Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-05

Gentlemen, Mr.. Cox has taken all summer
| TO make up his mind on the subject, ana
the House should certainly have some
| time. -z-s----.--s-s---.--------.
Mr.. Cox-That is not true. [Uproar
| and excitement. '~@
Mr.. Negley-What does the gentleman
say? ,33i.1L Iglsy@E1
Mr.. Cox-I can convince the gentleman
| from Pennsylvania, i s<9
| The Speaker called upon members to
come to order. After further sparring in
| the course of which Mr. Negley said he OBJ
| tanned his information from newspapers
| always correct on this subject, and Mr..
| Cox referred him to the Treasury record
| The Speaker announced the Select COM
mittee would have the right to report at
any time.
On the call OH States for bills, the fol-
| lowing were introduced and referred: by Mr..
Parsons and others, to repeal the bankrupt
| cy law; Mr.. Beck to repeal the iron clad
oath and for removing of disabilities under
the fourteenth amendment; the Secretary of
Treasury to loan United States legal tender
notes on security of National banks; also
amending the National banking act and
| authorizing free banking, with practical
redemption; by Mr.. Cox, recognizing Cuban
belligerency; Mr.. Albright and others, re-
| lating to free transmission by mail of news
| papers and periodicals; by Mr.. Negley to
improve the barber of Pittsburg, formarine
hospital and other public buildings at Pitts
burg; by Mr.. Randall, to prohibit
payment of interest by National Banks,
to amend to the national banking act and
to reimburse distillers for their OUTLAWS for
| spirit meters; by Mr.. Leach, to restore the
franking privilege; by Messrs. Morey and
| Cain, supplementary to the ci vii rights
bill; by Mr.. Hunter, authorizing the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to put in circulation
in residue of forty-four millions reserve, by
purchasing government bonds Herewith;
by Mr.. Harley, of Illinois, to regulate COM
merce among the several States by rail-
roads; also for canal connecting the wa
tiers of Lake Michigan and Illinois, Missis-
sippi and Rock rivers; by Mr.. Wilson, de-
claring the true interest and
meaning of Pacific Railroad accounts;
by Mr.. Parker, for public buildings at St.
Joseph; by Mr.. Wells, for the improvement
of the Mississippi river between the mouths
of the Ohio and Missouri; by several mem
| bers, bills for canal around Niagara Falls
and in other directions; with reference to
free circulation of weekly newspapers; by
|
railroads and punish unjust discrimination
in favor of or against particular persons or
places: by Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, to
provide for just and equitable distribution
of the Geneva award.
Propositions to amend the rules of the
House were made and referred to the Com
mittee on Rules, as follows:
BY Mr.. Garfield, that when House bills
come back TO the House with Senate
amendments, points of order may be made
in the House against such amendments
wherever they seem not germane to the
subject matter of the bill. or when such
amendments contain appropriations not
authorized by law; by Mr.. Lawrence, that
no bill shall contain more thanone subject,
to be expressed in its title; that report OF
a committee of conference shall be diviSi-
BILE, and that mol general legislation shall
be engrafted on an appropriation bill by a
committee of conference; by Mr.. Poland,
that all resolutions calling for information
from the President OF from any Depart
| ment, shall first be referred to some
appropriate committee for a report as to the
necessity and propriety Of making suchcall
such committee TO report thereon without
delay; and to be authorized to report at any
time; that whenever any resolution OF
proposition is offered by members for al
investigation, by committee, relating to the
; conduct or action of any member. or any
officer or. department of the government
such resolution or proposition shall be re-
ferred to some appropriate standing com
mittee for report whether there is reason
able and probable cause for inveS
tigatiOn, and the member offering
it shall appear, before such comm
mittee and state all the knowledge ant
| information he has on the subject, the
committee to report at any time: by Mr.
; Morey. to add to regular standing commit
tees OF the House a Committee on Mis-
; sissippi Levees; by Colburn, that the Com
, mittee on Appropriations be divided into
five or more committees, and consolidated
with the Committee on Expenditures, sucl
newly formed committee to be invested
: with power to report appropriations and tC
investigate into accounts and expenditure.
in the fullest manner.
Mr.. kellogg of Connecticut. offered
resolution directing the Special Committee
: On Reduction of Salaries to investigate tn
, actual amount paid to members Of the las
= Congress for salary, mileage, stationery an,
other allowances. Referred to Specia
i Committee.
The Speaker announced the Special Com
mittee as follows: Hale, of Maine, May
nard. ,Kasson, Scofield, Hale, of New Y orr
Niblack and Jewett.
Kelly's bill for the improvement Of cul
> rency, ETC., provides that United State
notes in circulation be limited to four lII
i bred millions, and that any holder of sal
notes, to the amount of not less than fit
dollars, shall, upon presentation to tn
: United States Treasury or Assistant Tree
u surer, receive in exchange bonds of tn
United States bearing 3 65-100 per cent
i interest, the bonds redeemable on presents
i ton in United States notes, with accrue
interest; that the Secretary of the TreaSur
/ shall prepare S50,O00,000 United State
L notes to be held as a redemptiO
fund for and used only
. redemption of said bonds, and that note
. shall be withdrawn and placed again o
J. the reserve out of any United States note
i. not otherwise app opriated, received by tn
y Treasury Department thereafter, and tn
! amount of United States notes received b
the Treasury Department in exchange tt
said bonds bearing 65-100 per cent intel
T. est shall be appropriated by the Secretar
. of the Treasury as rapidly as practicabl
to the purchase or redemption of any bono
l. of the United States outstanding at IL
time at the passage of the act; that n;
b tiOnal banks be authorized to hold sal
Il bonds bearing 3 65-100 per cent instea
D. of the reserve of United States notes no
required by law.
The House adjourned, the speaker sta
/ ing that he would announce the standiI
committees tomorrow.