The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-06-28

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ciehcy appropriation bill, with amend
rnents, and gave notice that he would cal
u up Tomorrow.
Inc unfinished business was then lait
peIoIe the senate-being the bill provid
! 'ng LOT the forfeiture Of unearned land,
granted 10 the Atlantic and Pacific Rail
road Company.
pr Morgan spoke at length in advocacy
OF MS amendment, and while still holding
the moor, gave way for q motion to go into
executive session.
Before the motion was entertained, how.
ever Mr.. Hawley said he bad expected "a
say Few words respecting the great hold
| ings OF land that we had permitted 10 grow
up In the West in the hands OF both indi.
ylduais and corporations, but he would
iorbear this evening. There was one thing,
however, that he desired TO say now. lie
found in the Congressional Record OF to-
day, and he invited attention OF the sena-
tors TO il, a statement containing catalogue
OF citizens Of the United States holding
enormous estates in the Territories and
various States. Among them he found the
name OF Senator John A. Logan as hold
ing eighty thousand acres. / can hardly
mistake, continued Mr.. lIawley, when
~
kind appears 10 be TO prejudice q gentle
man whose circumstances are such that be
can hardly speak for himself, though well
qualified. ~ everybody knows, TO do so.
beg leave, therefore. to say that tho zen
tlcman referred TO is not the owner OF any
such quantity OF land in the Territories or
anywhere else; is only the owner OF the
land on which his father died. and which
he purchased from other heirs, and to
which he has added little, in his own
State OF Illinois. He has not the good or
i'll fortune to he the owner OF the $4,000
acres referred to.
Abiding 10 the same matter. Mr.. Logan
said: "The statement is utterly false, but
don't think il is material do not pro-
pose TO give a schedule Of my property to
anybody; but property do own is in the
State Of Illinois. | do own some two or
three tracts OF land, but all put together
would not make hundrcdtn part OF what
they charge"
The Senate discharged the Committee on
Privileges and Elections from further con-
sideratiOn OF the House Lil on electoral
count, and ordered u committee 81 confer
ence on il.
At 5:45 the Senate went into executive
session, and on the doors being rc6pened
adjourned.
House or Representatives.
Mr.. Wellborn, OF Texas, submitted the
conference report on the bill granting the
right OF way to pass through Indian Terri
tow to the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
Railroad Company, and It was agreed to.
Mr.. Hancock, OF Texas, presented the
conference report. on the pension appro-
priation bill, and it was agreed to.
Mr.. Turner, of Georgia, called up the
election case Of Thomas q. skinner, from
the Second district Of North Carolina.
The question at issue is whether skinner
was elected from the proper district, and
the final determination OF the contest Is not
involved.
Mr.. Mcmillan, OF Tennessee. raised the
question OF consideration in favor OF the
private calendar, and the House declined
10 consider the election case.
Mr.. Forney. OF Alabama, submitted the
conference report on the army appropri-
alton bill.
The report announces an agreement
upon all the items except upon Senate
amendment striking out that portion OF
the bill which regulates the compensation
to be paid 10 subsidized railways for army
The other sections OF the
bill as agreed upon appropriate S24, 45A.-
4jO. being S210.0 more than was carried
by the bin as it originally passed the
House. The report was agreed to.
The disagreement to the amendment in
dicated was insisted upon, and MesSrs.
Forney. TUwnshend, and Keller were APP
pointed as conferrees.
Mr.. Henley, OF California. made an I'M
successful attempt TO secure consideration
for the Northern Pacific forfeiture bill,
and the House at 1880 O'Clock went into
Committee OF the Whole mir. Cox, of New
York. in the chair on the private caen-
dar
At O'Clock the committee rose for the
purpose of permitting the House to dis
pose OF the Backbone-railroad" forfeit
ure bill.
The Speaker announced the question to
be on the motion to table the motion to
reconsider the vote by which the House
Yesterday defeated the &" Backbone" for
feature bill. The motion to table was
agreed to- yeas. 1874; nays, ia; so the
bin was lost. The House then proceeded
to the consideration Of private business,
and number Of relief bills were passed.
MIR. Valentine, OF Nebraska, rising to a
question Of privilege. said that some days
AGO. while the House had under considera-
tion the bill for the establishment OF a
branch soldiers home in one of the west
ern states. the gentleman fro "a New Jersey
MIR. McAdoo) had obtained leave to print
some remarks upon an amendment offered
bv him. He (Mr. Valcntine) and others
nresent had granted that leave. The
gentleman's speech appeared in the
record OF Today, and II was found
that he had left the subject OF
the soldiers homes. and discussed the
subject OF the land-gTaJbers. or what Is
known a. the land monopoly OF this coun-
try: had taken occasion 10 print as part OF
his remarks very long dispatch sent from
this city TO the New York star on January
9Th. IL contained names OF some OF our
native land mOnopOlistS, saying that llll
list would fill every page OF that paper.
In The list OF names rs printed In the ne
cord to-day appeared the name OF Senator
John 4. Logan as owning 10000 acres
OF land. Senator Logan had called his
Valentine's) attention 10 this to-day, aud
had desired him to say TO the House that so
far rs IL related TO him the statement was
absolutely false. The only land he owned
was little homestead in Illinois. The
gentleman from New Jersey had taken oc-
casion while. he was lauding the soldiers OF
the land to stab one OF the brightest and
most gallant OF those soldiers. Loud APP
nlause on the Republican side.l The ac-
tion Of the gentleman from New jersey was
an abuse OF the privileges granted bF the
House. ,. o,,oa,od tbo,
the question raised by the gentleman from
Nebraska was not one OF privilege.
Tbc sneaker said that ii the gentleman
from Nebraska had any proposition TO sub
mil he would then decide whether II was
matter of privilege. The gentleman had
not disclosed anything which would nave
49, - ordor IL SDOken on the floor.