Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-07
VOL. XX--NO. 81.


his his voice and was really the government
of this country, be should not appeal to his
mercy. He should hardly dare appeal r.
his justice, but he should ask him whai
profit was to be gained by his party in the
exchange Of one species Of cepperhead fol
another. -
He appealed to the Republican side Of
of the House for justice, and felt confident
that if the members could understand and
comprehend the case, they would do him
Justice He addressed himself to Justice
alone, and he contended that the contestant
should have come here with clean hands
and clear heart, but yet he came
with his hands soiled with cor
ruption, and polluted by pigmies
and villains The contestant had expended
$4,000 for corrupt purposes, while there
vas no allegation that he (Brooks,) had
| spent a cent on his election. He was no
| professor of religion, but Mr.. Dodge was,
and yet Mr.. Dodge made corrupt bargain
sn the Sabbath day with the Tammany Hall
candidate. If he did not do so himself, he
did through his friends, ,Cowding and Canon,
also professors of religion, and he paid the
money, $1,000, which Barr had received to
run against him.
Mr.. DAWES yielded for few minutes to
Mr.. RAYMOND, who desired to refer to
one aspect of the argument made by the
sitting member, and which might be called
the "argumsntum ad infnitum." chad
listened with surprise to his remarks on
that subject to his rehearsal Of the amount
of the contestants incomes. What was the
object of that, unless it was to prejudice the
House against the contestant. II was an
unfair > appeal. There was not q man
whe knew the contestant, who would pre-
tend or suspect that his possession Of large
i. L i
this or any other scale. His wealth had
been all acquired honorably, Justly, fair
ly, without wronging any one.
Thus acquired it was to his honor and was
something to be cited in his praise instead
of against him. He had expended it as lib
orally, as honorably and as nobly as he had
acquired it. The sitting member had cited
with great force that terrible sentence of
Cicero's invectiye in speaking of the char
acter of Cataline's associates, and had said
that murders, thieves, scoundrels and
rascals connected with this case, were all to
be found in the parlor of the contestant.
He did not see how to avoid the conclusion
that the sitting member intended to convey
the idea that the men who had been in the
parlor of the contestant were there for the
same purpose and same motive that took
the companions of Cateline into his pres
ence. The sitting member knew that no
man ever stood in the presence of the con-
testant in this case, venturing or hoping or
intending to make TO him any proposition
that could SAVIOR Of crime or wrong-doing.
If they were there it was for the purpose Of
being consulted as witnesses and not as
participants in crime. He had risen simply
to protest against the injustice done to the
contestant, and did not wish to enter into
any further discussion ofthe matter.
IL IVES ba off i,a
Committee. The latter was interrupted
several times By Marshal and Brooks. The
latter being called to order by the SPEAK
Err in one instance. Amendments were
voted down, and Mr.. BROOKS was de-
clared not entitled TO seat. Vote 81 to As,
and Mr.. DODGE was declared entitled to a
seat by a vote of Y to 50. The oath was
administered to Mr.. DODGE. and he took
his seat.
Tomorrow is set apart for debate.
SENATE.
Mr. MORGAN presented the petition Of
the New York Savings Banks, asking for
such q modification of the revenue laws as
will exempt the savings of the poor from
taxation. The petition was referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Several petitions for equal and just laws
to regulate interstate insurance was pre-
sented and referred to the Committee on
Commerce.
Mr.. VAN WINKLE, of Western Virginia,
reported, with amendments, the bill supple
mentary to several acts relating to pensions.
Mr.. FESSENDEN introduced a bill to
amend an act to provide National currency
and a pledge of Q. S. bonds, which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Finance. It
amends section 2Ist, so as to make it read
as follows:
And be it further enacted, That upon
transfer and delivery of bonds to the Treas
urer al provided in foregoing section, assign
ment made in same shall be entitled to re-
eeive from the Comptroller of Currency cir
culating notes of different denominations in
blank, registered and eountersigned as here
matter provided, equal in amount to ninety
per cent of the current market value. The
United States bonds so transferred and not
delivered, but not exceeding ninety per
cent of the amount of said bonds at the par
value thereof, if bearing interest at the rate
of not less than five per cent. per annum,
and the amount Of such circulating notes to
each association shall be in proportion to its
paid up capital as follows and no more.
To each association whose capital exceeds
$500, ,000, but does not exceed 5000, 900, so per
cent Of such capital; to each association
whose capital exceeds $500, 900, but does not
exceed 81, ,OOO, 900, IS per cent. of such capi-
tai to each association whose capital ex-
eeeds 81 900, 900, but does not exceed s., ,000,-
900, so per cent. of such capital; to each as
sOciatiOn whose capital exceeds 8, ,00O, 900,
and does not exceed $4,000, 900, so per cent.
of such capital; to each association whose
capital exceeds S3,OOO,000, 40 per cent. of
such capital; and it shall be the dutysof the
Comptroller Of the Treasury to retire and
withdraw from circulation all worn notes
returned by an association whose circulating
notes are in excess of the limit herein
prescribed. The circulating notes of
each association shall be within the
rates prescribed for it's capital, and
any existing bank or banking associa-
tion organized under the laws of any State
which shall apply for authority to become
a national association under the act to
which this section is an amendment, before
the first day of October, 1866, and shall
comply with all the requirements of said
act shall, if such bank be informed by the
Comptroller of ihe Currency, to be in good
standing and credit, receive authority to
become national bank, provided banks of
unimpairsd capital in states which have
heretofore secured the last amount Of cir
eulating notes under the provisions of said
act shall have preference in receiving au-
thority and provided further that the en-
tire amount of circulating notes to be de-
livered to banks thus converted from State
banks to national associations shall not ex-
ceed S10,0O0,0O0 New associations may be
organized in States and Territorys which
have heretofore incurred the least reliable
proportion of circulating notes under the
provisions of said act, provided that the
total amount of circulating notes to be de-
livered to associations so organized shall
not exceed 100000 until after the first
dav of Octohsr 1874 when If auv uortion
of the SO ,OO0, 900 of circulating notes al
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