The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-31
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xLIst COSGREss-FiRs7 SESSION.

SENATE W AsHr7eTOE, March 80.
/ Wilson reported joint resolution To-
I the payment ot pensions ia person, aut
/ not through attorneys or ella IA agents
] Laid over.
1 A bin continuing Freedmaa'4 Hospital.
| At Richmond, NicKsbufg, and I'm the DIS
I tFlct OF 1Oiumbia, was passed
| BY Wiley. joint resolution TO eEamp
! west Nirs MIA from The act rrstfi ting .lic
| Jurisdiction OF the Court Of claims.
/ BY Antnouy. "A niil authOFlziue contract
/ with certain. parties 20 transport Europe
an nails Referred 20 the P0st-odiee Com
BY Kellogg. a dill granting I4nd Tor rail-
| roa4 apd telegraph fiona tbe Central Pact
| nc Railroad To Colorado River
Also, a joint resDnLton distributing the
tauk and number M Government ern.
ployees among the severai states and Ter
ritOries
Morton moved 10 take an the House hin
10 grant the right ot way - the afenphIs
y III Paso aud i.ac fie kaiirOa Is
ADoOtt thoughC the bill ousnE 10 De re-
road:
ConkIing objected to the confederation
OF the bill at tins time, hrst because h,.
had been ia formed that there we're ohiac-
tiOns to II which would be best exa rt,1ialI
by com mmittee, and secon because Ht wis
not one OF the measures whica a ftsliorifv
Of the Senate had agreed should o. eo
sidered al this session
Howard argued for the reference II fae
oill 10 the Committee on tas Pacs1c ss .iI-
read. II involved, he said, MANY istt,7r-
tanJ questions, one o. them Rein he
questl ~ whether nerc i5 real = auy b M
pnts S lel Pas9 HailrOad IA ex 4teae-
The discussion continued unlIl ne et St-
ration OF the moruiug hOuf,~ Whicn
brought up the unfiuished business-sup-
Elementary currency bill.
Harlan moved to postpone this and an
prior orders, and prOceed 10 The considsrl-
non OF the indian Appropriation BiII.
LOst-yeas y; nays 80.
The pending ainendment to the supple
mentary currency bil was that offered bv
Pool when the bill was last up, but at tue
request OF sherman ne withdrew II
Sherm an then offered an amendment 10
the fourth section, providing that ou the
redisirt oution OF banking circulation ms
requl-itiOu shall commence with tue
banks having an excess OF circulation ex-
ceeding SI,0000J0, and the States h1ving
Wlthtlrawn One-thira of the excess a bove
81 I. 1000, shali tnen proceed, pro rata.
with the banks having n circfl al on O. x
ceedlng Sl0O.O00. He ,aid he had co.stI tod
the Secretary of the Treasury aud Conn.
troller of the currency. who favored NE
course proposed in the amendments.
which was designed 10 relieve tie sfnalf-r
banks in the states from which the circu-
i4tlOn was TO be drawn.
Fessenden said he did not like fbe
amendment as well as the original bid
me amehdment was agreed 10.
Pool then offered an amendment TO thu
amendment offered some davs since hy-
wilson provIdi z, that in consideration
OF M lne banking privileges granted by the
National Currency Act, the United STATES
bonds, which shall hereafter 0a demo fted
IN the Treasury as q y edge under the pr0.
NA9tluS u LAliS law, SttHll, daring rtH time
thFy remain therein bear interest az the
rate OF only three per CEN, and
Inat the bonds already so deposited as IA
pledge shall, after the fist OF JaHuary.
lo'U, bear interest only at the rate of p..r
cent during the time they remainet
therein.
In-support OF this amendment. Pool adj
dress q the Senate nc length Ia ihe
coarse OF his remarks he spoke o. the Ma
tionai Currency A ct as an unjust law. ld,
commenting on the remarks of Te-seudcn
m the last DEBATE on th pending AtII SAID
they indicated unfriendliness to the South
eru States
Fes.endsn denied that he entertained
any su n feeling. The record wouid snow
that throughout the whole period of ra.
construction, ne had voted for every
me t-ufe calculated 90 put tia people Of
the south Ia as ftVofab q position -Is fhar
winch they occupied before the war. but
the representatt es OF these states ougft .
to remember that il was th. action or
theh states that brought about the c1nGi-
tlun OF Things out OF whicI aose tha fu-
equality Of the banking capital, Of ty44icn
they now complain
Cole declared himself ia favor Of raIuc-
ing TIRE interest on ponds deposited ia the
feasury AS security for the National
Banks. u was time that the claim af the
pOndhOiders. Tor special privileges Ou the
ground that they tent the GoVernIuauf
money In lis need, should cease. They had
und Jubtedly lent the money 10 the Cow
ernment, but they had been careful to re-
ceive ample security, and 10 bargain fof
uSuTfOus interUsd.