The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-04

The Southern Pacific Road got grant
from the Government to build their road
east 10 connect with the Texas Pacific,
and they in good faith, without receiving
q dollar from the Government, built I20
miles, 10 Fort Yuma In Arizona, and are
still building their road OF the rate Of u
miles o day. Il was at that time under.
stood that this Southern Pacific road
was to connect with the Texas Pacific Of
Fort Yuma. The Texas Pacific Is still
1880 miles east Of them and doing moth
ing towards extending their road. 1.-THE
right OF way Is granted 10 them, the
Southern Pacific intend building their
line TO the Atlantic .seaboard, the
most direct route from the Pacific TO the
Atlantic ocean, takes you 10 Norfolk, and
they arc about 70 build that route 10 Nor.
folk from Memphis By way OF the Chesa.
peake & Ohio Railroad, that runs through
the State Of West Virginia. He was willing
to leave 1t to our Representatives, without
instruction, to vote, and say which Is for
the best interest Of the countryside Texas
Pacific or Southern Pacific.
a DECISION APrEALEp FRoN.
AIr. Pennybaeker rose to point Of or.
der, claiming that the resolution before
the House being already acted upon by
the House at former day, could not be
again acted upon by the House In another
manner than by reconsideration Of the
former vote.
The Speaker (Mr. Lewis in the Chair
decided the point OF order not well taken,
Thereupon Mr.. PennybaCker appealed
from the decision OF the Chair. Avote be-
ing taken the decision was sustained by
the House.
Mcssrs. Pcnnybacker and Parsons spoke
against adopting the resolution resembling
the former action Of the House, the point
Of their arguments being similar to the ar
guments Of those gentlemen favoring the
Texas Pacific bill.
Mr.. Stewart opposed the resolution up
on principle, claiming that the HOUSE
should adhere 10 their action Of formel
day.
AEessrs, Butcher and Holt spoke in ia
vor Of the resolution.
Mr.. HAeANs.
said: That he had not intended at first Il
take any part in the discussion but asked
tho indulgence Of the House for q few
minutes. He had looked into and ex
amined this matter and had became satisti
cd that the government would be amply
secured in their guarantee Of the intcfes
upon these bonds by n lien upon 90 mil
lions OF acres OF land. That the Southern
Pacific Railroad hiIlwhich the gentleman OF
the floor alludc Is ono otthegreatest sub
sidy schemes ever before Congress. While
tho Texas Pacific bill only asks til,
guarantee Of the Interests on their bonds
the Southern Pacific bill provides for III,
payment to that road Of Sl0,0 600 out OF thu
United States Treasury for every
mile built by that road. HI
called attention Of the agricultural Nom
beers OF the House, to the TACT that the Stat,
Grange last summer voted unanimously
to instruct their representatives TO vote io
this Texas Pacitic bill as it is before III,
United States Senate. He was sorry tina
politics should have entered the discus
sion OF this question. One OF the con
siderations that prompted him 10 vote io
this resolution Of instruction, was to show
the people in tho Southern part OF thi
Stats, that the last drop Of bitterness hat
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the late difficulty in this country, wheI
that difficulty had been ended. He wantet
to show to the people Of the South that the,
too, should have and were entitled to th(
same hOnors, privileges and benefits thu
our sections had. The home Of the Dem
oCratiC party WIS In the South, and thu
whole Democratic party OF the South, il
Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Nortl
Carolina, and elsewhere, where the Legis
latures have spoken on this subject, they
have uniformly and unanimously spokoi
on the side Of tho Texas Pacific bill. Thil
lisa Democratic measure, and he was yotinJ
for itior two or three considerations. III
was voting for 1t as Republican as much
as anything else aside from the question
OF justice. He wanted his Democrat,
brethren Of the South to Danish from thoi
minds that question OF State rights which
has already caused so much distress in thii
country.
Recess until q r,M
Afternoon Session,