The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-27

another man rather than to have established the
principle OF continuous Executive. | cannot
CONCEIVE the contingency in wnich | would be
Wiling 10 be Tor co1tnuOus Executive OF this
republic, and ASK the gentlemen on rms side 10
consider whether or not they Wiling now
10 ba put upon tne record as wilng
70 invite contingency In the future when we
snoua be called upon to meet the question OF dis
turbdnce OF eXeitemeat, OF a continuous EXecu-
tve, OF strong man 10 q strong government. NY
lalth is not IN strong men. ny isith Is IN the
American people. Constitutions are made IN
time OF deiiberatlon II iney are gooa constitutions
and want the American people 10 nave the priv
iiege OF saying what ther constitution shall be. 1
deem that as Infinitely more imp 'rtant than the
privilege at any time vi being aole To call upon
one man. however strong or however great, aud
think u is essential To the Republic tnat an amend
Mr.. WARD. rep. OF H., argued agalns. the
proposed amendment. on rhe ground that the
people are competent 20 determine who should be
President. he saw no reason for saying that the
American people SHOULD establish "a statue so
nlgn tnat II could not readily be reached. say.
man or that man. lie mad hesrd no camor for
TINS c S aTSndmcnf As he would
ton so he was willing To trust the people. lie
moved to lay The jSint r9souson On the table,
The House reused to lay 1t on the table
yeas. 9S: nays, 13s.
~ 10 the Judicl ny Committee, which was mega
iSa nay.: lu4, less tnan the necessary two.tnirds
in the Affirmative All the democrats voted for
III
bright, bufilnton. Cannon, Cessna. Cnittcnden,
Ciaytoo. Darrai, Dawes. Duunel ED, Foster Gar.
ne.d,Gnoch, Gunc$el, lairlson llawiey OF Connec-
tlcnt; iiazelton. OF New Jersey; nosKlns, Hunter.
h aas.n hetosg, Nhlinge, Lawrence, Lownaes,
Pierce. 10 ant E II. ROBERTS, sawyer, scudder,
tN.w YORK; SmlIG, OF New YORK.; smith. or Vir
strawbrldge rnornburgn, fireman., Willard, OF
Vermont; Wizard. ct Michigan; Williams, OF Mas-
sacnuSslls and wilson. OF Indiana-i7.
Mr.. BUTLER oil MASSACHUSETTS, from the Juulci-
AIRY Committee. reported oils TO establish the
JLdicil district OF oS.ohama. for the rehei Of rhe
district lcd2o o vermont and TO provide Judicial
re uedies Tor ercaalgsc OF dutIes on tonnage aud
importss, al Oh wnlca were sent TO the Committee
lie also reported q resolution in reference to the
McGarrIhan ana New ldra Mining Company's
OF tne Gene al Land ONCE TO ms itule legal pro-
ceilings IN tie name OF the government against
the New ldra Minlng Company IN the Circuit Court
OF the United states ior California to restrain
lurtner vase OF tue property, Tor the appoint
on o. iecee sS t6 ana O Tor the recovery
$i.00p,OOO Unfortunately ana wrOngluiy taken
there rom oy the sew ldril Mining Company, and
proper. Also directing tie Secretary OF tde Intc-
rior rot to lssne paicnt TO the New Idria Mining
Company Until the legal proceedings are d.ler.
mined.
THE NEW IDnIA M1aE
Mr.. HoUGHroN Tep.l. Oh Cal, made the point
/ OF order that the resolution should be sent to the
Committee ofth Whole. The Speaker overru!ed
Mr.. GARFIELD, OF OHIO asked Mr.. Butter whether
the object % the resolution was not 10 revive the
/ Mctiarfahan clam.
! Mir. BurIER-lt does not revive any claim but
the claim OF tne Gnted States. The New Idrla
MINING Company has been using up This property
al the rate of one or TWO millions Year.
/ aud tn majority o! tnc stockholders OF
mat company are oy law excluded rom
having mining privileges. because they are
foreigners anu live ont OF the country All
thal IS proposed by the resolution is mat the
/ Secretary OF the Inter or snoulu nave an admon-
ton rom the House thas he shall take steps TO
vndlcate the title OF the United States. ii the
secretary OF the Interior VIII hot be admonshed
/ l Il
/ way found To allmonsh nim
Mr. GAREIELD-It were the Secretary OF the
Interior. would be admonished by the law onIv
Ar BuTLEa-Ycu wou.d not be Secretary OF the
Interior great while Il you did not mind the
Mr. GARF1ELD.-It l. not the House that makes
the Secretary of the Interior.
MI BUHLEE--feS, but 1t inmates 4 good mauv
Mr. HopGnTuN. If California. protested against
the adoption o, the resouron as being an attempt
IN Caloi MA.
Mr.. BUTLER denied that 1t favored anybody, ex-
Nj. L. II. HoAR. OF Massac lusetts, suggested TO
his colleague that the House cond not by simple
resolution give all the directions and make all the
provisions contained IN this Resolution.
MI kAssoN OF Iowa, took the same view and
ally drafted and introduced as ioint resoiu-
ton requiring the ACTON OF botn houses.
ca ar McGSAni, rep, OF iowa SAID mat he HIM
had done 1t, not IN the interest OF Any INDIVIDUAL,
but in he interest OF the United States govern
ment which wus kept out OF tnis extremely va.u-
able property py squabbles and tresp. ssers.
Mf HOUGurON, OF California, Represented that
the proposed action would be u great injustice to
the company which was operating this quicksilver
mne. and great injury 70 the gold mining inter.
ests OF California, and would increase the price
OF quicksilver, which was necessity III gold
inning operations.
Mr.. HAwLEY, (rep) Of Conn.,, opposed the reso-
luton.
MIR. WILSON, (rep.l OF Ind, advocated 1t as
proper ana necessary measure,
MIR. RANDALL, (dem.) oil Pa. also advocated 1t,
ana satd that he had at previous session vO ed
against the Meta ranan claim and against the New
ldria LOmpany's cain. and had, with Mr. Butter
OF Massachusetts, taken the ground that the
property IN dispute belonged to the United States.
The title OF the government; IL PROVIDED Tor
the employment OF special counsel 10
carry on the legal proceedings. because
the Attorney General had been. before he
entered on that stlon. the counsel OF the New
1dria Mining Company in this litigation, and could
not properly appear now AGAINST the COMPANY
anu in behalf OF the government.
Finally MIR. BUTLER moved the previous unes
ton, ana il seconded in the lace OF q noisy
opposition and OF the Efforts OF Messrs. Houghton
and Page, trep.) OF Cal to secure an adjournment
tue resolution, rs tue special assignment
to the Judiciary Committee applied only
to th,s dav. When II came to the vote on the
adoption OF the resolution an attempt was MADE
TO al eat 1t by members opposed to 1t reiraining
from voting, but as the friends OF the measure
1ntimatcd that they would insist Il call o! the
House, q quorum event. ally passed between the
telers, and the resolution was declared adupted
by q vote OF l36 to IL.
The House then, ut twenty minutes to six p NJ,
adjourned.