The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-09

In the Senate petitions and memorials
were presented for a now post ofllrc building in
Brooklyn, against the renewal of the income
tax in favor OF the improvement ot the Missis-
sipp river. and by the de fucto Secretary of War
a request for an appropriation o. $50 600 for
printing tho record Of the Confederate States.
The morning hour was largely consumed in
discussing the bill to remove all restrictions
to the enlistment Of coorcd persons. The par
ticipants in the discussion were Mcssrs Bayard.
Burnside. Blaine. and Ingalls,.
The Pacific Railway bill was then taken up.
Mr. Sargent Rep. Call resuming his argument
Mr. Blaine iilep. Me- offered his amendment
to the twelfth section OF the hil striking out the
repeal. and inserting:
But 80 long said Central Pacific and Union Pacific
Railroad Comranirs shall faith " comply with the
relating 10 iaymeut. 60 the United States ON Of
taken A. sihyicn TO meet ne obligations OF SAID comra
Thereof "e'O""' u SUI" ''"'' '''0' " 's "''"''
The Union Pacific Railroad. Mr. Blaine said.
was paying SIX per cent. on ninety millions.
with twenty years development ahead. II this
was not sufficient evidence that il would pay
forty seven mi lions tthc twenty millions csti-
matel to be then due the Government and
twenty seven mi llions first mortgage bondsl.
then the wit OF man could not devise So
eurity for the ,oo DEBT. The probablities
worth double the amount IT IL now worth.
He protested against computing tho compound
interest in the WAY IL had been done to make up
the amount due from the roads. and said, by
tho same mode OF computation, this Capitol has
Columbus's hat would be worth more than the
entire valuation OF the whole country. Reter-
ring 70 the debates, OF 1873 on the Union Pa
cfc, ho said that Mr.. Thurman Ind since then
changed his mind four times on this subject
Mr. Sargent said If It was not for the railroads
the Government would be out eight million
auunallV a. TprritOIip
Mr. Thurman Dem, ohiol said he had read
| to be taken by the senator from Maine tMr.
Banel In reply TO Mr.. Blaine's assertion that
h. had appeared thirty one times in the debate OF
| 1873, Mr.. Thurman created some merrimcnt by
reading what the Senator from Maine had char
| acterlzed as speeches the extracts being merely
| CALCULATIONS. or brief inquiries. su a. as Whit :
| that - The only charge against hin! WAS that
| he had been too consistent. too hard baked a
| Democrat. opposed to change. too obstinate an
old fellow. fine was disposed 10 be personal
| which he was not, he might refer 10 the tn OF
| July. 1876. when the House passed what was
| known as the Lawrence Funding bill. which
| was far more severe than thu bill now before the
| Senate. or the bill Of the Judiciary Committee
| Of the Forty -fourth Congress. That bill which
| expressly reserved the right To alter. amend OF
| repeal at any time, passed the House by vote
| Senator from Maine then 2 Whydid he not then
| proclaim that II would be madc the foot ball OF
| stock gumblerst His voice was not heard. He
| was as mute rs the lamb before the shearer and
| when the vote came lie was not present. like
| jobs friends.
| Mr.. Blaine said that the Senator had quoted
| his own short remarks, hut not the longer
| speeches. They showed that he WAS constantly
on thc alert watching the measure; II he might
use the expression. " hossing the bill" His
| own record in 1876 had been referred TO. Al
| that time he had not been in Washington for d
! month. He hal been on bed 81 sickness, from
/ which some Of his friends thought DO would moi
| nrise H. did not oven know that Mr. Lawren d
| hud u funding hll
Mr.. Herman tpr'n.. y. " advocated the Judi.
| ciury Committees hll. and AT ara snort eXecu.
| tive sion tie Senate adjourned.