Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 12, 1874, Page 2

THE CHICAGO 'DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 187 commcreo among tho rovard p\\|7lnr h!“‘u corpurativis OF corporaiond, per- Bowor peesis oniing or euerating suel 10 of ratl gond wni b, boin, ol Iy nlnrl\w:;’?::l;u\l);,r ablo or g, oo of the pru [, ez g That thera shill pointed * 1 tho " Prestdent, Dy Llivico sud conment. f Yhio Bennte, Board of Hallrosd Comuulesiouers, w{hhln III'.niI fll\lllfll" of "u‘lr{; ;nem,hfl?:; u6 of whiow shall b relected front, and bo o resld L oot et "o Jadictal clrcuits of (he Uniled R i smembays of oald oard alall Lol tholr ofiten for o darm of cbe yeirs, aud nutl thele sice cerzorn avo kppoluted Rtk qualitivd, tinlerk dooner res wovad by the Frecdenti aud they sball recelye, 03 ful} comyensation fur thelr kervices, the sum of 24,000 Tar annur oach, und the,s actnal and ueceasury trav- elity oxyennes, " o o . That #eld Doard f Rathread Sommissionsrs slintl {notitute » thovough fovestigation nand Shqniry into the rules of tolland comrensatio cliarged for trante orting frefqitn aid pulsengera over each of siicl Jiets fof fallroad ds ara herein deocribsd and Aerlgnnted, snd futo the roatonshieness thocee of; wud rbmll, 8 soon an practicubic nfior much favestigatioll and inguity, prepaco for tho ownera ind opeTalora o each U sush i (Wxcept aiict 44 tnag Lo Diitted ux_berclnnfior provided)'a acparate schedulo i tnles of clintges for the trans. porlation of pasachice, and frelght, aud cars, londeil or unfoaded, on or over ykd lines respectively, o 1t Curtiet providoy that tho Board ohalt eatab- 1iaty n railvond buean in the City of Wrshington and appoint & clerk with a salnvy of 33,000 & yonr; thnt they may {ravel over the Unlted filntes, buving their oxpenses naid; that thoy wiy hold conrts in varlous places, wherover they pleane, and oxawmine witnossos from anv dintance, tho witneeson to be paid oulof the Troasury of the Umtod Btater tho samo feca that witnessos recelvo in tho United Hiates Courle. EFFLOT OF THE BIfL. You tee, my tricuds, thal, in wubsthuce, thin Eill wranafers to tho juvisgieton of Congrens and tho Foderal coytetn uearly evory railroad fo the United Btoleu, for it applies to sll tallronds which eraes State tibed or aro conuected with roade which ¢ross Stato liues. Tlio wallrords aro phartared by tie Btates, They sto thio crenturos of the Btates In wauy iustauers, Tho State Logislaturo, In chartering theto 10adu, lins put itoown vestietion upon therr tarlif, and mado its own regulntionn s to thoir govoernmonr! By tho hili whioh was advecated by (en 1), - but—theAleUrary bitl, whith yrecod the Houso —jurtsdiction 1s fnkeu from (ho Seates and trano- ferrod ta the Fedetal Govormmont. 1 em op- nosed 10 thet kind of logrsiation. It was re- Yorled to tho House of lieyrusontatives from tho wouunittea an Ronds and Canals, I think by Gou, Iiurlvut,—at leant it recelved his nssent, It providas tor tho construcaon of a doubla-truck Tallroad from the Misseaippi to the Adantio Ocoan, ile advucates the cousirnction of thnt yoed. Tho Lill does wob provide that tha tiovernment should countruct the road, but it wropiwed ta wcorporalo a. compsay, and to par ]un vutn, any @ submdy out of the Troasuey of the Untled Slates: or, wliat amotints to " tho samo thiug, that tho United Statos should guur- ruteo theit bonds to the anouhs of 25,000,000, What bocosties of all the 1¢solutions of the Re- publicen Conventions ngatvet SUDSIDIES TO BAILWAY COMSANIVE, which you have been adopting for years? Wo wv-sdizedsn ribroad to the Pacitie, both by 1guds and muvey. Thero vas gome oxcuso for hay, aauo 1 was (o bld the coutinent to- uther, to dovelop the fnterlor of the_contluont, pird tu'provide n meauk’ foc tho transportation tor t100ps aud munitionn of war, s, ete. B.at do notyou know that Lank bas biult up n_meat gidnt monopoly fu tids couatry, And do not you romembor ihe Crodit Mobilier tnat was orzunized under it and init, which cost tlis Goveituuent over #50,000,0007 Now, in the face and oyos of thig leglstazion, nnd all the rezolutions of all your conventioud ngainst subtidica, it in propukeil to #ul sidizo o railrond compaby; abd that bil whieh bo ropotted deg- igmates’ tho Incorporstors 1 tha dlifereut Hiates, aud they aro mostly old iailroad rivg men. @en. Hurlbut—I catiwot allos yon to make thot misthko. Tucko are no nowes, aud no g provided for In tho bill, Gen. Farnswortli—-1Have you the bill 2 B Gen, Hurlbui—3 haveit; it {s only & sketel. I cannoi rilow you to make that stutumant. Gen. Farnsworth—Does not the bill provide for thio guarantes of tho Londs ? Gon, Hurlbut—Cettloiniy not of nuy of them; thig antount is ot sottlod yet. Gen, Farnaworth—Sv much the worse. 1If the Unlited Stutes is lo guaranteo bouds ad 1ibitumn, in God's nan:o that {8 woreo than lo limit tho amount to £75,000,000. {Applause.] I huve not Tead tho bill receutly, aud Lgivo it atbstantial- 1y, t details L mov bo i errr. Itis really to male the Govornment of tho United Slates re- eponaible fur the road, p T am opposed to thn (overnmant engaging in the construction of ralioads vut of thoe Lreas ury, _ecithor diroetly o through a cewpan ;Applnuae‘] Why, gentlomon, thia rond provides or 1 munopoly, A ralrond never accom- modates snything mors thaa a certain parallelo- sta; or alrip of tervitory, and when you wob bovond the hnew of that parallelogram the j.co- plo have to seex othor chaunels for tholr commdree, froight, sud pandage, By what tight wro you going to tax tho praplo of Indinna to build & reifroad nerasa Tili- unis, tnless you buiid them o road too? Dy s¥hat 1ight ean vou tax 1o peoplo of Obio for & rond across Indinon, usless you give Ovion rosd? Andno, if you puild a rond acrass this Durthern torntory, vear to the likes, from tho Miesissippi Lo the Atiantic Ocoan, alittlo turther routh you will b ealled to build snother and another rond, until ymu yezch tho Gulf of Hesico. 1umw opposod toit. 1 nm oppo-zd to the bill suthorizing the Prew- dent tu crtablish A BUREAU OF NINY QEX to fix tho tariffs of creight and puesngo upon tha ralironds of tho Unitod States. I ant oppoted Lo trancferring tho jurisdiclion of our State ruady tw the Fedral Governwment. [Applauso,] And wow, brietly, Jot mou glve you = Yew rensons ; Whnt would be the elfect ol tins loguedution ? Your Leg:giature controls the susjecs of iml- toads in thly Stace. ‘Tho mewbers are slected only for o Tew months, uiid como home to you ; they look you iu the faco und wive you an ace count of thew stonardship, Theyaro responsible to you. Yuu bhold thiein accountublo for their cots, They come to yon for another olection, 'T'ransfer this matter Lo Cougreas, and the membors of Congress from Texas aud othor distant States votu with referaudo Lo your Tail- road_lutercels in Blinvis—mon who nre vever Cow:ibg tO'yOU, WA NEYET BaW you, and kuow nudhinig abous your intorests, nud eovo less. “Again, the eifoct of this legslation io to CONGOLIDATL THE RAILIOADH of the Uniicd Stules in ona poliienl parby throughonit (he Jand. You aslublish a Railrond Buienu in Waskiugton, with ito clocks and all ltg prraphernalia ; tho noxt thing, overy vaiftond D the United States ostablisbes it bLead- quarteis in Waslinglon, with it lawyors and Js tresty; and ab every scssion thene tawyers wilh this money will buzz about the lob- bick with their pusses and (heir exeursions in Pullin paiaca-cars, and wilh all tho applisnces thatrailroad mos know 8o wolt how to uim L offecs legislation, [Apuluuso.] You have complumed that sho railronds of this Stats ars too atrung for the Leglslatare, that they zie too stroug for the Logielatite of Penusylvetis, aod so on throughout the counbry. If they fio 60 tliong a8 o cuntrol alf the dilferont Leglsintures, wha would bo their united effoct apon a Cungross, and especially a Congrees (hat wonld bo guilty of passing Bllm‘f-firfib? [Aflvllumu‘] 1t i pronosed by that will toplaco in the heudy of asinglo President tho nppomtinent of fing e, witly thiis inmeneo pover. 