Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-10-14
which on previous occasion Mr.. Garfield had
voted. During this discussion Mr.. Garfield
arose and said

voted. During this discussion Mr.. Garfield
arose and said:
T understand that there has been q serious
difference of opinion, not to use a harsher
term--perhaps we ought to call it very seri-
GUS quarrel--in the board OF directors in refer
ence to the management of the affairs OF this
railroad. desire to know whether the propo-
sition here offered has any relation to the
quarrel and makes us in any way party to it
whether we take sides with either party to
that quarrel. l would be glad to know that
before I am called to vote upon it.
Mr.. Dawes-I am frank to say that know
nothing about quarrel.
The resolution, after more debate and new
attempts to have it referred, was introduced
under suspension of the rules, was read a
first and second time, was ordered to be en-
crossed, was engrossed and was adopted by a
vote ct sixty-eight to thirty-seven-an within
two hours. Do not the interference and the
question of Mr.. Garfield prove that he knew
more about the internal history OF the direc-
tors than did Mr.. Dawes, who was intrusted
with the resolution by its friends, or than Mr..
Dawes cared to admit, and that Mr.. Garfield
apprehended fully the fact that there was
clique among the directors-as of course there
mist have been-to be benefited by turning
aSother clique out six months sooner than
cdald have been accomplished without the
billi And was it the Cakes Ames party which
was to be benefited?
ANOTHER SPECIMEN JOB.
1t is very odd, but it is fact that the Con-
greSsional Globe can scarcely be searched for
debate on job during the last sixteen or
seventeen years without yielding up the name
oi Garfield in connection with it. At A. NJ,
on the 9th OF July, 1866, for instance, the
chairman OF military affairs Congressional
Globe, part 5, first session Thirty ninth Con-
gress, page 4,285) moved to discharge the
of bill to appropriate S25, ,5l1 for the claim
a government contractor for the delivery of
steamers at Hilton Head. Mr.. Eldridge called
the attention OF Speaker Coltax to the condi-
ton of the House. He said: "Members are
sleeping upon sofas and in chairs and all
aroLn nd the hall, and 1 would like to know
whether they are counted in making up
quorum" To this CoIfax answered, amid
reported laughter: "They are all present and
are all entitled to vote when walked up" Mr..
Frederick A. Conkling, Of this city, imme-
diately objected to action on the claim. Upon
this Mr.. Garfield, Of Ohio, sprang to the floor,
exclaiming:
hope the gentleman from New York will
in the last Congress, but was not acted on. In
nv judgment very lew bills so meritorious as
this have come before the House: l appeal to
the gentleman from New York to withdraw
his objection.
Mr.. Conkling replied:
do not know of anything more meritorious
than the consistency with which the House
during the last thiitv-six hours has avoided
acting upon private bills. 1t is too late to take
them up and consider them properly. l think
that six o'clock in the morning of the day OF
final adjournment, and when the House is
merely awaiting the report of a committee of
conference, is not the proper time Tor acting
upon bill involving SO much money as un-
derstand this bill does. must therefore in
sist upon my objection.
The motion therefore temporarily fell 1t
was renewed halt an hour later, when Mr..
Randall objected, and having called attention
to the fact that there was not q practical
quorum present, added: "This is not the time
to pass bill of this character" On this Mr..
Bingham moved to suspend the rules. The
stalwart sleeper5 were awakened, the rules
were suspended and the bill came before the
House. Mr.. Elijah Ward, of New York, then
asked that the report of the committee be read
Mr.. Bingham said: "There is no report" Mr..
Schenck, OF Ohio, then interposed and added:
" There is report in preparation in the hands
of the.gentleman from New Hampshire--Mr.
Marston." He then began to euloeize the
bill, but, being catechised about it, soon got
Mr.. Garfield, who evidently knew the whole
story. Mr.. Garfield said: AT hope my COL
league will yield to me-" To which Mr.
Schenck replied: Certainly" Mr.. Garfield
then made speech explanatory Of and in
advocacy of the bill, and concluded with this
remarkable assertion: "I think there are not
many claims which demand more rapid rendi
tion OF justice than this one" Mr.. Elijah
Ward rose and said: al do protest against
passing claims of this character at this time.~
Mr.. Highly, OF California, followed him and
said: "When all other claimants are denied
cannot see the justice of singing out some
particular claim and granting it favors not
accorded to all other claims" More discus
sion ensued, but at the right time the stalwart
sleepers were walked up and Garfelds bill
was passed. Here then was bill which Mr..
Garfield himself had admitted was in the last
Congress and not acted on-a bill upon which
here was no report, though one was prepar-
ing by a New Hampshire member-and this
bill was passed under the operation Of the
previous question (after turning up as already
engrossed) bya vote OF sixty-seven to twenty
hve-ninety being absent. Is this the
sort of legislative experience which fits man
or the Office OF President OF the United States
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