Mr. WENTWORTH. If flie gentleman had paid attention to my speech, he would have seen that I alluded to all these articles in the papers ., inst evening was set apart for the discussion of this bill and when We came here we found a bill before as involving millions of dollars, concerning my constituents, concerning the whole northwestern country and it was to be put through under the previous question and ow is the thing to be managed? A man gets the floor and then allows about 3 minutes or 5 minutes each to a few men to say something npon it and considering the number who were to be allowed to speak, I estimate that each member was worth about ten million dollars to the compan. [Laughter] Now I take up the bill and examine it, and I find that there is a forerunner in it. Now, though not much of a lawyer I have always understood that if an orinal c arter has been violated in any way, on you can by hook or crook get it recognized by any little side way legislation afterward, it will remove all the difficulty. Now, I looked at the bill with that view and then I wentto the original charter, and I find there a large number of corpora tors. Now, it is always the way, when you want to dignify a thingr of this kind, and want to take a great appropriation out of the public Treasury, to put in a urge lot of niimes of distinguished ople and the Gentfrom Iowa [Mr. RICE] has had read here a letter from GenlGrant. All I would ask is, if.GenlGrant has ever been concerned in this company since his name was put in the original charter? ow, in our Western country when we get up calls of meetings we always put on some big names as the s akers, although we do not know that they Will be there; and then we have our board of managers to attend to all the little business of the meeting. A great many names of big men arepublished in Me letters on the bills as having been invited an as being expected to attend the meeting. [Laughter] If members will turn to the act of incorporation of 1864. they will find the names of these corpomtors. They werenottaken, as is often the use, from those who are members of the body passing the legislation, for I find among them the name of but one member of this House. But there is the name of GenlGrant; and not only his name, but the name of genlFremont also. Now, the question I want an swered is, what have these men done? They were named in the charter; and if they were not willing to comply with the conditions of the charter, are they willing to give it up and let others come in and take the charter? Have they ever organized under that charter? My friendfrom hio, [Mr. BINGHAM] whose name [had here, I know will take no otiense ifI ask him if he can give us any information upon the sub ct.