1 luncy I #de . BE RAILROADS TARING POEIZSSION of thls country with nifo uen, nid roling them tn 1oopnifiéonce a.l n\finut this great Stats, wineing thom aud feastifi thom i thelr paluce~ cais—men appointed by Gen. Gisut to con- tz0l tropiporiatiot tu the United Staton. Woat do Fou think your chauees wonld be, farmens of Melfcnry Connty, mudur thoso cl¥dutantances? As 1 stated, tho cffeck of euch lemstition would be to unite all tho ruil- ronds Mto o polivieal organlzntdon; and &t eant récwring Précldentinl oloction the reilvoads woild b> for one eandiduto and agaluat tue other, sud du ng tho cauvasy il Thy rondw would be fin In the laieron.s of ons peity nnd ssmbst tho biteiects ot thoother. Von'voms plain that tho Dbresidont’s powor, with i x0,000 appotututonts, with all thele Y:\!mu sgo, In mirendy too groat u ain clection, 2ad to that all the patronsge and power of il tho ratironils In the Unlied Statos nud ther wht? ‘Wil aboitt & thid tern? [Applauso]. Bleay your saul, you would havo twoiity tatns [taiigliter], s lifo term, n Previdont for life, und 8 King, ead a Railroad Kiug ne bat ! dontldin.en, £ em perfoetly wiling and ia favor ofiatlowitiy wiy ratlroad company wider tha tin, or'nny seeociation of men who wish to bulid o rativoxd from thio Atlantis to tho Mississinni,—1 am witing to give thom (bat priviloge and 1o cuoournge thom uud us many cumpating liies g ot have, Ao much che better, But I will mnot conesnt to votlng awny the lmnplu‘n tasen to focd tite 1w of 1 ralroad compaug, or to build rail- Foxds ont of the Freasury of tho United Stutos, It {8 astonlnhing how frea 6omd paaple ore with other people's wonoy. Bomo peaple Liave au idea that whatever thioy taka aut af the Tramu. 7y docs not coat anything. 'To biild & raltrond ot of the ‘Lreasury dovs not oot anything, thoy thinl, ‘Lhat wa great wistnao, § hevor know tho Govorumont vf the United States to buitd suyhpublic work or fo consiruel dny public building but that it oot the throo ‘tinies on wuch a4 Lho eame work would cost o private lu- tateas nd tho com= | dividual, ‘Mt iy alwdyo tho cado. Now, Gon. Turlbut need hot arguo that I am opposed to Congrosn exurcising tlio right to RubvLyrh Lo ASONG TiE BBMTAS, Of comra it hns, The Conslitution gives Uon- gresn tho power, But my opponition iy thie! 1f you taks cato of tha Btate roads properiy, and provent the consolidati-n of vomveting lues, thn watating of stoclw, compoiling tho ralroad coni~ anics to keep thelt ‘Freasury i the Hiate which ucorporated thom iustead of iu Wall stroot yehiora it ean bo aed for atool-Jobblug, thero wiil bono {ronble. Take earo of tho railrdads which run throwgl your Stato, dud thord will Ue no trouble about ctoering tho line if tho difforont #intos teko envo uf their 1oads, Now, havo L not stated enough v thusubject 2 'The truth of tho mattoris - . ¢ QONGRESE WAB BOARED last wWidter. Tho Grangers, tho farmers, tho paopla were convorsing about thelr intereats ; they *feéro becomlng fudopoudent s thoy woro shinkibg ot tho wralldom of party { they woro formlng ‘socielfoa and absocintiony, aud mom- bera'of ' dongreas fut seurod, nud thoy \rent to worlt “al; transportation in Loth Houdes, Tho Bonata did not o much on railroads, vut b {ook to vauals, and they appronriated $200,000 to sur~ vey diffcrent routes far ship-conuls all over tho country, oud tho other day wo liad a corps of enginoerd passiug through tho Counties of Iuse and Do "Kalb and out hord at Winnolago, suryeying o routo for o ahip-capnl. Thoey atact i just boforo eloc tion, and womo of the farmors bepan to think thoy wore ‘;ulnx to hava a ship-caual, sure onough, right by their doara and when tho sut- veyors got ottt to Delnlb County thoy fonnd thoy swonld have to dig 200 feot to ovoroomo soro of iho sunmits, but oo of the pooplo ot thoro thought thoy would hava Ylsuzy 1o do 1o tonding locks, amt tho wind-mill manufacturara were nlso stinnilatod, for they thought thoro would bo plonty of bueiness for windmilis to gab tho water #tp futo tho canel. |Laughter.] And au udilor fu Byenmoro wan injudicious eanurb to doolare that e, Hurlbui wos ro- opouniblo for thab nllm‘npn:ltluu {Inughtor], and T waa obliged lo kay i soveral places in DoKall Connty that ho waa not rosponsiblo that they oughb nok to Inv thiat sln a3 his door, but to re. liove him uf thiuchiarge, Two hundren thousand dollara for this tom-fovlery of surveying ro toy ncrons theso brond p:airies for uhip-cuals, while at tuat moment Cavedisay were offoring us the freo navigution of tho B Lowrenco Tuvor and thowr Welland Camnnt—proposiug to widen nud doepon it—to the Atiantlo Oconn, 80 dbat . you could freirht & vestel in Chieago aud float it to Liverpool, If g would ealy admit into tho United stataw, frzo of duty, their productions—{a voice: *Luat is right "} LUNBER, BALT, COAT, ypotatoes, aud things which are now kept out by a proulbitory tariff, or what amounty tu thni. But 1oy instead of attanding to that thoy go to Burvesing new canaly acrosa the cauntry. The State of lilinois has offerad to swwender fo the Gonoral Goveinment the Tllnow & Michigan _ Caunl if the Govesnniovt will bt wako o freo wator-courso of is, onlarko it and malio It & ship-canal, and doopou tho illi- nols Ttver so thut you coultt lond a vesuul at Obieago and (last 1t o tha Gulf, nud Ko out upou tho brcad ocean, Chay fu in tho lotorests of commorce. 'Lhicra if: o canal, 6 water-course, sl seatly coostructed, which oulv requires a httlo deopoui aud widontugr, Tustesd of givingas tentiou to that, Congress gocs tu surveylng in- depeutlont outos agross the country. CANADS. A word or bwp with refersnce to the Canedinn Reclprocity Treaty whick the Canudians offor us, 7hy can we notadopt that? 1 do not kuaw how (ou. Hurlbut stands on that questivn. Iamin favor of reclprovity, of letuny tn tho lumnber, anud ralt, and coul, aud polatoss, and the othor products of Canude, uio this vountry. Who chenpor you buy your lumber the botior for you. The moro you introdies into tho conucry tho richer tho countyy 1a, _Butb tho opposition to this comay from fhere? In tho fleud plico from tho tavil¥ men, The lmmber mnen of Michigan and Maine (Mepudlicans) onposs tha Reciprocity T'teaty, boeanse It 16 goiug to choapen their lan bor. "The ealt bulors of Byracuss and Sagin opposs 1t beeutied (& i6 golng to bring their suld in_comueiition with Canadian anit, slthough thoy take thoir #alt 10 Canade and comoete there with the gl wwanufactimors there, while on bhis sida they chmor for a tanit to vrotect them ngaiust the Cenecan salt menufacturer, Tho wharfng- ot of Bualo, the men who own elevators theve, appose it becaasa ther swant ta lavya tribule upon vou, farmers of hnoix, nud the grain-deal- ors of Chicago, by compalliug you to uuload yonr groin at Buitalo into elovatord, and thot reship 1t 1 canul-Loate or ears to New York, Thentho rarlrosds of New Yorl and tho Naw York & Brio Cavnl appose 1t bocanso 1t would taite away & Tatgo [ar: of Lhoir carrying trade ; ond tho Tl 10utls of the State of Now York really control the Naw York & Erle Conal. 'Thov go into tho Tivg- eiainra, wnd keop up tio tari s0 high o tno cnnl that the ratlvoaus can compoto with ti. Tho people of Maine oppoxo it tecguse ihoy wanta monoygoly of ship-timber aud paw-loga that are to be ueed jn the States, end also bevauso ib would let potatoes iu free of 1aviff fom New Drunswick ana Nova Scotin, for the peopla of Maiue have & tarif ot potatoes to protect thom agniust tho competition of tho Canndians. Now, to acconimodz{e ihat_ring of high-tariT menio Bufalo and New York who want to carry your grain ucross the country, Cougross gcte “mbout & dilleront oufotprise, In- stend of ugrceinz to thw Reclvrocily Treaby. Upou tuat question, as upon ali theso olhet que: uons, Ropublieans have vy unananity of senti- mout. Go mto Wisconsin, and you will not fiud s Rojublican oo %o tho Roelprooity Treaty, Musy of the ltepuplican membors, no doubt, from this State would baiu fuyor of it. 1 should think 80, Go to Mlickinan, snd thoy ava opposed to1tin the northorn parz, and very lisaly i tha luwor part they would bom fuvosof iv. Upou tuat, a upon all othor questous whielt congern your present and fulie interests, the Ropubie- 20 parly ts not upited. 1t holds no sentiniont (i comwon, whilo 1t ia diverting your aiteution from these questions to the dizordors in the ontl. . T'ue truth is, that CONGRETS folt lest winter, with rofesanco to Grengor of- faivd, ns the poor suilor did in un open boat. Yo'sullord wero out in the stormy wisen tho waves wers dusting high, pud tosaiug thetr bont ymtil 16 seomed likely to go dowh, nnd owe of thom aelad tho othou 1€ he cotld pi “ Ng." “ Can yon king a liythn 27 “No.” *\Well, take up & cotlection, thon, for God’s sake, as nomes tinng Lis Lo bo dove d—d _quick.” [Laughter.