Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-04
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SENATE.

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SENATE.
sen AroR MoKRILL's PLAN FOR REsusiP-
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.
Senator Morrill,, having obtained the
/ floor, argued at length in favor of the re-
sumption of specie payment, and urged
upon Congress the necessity of legisla-
| ton in that direction. He was not, he
said, welded to any special plan, but
! favored that proposed by the prominent
finsncief of New York that the Seere-
tary of the Treasurer shall issue certifi-
Gates payable ia four years, with inter-
est at 3-65 per cent. at par, in United
/ States notes or gold, at the option of the
+! holder, and requiring banks to keep one
nrUiety of their reserves in these certifi-
Gates and for government to give notice
4 that on January list, 1875, it will pay its
notes in cash in New York authorizing
the government to negotiate a loan of
4 5000, 00o, 900 in coin at 6 per cent. per
annum. Certificates as fast as redeemed
may be paid out by the Secretary of the
Treasury to satisfy claims against the
government, He hoped soon to submit
a bill providing for the desired return to
specie basis.
! Senator Ferry, Of Michigan, moved to
take up the resolution offered By him on
Monday, to provide for the settlement
/ of the financial arrangement.
Senator Wright, of Iowa, moved
that the Senate proceed to the consider
alton of Executive business with the
understanding that Senator Ferry he en-
titled to the floor on his resolution to
morrow. Agreed to.
/ Senator Stevenson, of Kentucky, pre-
! scented petition of 3, 500 citizens of
i Kentucky, asking for the passage of a
law prohibiting the manufacture of
spirituous liquors in the territories of
of the United States.
4 The Senate at 2 o'clock went int Ex-
ecutiye Session After 90 minutes the
doors were reopened, and the Senate adj
J JOlFneu until tomorrow. . ... ...... ~.
! Senator Pratt submitted a resolution
instructing the committee on Judiciary
to inquire whether Congress has consti-
tutional authority to create corporations
I for constructing railroads and canals
/ penetrating two or more States, and
whether it has authority to regulate the
rates of railroad transportation over ex-
isting roads chartered by States, which
/ by consolidation haye. continuous lines
running through two or more States.
Senator Fenton's bill to provide for
the better protection of the northwest
/ frontier. ETC., provides for the loan of
| 5000, 900 in United States 1850 A per
cent. bonds to be made by the United
States to the State of New York for the
purpose of enlarging acqueducts, and one
tier of locks on the Erie and Oswego
canals to a capacity to pass vessels of
war % feet in width and 200 feet in
i length and merchant vessels of 600 tons
burden propelled by steam where said
canals are less than SO feet wide upon
the bottom. The bill also provides that
after the payment of the debt for which
the canal revenues are now constitution
ally pledged, and after the canals are
thus enlarged their net revenue shall be
paid into the treasury of the United
| States until the proposed loan of IS, Co.,
600 is paid. Bonds are to be issued upon
| tAe report of the Commissioners, as the
work progresses, every three months.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Cessna, of Pennsylvania, offered
a resolution to admit Messrs. Davis and
Hogan, of West Virginia, without pre-
| JUDGE to their contestants. After some
debate it was referred to the Committee
on Elections.
Mr. Schumacher, of New York, gave
notice of bill to erect In the city of
Brooklyn suitable building for the post
Office and federal courts.
Mr.. Storms, of Pennsylvania, gave no.
| tice of bill to repeal 50 much of the
act of March 3, 1878, as prohibits week
| ly newspapers from passing through the
mails free of charge.
Mr.. Dawes, of Massachusetts,, intro
duced bill to provide for the redemp-
ton of the loan of 1853. Referred to
the committee on ways and means.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, moved the
admission of Z. G. Davidson from the
Fourth District of Louisiana, and adj
vocated his motion.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, sent to
the clerks desk and had read a certifi-
cate from Governor Kellogg of Louisi-
ana, dated Nov. 90, 1878, and stating
that at a special election held in the
Fourth District of Louisiana, on Nov.
"a, George L, Smith had received a
majority of the votes cast, and was
duly elected to represent that district in
Congress.
Mr.. Cox intimated that the certificates
had been gotten up in Washington, and
stated that Ii was practically impossible
to have vote counted so soon in dis
trict SO large and without railroads. He
appealed to the House to give the
State of Louisiana the right to be heard
through at least one Representative fair
ly elected.
Mr.. Morey, of Louisiana, moved to
amend the resolution by by inserting the
name of George l.. Smith instead of
Davidson