The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-08
THE HOUSE.

re-opened adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
Passage of the Bill Repeating the Land Laws
The B. & o. Bridge Bill Passed.
WASHINGTON, June 7.-Mr. Kelley. of Penn
sylvania, rising to question OF privilege, cited
the rollcall under which the House meets on
| Friday night for consideration OF pension bills.
| He found in the Record of Yesterday twenty
| five column speech on Edwin NJ. Stanton. de-
| livered by the representative from the Eighth
district of Alabama Mr.. Wheelerl, when.
| the House. The sessions which had been set
| apart for consideration of meritorious business
| were being perverted to the basest enGs-the
SANDER of the illustrious dead, who died from
| devoted services to their country.
| Mr.. Herbert, of Alabama, called attention to
| the fact that his colleague was absent, and sug-
gested that it would be eminently proper for Mr..
Kelley to wait until Mr. Wheeler should be in
the House.
| Mr.. Kelley expressed his willingness to do 50.
| and entering motion to expunge the speech
from the Record, stated that he would call up
| that motion for action tomorrow morning.
| Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa, also rose to ques.
| ton of privilege, stating that in the report OF
Mr.. Wheelers speech remark made by himself
| had been misplaced. But he also deferred tax
| ing any action until tomorrow.
| Mr.. Crisp of Georgia, rising to question OF
personal privilege said: ION Saturday, during
| the debate in the House. was betrayed into a
| warmth of expression which l regret. The dis
| tinguished gentleman from Indiana Mr.. Hol
mani whose long service and whose years enti-
tie him to the respect of the public and is in
| full possession of mine. An expression used by
| that gentleman, or which understood him to
use, excited feeling which prompted that
warmth of expression that now say l regret.
| have had no communication with the gentleman
on this subject, and make this statement to
the House, here and now, because really feel
| that regret 1t, and know of no other manly
| thing to do than to give public expression OF
what my feeling is in this regard" Applause
Mr.. Holman accept very cheerfully and
earnestly, the expressions which the gentleman
has dropped from his lips. and wish to recall
any words may have said which might be con-
| sidered unkind to him or unjust to the House.
The Speaker then proceeded to call the States
| for the introduction. of bills.
Mr.. Bland, of Missouri, manifested disposi-
tion to libuster, and. by calling for the reading
Of every measure, to consume the day and pre-
vent the passage of the Missouri judicial bill IN
der a suspension of the rules, but finally an
amicabe arrangement was made among the
members of the Missouri delegation, and the
call was permitted to proceed without Interrupt
ton. Mr.. Weaver, of Iowa, offered resolution,
which was referred reciting that it is currently
reported and generally believed that certain d.
rectors of the Union Pacific, or Kansas Pacific
| Railroad Company, have been faithless to their
trusts in various ways, and particularly by buy
| ing stock of the Kansas Pacific at a nominal or
| small sum and transferring it to the Union
Pacific, and then selling the same at great
| profit, by which, and other similar transactions
the directors made great personal gains
and the to unon Pacific tor s .ns
directing the judiciary committee to
| INQUIRE into the transactions of the
directors of both companies since their incorpor-
alton. If the committee finds that the directors
| have made gains which they should have ac-
counted for to either corporation, it is directed
| to bring in q bill authorizing the Department OF
Justice to commence proceedings to compel the
| directors to render true accounting
| Mr. O'Neil OF Pennsylvania, presented reso.
lutions of the Fourteenth Ward Union Repub
lican Club of Philadelphia, in favor Of high
protective tariff.
| The Speaker pro tempore (hir Crisp said
| that the presentation of the resolutions was not
| in order under the call
| Mr.. O'Neill stated that the resolutions were in
| the nature of instructions to the Philadelphia
members to vote against the Morrison bill, be-
| cause it was bad bill.
"But know it is a good bill, remarked Mr..
Morrison. II was in some doubt about 1t awhile
| ago."
Mr. Bingham, of Pennsylve IA, expressed his
| disbelief in the existence of such bill, and
| Mr. Willis, of Kentucky, h. .elief in the
necessity Of instructins Phila. & a members
| to vote against the bill Ys
| Mr.. Holman, of Indiana, moved that the
House 60 into committee of the whole for con-
sderation of the legislative appropriation bill,
| $50.
| Mr.. Cobb of Indiana, moved to suspend the
rules and pass bill repeating the presumption,
| timber culture and desertland acts
| Mr.. Cobb and Mr. Payson, OF Illinois. support
ed the BILL and referred TO the frauds which had
existed as they averred, in entries of land under
| the acts which it WAS proposed to repeal Mr..
Payson declaring that during the past four years
80 per cent of the entries had been fraudulent.
MIR. Henley, of California. opposed the bill, on
the ground that while the desert-land law
should be amended, it should not be absolutely
repealed.
Mr. Perkins of Kansas, said that the enact
ment of the bill into a law would be In the in
terest of the land-grant railroads and the great
cattle corporations.
Mr.. ONeill, of Missouri regarded the bill as
rainbow Of peace to the idle workmen of the
/ country It was the best labor bill that could
be passed this session.
Mr.. Weaver, of Iowa. and Mr. McAdoo, of New
Jersey. made short speeches in support of the
| BILL
Mr. Springer, of Illinois, said that under the
pre- emption, tim Der culture and desert-land
laws vast areas of the public domain were being
fraudulently appropriated by cattle syndicates
and foreign land -crabbers An English lord had
recently acquired G, 900 in Estes Park, Col,
and this was but sample of the manner in
| which the public domain was being taken up If
| this bill passed the peoples lands would hereRf
ter be held for the peoples homes.
The motion to suspend the rules and pass the
bill was agreed to-years 1873, nays 40.
Mr.. Wade, of Missouri moved to suspend the
rules and pass bill approprating $75, 900 for the
erection of a public building at Springfield Mo.
| Agreed to--l64 to 5.
Mr.. Townshend of Illinois, moved to suspend
the rules and pass the Senate bill authorizing tho
| construction of bridge across the Arthur Kill
| 1.-THE B. & o. bridge Mr.. Townshend briefly
| explained the provisions of the bill He was
| impelled in making the motion by the belief
that the measure was in the interest of the gen.
| eral commerce of the country, and especially in
the interest of the people living in the Mississippi
| valley and in the Southern States. The present
terminal facilities at New York were very mad
| equate and this made the cost of lighterage and
| other terminal charges enormous and imposed
| heavy tax the commerce of the West. The
effect of the bill would be to reduce the cost of
terminal charges in New York and produce