} $o 1 Congress. Homething bad to be done auivk, 08 tho 1armery of tuo Wost weie Liocodi- ing Testiess under the leplalation viiei Was pro- posed for thom, HI3 POSITION ON THE TARIFY. You may guess olrely from tho romarks I Lave made that Lam opposed to a high -pro- teotive ariif; ahd Lassiiouucsd to_the G vention wi nopinated wo that I was, per coub in lovied on lumbor, seatesly suy of whicligoen luto theTreasuty of the Uioed Statos, but sinply Sorves to koop up and. incraaud the prico of the lumber which you purchuse, for the benetit of fumbsr manutnetnrers of. Wi cousin sud Michigan, Tie old Henry Oiny dot t1int of n‘fwkc:wo tarlft wae, thit duty shoild ! jovied to proteot infant ndustiivs in which slull waa regaited. What slusil {u required to produce a sav Jug or & plue bourd? What skill 18 rsquired to evapurato ealt? Isthat an infant? \vhat ekitl is roquired to dig coal or malks pig-iron? Auyuody who can sooyel the oro, and tho coal, And the othor mn- gredionts into thio furaass contd melke pig-iron, Theao mon gob a protectivo tarlif by formiog & ring—nous of theuo thinga conld stand alone, Let Gon. Huilbut intzoducs a bill Lo puk a taril vn Nuwbey, snd ho would only geba few voles—only tholmabeimon, 8o with saltand pla-ron. But all thero things comivlee; sl Lhon thoy yeach out and thie held of overy other mwiufecturer thnt thoy can persunde o taril will bonelit, nud thoy puy him inte thin riag, abd finally the ring Lu- comen lurgd encugh (80 that thoy can pusn thole bill; aud then, yoa koc, yui do nos knaw hyw vour moetubors ava yoing to be o tiat quektion, \Vhile you are figntiuy over disordeis in tho Routi, and yoitr attention 18 disorted, the inun iutercalod in Jamber seo thiat thely temor 16 souud on thew quostion, und tho flrse thing vout know wout Litve w mnu tu Congress who voted with thesa ringa, Durlug my sorvices in Cons gresa after thu complotion of roconstrusion mid thoso ceonamienl quostions commonced to arlso, Lnpruved myuoll on tito sude which voomud to o ta ha the ane of tha paaple T ropresented, aud T upposed thoee high tarltl rings. 1 opposod overy ateal by which your tazes are Ulghed Irom tho ‘Ureasuiy and diverted away from the purposes for which you ° puid them, L opposed thoo enoimous - and outragoous appropristions for the Distriol of Gulumbla, lu_auo single wintor $4,000,000 woro tukon from ths Trensary aud pup upoa the stroots and sidowalas of taat clty, und public Duildiugs and_uow stroots runaiug to Lhe anbe ki, to bunufit men who awnad proporty theta, —~miany of thom high oflleinis in tho Governs ment of tha United Etatou,, Pwo years vgo last wintar [ intradused, at tha requont of iho taxpayers, u resolution into the Ifuuea of Ropresentativon for un inventigailou 1uto the mattois conne with TUL DISTRICT OF COLUNUIA, The Distriet Comwitiua woay wmstructed to make un investhaution, mud thoy whitee wannod the Istrivt, protty wmueh an probsbly tha Comnitteo, Just winter, would huve dono but that tho property-owners snd txx-puyors Empln.vnrl omindnt lnwcvara ‘to go bbfore. tho oibittes dhd conduct tho (nvontigation tham- uolvos, For tliti courns 1 rocolvad vdm i{nlmnrl ad abuso of tho local papora in Wishington it aud the unmeanured donunclation 8¢ Al thie mon connected with those rings. douounced and oxposed tho Qovernmont bullding ringa ; 1 luventigntod novoral cohttaety for builaings n Boston, Now York, and othor places: I tiacoed tho connaction of Govornmont ofliblale with thieso coutracts s and my Comunitteo agroed with 1o aud roported that they woro lv violation of tlo lash, and fraudulont, W prosentod tha f6- Porlu to tho Socrotary of the ‘Iteasuty, who bhtos y stinkted at thein, And lot tho contractd go oh, Tor doing thia I reeolvad the denunclation ‘nod opposiclon of the Suporvising Architeet, and of ovory othor man ullfinncd in _contract fora public bullding, and the noxt doy I was defontod ot Bigin for the nomioation, ~Mr, [uribut was nomioated, and Alox. Shopherd And I ting of the Distriot of Colimbia mob &k thoir clith-hotde snd bad a grand drank over my do- font [aoplausie], and drank eungratulations to onch othor thas iy had got rid of tho buomy of the Diatrict of Coltmbin,” ad they called mo, because Iwas an onomy of thisves aud rascals. T confess that while 1 folt no resentmont bocatise tho Couveution at Elgin nominated Gon. Indbit, Tdid not como tor that partioularly, niudo Bavoral othors wero bodton b tho samo timo, and in the same way, But I felt somo te- sentmont when 1 found tiint tho thioves and ras- onls all over tho country wora rojoicing ovet my dalent; I folt that, it Taupportod Gen, Urant for thn Presidency, Ihad got to support tho kame thleviug vings. [Applautso.] THE BALABY-GRAB. I wish now to apoak with rofereneo to tho anl- ary-grab, aud ko crivicise tho regord of Alr, Hurl- but on that subject. Darlug the vory last days of tho last Congroks, tacy passod a biil iuoroas~ ing tho salaries of tho ofilcors of tho Govern- mont, commencing with the Proeideut, aud thon tho Cabinot otficors, hoads of huraaws, and of tho Covgressmon thiotnselvos, and dating unok the incroaso Lwo yoars, It Invreasod tho salucies of mexbers of Congrous from #5,000 to 37,500 a yoar, and it was on luorcaso in my pockut— or would bavo boon £ T hal kept ft— of avont $,,000. I oppossd that inorenss, and dovouncad 1t as bittotly aud na cavnestly as 1 could, It passed, novertholoss, I was dove undor the lead of Bon Butlor and mea of like fngtinets and practicos. Tho eioel of - that nalavy-jucronac was au annual olmrga upon_the Trensury of tho United Sintes of about $9,600,- 090, and it sppliod ouly to tia higlior ofllcos of tha ~Govornmont, aud _thoso which ~aro rewlly tho bost paid. It took tho Iresi- dont; who Wi whoady rocolving 595,000 o year—and Liucoln saved . 850, 000 during Dy four yonvs on _ that ealary,—it doubled vis salary; It incroased the Congressmen's salarioss it loft out tho Jittlo clustiog who run tho busineas daving the sum- mer, whlothe high genllomen aro at tho soa- whore or ab cho springs. 1 denounced it WIHAT ME DID WITH THE MoNEY. Aftoe it paseed, when the Sergosut-nt-Aving sou¢ me tho amount of tny baok salary, 1 did not open it but swrota o lattor td {he Coshior of the Dbavk In oy town, and told lim to distributo it among the connties in mv dlgtriet. Thera wna 0o Inw autboiizing mo to pay that nonoy Juto the T onsury, Coagress presed a Ibwy Inat wintor to. covor sneh- monevs into tho Treasury, thus recognizing the fact that Iwasdight., Audit sooms to me that in no other wuy conld £ indstuntfy the taxpayors'of my own distriel against this wrong, Ib that way, 80 fur ag the kalary for two yenra was condértidd, Leoull judowmnily the tu¥payers of my dis. tiet, I coald nobt {udombify *them agninat Yn_rln[; the toxes for the future, for bl " wag dn annual incrense of £4,600,000, equal to au inereazo In tha oalicnn debt of $60,000,000. My colirwa was etitteisod - by n_urent mtuy poopio} tho papora thdh Werd hostile to mo wonld not publisls my letter, and calied mo & malary-grabber. Aud {hove aro some people in sais distriot who now have tho impression I voted for it, 1t wes something of o' temptation. Four thonsind dollirs doon not bang on overy bueh. 1 vonid have chackod it into my pockiot. X did nlL 1 could to prevent its being forced on me, bt I dotermined to bo consistont and olean my bands of i, and [did go. Don't yolt thiuk the orhicism on mo was ubkind and untar? Yhe County of Boone roturned the quota adnt it, the Bupervisurs botug of tho op,uinh that Lhe money T neot thore waa o tinctured with fraud and dor- ruption tiab it it taint thelr wholo Treasury, md eo théy et it back. 3 Notw, if thorny was ever an act of Coneross vihich secaived (Lo ubivorsnt disacnt aod donin- cinlion of the poople, it was thit acs, aud thore way Cortainiy a unantinous and emphatio detaintd for It totilvepoal. Aw I not right in that ? MR, NURLLDT WENT TO CONORESY, and during bis fest monii thero ho asdisted G ler and o:hers ouposed o the repaal of thos Taw in provouting L sopeal. Iu douled it. But X desiro to read bo record, 1fo deds nut dotry tho reoord; bt Lie denies, T slato, his po- wition properly. Bls were incrodeced al tho cominaucoment of tue sossion, and the Speaker wancalled upon to appolut a_kpeciul committeo 3 {hnt commuttea roported 2 bill 1epoaling the fue creago of sslarlds 8o far od mowboid of Qongress was concerned. ‘I'lio appoal tooj effect then, Tho membors of this Congross hind al: raceived nino munlgxi‘ piy, av the rulo of at, ol 37,6000, 1dr. wa, raported from ho mihority a bill wisielr previded for the ripeal of tho walirr~fvcicire Lill, s0 that Uen, Tlurtbut and™ othors* would secoive chow #5000 a vear,. & o luw provided when they were eleclil Lhat wad i abswer to, ud In coth of tho l)cflplm the il to linnia with, the demdnd A motion was mado to recomunib 10 Cominittea with iuatinctioun to ropart s bl ilin salare al 30,000 per au- num, _ Ingtead 5,000, Iioally M. Ortls, of Iodimn, mado & aiotion hat the bill bo _reconwitted to tho Commitire ahd the Comnitieo be jnstrueled al.or list do- ternilnitig what would ba the sverage vilary to niembors of Cobyress, including mtiengo nad other allowincds, to roport o Bill fixing tuo enl- ary al the veruge amount, The motion was adoptod, the bill wna reconutiditied with tlieso instructions, Mr, Kagdon again roported from tho minority bis Uill 10 ropenl tho palary, That motiou ol DMi. Xasdon My, Hurfbut voted agtingt., Doiore the ayes nud uoes woro takeh off that, Hurlbirh got che floor and moved A FAUETIOUS AMENDNENT ag follo . 