The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-18

ant Solicitor, end Deputy Solicitor of
the Court of Claims, and of the
Assistant Attorney General. for the
year ending June 30,eiS69. ~.
Three thousand two hundred and
four dollars was added for the pay of
the assistant messengers of the Sem
ate. @ f-asseraE ss--ss
A debate arose on the amendment
appropriating Sl72,827 for feeding
friendly Indians. Itwas agreed to by
30 to 5. a< arst Ass
Several other amendments were Of
fered and rejected. The bill passed.
Adjourned. T .ffs-g rs
EOUSE...............WAsH AsHIEGToE. July IL.
The Senate funding bill was re-
ported with amendments from the
Ways and Means Committee.
The credentials of four representa-
tives from Alabama were referred to
to the Committee on Elections.
The House went into Committee of
Whole on the funding bill.
The House received a message from
the Senate, with amendments TO the
Indian Appropriation Bill. These
were non-coneurred in; and COM
mittee of conference, consisting of
Butler, Window, and Brooks, was
appointed. Aa A
The consideration of the Funding
Bill was resumed In committee. The
first amendment was agreed to, with
the modification that the bonds shall
be In denominations of fifty dollars
or some multiple thereof
Ross moved to amend the. second
amendment by reducing the rate of
interest to three per cent. Rejected.
Hubbard, of West Virginia, moved
to amend the portion proposed to be
struck out by providing a class of
fifty year bonds at 65 100 per cent,
thus making four classes of bonds.
This was agreed to.as 81 sssaasrz
Pike moved to amend by making
the interest on all bonds four per
cent, instead OF 3 65-100.
During the discussion, Stevens, who
advocated four per cent. as the lowest
rate of interest, said he had under
stood the gentleman from Illinois.
(Ross) to say that the bonds should
be paid according to the New York
Platform What was that Platform?
Ross-To pay the 520s in lawful
money.
Steyens-What do you call lawful
money? -s7 =,
Ross : Greenbacks; that is your
doctrine and mine, you know. Laugh
ter.
Stevens-I hold to the Chicaqo
platform, and as [ understand it on
that point. The New York platform
says that those bonds snail b. rrid
just according to. the original con
tract.
Stevens-According to the law.
Pike-The spirit and letter Of the
contract.
Stevens-What was that law that
the interest should be paid up to a
certain time at six per cent. in coin?
After the bonds fell due they would
! be payable in money, just as the gem.
i tleman from Illinois understood 1t /;
i,1st as he (Mr. Stevens) understood
II and he just as we'll understood II
yvhec Y the law was eDacted; just as it
was explained on the floor dozen
timss ny the Chairman of the Com
mittee on Ways and Means. If he
knew that any party In the coun-
try would go for paying III com that
which was payable IL money, thus en-
hancing the debt one-halt-lt ne knew
there was such u platform and such
| determination on the part or MS own
party. ne would, with Il. Blair and al ;
vote for the other party. lie would
vote for no such swIndie on the tax
payers Of the country. lie. would
vote for no such speculation Ia taVor
of the large bondholders. lie re-
peated, though it was hard to say IT,
even if Frank Blair stood on the
platform of paying according to the
contract, and if the Republican can
didate stood on the platform OF pay
ing bloated speculators twice the
amount agreed to be paid them, and
! of taxing his constituents to death,
he would vote for Frank Blair, even
if a worse man than Seymour was on
the ticket. Much excitement and
sensation. EHga .
Ross-I'he Democratic doors are
still open, and the gentlemen can be
| taken In. ~
| O'Neill moved to fix the interest at
A. per cent. Rejected
Pixies amendment was also rejected
/ Pile moved to make the term of the
bonds sixty years. Rejected.
After some discussion, a vote was
taken on the first amendment OF the
/ Committee on Ways and Means
making but one class of bonds, to ruI
forty years at three and sixty nv.
hundredths per cent, and was agreed
! to.
Pike moved to amend the pro
vision about redemption from taxation
making it read: And the lnteres
thereon and income thereirom shal
| be exempt from payment of all take
or dues to the United States, as wei
as from taxation in any form, by o
under State, municipal, or local au
| therity" -...--zt rs
: Niblack moved to amend by STR k
ing out the exemption from taxation
and inserting which said bonds shal
be liable to taxation, by or unde
State, municipal, or local authority
to the same extent that money i
taxed under such State. muulcipal, o
local authority, and no greater.
Without disposing Of this amend
meut the committee rose.
Schenck moved that the evenin
session be to go on with the pendin
bill. Agreed to.
Myers moved that If the pendin
bill be disposed of tonight, the CON
mittee will then go on with the T1vi
bill. Negatiyed. .t--
The House took a recess.
EVENING SESSION.
The House, in Committee Of th
Whole, resumed the consideration c
the Funding bill The amendment
reported by the Committee on Way
and Means to the I'd section, merel
: I verbal, were agreed to.
A discussion arose on the sectio