, 1876-03-18

No answer was or could bo uado 10 tflo1o. for
tbs gentlemen nssnod stood paorlsss on tho iloos.
10th voted and spoka not only their onn hon
Of their constituents. They advocated the
utter rcpoal Of tho present tariff ratea. hIr.
Ssene offered dubatltute 20 that effect, and sup.
ported Y by speech: which n excellence OF
delivcry, was ndmif abie throughout. Only ono
four. Of tho bnsintes done BY the trunk llnoa
VIVA local. Tho remainder wAa Interstate. and
therefore beYond the reach OF re ioEa LGglsJa-
lhture 10 reduce tho rates on local businesa be-
you'd paying rates. when tho COMPANIES could
more than make up the losses osa tile remaining
shteo.fourshs Iho p1eeaasco.a n @ Iho eensIs, sa
TO pay high rAses for tho benotlt OF q few towns
OH tic btiBatssppi Yet. dospito any aud all
special leglsa,ion, Chicago would continue 10
httract fown' . products. 1hs roueed tho indiK.
nation Of tho liver mernl,ors, one Of nhum,
NkNNEr
by name, from Kookuk, with hoarro voice cried
out thas :" Chicago bad once been DESTROYED BY
in return, Inc great G:.ts Of Iowa vero to con
tIaue to DO dopandent uron Ga:e;s2 for mat
kot, ho prayed God would cause Lake Michigan
to swallow up tho city, OF o}ao that fire moro
consuming tdan the eruption which overwhelmed
pompoii would rain down upon and ovcrlAstiugly
burn IN Chicago" Yot this earnest member lad
juat resented an imputation which ho thought
ctasbed him with n hog
pioa for tho law. bocauso 1t would "dtiye tho
Chicago dsummern ont Of The Slate," and II re-
paalcI. Iowa would :" havo TO submit to tho OK
tortions Of that city, which hhve become .
Northwest" The only change be dea,red in tho
law WAS in tho classification Of certain a5tclcs
"tlat transportation rates is high on"
The foregoing ara but sample Of tho cholco
obliged 10 listen. BIil! the discussion Vas not
without -.-
IT'S rI.EABAnrn1Es,
For instance. while Or. Glendenning, Of Wayne,
Tue M q of yss eeoo
to ask . question. "wlji Ito gentle
man from Wayne yto]d to tho gentleman from
Cbsckaaaw ?" askcd tho Speaker: "Wlnt for 7"
yon t question T viii yon snsvcr II !" II vii il
can, and It / can't von'sr replied tho Dootor.
II wnnt to tnoW how long yon arc going to bore
the House with that speech 7" inquired Mr. Nc.
Hugh, resutnuE his seat. Tho dumbfoundod
Ills discourse, whcroupon McHugh 1850 again
aud obsorvod, You didn't answor my question.
sir. There arc half~A-dozon members nesr mo
have got their reaignstions written out, md viii
gentle Doctor, who was formerly preacher,
mndo no reply, but continued hin romasls. II
he lad had my friends. tho gentleman fro'u
Chickasaw would have been called out; az 1t waal
tho matter passed. for d Joke.
At every atago in the debato objections to tho
Thayer bill wors raised. Tho sections which
proposed 70 .reclaRstfy tho roada 60 as to help
out tho branch lines were stricken cut Indeed
that 7ory l.ttlo was left in tho bill by Saturday.
Still it was Objectionable to many whereupon
MIR. Gleh Clark moved that tho bill be referred
to q special committee Of flvo to nuke such
notifications therein as would render 1t accepts-
bio. aud report back the Monday following. In
tho Belection Of tlds Committee tho Bpcaker dis
played excal!ens Judgment. II was composed
Of Meesra. Clark and Thhyer, friends Of tho bill:
Gen. Given, Of Des Molnce, doubtful and
a1e.a1s Stone md Dixon, oppoaed. sove,al ad-
ditlonnl sections wore stricken Out By this Com.
nlittao. after which Meesra btone and
Dixon. uho. bcforo serving, had reserved tho
right to oppose tho bill on tho floor. refused to
assspt. Consequently 1t was for Tho second
| time minority report. Bo many changes frod
now been made In tho bIf that tho House failed
to remember them, therefore 1t was decided to
Tuesday a. q p. m. Az yos the appropriation bill
had not been passed. nctthnr iiad tho sitting
committee, to whom tho rast mass OF bills had
boon referrod, made their report. 10 Tueaday
ADJOURNMENT QUO week. But The Senate refused
to concur. Their notion forced tho House to
VOTE on THE 111AYEH n11L.
For the first half,hou5 the Indications wore that
for, with vofco triumphant in tone, ho stroso
to rush tho bill through. lie had given ali his
time and exhausted orery effort to pa1s tho
bill, Victory gBoncd now at baud. But ho was
not nqual to the occasion. Sevcral mombcp
rose and objected to particular portions,
] which AIr. Caslt endcavored to Justify,
His efforts. however, vefo unavail.uE. Amid
this uIscoutent tho v0to on ordering tho BILL to
third reading was taken. When 1t became owl
| dent that tue nooa wore lead!ng memborn DO,
8au 10 explain their votcs. Each ono expressed
| doaire to modify the existing law. biz. Mills.
Of Marshall County. gaqo uttoraneo to some
| powerful explanations. Every buBiueaA man in
Ills district had potitioned for tho repeal Of the
law. It had been 3 curse to his county. By.
Stones explanation WAS brief and pointed:
During six yea1a OF service In tho Iowa General
Assembly he said 10 had never bn-
| foro explained his vote. In this emer-
| genuy ho WAS loft no other alternative,
He regarded tho present law as an imquisy
| aud tho bill under consideration doluaon aud
a fraud, In his mind the a1mp1o question wss-
| which is tho less iulquitpus3 Tho law aaa a
bold and candid wrong; tho bill d ahrewdly md
| ingtniousiy conceated echemo OF wickedneBs.
He kneu something OF tho evila OF the present
law, but those hidden IN tAa bill were tucalcuiA-
bic. He preferred to "bear tho ills we have than
! tlJ to others we know not o." Speaker Gear
gave the last negative vote, snd tho bill waa
lost, hurled beyond resurrection, by q vote oi
IS to 90. Ne1t day tho matter was indefinitely
postponed in tho Senate. Thus the railroad con
! lest el,tlod iu draw,
! BANKRUPT ROADS.
| THE TOLEDO. rEon1A / wAllsAw RAILROAD.
| The affairs If tho Toledo, peoria l. Warsaw
Railroad arc getting mixed by tho threatonpd In
| PRODUCTION OF uaw and t,rlur murtuavo wbict