3 Az, Hurlbub—T move to pniend iho amondnient of tite gentlernati from Joway M, Kasdon, Ly inibstitating tagrefor tho tallewing ¢ . W lfor o puvposo of giving dute fiexiblitty to tha aiwatiah of raliry anl of admiitiig en Uppostinity for fita axhiuition und reecrding vt a judiclons olf-ap= peectuion or au cnually Judicions Aelf-denul wu the pit of members of {hls Touse of Seprescututiven, (hrep clasies nve Horoby establishid, t o reverally donomiunted and kuown as Cliss A, B, mid 0, The’ membora of Ciasy A alall reoive u bl sy cf 1,800 per eanem ¢ Hioso of Clasd 13 shatl v cbive $3,60) pphr annuin ; those of Class C sliall re- c6lva b alsry of §3,000 permmum, Taut oneo 1o sagl we shumy ot tho commeiceuent of tho eatie, 03¢k inctie Ver ol s Hoao ohall et forth In witing, and file With the Ulcrk, his own cholco of ths clus in which ho 8 to be Jlaced for that eceslon” [Greis laughler.] paving due regard to Lis owii ealimate of his proporod ferviced und tothoe eabmelty for endursnvedn als awn consiituents, sud sich vlvttion, whon mutle, sbull not be .-m»‘;ed At the gamo sesel 5 Maiy, It is very o ub this Lvase will never agres to (hyt nendment, d perbiaps uo dthor provisfou lipan this nnh{wr Now, sir, Ity ready to taks (1o Jubierit~ aiieo wiuleh (ho fthers Diave glyen mo with lts bur- deus, Bat, for the benofit of thoks members of tho former = Congress wgn th of it o no! khow thut it wonld atfoct mb nt home, Tlevo that the libere] sentiment of the peopis has bi in fovor of & teasonable reduction of salzry, felieia havo eaten wour grapes, and the chll foeth sro sl on edge. Now, It louks to 3o very much o 1 the Houeo did ot {tond (0 pun any practicad Bl upon o sublect, snd to el Eiem to thut conelnglon T hive endeavard to propsre an amoeudment by theaus of whteh ench gemfeman cay go throwgly i dident task ol omsiining & fald valuo fo n‘mnll‘, st oo able, paruepd, to sallfy thive bibind bimg whosq opinton) w{Sor all, moy vavy frow hia own, Liope wy smeudming will mbob with patiout, honeat, wnd Caittful conslderation by th Honse, 1, Huslhut—1 withdeaw” my umendmont_to tho swonduwicut, aud Wil yielt to Hio gottlonan from Marwacliugolts (Mr, Batler) to offer i amuudinout, v, Butler, Gf Nenncludotti—t have an amend- mient Lo ofter, ‘I'e Boeukor—Dosu the gentlenien from Town yiold to tite jenbemaa from blussucdusolts to offer hiw amendoscut ¢ B, I waon =150t unlesk 1L Is pertinont, St Butlor, of Massaviuholis—Tt 0 directly yortte nout, M. Kason—1 vwlll hoar 1t redd for iuformation, Bir. Butler, of slesrachtisotia—I ofier tho following aendment to the toendinent Lo Gierk road ug toljon Wl aided, fur Congrs who ' That the membera of thls snuiitbers of ny, pracedingg Coi fres, aid whto vocolved bisek pay utisler 09 wet hascd ut tht OQupgross, thnli Bave sho amunut of sush buck pay deductod froi tho amonnt duo them from {hls Uongress,” Apglauny and Joughter on both aldes of tho Houes,} e ] Hoilne o Al that Aeniaent, X, Batlct, of Muerschusotls—I Lops the Houko Witl vole down tha domand for the provious question 8o st £ amay ol o uendiont, Kesonand Mr, ute o s sato Mansoums Wil tuo gentieinan pato— A Breagar— Tt bn fartcho tulleth (o count, and for (:0 Gk tostto, (Lagliter,] Thio gontlemmas enisuia the provious guesiion on lits wmendiment, and (e ef- Lot wiit be, 1f socouded, to bringr tho 11ouse tna volo o1 that sgudinont, sad that ouly, Then tho prévioiis ueation will e xuauitod, and the Lill WL Lo lott iiil opsiss to wmendthent ki fhough that amendinent b not beext parpt wpots, i ‘in b ¢, Mbynard—IF the lons queation I8 nb s {Ained, nm‘lua niteiinont of (e geniiemis Tom Manaabliunetla will bo fh ordor. Tl Bposker—Of couras, Tho House divided ; aud thero wore—ayes, 83, noes, not countod, 80 L1 Hotes fonusod to saeona tns provious ques lon, Mr, Duller, of Massschusstia—1 noW move my amendment ta the smendimont of the gontleman from Towa, and sak tht {6 o read. lork road an follow:” . .\ And provided ,.mR», Tiat it fombars of tuis Yon, Who srote mornitrers of ooy, procedlug Con- Rross, And why reoeived badk-péy Ui dor the dcls pdided Bt that Oongress, bhall have the amonnit of ol backe Yoy deducted frdun tho amount duo tiom from thia dngrees, ME. Builor, of Museachuhotte~X demand the pro. Vlotid qiieation o (he io Atnondments, 110 1ouns dividod § ad tLéto wors—ayes, 1225 hots, G tho provtons quohtion waa nécondod. et mieation wad ordeced £ bo puts Upon tho amendmont of Mr. Butlor, Mr, Hurl~ bt did not voto. - That amendmens was fefoats od, Thon upon the amoudmone of Br. Kauson, Qou, Hurlbut voted no, It was, however, adopt= od by o House. . Gon, Hurlbut kald ko was willing to tako tho {nhoritanco his fabhora bnd givon him, with its burdens ; in othor words, he was readyto take tho salory which Congress had givon him, Gon. Hurlbut—~Do not put it fu your own words, Gen. Farnaworthb—I am pustting a proper con- ntruution on his words, What does ho moan whon he saye: 1 am willing to takd tho in~ horitance with the burden?”’ The inberitanco a8 tlio salary, and (he burden the duty of 8 Congrossman, ‘Chat is what that moans, If it moaus anything, Hero is what took plavo . Qurltiut—1 now movo the tollowlug subatituls ¢ ui Clork read sa follows f—]) 1 3t énadted, dec, Thal fom and aftor the passige of this sét tho comperisition of Henators, Ropreeenta= w'%b .fl:yll‘ n;:llloulam .n:u mha Al nm‘ raly of X aniillo), o month! A i’ ntadion “torste e sctint - mtivident oxpousa of each Heantor, Toproentative, and tloleguta comine fo amil telu.aiug from tho seat of Guyernment ouce in each sewsion, to be certified In writing by each, 810, 9. Thint tho compentallon of the Spenker of tho Moo of Iiskreontativon shull bo ut tho rate of §2,000 In addition to Ll pay e Repressittative, wmounting in o140 $8,000 5 nud ha of the Vice-President shall be £ oaine amoun, with tho eamo allowanuo for travol- g oxyenos us Lerciubetoro provided, 0, 3, it all luwa and purts of laws incouslstent withs fho provisions of thin act are Lotoby repealed, &20, 4, That tho Sovratary of thy Treasury i8 re- @utrud to dover ity thn Trazoury all sums Wlilch nisy Bavo been rocelvol v 8 uereaced comnpensallon undor 110 provixdons of suii i, approved Match i, 1873, and whlel whall “have or may come iulo bix pushessiols by tho return thereof. Thon comes Gen. Butlor. AMr, Butlor, of Mamudchusotts—dtr, Speatier, T havo not, {respnsid o the timo of tio House horefoforo i1 {14 dolinto, and T do not prapose to do ko now. 1 it in logiral (o’ reuirs tho rofundibg of hisck psy ro- eevod or tho Yoriyesecond Uongross, It i just sa logical to voguice the refunding of back pay, rebsived for (o Thirty-ululh, and o Tuleiy: foubth Cobgresd. Therotore, T hope Vo suall adopt this anteudinent, £nd then 1 hopa wo sl bring our- seives {0 o sate’ Hpow A propositlan (unt. snll it e aud {0 furilier discasalon, T teust 16 Bill which will ba introduced by wy frlend from Hiinots (Mr, Hurk boub), Dxing tho salary kb 353,050, 10 take eMlocl frum tuo pazhago of the act, Wil Lo pasaed, and wo shall pro- ceed to pullic business, ‘I'hon thoso oppescd to this ropes! undortook to lond tho bill doyn and kill it with impractics- blo amendments, like the foliowing : Ar, Holowun—I offer 3n u subatitte for the amond- Inout of 1y yentlemta froni Vorumunt. (afr. Lulind) what 1 souq fo the Clock's deak, Tho Ulerk read 48 follows Ami nrociaéd fuether, That the smonnt which shall Biiva been tocelved by any Saator, Roprescntatlve, or Dolegite of the prescnt Congress, who was aSenafor, Ttoproseutalive, or Delegate of the Fort-esecoud Qougrear, an_increzeed compensation for thio Forly. secoud Congrern, by vartua of tha sald act, approvol March 3, 1874, avd lioy not bexn vetutued tothis Teuas. ury, ehall 16 deduttod in- oqual moiibly inataliments frof the ralary of such Senalor, Represeniative, or Delegato Lareafler agertiing_ dilring tho pressut Gon- geess untlor tho provicions of this act. Upon this bnth Ben Butlor aud Mr. Hurlbué voted in tha edirmative, . Mr, Huribat—1 now insist on tho provious ques. ou. 3¢, Dawes—I ity £1 sy that §f tho Jprovions ques- tron Is voted down, L vil) offor s un amondrient tho Ll eported bick b Lo Gommitcs under (ho fn- steuctlond at the Hauise, Tito Bpexkor—Dous the gontirman from Tinols do- «dra tho firoviot 1 giealion ol s substitutt only, or