The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-12-10
CONRRESS.


WASHINGTON, Dee. This morning
Senator Lewis, together with the mem
bers elect of the House Wnow in ash-
ington, and several members in both
branches of the Virginia Legislature.
I Conservative and Radical. called unon
the President, to pay their respects. and
to thank him for the Recommendation
n his message concerning that common
wealth.
SENATE.
Mr Sumner introduced the following
bill to a.send the banking act and pro-
mote return TO specie payment:
Be it enacted, etc., that so much of
the banking act as limits the issue of
bills to S9os 100000 is hereby repealed.
and existing banks may be enlarged. and
new banks may be organized, at the dis
cretion of the Secretary of the Treasury,
but no more new bills than are now au-
thoriZed by the banking act shall here
after be Issued unless the Secretary of
the Treasury, at the time of their issue.
can ana does cancel and DESTROY like
amount of legal tenders, and the in
crease of banks hereby authorized by
the Secretary of the Treasury as to
! equalize as near as possible the banking
interests of the different States.
Mr.. Sumner presented the following
reasons in favor of the bill:
Ist. 1t will create demand for ouT.
national bonds and to this extent fortify
the national credit.
I'd. 1t will tend to satisfy those parts
of the country especially at the South
and West where currency and banks are
wanting, and thus avert difficult ques-
ton.
Sd. 1t will not expand or contract the
currency, so that the opposite parties on
mo
4th. Under it banks will gradually be
strengthened and be prepared to resume
specie payments.
9th. 1t will give the South and West
the opportunity to organize banks and
rwilI interest these parts of the country
TO this extent in national securities and
the banking system by which both will
be strengthened.
9th. 1t will, within reasonable time,
relieve the country of the whole green
back system and dispose of an impor-
ta1t question.
18th. 1t will hasten return to specie
payment.
Bill tabled for the present.
On motion Mr.. McCreery's bill to re-
lieve certain persons from political dis
abilities imposed by 18th amendment
was read and laid over.
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE first bust
ness in the House of Representatives
this morning was the distributing of the
different portions of the Presidents
Message to the respective committees
having charge of matters of which the
message treats.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, intro
duced bill to repeal the Tenure of Off
ice act. Referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
Bills were introduced and referred to
abolish the franking privilege, to re-
peal duty on salt, coffee, tea, wrapping
Irvine, material for the industrial exhi-
bition to be held in Washington in 1871 :;
to repeal section forty, act March Sd,
1869, in relation to additional bounties,
and provide for representation in Con-
gress.
WASHINGTON, Dec AT a confer
ence of the Republican members of the
Senate this A. NJ, Senator Morrill,, of
Maine, was agreed on for Chairman of
the Committee on Appropriations and
member of the Library Committee, for
merly held by Fessenden. Senator
Schurz takes the place of Fessenden on
the Committee on Foreign Affairs.