National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-05-08
XLIIId CONGRESS-.
SENATE.

AAlAlV CVNU0USSs
Tho Senate considered the bill to enable the
Mennonites, from Russia, to effect = perma:
nent settlement ON public lands Of tho United
Statos. Mr.. Ramsey, OF Mimi, submitted an
amendment providing that In the 9th section OF
the bill tho aggregate Of lands held under
declaration statements shall not 1t any one time
exceed 800 900 acres, instead OF 0,O0O, -
reported by the committee. Nor Ahall any one
ding embrace moro than %, 900 acres, instead
Of 100, 900. Agreed to. Mr.. Ramsey also sub
mitted an amendment TO the I'd section OF the
bill providing that location might also DO made
upon certain Indian lands In Minnesota, held
in trust BY the Government, not exceeding l6O
acres for each member Of the society. Agreed
to.
Davis. of ". Va, introduced bill to reduce
tho tax on the circulation Of State banks TO an
amount equal to that paid by national banks.
He said the tax on national bank circu!stloh
was one per cent. and that ON State bank cir
culstion ten per cent, which practically Pre-.
vented any circulation Of the latter class. He
saw no reason why national banks should have
the advantage over State banks ten TO one.
Tho Senate passed the bill ameHdstory OF the
act to provide Internal revenue to support the
Government to pay tho interest on me pnoa,nic
debt, and for other purposes, approved June W,
1864. II provides that no legal document or
paper required by law to DO stamped which was
made, signed or issued in tho Southern States
prior to the LIST Of Juno. 1865 shall DO deemed
or held AZ invalid and Of no effect, by reason OF
the failure TO impose thereon the required
stamp.
Mr.. Stewart, Of New, introduced bill to
prohibit national banks from lending money ON
money o. security and for other purposes. re
ferred to tho Committee ON Finance.
Mr.. Window, from the Committee on Com
merce and Routes, in presenting their report,
delivered long speech He SAID that the is,y value
over $10, 0OO, 600 900, for which their gross re-
ceipts were $47S, 24l ,055, and yet the facilities
are inadequate to supply tho demand. Con-
sequently agriculture 10 paralyzed and labor
interests languish. The various routes for
carrying Western produce TO the sea1oard were or
sorvations and conclusions stated.
Mr. Edmunds, Of VT, introduced, by request,
. bill to provide for commission upon the
subject of postal telegraphy. Referred to the
Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.
The Chairman Of the Judiciary Committee
political disabilities Of ]. W. Bennett Of Mary
land, John Forsyth Of Alabama George Pickett
of Virginia, David A. Telfa,r, Of North Caro-
lima, and Raphael Semmes Of Alabama Most
Of these bills did not have the necessary petit
tons from the parties named, and the latter
one the committee was not disposed to consider
favorably. However, the committee was dis
charged from their further consideration.
The veto message Of the President OF the
Financial bill was considered, and the Chair an
nounced that the Finance bill was before the
Senate, and the question was, Should 1t pass,
notwithstanding the Presidents objections
Upon this question the Constitution required
that the vote should be taken by yeas and nays.
No one taking the floor, the roll was called, and
tha vote resulted "A follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Allison, Bogy, Foreman, Cam
eron, Carpenter, Clayton, C0nover, Dennis,
Dorsey Ferry (Mich.), Goldthuaite, Gordon,
Harvey, Hitchcock, ingalls,, Johnston, Lewis,
Logan. McCreery,. Aerrinon, Mitchell, Nor.
,oood, Oglesby, Patterson, Pease, Pratt, Ramsey.
Window and Wnght-34.
NAYs.-Messrs. Anthony, Bayard, Boutwell,,
Buckingham, Chandler, Conkling, Cragin,
Davis, Edmunds, FENToN, Ferry (Conn. },
Flanagan, Frelinghuysen, Gilbert, Hager,
Hamilton (Md.). Hamilton GTe1as), Hamlin,
Scott, Sherman, Stevenson, Stewart, Stockton,
Thurman and Wadleigh-30.
Democrats in italics and Liberals In small
capitals.
bill was lost.
Mr.. Southland, Of Ohio, offered . resolution
instructing the Committee ON Banking and Cur
rency to inquire and report the reasons why the
1876 900, 900 of national bank currency, author
lied to be withdrawn from the States having
more than their proportion, has not been with
drawn and distributed under tho provisions Of
the act Of the 18th of July, 1870, and what
further legislation is necessary to secure that
result.
Mr.. Hereford, of w. Va, introduced bill
providing that the tax on State banks shall not
be other or greater than the tax on national
banks.
Bills we're introduced repeating all statutes
which forfeit widows pensions for second mar
rage to permit parties to testify in their own
defense in United States courts; to provide q
free system of national banking and for the
resumption of specie payments; to facilitate
the resumption Of specie payments, and to
prevent fluctuations in the value OF United
States notes; repeating all laws imposing q tax
on State banks to impose . tax Of five per
cent. ON all incomes of individuals and corpora
lions exceeding $5 900 declaring it oppressive
to impose additional taxation, and inexpedient
to retrench on necessary appropriations already
made in the interests Of commerce. and pre-
viding as . measure Of temporary relief for
the issue Of an additional fifty millions Of legal
tender notes.
Mr.. Negley, Of Penn, asked leave to offer .
resolution instructing the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs to prepare and report bill to
amend the act of the 9Th Of June, 1872, relative
to soldiers and sailors homesteads, go as to
allow honorably discharged soldiers and sailors,
their widows and orphan children to acquire
homesteads on the public lands, without being
required to commence settlement and improve
ment.
The amendment to the appropriation bill
striking out the paragraph requiring the de-
partment clerks to work seven hours day
instead of six was struck out. A number Of
amendments were made to the bill and it
uassed