on thostibs: Lt and the blit Bir, Sinrliit—Lpon (o whola, A ile of Mo T uik (13 geatlemen to fueert d of 13,00, 33,610, oot ,000. “ble. Diwen—1 sk the geittoman fo ke another Dy madificatios Ble, Plalt, of Vizeinla—T obia-t in dobate, e, Dawes—I avkk the gentluhun to taks (o bill re~ gortui by tho Gownitton undortho fustructions of the ouze, M, Hurlbut—Miho Is & subsitule for the bill, e, Ddwon=Lek 8¢ bl rend, i ‘The Clerk vesd Mf, Hutlout's amendment, ss fol- 10 from and aflor /ho pssagn of thinoct. the com- prowalon of Senatoes, Rsprecatuslves, and D.leg tes | tio Talo 'of $6,60) po¢ wunum, pasable THonthiy; isd I addition Saroio tho actd it ofpienuad'of eacli Susator, ltopresentative, and gito i going to and returtitug from tlie seat of Gove ernuient oncd It eacli eesslon, b be certitlad in writlng Dele- 10,2, That the compensation of tho Sneaker of the Homsa of _Represcniatives shufl Vo ut tho rate . of L0 in - additfon 1o s pay 58 Ropresentativs, swouitivg m il to §9,000; ond that of the Viee-President shull bo thy Bamé atounty with tho rane wllowuneo for traveling s a8 Bereinbetors provited, 0,3, Thiat all laws and ports of Inses Inconslatent royleionn of {Lio ack exo hefcly rapealed, W Sec. 3, Yhat tho Secrotary of tho Treadury 16 ro- qitfée (o ovor into thd Treusury all wumu thit may semnin undsuwi, or widch Wave been rerelyed si fucresiel_conipétization, tkdet the provisions of approved Marclt U, 1673, and which sball havo comu dufo Lio poitesaion by {he relurn st a. Dawes—t make o polut of order {hat that amwlment s bean aftered stuca It was fizat submlie tol anddolated, uud tho previous ducstion called wpondt, s "Llio Speaket—Tio pireviods question lias not yot bean orderad, 3L, Davres—The gentloman made s motlon for tho provioua quention, and altor biving sublalte amiendment, cad, laving 4 debuted <o botl side I ot a Whcrly, without the kuowledge of the Hotse, to 120 naed after if, 3, Ratler, of Mussachnsotts—ow does {ho gen- e in Lnow'the fack? e, Dawes—I riso o debata it in fts present foymn, The Bpeaker—1he polnt of ordus ia weil takens 5 B, of Masnachudella—It involvos 4 ques- on o Str, Dawez—T mujigeit to tho geutieroan from 1inofa whethier I¢ was falr, utter hiving sutimndtod an auend- ot to the Housa fu oo form, debited It hiufsclf Tu Utet oray, aind recelved debito fu opposition, to 1t koot o the Holtse, (0 40 to {7 ) Clerk's deakt dtov it omengment aud cal the provious questln dipogr 3 without iuturming he Houso af that faer? T wil not wif that & wix u frand upon tho Howss, for 1 min willing to bolievo that tho gentlumay from ithols bad not tha slightest lutoution of thut Ilal; but; undor such o praclico r4 that, thero cait ba uo_ gafesy’ tu. loglstation, il oght tiot £ by tolerated fof & romaut, e, Jutler, of Mucaicintivotia—T bave 8 word to say now, Wiibjtho fewve of the Chialr. T smant to tho pentie- wi' from Liinvis difil waid g2 Wmz ¢ Your whendront bolng o your own Swwds, ond w vo'd not bagluz lsou tiken upon if, you' hive w it to alter fe07 'Fliat 48 the counsel und advice un- der which the gentlouman actod, ir. Dawes—S0 1 supposed, ir.,Butler, of Muttachureite—T know you supposed 80’3 you ctrkiinly had nothing b do with 1t youssaf, . Hirlbub's shbsitite wis adopted, oou then, by the patllamentary wsago, bt was en- titled to tho coutrol of tho bill and to close tho débsite vipon ft, Ba b irous, ds folioky : M Hurlbut=1 ain onlttled 1o souiv e ol Nty 1til, T propoee to yivid to thy gontloniait trown 3zsia~ ehu ailor) Ter Nitven minitos, rusorvin, 10 mysulf flva minutes, sl tae clovs of whieh I will vafl o reviaue qiiafion ou tio pasusguof Liin Ll 3r, Butler, of Mnssschiiesite, nddrease the Hoitde, o ke withLeid Lis renika (v rovislon, Jlere tho himiaor o1 iy MEmLerm—Go oti, i, 1lupibut=I yiold ta the genlloman from Massd~ chusgtis tor tan rafnutos lo v, Butler, of Magsachueo.ui~T thank tho Housd for tholr indulgonce, Defors kit end of thul thne I bopo 10 bo outof my Frinds way, e, Hurlbit—1 now call the previons question on Hlip paspage of th Liil. : V6 queition was it upou tho pabéage’ of the LIl antk ori i divielon thure wure—agew; 1337 mcs, 74, Butler made tivn soeech for lim—Hurlbut suid notluag, ooly eailed for a voto. 4 1f; in viaw of thut racord, it can bo possibie that Mr. Huribus wag entuostly snd honoatly in tuvor of thorcpeal of that sulary-grab, thon [ cunnot, nudorstuud the Eughsh lutguage [ap- plapse], for his votes wors slmost uniformly with Butler. Jutlor aud ho were sido by sido {u. this matter, and ho voled agnlnel Kasson's amendment, which was in accordance wih the domands of the peoplo; amd flually, afier this was adopted aud gent to. the Benate, the Senato, lashod by tho nowspapew wud publis sontiment, wipod 1v all out, nud wads tholr repeal only take offect from that time, Ij came back to tho Jouwse, aud everybody fenght for it. I'hoy had to puss it, and all but o fsw mon, But- tor among tho rost, voied for: tho ropeal hill, It was o dorwier refort. Lhut ol was _mobt ropealod witil about tho middle of January, and then Lugto moum- bers of tho presont Congress bad weolved salas rio ol the rato of §7,500 a yeay Iar ton and a half monthy,—from tho 4th of Morch Lo tho 13th of January. For the othor monthanda balf thay recejved at tho old rato of &5,L40. A Gon, Hluribut hes got for hie limt year, aver ustd above what bo wis to geb when alacted, a s of 42,000, 1 ask goutleman who oriticiss ma for tho soutuo I take Lo nak Gou, Hiribus to roturn lus 53,000, [Applauso sud laughtor.] A woud or two with rorard to YK GUIKENGY QUESTION, | Iibink L stated some tiniougo that Gen. Hurle anrvatfil for &hu Inilation bill, whicl was vetood by Proslddnt dtanl. Gon, Hutlbut-~Yon call {4 an nflnton bill } do you inean tho bill that pasasd. i, Faraaworti—It wan votoed by Prosldent Qrant bocaso hio called it an inflation b, aud tho Gone'sl advacaled it becauss it was an idflatfon b, and it recolved the sUpport al thoihflationtats of tha two 1lousos of Qongress Ducatiao {hoy alloged it to bo an inflation bill, I statod, a8 publishbd in my pisttorm, thabl was opposed to an inflated and deprociated gurronoy, and was in Iavor of a bpocis robumption a8 soon as it could ba' dono #ilholit detriment to tho publio. ‘hat i not vory dissimilar from the Ro- ublican me at Spriugfiold, Whon they mot at “prllngflu d thoy mada & sort of compromiso on 1a} muade & platform whidh AN b bompromise, aut smounts to about whatI mold my sontimonts aro on tho sibjéot, 1am not in favor of a vio- lont and iminodiato Yosnmption of speote pay- ment, Whilo 1am opposed to thio Government al- foctiug values int tlio tountry Ly inflating curron- oy, lnmnluadp[maufl toan immodinte and forciblo rosumptlon. 1t Ia my opinion that the Govorn- ‘mout should neithor tako the part of debtor or croditor, 1t ls tho businoss of n groat Govorn- mout to 8o to it that mon koo thoir contracts inviolato, It 18 not nlways tho caso thnt tho dobtor is a pbor man, Ho is froquently rich, and owos tho pdor mah. Tho Governtont of tho Unitod States ought nok Lo protect Agrarisnismar Communiem, We sliould ndé pursue 6 policy to conliscate the propotty of thoso who own much for tho benelit of thoso who do not; but evory wan should r-y 1iig dobts intho monoy ho prow- ined (o pay them in. Inflation nf the currency 18 dopreciating tho currency. It 18 is making that which was worth a doller, or which hnd a cortain .flvcu purchesing powor, warth a littlo lezs, nod giving it o little foss puronasing power. Tho Govarnmont otight uot to do that, I was in Washington Inst winter duriog por- tion of this debate on the currency inflation, and 1was trequently asked abont tho sentimont of the Wost, and I Baid thon that tho soutitnent of the Wost was not in fayor of ijuflation when the quostion wae understood. Whilo Logan sud othors wero advocating inflation and declaring that the Intorosts of the country wera all disafrangad bocodse of this jobbing in Cougress on that subject, men would not daro invest capital Tor foar Congross noxt day would pass somo I which wounld destroy capltal, and thdrsforo meuy pub awb tntir capital, and businoss was paralyzed. It Cougrees had only declurcd it would do noth- ing ou” tho subject,—hunds off,—thls capital would have ombarked in busivess, 1t was not holack of mouey ; it was tho lack of conti- aenca. Monoy was lockod up bocause Congons wag gahbing about 1, and tho moment Congross pasdod o Lill which did not mean ono thiug or the other, oud whick tho Lresidont siznod to put an oud to tho oxoitomeut, businoss resumod its ukual course, "I monoy camo out. If Congrosa prints a fow more greenvacks, 1t dooa not send monnround wich maricot-baskos 1o dintributo them