motives Of the chairman Of the Com
mittee on Appropriations,
Mr.. Garfield replied in a tone and man
neT Of strong Indignation, charaCteriZing
such insinuatiOns as small, miserable and
unmanly. He hoped that he would never
get down so low as 20 fling violent and per-
SOnal insinuatiOns around him on his fel-
low members, and to talk about their mo-
tives in the discharge Of public and honor
able duty. The items reported were on
the special recommendation Of the hOnOra-
bic commissioners of the District.
The consideration Of the bill was tempo
Tarily interrupted to permit the presenJa-
ton Of the report of the conference commit
tee on the pOstoffice appropriation bill, Mr..
Randall in the chair.
Mr.. Tyner made the report, and in reply
to questions, stated that the action Of the
House in regard to the ranking privilege
was substantially carried out in the agree
ment Of the conference committee. Lest
the fact that he was on that conference
committee might lead to the suppOsitiOn
that he was in favor Of the partial restOra-
ton Of the Thanking privilege, he desired to
gay, in justice to himself, that he had been
opposed to it all the time, but that he had
not been disposed to antagOnize the eX-
pressed wish Of the House on that sub
ject.
Mr.. Speer-YoU shed no tears over the
result reached. [Laughter.l
Nj. TyIer-l have hot said that. In re
ply 10 further inquiries as TO the prOvisO in
serted by The House excluding from the
mails speeches reproduced from and print
ed otherwise than in the Congressional
Record, and speeches delivered elsewhere
than in Congress, he stated that the confer
ence committee had concluded that by the
language of the amendment such speeches
were already excluded, and therefore the
prOviso had been struck out as surplusage.
In regard to the ranking of garden seeds, the
word "garden" had been struck out, so as
to made it general in its application to all
seeds transmitted by the Department Of
Agriculture.
Mr.. Speer-Are these documents and
seeds permitted to 60 through tue mails
free, on the written frank of members?
Dir. Overwhelmingly, until the first
of next December, and that applies to all
documents printed or ordered to be printed
by Congress.
Mr.. Hale, of Maine-DOes not this re-
port restore the ranking privilege, with the
exception of the correspondence of men,
bers.
Mr.. Tyner-NOt permanently, but until
the first of December next, in all respects
except as TO the correspondence of members.
The provision as to the agricultural reports
and seeds is permanent.
The report was cOncurred in without the
yeas and nays, which were demanded by
Mr.. Garfield and others.
Mr. Townsend, from the conference
committee on the bill for the incorporation
and regulation Of railroad companies in the
Territories, and giving to railroads the
right Of way through the public lands,
made a report, the principal point in which
was the striking Ou- Of the prOvisO giving
the States that may hereafter be organized
in such Territories, control over the
charges for transportation and freight, the
same as if such right had been originally
granted by them.
HI tilG Unjust u great uOiSt anu ColiAuslOls
prOceediT Q from the tremendous pressure,
Mr.. Wilson, Of Iowa, who was opposed to
the conference report, declared, as a point
of order, that the House did not know
what il was dOinC, TO which assertion the
Speaker plO TEN. gave his assent, and ruled
that the point was well taken.
Mr.. Holman raised his voice above the
din, and was heard to eNclaim that a fraud
was being perpetraied on the House.
This raised the ire Of Mr.. Townsend,
who had charge of the report, and he char
acteTized the allegation as false.
Mr.. Holman exhOrted Mr.. Townsend not |
10 become excited, as he was not charging
him With fraud.
MIR. Wilson, Of Iowa, broke in with the