The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-06-30
xLIst CONGRESS.
Z SECOND SESSION.
NlA HOUSE. - :
WAsHINUTOE, June 80.


The House resumed the consideration
Of the conference report on the currency
bill. .., g.r..'-. 'I',
Mr. JuDD gave notice that he would
move to reject the report and have anoth-
or Conference Committee I'f| I
Mr.. CoDuRN opposed the report, and
argued that under it the people OF the
West were not going toget any redistri.
butiOp %ithin reasonable time. He be-
lieved it to be bGttcrtO put the bill on IN
Ill the next Congress, and then pass n
general measure OF redistribution, rather
than take this measure, which directly
tended 10 bring disaster on the country.
Mr.. JUpD also. argued against the con-
ference report, which Reclaimed settled
the question against thG9 desire Of the
House and against the best interests OF
the country. lie expressed the conviction
that If this report was rejected and anoth1
er Conference Committee appointed, the
Senate would concur substantially in the
provisions made by the House.
Mr.. ARMSTRONG expressed the belief
that any policy looking TO the contraction
Of the currency would be injurious TO the
business interests Of the country, and re-
garded the conference report us u positive
measure Of contraction, at lcast to- the
amount OF $O,60O000. He Thought The
wiscst policy would be TO reject the re-
port, even though the bill should fail, e
Mr.. Cox expressed the opinion that the
measure was not much either OF COntrac.
tiOn or expansion. Itmight work little
contraction ut first but it, would produce
expansion and explosion. II was a-bill'
which satisfied neither House nor any
body, neither cOntractiOnists nor cXpan-
sionists, What Congress should do; was
to march boldly up 10 the measure Of a
return to gold and silver, rs the President
had recommended.
Mr., .BURcHARD also condemned the
Conference report, particularly because
the committee had abandoned the $685.
100000 issue, which would haVereaChed
all the States having less than their fair
Share Of the distribution of the currency.
Mr.. MORGAN also opposed the report as
being q measure Of contraction. r.. 3D.
Mr.. INGERSoII. thought il would hardly
dO when the people were asking Congress
for bread to give tlcma stone, and he i'm
agined that the present proposition was
no more nor less than that. He believed
that four.tilhs Of the people, if there
could he 10 popular vote on the subject,
would yotein favor Of an increase of the
currency, and that, too, in grcenbaCks,
rather than national bank notes.
Mr.. TOWNSEND also opposed the report
because he looked upon itas u measure of
great expansion 41Mb GNF -IR4g
MI. ..I6SES, Of Kentucky, advocated the
conference report and stated facts show
ing the prOpricIy Of Il redistribution Orthc
currency, lie was afraid that unless this
conference report was agreed 10 the bill
would fail. He approved the report not
,bccntlSc Il met his views to their full cX
tent, but il did soin some measure and he
,belieyul it was tie best the uouse could
get. ..I l., ..-r.-.t,.lL.. I'm.
Mr. GAKTIELD closed the discussion by
Il speech in advocacy of the report.
A vote was taken on agreeing TO the
conference report and il was rejected,
yeas So, nays 1872. ,.. ,.lI........,t nix
On motion Of Mr. .IuDD another Con-
ference Committee was ordered
Mr.. SARGENT, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported back Senate
amendments to Indian Appropriation bill.
and proceeded 10 explain them to the
House with the action recommended by
the Committee. .... ..t ...... ...i
Adjourned. au... -.... ....r
80. SENATE. H'N ..,. D..
The tax and tariff bill was proceeded
with. The amendment 10 strike from the
free list, books, maps and charts specially
imported in single copies, and not for
sale, of which no editions are printed in
the United States, was read.
Mr.GSuMNER was opposed 70 tue am@ld-
ment regarding the duty on books rs n
tax of knowledge. nHeFwas in tayor 0f
free trade in books.
Mr.. SHERMAN, aS the unanimous 0pin-
ion ofthc Finance Committee, stated that
although the public libraries and eduCa-
tional Institutions had this privilege under
the,law now, it would not be prudent TO
extend il indisCriminGtely, in view Of the
facilities for fraud 10 follow. The coun-
try would he flooded with foreign books
at a less rate than American books, to the
injury and possible ruin ofour own lcgiti-
mate trade He read letters received by
the committee from Appleton Il Co., IIar-
per u Bro, and other leading publishers,
demonstrating against theprbVisiOn ofitlle.
amendment. Agreed tO--yCas, y; nays,
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At four o'clock the Senate went int"
executive session, and subsequently, took