ace. rdwmg to tha popuiation, ‘Ilse only way they can be recelved by nuybody is in tho pnyment of thoe debts of the -Goverment, avourdings to approgristiony, or in tie purciase of Goveronent bonds nud #ocurities, You cau got tne mouoy for them. If the Governmeut Owas yau, tho Governmont puys you. Whon tho whole civilized worid mnkea coin & atadard of value, wé siifer by au fuilated and dopreciatod and dearaded currency. Last suriny, when thus Lill was pagsad, which ‘thu Prosident votood, what would have beou the ro- sult of inflation? Your grausries wero emply; yout hed sold your orops; you bad ot purcnnsed your summe:r Aupblice. Intlation wonld havo locked up nil the goods in tho stores, bocause tite purouneing power of wonoy would not bo aa greak, and tho ownor viould have to usic moro motioy. "Chat money you put away, with wlich you would have to buy your hodegsaries Tus' tho goanon. It would bave Tost purshiasing powor. You could uot buy so much with it So with the tariff quostion, Ths farmer standa at tho head of Lhe ring, and catebes the suap of the whip., It 1a the msn who is tho couduwer who alwaya catehes it The m ddleman pays tho partyand charges it to the man who buys. 1t 1 tho same with refercuce to this _tariff business. _ Speaking of the ol Ieory Clay turiff doctrine, that industry requiving i) shoilld Lo proteateil, ot mo sny that thors innot anindustry in Hurviid,or MeHoury County, nti is burdoned” by turiff, There 18 uot a tarin’ uere, but he is obliged to puy & bounty for everv- thiug, teraiv material bo mukes wp.” Ono roa- 80U (Tunsportation 18 4o exponsivo is hecauso tron i protectea aud is 8o high. Ueu. Farugworth's thno bero closed. S il GEN. HURLBUT CLOSES, Mp. Cuaigyan AND GesrreaueN: I beard my discdngnishod friond suy &t Sycamoro whon wo had our dircussion thoro that I was *nq in- nacent™ in tho ways of Congress. Ho knows nad Lam aware of {t now. Lo Luows the trick ot reading o portion of a record, aud leaving out the substantial part. Ho knows tho trick of malking the worat appear tho botter sido by misquoting, or ratber by quoting cor- ractly as far ns ho goes, but leaying out the thing which is waterial to tie othor side, Mr. Farus- worth talks about ‘f111 SALARY~GRAB, Who brought it soout? It wss done two yenrs ago Ly o combivation, and a bad cum- biuation, before 1 lad anythivg to do with Congress; iv was doue, rs such things alwnys aro done, by the nton who were goiug ous, not by the men who staid in, [t waa doue by tho votes, as tho records show, of tho men whoa tho people had alected to sty ot hume. and who wore purchaged with thls addluon of £5,000 to their snfury, dated buck. I bad notiing to do with iaat, and you alt know it. But if tho priveiple of buck-puy is wrong, i dnplies everywhere, sy ) i Mr. Farnsworth was fit tho Congress that voted an addition to the sulury of the mmubers; ralsing it from 8,000 to £5,000, and they dated back theii pay fourtcon montos, and lio took Ib. As g matter of principle, I think the receiviug of the pay from 88,600 to 6,000 was just. I tuluk thst the raising of it from 0,000 to 37,000 wag vob wise. I think it was ta0 nitiel—that e preeout delary, orabou that, in onough, Ho edyy, and truly, that 1 received shat pay straight along for tou months and a netf. Ididrecdive it, and I have neithor excugo nor apolojty £ nidke forit. It wad giveh to ine by u Iaw that I had notlifg to do with making, .and paid tome montlily by s draft froi tha “Prensurer, aud I did not considet 1t my duty to retuni ft, and I do not considor it wmy duty now, [Applause.] And Itell you, if Ihad boh foo] onough to Toturn it, thoy would have snid an over this dlstrict jugt os thoy nro eayiegin tho TFroopost Disitiet abuutBurchard : ** He roturned it but it wasn sham, a trick, and hypoerisy,— mozely to conrt populnity.” (Applause.] THE REPEAL OF THE TAW. s Novw, about the ropéul of Lho satary bill. The recowtie hero, Thoy got into & tangle and the new mombers bad nothing to do with it, sitting by quictly as" loug ag we could, while the old' tagérs brought nup iheir old quirrels. You bave beard what v Furisivorih said apout Butlor,—bhe1aw hend aud bloudy bones that he used to frighton wenk- koot Bepublicans and_ciildeon, 1fe has nover had any trouble with Lutier. Butlor's and his quurrel bave nok beon political, thuy nve boow petsounl; they degraded tha House ot Ropresant- atlves mnto o more boer-gurdeu, nud tioy ox- chunged epithota that were unworthy of u bat- room. 1 du pob like . either of thom, and liavo uo greas fajeh iv thewm. But this qua rel ig purely personal. Butler s s man of abil- ity, o nan Of forco, and u unn of eunarsy, Tho papors 83y thoro ne boen nobody £o bate with atler sinco My, Farnsworth went out of Cou- jeroes. Yob In this lust Congress overy measuro that Gon, Butler adveonted” was dofented, and oyery measuro taat wis supposad to rolleot upon i ‘was passed ; aud that, notwithatnudiog M, Farnsworth was at his home_in Bt Chavios. Whin country will go on It tho Lord should eall Iim homo,—nob that I supposo be will go thet way [laughtor aud nbplatise],—and this couns tey would o ow i Geir, Butlor sud hio should bo romored to auothor aud a bettor &phore, to corry on their guarrels m tho life to como, [Applauso.] “No ane man can Lo it down or cripplo I, lnt to veturn to the ealury-grab, and tho guarrol over it Tho {bing bocame judocent; it was shameful; and {o try 1o throw somo sovs of critlelsn upou tho Hlouso for their conduet I introduced TUE ANENDMERT which lo spore to yoit about, Of course it was & Joko, and I intondad ii ud o vellection upou tho wiy In whigh tho Iouto was wastiug the publia time ovor this questivn, Vory well, it answor- ed its purpone, nud it was withdrewn, 1 sad, aud I 8y nguin, (hat we tooi tho inheritanco. Wo? Who? The new mon, We camo in uud touk the mhoritanco, and took with it this bur- don. Tho inheritunco waun the ofico; tho bur- den wad tho ourso wo had cast upon us by the beek pry fapplansc], sud any man of ordivury ayerage seuss who did not’ ““.flu“ 10 porvers plaiv fonguago would kuow what it meaut whon quostion. Gen, Lugan waout there, Thoy ho rond It and all tho poople do undevtaud it wlion they rvad it. THE OOMPIOMINE. Notv, this thing wout on for weoka thero, and at Iast [ was roliclted by*h number of gentlomen toollor ua s <ompromino o bill providing that tho salary shouid e 80,000 a yoar, without any miloago, but_eimply with actual traveling ox- peuses, aud that Mli’nnnsud. It was nocapted a8 & compromise, Lo got this misorable, dirly ques- tion vut of tho Houso, and enable un to go on with the public busines I'ue bill wont over to tho Sonato, and tho Sonsto amonded it by sub- Btituting A ropoal -of tho old law, putting us hack Just wharo we trore,—$5,000 und tailosgo & aud, when {t cano back, tho rogord showa—Mr. Faxnaworth did nol_read far enough—that I, be- Ing ontitleil to tho floor on the Twaunn. nrose and dtated, subotantilly, that I acceptod this eniendment of tho Sonate aa o slop toward econs omy and ru(orz\\, aud carrying ont tho wishos of the people, and 1 ealled ‘tho provious question, and tho biil was passed as is_stauds now, 1'hat is All thoro s iu tbat. Peoplo who know mo krow that it I have modo any mibtake in my life, {t o bean in not baving sulliciont cste about money, [Applanke.] I nevor thought enough of it. ~ Mr. Farnsworth hay told you about his performAhcos tm that line. o took $4,000 or 85,000 of money bolonging to the grenaral treasury of the pooplo of the United States, pad thought it was his duty, I supposo, to dutribute it sround, not to roturn it to tho Tronsury of the Unitol Statos, Mo says thoro was no way to do it, but thoro were men who found a way. ‘Iiore wore two good men {n Now York who stood just s strong ngainst tho salnry- b o8 Mr, Farnsworth, who {nvosted all thoir ack pay in tho bonds of the United Statosand sont thom Lo tho Treasumy cancolod and dostroyed, That paid 8o much of tho national doht, and tlisposod of the monoy. Mr. Farnaworth sont tho mooey sround to tho counties 1n his district. "Tho Supervisors either accoptod or rejocted it. In Boons sund o Do Rali they did not takeit, and Mr. Farus- worth Lias nevor told to this day what beeame of tho $1,007 that those two countles sont back I do not know. Tho Bupeivisors of Boone, as T loarn, cume to this sonsiblo concluslon’: that withor this monoy was n dountion of Mr, Farng- sorth of fuunds that did not bolong to him, and ho did not waut, or cléq it was, as ke clnimod, stolon goods, and they did nok want to bo pars talers of it CIVIL-SERVICE REFORY. ' Ha fins taliod to you about Civil-Servico Ro- form, and snid the Republican party ropesled 1t undor the