The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-03

The Washington correspondent of the Bati-
moro Sun writes under date of Wednesday
evening:
The tenure-of- Office matter, it ia supposed.
is now finally disposed Of, both houses having
agreed to the report OF the committee of con-
1erence- From the chuckling Of the anti-re-
pealers it may be assumed that they ~ Q salts
neg that they have achieved victory and it ia
certa u, from the remarks let drop by Senator
lrumbull, that the Senate has not conceded
much, II anything, in the matter, although Mr..
Bingham's explanation IN the House would
sc I'm to indicate the opposite. The knowing
ones say that the House has been badly sold:
that i all the supervisory power yet remains in
oil the extreme members Of that body hasten-
ed to vote for the report, there would seem to
be some ground FOR the assertion. The bill
" w'il NOV nov 70 to the President for his signature,
OF winch there is no doubt, and even if the
House has been entrapped, 1t is not likely that
any great fuss will be made about it II IL ia
agreeable to the Executive, who is the one to
be affected by it.
Redistribution OF tho Currenoy--rnfau-
ence OF Massachusetts Predomin &nt.
Notwith,standing The passage by the Senate
OF the bill to increase the circulating medium
ct the South and West by q corresponding cur
tallment OF it at the East (particularly New
Engiand, it is doubted III we'll informed circles
whether It will become o law. The influence
OF Massachusetts is predominant, and have
yet TO recognize single instance in which the
West has not finally succumbed to dictation
from that quarter.
The Franchise at the South
About fifty Texan gentlemen appeared be-
Iore the Reconstruction Committee this morn
ing. Governor Hamilton stated the case for
the party, which asks to vote upon the new
constitution, and discussed the equal rights
and suffrage clauses. Some conversation arose
b tween the committee aud the speaker. as to
the true meaning OF the Acknowledgement SEQ
ton, which is copied from the new Constitu-
ton of South Carolina. Governor Hamilton
contended that those only can vote who can
hold Office under the Fourteenth amendment:
that an Interpretation being questioned. and
the member from South Carolina having re-
marked that no one is now o disqualified voter
10 south Carolina, Governor Hamilton said, elf
that be the interpretation. so much the bet
ter" General Butler said, '.That is explicit
enough" Governor Hamilton then spoke
against all dlsqualiications as permaneney.
The further hearing was then adjourned until
Thursday.
Gold Contracts.
The Committee Of Ways and Means have
unanimously agteed to report q bill legalizing
contracts made payable in gold. This Dill will
be substantially The same as the section stricken
out OF bill last session in the Senate, because
MIR. Trumbult and others believed the tate de-
csions OF the Supreme Court were all that were
necess ary in the premises. The bill came
back to the House, and upon committee OF
conference being appointed, that body also
agreed to the striking Of it out. It will meet
some opposition in the Senate, but will 90
through the House with little or no objection.