The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-12
ATTEMPT TO DROP WARDER
BY Leaving His Salary Out of the Bill
Srnstors Debating Northern Pacific.

SENATORS Debating Northern Pacific.
WASHINGTON CITY, June IL In the
house Friday, on motion of Mr. " Veil of
Missouri, the senate bill to legali2e the in
corporation of trades unions was passed
This bill is similar to that introduced in the
house by O'Neilll
Cobb of Indiana, from the committee on
public lands, reported back the Atlantic n
Pacific railroad forfeiture bill with senate
amendments, and moved concurrence but
the motion was laid over until Monday.
The house then went into committee of
the whole ON the Legislative appropriation
bill
Morrison and Holman engaged in a col
loquy ia reference to reducing salaries,
which created some amusement
Randall OF Pennsy lvania attempted to an
swer question asked by Morrison, when
the latter exclaimed: II wasn't asking you
You are not an economist upon the stand
ard of the gentleman from Indiana"
t3Cobb of Indiana offered an amendment,
making an appropriation for a first assist
ant doorkeeper OF the house frhe position
is now filed by Luther s Warler, and no
provision is made in the bill for the office /
Howard of Indiana supported the amend
=
| Warder out of Office lie hoped that the
| committee would not attempt to do in
| directly what the house refused to do di-
reetly u few days ago The amendment
was rejected
| Whitthorne gave notice in the senate Fri
day that on the next legislative day no
would call up Frye's bill, providing for q
congress of American nations, for the pur-
| nf submitting he nu bp
subject On motion of Dolph the senate
| took up the Northern Pacific railroad for
| fixture bill
| George addressed the senate on the bill
| He said the enormous quantity OF land
i79OO,0O0 acres, given by congress to the
various railroad corporations from 1860 to
| lS15, was a larger area of land than that
constituting the republic OF France, or tho
| empire of Germany. The present value of
tine lands at the average price already
realized by the companies was nearly $500, =
OO0U00
George said the Northern Pacific com
| pany had come to congress asserting its
| ability to build the road without mortgage
or incumbrance of any kind. He charac-
terized a portion OF the Legislation in favor
of the road as "a mean fraud" Referring
stock on other roads as compared with
Northern Pacific was gentle morning dew
compared with Niagara falls. The com
yany had issued 500 0U0,9n of stock
to represent 80 miles of completed road
In regard to the assertion that railroads
would develop the country, he mentioned a
fact admitted by the Northern Pacific
authority the company refused to
etpr trniuG uf sbiprg town n
Washington territory-the largest in all
that section. in order to crush the town out
and build up a town of its own, four
miles away. The company per-
sisted in its refusal to stop trains until com
PEELED by the courts to stop there should
senators, by criminal meg lect of their du
ties, allow this company to be the owner OF
an area OF land equal TO the two states, He
protested in the name of millions of home
less people of this country against any
faithlessness on the part of congress.
Teller said he would vote for the forfeiture
Of all lands coterminous with uncomplett
portions of road. Congress, however, had
to deal with and was bound by the law. Ii
referring to the assertion that the Repubi
can party had given away large quantities
of public land since 1870 he said it wa.
true. but that tine money value o.
lands given away by the democratic
before that year for railroads and under
military and naval warrants, and tbs
swamp-lands act was four-fold greater than
that given since 1860 The grant to TIL
Northern Pacific had been held to be il
PRESENT. and if the title had become vestet
by law congress could not divest it
Thursday afternoon Hawley entered {
motion to reconsider the vote by which th'
bill prohibiting members of congress from
becoming attorneys of land grant railway
was passed He said he and other senator
had voted for the bill without examination
, of it, but had since looked il over and dis
approved OF it