load of Butlor laat winter. That is not so. ‘Tho Civil-Sorvice Roforw Commission, consisiing of five mon, has beon in operation moro than four years—uensly five ; thoy bave made thelr rutes and ostablisied thoir tribuunl, aud set the whols thing Eu\ug, and ity runmng on, Last wintor wa hLad tito curiosity to inquire what these mea wito elaimad to bo the masters and tenchers of Clyil-Servico telform cbarged for their servicow, [ bud we found thit Georgo Willinm Cuitis, Joo Modill, aud tho rest of thosa live mon, cunrged tho United Btates for their services at the rato of £50 adny. Wo enid, ** You aro not worth it ;" wo did notpay I, aud I think we woro rilit, For ton duys' sorvico Joo Medill aukad $500—n great deal more thou b was woith. [Gen, Murlbut is mistaken; noither Medil “or Curtis drow & cont for their sorvices,—lip, Trsune,] But what does Crvil-Servico Roformmean 7 1t meaus thas good mon shall Lo solocted and put mto tho public oflices, and shall bo kopt thero un long a8 thoy aluchitgo their dutida, This ia doue Ly exatni- nation. Five yoars ago this Civil-Sorvice Re- formor (lr. ‘Farusworth), who undorsivuds Civil-Borvieo Itetorm on tho wrang side just oy woll a8 any othor man over aid, had an opporti nity to send s young mon Irom this Congro sional district to the Naval Acadomy st Apnap- ails, As the most raasonable way of acting, ho ought 1o bava thrown tho eppmintment opou Lo sho distriet, bu this,Civil-Servico Reformer put Lis own sou 1n thero. 'Chis yeur, 1, who do nce maoke any pretentions, lad tho right to 1l tho vacaucy that occurred by tho graduaticn of youny Farnsworh in tho rogular Gourge of tiio, ) throi it opou to,chis disirict ; cXaming- tions wora liold 1 evory county, tinally at Blgin, and the young man who tuccoeded oninoid L position by bis own biliiy, and his own chorec- ter, aud Jus own education ; aud, although bedis tho Bon of » man in Marcugo, who 13 personsdiy bitterly opposed to me, L will keep wy word, und send tho wou of Char.ey iluiore to the Acade- my. I'wo yeuts ago Mr. Faronsorth bad a chuiee to appoint somo ona to the Altizary Academy at West Point. 1fe sout the son of Mr, Dodson, of Gavayn, luue Couusy,—3 Wealthy man, and o man of congideruble inllucucs on tha wrong side of politics, Uhat youug man did wot gedu- ate, gt least did not puss tha exmmmardon, eixd camo homo ; and, in tue trao spprication of tho genumo ewvil sorvive, which means to lawvo &1 1hes0 pincen that you poesibly can to bo BMed Ly comoslitivo oxaminations amongst mon who ato entitlod to them, 1 threw that open to the distrivt, and & young Gocmon named Agam Slager, in Aurors, whom [ never henrd of or kaew, was deeided by the Board 1o bo the aroper Ycrs_cm. cud Lo was given tho appomtment, ho s beeh ar Weac Point 4 vear, aud I want 2o euy that, tiom the reports, ho fully viedicatcs tho prnciplo, Lhat {3 practico ngninst principle, Liva vears ngo Mr, Farasworth, who tatks loud about uepotisnt, whicu means » man who 18 i oblico putttie Lis 'rolntiva ln positians, in the exoreiso of lis patrovage, put his brothor-1n- Juw, Dr. Hart,of tae Bigbth Cavalry, lte bho Au~ rors Poet-Ottice—tho besi olllos in’ the district, ‘I'hore iy n protty goud Post-Gdicout Be.vidoro,— the pay 18 $2,100,—avd ko pub an nupravided-tor nephoir in thiore, _Avathor good pliea 13:the [n- spector of Pootal Lines on- tho Pacifia Coast ; aud Lo put another nophew thore. And cver: body in this diatvice whio knows anything kuows that thero hos mover boon & man in tha wholo Listory ot tho country who hoaso romovd aleaslv uged the patronage at bis comuand in removing and apooiutbiag niew for his 0w ficrdonal advau- tage ro thue distinguished Retormor, Joln 1% Futnsworth, ¢ INTERNAL TRANSPORTATION, e spoke to yvuu ¥buut this question of fu- ternal transporiation, and I wapt to ca'lf your at- toution to it becauso it is & large quostion, And ono that you nre intevested in. I do 1201 nnder- stand Low his byobior Grangetn—for oy tell pig 1o I8 a Grangor—who tako pury in the. Fucmors' Conventions held 1h this State ean support a man wiio entortuing suel dostring ay b ins pro- fessod hors to-duy with ragard to tho control of the rmlways of tlie country, ho - railways of thie State, 8o fur au regardsoverythive witlun it liaits, nre controfled hy the lravs of tho Siate, Dbut lho jurmsdlietion al Illinom stops ab hor boundanes: it cen go ,no further. ‘This Stato cumot torwh by law & conlract made outside of hor lianits to carcy aml trausport prodace neross 1nto another Stace. Eyob! lnwyer knows thut; byery mai of ordlnary weuso knowd 1t ; and tho dactrine thyat Is conteni- ed for Here to-day by Mr. Furntdworth would simplz earty us baek to the old daye of chie Con- fedornoy, Woth there was babtling : and thghiing bacweon the severnl States on sosouot of those wuich lio noatesi to thoe Atlantio. exuciing dig- crnninativg tolls and dutics w Lavor of thiolr owa poopis, and sgaist those wha were back of them, Your productious lave tv go ovor more than one Biato ;lo reach tho marsots, snd ctho' {ustant i prai ot sias of tius Biate, Lhoy Locume, by the Couatitution of the country,gubjoc. aud subject wnly, to tuo jurisdiction of ‘Congress, 'I'nere is no other powar that can govern thoss products, The great tiunk lines over whi¢h your whole prapurty mavas ttrough tue country, thesa great combluations which enbrace: tue VPenosylvan o Central, tha Erio, and the- No'w Yorx Cenual, Uandad togosher and orixaaizeck, are uttoeily uu- controllunio by any une Stato, 1nid it iu not posst-. blo for any numbor of States' £ unite sn con- trolling thom, ‘That is the law ¢ that is the Con- stitution, hexo decisious hawe beon rendured trom the earliest ime~—Irom Chicl-Justico Mur- slall dowo to now; and L eay to you men lore plainly, tant I stalie my repulation u 3 wwyar (amd it i worsn somothing) upob tho brosd propositlon that therd 18 ud power known Uuth can touch thiu gueation of the iuter-State commeorco of $ha country oxcopt the Cungrans of the Usited Blates. o (Mr. Farnaworth) says _that Congresn, lnst whuter, was trightenad to doath by Uiapgers. Well, the Grangers dit not #frighton e any.” Wo Tsvo o good juany G:ungors, in our coun. ry—~lots of them good men tov. 1 have no objection to thom. Thoy Q0 not harm ma; but ho kays they (Congrous) wore frightened. by these combina- tions that were furming theougliont the country. 1 toll you thal the Raproseartative who lus not goi grace onough b wateh and kuow the wonti- ment of the pooplo wham he roprosouts is not fit to bo tnero, 1f vou call that fear, Tdonot, It s his businoess to wateh and know, Now, I am awana thatif sny question moro that unother hns sgitutod tho minds of this poaplo it 8 the rejgulution of thows great Jines uf trapspor atlon over which a'l yous sui- plus products pasa to tho Bast, wnd everythiog you buy comes baok Wast. | know tho grens Problem of onr madorn civilization 8 1o wo ahorten the distence, sither by shorioning the linos or oheapenlng tho cost, ¥ to bring the gioat bodles of conumors st tho Bust, aud the grons bodios of producess i tho West, toguther, Tho powor to do it 14 vostod in Uongious, and vestod in Conzvess oxelnivoly, © The Committaa on Raitwags aud Canals, whiel repoited tho MoCmaty bill, and’ which earriod it through the Klouso, and of which 1 was o momber, ssserted thot power on the pars of Congross, wud thoy ansoitod it fu tho obly way tho Conatimition gives thom the right $o dolt, 1t yonave to have A BOATID OF TATLWAY COMMUIBIONERS on tho yart of the United Btatos, just as F‘auhnrn a Board of Hatlway Commisstonors in this Hislo for local aflaits, they must, under the Cousutu, tion, bo anpointed by the Prosidont and conflrmG’ od by tho Henato, Thoro fauo liolp for it, And whon solected Lhoy ars to mako thoko rigula. tions, Mr. Farnawoith draivs h torrible ploturs of all that 18 to be dono down thers in Washing- ton, You have tried the thiugiu your owd Blato; you bave hnd your legislation ; aud I lnvo not yot lonrned that the whoto comblaation of raiiroads in this Stato has hoen able to opor- ate the Commissionots, Youwes, it all tomes from that miderablo iden which lios at the bot~ tom of his tyhole argiment, and 'twhich is the mnlnurrlng of tho party that hv ropresonts, that there is mobody fn tho world Who ¥an ba honost,—that an honest man I8 the scarcest ag toll g8 tho noblest work of Gods Why, kbvorn- mont rssumos thiat mon srohonest, If you do pot belfevo that, you ontmol have govbrafnout, You ight as well asy thot, becatge Lhero Iy per- Jury among wituesaos (and wo lawyers know thero is), thereforo you cannot “risk your case, Tho lasy prosumen that every man will epoak the tmth: and, as & ‘rulo, it {880, Perjury is tho axtoption. The Jawy pro- stimes that ovary man is lionest whoh ho i top- rosenting either himuolf or apybody oleo; and that iw tho rulo; dishonesty is tho excepiion, Tuis perpotual rmuug about disbionesty is & slander upon this Amorican people. = Now, that i tho sohvwne provifled Yor in tho MoOrary bill that wo triod to earry out. Itis not truc that the bill takes away THE JURISDICTION OF TIIF BTATES, Mr. Fornaworth, if he has read tho Dbill, and Ling not, mr¥ot il tho law ho used to kuow, knowa that it Is not g0, 'Tho Jurlediction of tho Blatos over tholr lucal ronds is lolt, but the juriediction whioh, by thio Conatitution, tho States cannnol ox- oroise, and which belongs in the United States, Is essmmed by Congross; and I asy horo that that bill, in my judgment, is the best remedy that we can'apply at tbis timo to that quontion ; and I nm proud to say {hat it paesod i House of Reprosoutatives by a strict party voto ; ont o 130 mombers voting, 131 wero Ro- publicans aud five wero of the Opposition. [Ap= plausa.] If you admil that all men ate dishon. ost, yoit need not by that experimont : nor can you try any other, for il all mon aré dishoneat iiceording to tho prato of tho miderabls pratend- ors of tho vroscut dny, tho Governmunt goca dow, and there is no probability of having gocis oty or anything olse. THE CUBIENCY, = Mow let me como to tho question of the cur- roncy, Isald nothing aboutitin my opening, bovauss My, Farnsworth substoutinlly agroes with the Ropublican party regarding it. 1 did wot argno tho principles of the porty, sinco I told you they wers printed, sud you could all gao for yoursolves what thoyare, I ngred substantially with what ho eatd, and voted, substantially, thet way last winter. Weo caunob odwayh got tha tung e ludividunlly wish Yrom Cougross or suy othor body of men. Wa never «can, aud we lavo got _to fake the thiog that <comes neargst to 1t 'Theto Js u differonce in the relations of tho two parts of the country. Ono tnrge pnrt has noarded np monoy ; tho oiher has not. Onoe 18 a leuder, aud thoothor is & borrowor. You can ‘Jm“v make & law that will work ovenly all around, Tho true way is this (bud I ill state to you m [mmuum aud you can judge) : Lot tho United Btates securo the papor money of tho country boyond sny possibihty of loss ta tha bill-hotdet, which ia dous by tho lsw, aud let the great law of domand and supply do. tormino how much the people want. Men da not bank for fun [applause]; neithor do they do lt for charity nor for bouovolence, Aen go into bansing just ne yom go iiso corn- plantiug nod ptocs-raising, to make monoy out of it. Now, if 1t happons that they put vut too much of their wwney, thoy osnnob use it, ve- causo they cun only use go much, and if thero in moro than the peoplo want, they retipe their mortgages, tako up their Louds, aud go into somo other husinoss. If tho people want $1,000,000,000 instead of $400,u09,000, thay are ablo 1o siato for thomsolvos what thur own neebity 18; and, when the Qovernont hos so- ourad the enrrouoy beyond all quastion, they ouglht to throw tho busiuess of bansing just v8_froe and oson ag thoy do tha budinoss:of raising horses or anything elso, [Applause.] ‘I'int i plaln, straightfof vard dodtrino that yoa ean undeistaud, and thoro nead be uo Fusinten. rotation of my viows, If that fs inflation, that s what I* means ; or, if it is contraction, toub ja what 1t means, BUECIE PAYMEX (8. Naow, with rogatd to suociu phvmonts, Woane puving vul of thwse United Staies every yoar oo thaa §95,040,000 Ju guld as inlervst on our Government bunds, Btate, 1a:dway, and other onds, It i very bard, with that drain upen 133, to come rapidly lo specis paymouws. We gll wit to conie to1t, except’ solua ipracticanle peoplo, Now, my thoory about 1t is that wo hawve ot to grow Lu it,—just 1n the sgame way as, by tho grovth of the country, Wo hivvo advanced o c1adis of tho nation, its oapar having advauond i valuo #iuce 1305, \whei 1t took §250 in grean- backd to puschazo 3100 in gold ; now the preine ium js only 9 or 10 por cout. That is growéh, Wo hitvd developed ub muels 1 this asuoy Qs ing tho oloven or tivelve voars past, that wkale we had 81,000 miles of railiond 1-1831, we- have 73,000 atiles now. Dovolopwout I8 going on everywhera, lu 18I, whict wos &' great crog year, Nortu aad South, cur exports—and Lbel boloro tue nation was divided, you know—wors * 200,000,000, which was tooughi--to ba an ouotions sum: It wag, Wb havs hd & ro- boflion sweo thut timo; the indmstry of tho South hng " hot yeb .rovovbred and yet, in 1873, our ' oxports wore #649,000,000, Tho country grows; ands, lob mo teil you right wero, bufore I forget st,: bt tha fact that it doss grow 10 thit howlchy sy, 1n the doveln?mcuz_ur wll industiios, sud b th ostablishaiant of tod cretit of the Unleod Hlivtes, 14 tno best Lind of ovidoncs thit 1ts nifaids urs Lenostly and ecortomitatly. aditstered. Le mo give you nit iden wow with rogard i our credit, It is worth nolicing, In Juvuary, 1861, tho Buclauan A linintrseion wanted to bosroi, 1 thiuk, $6,000,000,—1 may bo en i the amonnt,—rud tho bighost bid for tne Uhited States (f per eunt bouds, for Liab hurly pieayung sum, wus 04 cents on the dorlur, sud the goid boods of the Uuited Stutes woro sold fof tual sum. o havo had s war since, uud periods of putife, oud ovorytiing of thus klud. yot, to-day, end for moto than o year pasy, the b por cenf Londs of tbe United Btates dro words %103 in gold for cviry 100 boud. Now romeinbvoer that that could not huvo happenod iinlesn the Government wed wisely,and veonomicallv,and bonestly, carciod on, [Applause,] Aud I 'pus to ¥pu thewo things 1or oxphinalion. YO“.Eflgxunl hons onpltal. ~ IF dhore fn auybiing & sroditor watclied, 1ty the chordeter of tho paople he is denling Wwith, il THROUGU-FRLIGT RAILWAY, And now leb mo rogiyu to tho other question, from whah L glaaeed vil,—the propozituon iu roe gard (o tho turough-freight ratbsay, T wantyon o uudsryrand it, vecauso I waut ths opinion of the people upon the project.’ It is nalisved by the "beab ‘men 1 our country that tho best regutator for the oxioruonate clinrges of tha groat trunk roads 18 & through-freight-line lead- ing frura the greas port of New York, seross this tatoxdy popuiazod aud thriving, produoctive balk of land thit strotelios from New York alavosk in 4 dwoct east and west liuo to Omahs, Witk & braneh to Chicago, and others io St. Loms and Bulalo, the track built esonpm- iwcally and strongly, with low grades, so that tae flow of produce can be nnifoim sud stondy. Wo found on oxaminatioi aud questioning tus vory bost ehbgieerd, and Lost ogpitalists and railroad men ju thig conubry that, upon such a voud, propevly buill, woving {is iair bropovtion of the vroducts of tho Wosi, the produats of thi conntiy could bo itoved At thi, Fata of G wlli por Lot pos nfilo tn sumer, and 7 alllk por tou por mi.eln winter, which, translatad into laa- ghagoyou aromoro familide with, monus 13 ¢onta n Lushel for wheat from Chiengo to Naw York, and 15 conts a bushol from tha Midslsiippi to Naw Now Youk, You know waat yoa pay now,—S0 snd 33¢ents,—ani yat on this 1011 the Conpan; would ‘mako moudy anaugh. I do sot tiink M, Yurnsworih hag over rewd tho bill; ha has only board of it, If Lo had, bo wever would huva mndo tho statomen:y ho did sboutit, I know what w in it, bocauso I drateed ib, It Is under consldoration yot, It has not come from the Comuntteo. I'donot kuow whother they will ugroo to v ; Tdo not know whetter tha. Hoige wil agrao to it; 1 donot kuow whethor the nooplo will support it. By idoh fn putung it 0ut 8o early way to have an 0xproeston from tha people upon i¢,—to leari whether théy wers will- ing to do what the Dbill proposes. The bill provides that n compawy “shall bo ehavterod by tho United States to rud a dduble tesele rail- WRY v 1atos fixod v the chartor, dud, oe b3 &1l atlsor thungs, the rates to be lxed by &' conin- sion to bn appoiutad by tho United Beawes, If you caniiob trust Lhe United States § do hot know whom you can trust, It provids further that tiua, uvqunn{ shall go on aua buitd thin rond ; and tho capitalisth say that, dusing ulte time thoy wr ixollin,c this great work 1uto motion and suocess- ul operation, thoir largo invostmont lou idle, and thoy il the Umted Histes—osks ua—to guarantee thom & per cont intorest on thaamount wtois ubuil not oxead: 380,000,000 for & pariod of Luno uot oxocodiug fon yekrs, Y sy If the Unitod S.ni08 woro Lo loso avory dolinr of that monoy and nover rocover o cunt of It uud ‘yot ovomid gob tlis grent railwuy mm'ln[; al theso tutos ucrows the apuniyy, it would Lo the boul thing that could be daus far