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TWENTy-NINTH CONGRESS-.

olner tkinKs tomorrow.
TWENTy-NINTH CONGRESS-.
Senate.
WAsHIsoroN, July 49, 1896
largo proportion Of tho session. to-day, occu.
pied IN The discussion of the bill for admitting into the
navy Of the United States the officers of the navy Of the
Mr. Cas- asked if the bill was limited to the navel OFF,
GERS in the service of Texas at the time Of annexaton
MIR Cas- suggested an amendment to that effect
MIR Rusx concurred and accordingly moved to amend,
by provision for incorporating into the navy of the
time of the annexation to wit: One post captain
commander, eight leutenants three pursers sur
geon, two masters, and nine midshpmen.
heightened discussio, folowed-Messrs Rusk, Cass,
and SEWER advocating the bill; and Messrs Westcott,
Huntington, Allen Penny hacker Fairfield Breese Ber
rien and Johnson, of Md, opposing it.
Laid aside till tomorrow
sUB.rAEAsuRY BILL.
On motion Of Mr. LEWIS, the subtreasury bill from the
MIR. Lrw;. in few words, spoke of the necessity of
despachng the bill 1t not necessary to discuss it.
bate.
Mr.. EVANS announced that he would speak by.andhy.
A number OF verbal amendments from the Committee
OF Finance were in the consecutive reading of the bill
The Senate were brought at length to dead halt upon
the following provisions Of the bill:-
Sec 81. And be further enacted That no exchange
sgents Of the government Of any grade or Denomination
whatsoever or connected with any branch Of the public
service othe. than exchange for gold and silve and
every such disbursing officer, when the for his
disbursements are furnished to him in gold and silver,
shall make his payments in the money so furnished or
when those means furnished to him in drafts vhich
cannot be dsbrsed at shall those drafts be
presented at their place Of and properly paid
the money received for the drafts furnished unless in
letherl such case he can exchange the in his
hereby made duty Of the head Of the proper depart
ment Immediately to suspend from duty any dsbursing
officer who shall violate the provisions this section
forth IF tho
to the President with the fact of the violation and all
the circumstances accompanying the same and within
such officer or agent may be promptly removed from
Office restored to his and the performances of his
Proridd howevsr That those Disturbing officers hapims
present. credits in the banks shall until frat day Of
January merit be aiieved to check the same ao,cing
the public cr' dftors to receive their pay from the banks
Other in specie or bank notes.
The clause, which cannot be dsbursed at par" and
the proviso amendments by the Finance Committee
intended to soften the hardmoney operation of the
bill
[The words in Kaics to w.t. vhich cannot be dis
Of the functions Of bank attracted st the aten
ton Of the Senate
MIR. EVANS argued the necessity of restricting this
disbur ement OF drafts.
MIR BssroS declared that il this paper money provi-
making the easury big shaving shop, Sir. Mr. B. of
the finance commitee by whom tn ese words which
cannot be dsbursed at par were interpreted knew
thing OF the amendment in committee, or how it was
m"de.
MIR LEWIS was sorry of the opposition to this amend
ment firm tn" Senator from Missouri The disburse-
nen of d. ats was essential power and could be
dispensed with The amendment was inserted at the
instance Of the Secretary of the Treasury The Trea
suiy could not get along without it
Mr. E'.Ss exposed the extent to which the issue of
these drafts might be carried, a. inconsistent with the
character of the bill.
MIR HuNrrSeros followed in the same exposition.
MIR. ALLEN was utterly opposed to this amendment
partment io paper money. He would 20 for direct
or indirect attempt TO establish paper money machine
rem ". He wa. totally opposed to the government
going into the paper jobbing business Why, sir under
on Ss D the %
There instructive proclvity in the Treasury de-
:, sl into pap osSSn and he Aid not wish
would confne the sxpend lures to gold and silver only
~ %r seSSos said wa. one, one-ly, ouly was
one-unly mot ownly.
Mr. ALIEN, in his right field continued his depreca.
treasury. He wanted no blinking obiiquity-no in.
direction no foul play lodging he desired that
should stand up and the just expectations Of the
people, in Kidding the Government, far possible Of
all paper trash.
Mr. BrsroS came again to the attack. After the sub
humbuSwe had Done great rs nd SnS % Vu s
thought and shut up all tight; but in 1870 found
MIR. JoHssos, Of Md.-You were cheated, then.
Mr. BesroS.-Yes, sir we were bambsozled. Mr..
Benton then went on to state to show how they
were bsmboozled ln 1870, after long session he went
to 81 Louis and there he met man. was an honest
public ofhcer-an honest man, sr-so much so
that he would not even cheat the Indians This inivi
dual had shown him confidential letter. Tor he had
~ from the Indian department, to the honest agent
tMr. Pitcher of the Indians in Missouri, in
which the Commissioner recommended that the
Indians be paid of In broken bank notes. He
rejected the disgrsceiul proposition The Indians would
old newspaper and cut it up into pieces the Indians
would have taken if he had said was good money
They would have taken these broken bank him.
sir And he ordered pay the Indians in this trash
sir But he sent back confidential letter" to the In
it, sir. He would not do like this which would
bring the government into disgrace II this of
business which showed that the old subtreasury
ahumbug-there were creePout holes la it, sir We
want bill to stop up these creep h~les. Mr.
passed the letters in question up to the Secretary
Mr. CALHoUS-What date is that letterl
banks
Mr. CALHous-The United States Bank1
ne CONFIDENTIAL letters read bv the Secretary.
ne nrst Is from Thomas Hartley Crawford, late Com
oil Indian Affairs The substance Of it is that
wanna United States Bank hand than ct discount of
%nu "a per cent and II not appropriated in some way
fore recommends Mr. Pitcher to nav the Indian tribes
Under his jurisdiction in this trash easiest way of
Washington, August H. Isi0 the last wear Of Mr. Van
Burens administration addressed to Joshua Pitcher,
st Louis Sept 30, lsi0.
Mr. Pitcher replies that he will do no such thing be-
cause 1t would be illegal and would not stand inv estiga-
ton, and would be burning disgrace the govern
ment.
Mr.. BError, with some just commentaries upon this
damned rascaly business-trhs is not tho ColoneI's
language In the Senate -reerred to other cases in
which this Of bank was disbursed under the
old sub treasury. When the old bill up they had
tried their hardest to stop these creep holes
here was hole in this dill for disbursing Treasury
drafts larger than ell OF them put together large
man could crawl through protest against making the
Treasury lamp black and paper money making ma
chine, sir.
Mr. DAVIS argued that the bill clearly contem.
plated to create exclusive paper currency, the
basis of the sub-tressury.
MIR. Lawns defended The proposition account Of i,s
convenience. It was not bank paper that was to be
used They are Treasury drafts, and it was impossible
to get along without them. Gentlemen might camor
much they pleased The provision was q fair
lie had objection the objections of the Senator from
Missouri He was consistent But do think that Vb'