Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-02-23
CONGRESSIONAL.
Cenciusisn Of Yesterdays Proceedings


ONCE Of superintendent, of exports and draw.
backs and Il was passed.
Mr.. Anthony, from the Committee on Print.
ing, reported the House JOINT resol ton direct.
Ing the Secretary of the Interior not to pay
Dempsey Il O'Toole for certain stationery con.
tracted for by the Patent Once. Passed
Mr.. Sherman then asked to proceed with the
bill supplementary TO the national currency
act, and moved that the House amendm mt be
disagreed to, and Committee OF Conference be
asked for.
that there should be more equal distribution
Of the currency; that the West and South should
have more.
Mr. Williams was opposed to making laws
to regulate the distribution OF the currency.
That should be left to the laws of trade The
channels.
Mr.. Anthony opposed the withdrawing of
any Of the circulation from the Eastern states.
The banks Of that section had come to the aid
OF the Government; they had accepted the ma
tional banking law when the Western banks
would not do so. and it was not fair now to
take this circulation from them.
After further discussion the Senate by q vote
OF "a to 20 refused TO concur in the House
to ask for Conference was agreed to- The
Chair appointed as the Committee of Confer
enc on the part OF the Senate, M sssrs. Sherman,
Morgan and Cameron.
message from the House was recei ed an
nouncing the passage OF the constitutional
amendment relative to the suffrage.
MIR. Stewart insisted that the Senate now
concur in The amendment of the House and call
for a Committee OF Conferences.
MIR. Buckalew opposed the Committee of
Conference for the reason, as he alleged, that
the experience of the last six or eight years was
conclusive proof that the Senate would have
to give way and accept the House proposition
Mr.. Warner moved TO concur IN the House
amendment.
MIR. PomeIoy thought 1t wrong 10 take vote
on the con stitutional amendment TO. might, as so
many Senators had remained away, not imag-
lining that IL would come up.
After further discussion, on motion of Mr.
Cameron. the constitutional amendment WAS
laid over until tomorrow.
Mr.. Cameron then called mp the bill in re-
lation 10 the routes by which the Baltimore and
Potomac railroad may enter the city.
The amendments reported by the Committee
were agreed to, and the bill passed.
Mr.. Harlan called up the bill to Incorporate
the National Judiciary Railway Company.
which was amended, and then the Senate at
IL =. M, adjourned.
HOUsE.-After our report closed
Mr.. Schenck concluded his speech in advo-
cacy OF the bill to siren CITIZEN the public credit
and to legalize gold contracts After stating
the good result which in his opinion would
follow the passage of the bill, he said: Pardon
me if add that feel q ute sure of the good ef-
feet Of this measure, when l see that Its mere
introduction, and the endorsement of il by nv
committee, and the prospect of its becoming a
law, have already had a happy influence on
the public credit and given increased value to
securities OF the government at home and
abroad. N other fact could so enforce my ar
gument, We are a nation of abundant wealth
and wonderfully increasing resources; let
add TO those universal confidence IN our good
iaItb, and 10 power can command on more
favorable terms than the United States can
whatever we may need OF the capital OF the
whole world.
Mr.. Butler Mass moved to go into commit
tee OF the whole on the Postoffice Appropria-
ton bill. The motion was agreed to, and tn
House resolved itself into Committee of the
WhOle-Mr. Poland (Vt.) In the chair.
The pending question was on the amendme mt
OF Mr.. Beaman. 10 reduce the amount for the
payment OF the letter carriers from 100000 to
S5U,COO and that no part of the appropriation
shall be expended in cities whose population 10
less than 100000, anu that part of 1t shall be
expended for the free delivery of letters during
the next fiscal year. and it was lost.
MIR. Beaman Mich moved to reduce the ap.
to fifty thousand dollars; to amend the section
relative 10 advertising SO that it shall read:
provided that no part of this sum shall be
paid to any paper published IN the District OF
Columbia Tor ad yertIsIng mail routes in Sir-
gina and Mar land and TO amend the pa ra-
graph In relation to mail depreciation and
special agents by striking out the amount ap.
propriated and Inserting in lieu thereof SS2,Ma
and adding proviso .sthat no greater sums
should be expended by special agents than the
sums herein Appropriated all of which
amendments We're agreed to.
Mr. Farms worth I'LL moved 20 increase the
appropriation tor mail bags and mail bag
catchers from 100000 to 800 600. Agreed to-
.nnro,np;a,ii lS.Icn.l noVed 10 reduce the
io ,, ioi nisceiianeous payments IN
$50 - 80 "a. y. Dai1nces W foreign coun-
Tha co1nmi,tso ,hs ~ SSoooD ~. hsree1 10
ported to the House.
80 "iii was P"seeu' anu Tue house LOOK
a, Tho evsnino soss;or
Nj SnaIdIng ,nhinI roo,..t ., A..
ruIes Tor ,hs nnHrnnsa ., 49, "; " p ~ .ue
TN ,r,oI y - So eoius int - Co.1u
NaxsI INSTRUMENTATION Iii h,n. I'n l W 'ne
tn. frs, .msndman, ., ,,. c .,,
cnts onwn the snnronUi.,in Senae Th.Gu
docLs ~as mr. fdyofra 'o iot aus an1
amendment. cnitino down ,h. , rne suuou
for the Wasbington,syw 80 opp ot "Ha -,
Ssnn.o 30 nnnonnaa iIoh eoV,ooo "
ment redueing ,ha .nnronria,ion 90 ~ ~
penses of the Naxal acsdmu ~, Ic oi 20 'ne %, "a
non concprrad in AJ " Foo'o'o was
The tuentvseyaptb .m.,aua. aao,.r;
that the salary OF the sscTntsrv ~ ,he S.n.i
a"sdamv shaiy ~ -. .no LAY oi Tue NaNaI
nT nmp mail oe sixteen hundred dollars per
The iwentv.eiget smandr,nn, d.c,.r,,ba,
81 nanch Of ~. O., a.,iI ~ ~ @ rug 'ni.
csr,,,n .c,s m raIa,',,n ~ n 81 W aite nu
izss rba animal saIac,ion - 40 -. "
nren,ices f,r anna,nt,nan,e .s n,dnhin,o o.
III. Naval Academv ~ rapssIsd va n pn ~
curred in Vs. ~
The h,II WAS than laid as;da and ,ha ,a,;s,.
tive apnronria,,nn hill ,ai,sn Nc an NJ re Ss,,,
IDhioI In iha hair ~ '
aIr. Phelps MD moved 70 s,r,ks ON, tho
nsrac,anh r. -. . 80 W e',ine out tne
iSa Haas tEP ns@spapsrs ana stationery Tor
MIR. Brooks n W moysd 70 s,r;Ea ON, tho
i,eu, Tor nnh,,c 'nr;n,n'n. 80, $500 ~ -, .uo
and doiIars Tbs aInanImsn, LUZ ,.;e.nS
Air. Peters me- ! mo ed 70 amsnd ~ 'ncr..s
ing the salary or H. Prasidsn, - H. H., :.
States 10 si0toO DER appum' % INC o"''eo