National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-22
CAPITOL AND DEPARTMENT

UAI llUL AMI DEI Ah MIN
AMENDMENTS OF BANKING COMMIT
TEE TO {HE FINANCE Bill.
8, "a --k,>- Af ~.
TIKI. TARIFF on TIE PACIFIC RAILROADS
Il PENNSYLVANIA IN FAVOR OF THE IA
CIFIC MALTA CARD FROM Mr.. PREsCoII
-DICKINsoN's TESTIMONIAL JUST AND
PROPER DEMAND. -
Mr.. MAYNARD yesterday submitted report
from the Committee on Banking and CURRENCY
On the Senate amendments TO the House bill IN
relation to the currency. The committr q
renort that having considered the said = mate
amendments, recommend q concurre. zee with
tn. same, with the following amendments,
viz:
/. To strike out the Words "eighteen hun
dred and sixty-four1 IN the first section.
| 9, Strike out the following words in the
| second section! And each national banking
association now organized, or hereafter to be
organized, shall keep and maintain as part OF
its reserve one fourth part of the coin received
| by it as security for circulating notes or Gov
eminent deposits"
3. To strike out the third section, which re-
quires that each of the banking associations
| shall, within ninety days after the passage of
the act, keep its lawful money reserves within
its own vaults where its operations Of discount
| and deposit are carried on.
4. In section eight, strike out the words
"twenty-ive" and insert the word "forty," so
as to require the Treasury to retire an amount
| of United States notes equal to 40 per centum
of the circulating notes issued by national
banks, and propose the insertion of tho follow
ing words: "And the United States notes so
retired shall be Cancelled and carried to the
account of the sinking fund. provided for by
the second clause of section five OF an act ap-
proved February IS, 1852, being an act to au.
thorze the issue of United States notes, and
for the redemption and funding thereof, and
for funding the floating debt of the United
States, and the notes so retired shall constitute
a portion of said sinking fund" Amend sec
ton nine so as to provide that on and after
July /, 1873, the holder of United States notes
to the amount of fifty dollars, or any multiple
thereof, may present them to the Treasurer OF
| the United States for payment. 1t also author
ICES an exchange in gold.
THE sANBoRN CONTRACTS.
It is understood that the Committee oil
Ways and Means will report the alleged case
of contempt on the part of Mr.. F. A. Prescott
to the House to-day without making any recon-
mendation as to the final disposition OF the
|
in the proceedings against Mr.. Stewart, who
was involved in the credit mobilier investiga-
ton. This will leave the House to make that
disposition of the matter which it deems proper.
In this connection it might be stated that Mr..
| Prescott has addressed the chairman of the
committee letter, asking that the testimony
submitted by Mr.. Dickinson be withheld from
the records of the investigation. 1t is as fol-
/ lows:
SIR: respectfully ask as a matter of ius-
tice to myself, that the Committee Of Ways
and Means expunge from the record in the So
called Sanborn investigation the testimony OF
NJ. s. Dickinson, jr., for the following reasons
That not being under investigation myself, said
testimony is irrelevant. That most of the
same is utterly false, and that which has any
foundation in fact, is so distorted rs to convey
a false impression; and that said committee
| should not be made the medium of personal
malice between citizens.
am, sir, your most obedientservant,
| F. A. Prescott.
| To Hon. Henry L. Datoes, Chairman .COmnittse O
THE CLAIM OF CAPTAIN HALLS
WIDOW.
The House Naval Committee have reconsid,
cred their determination to allow the widow o.
Captain Charles F. Hall pension of thirty
dollars per month. They did not, however
|
arr which would have been due her husband
had he completed the cruise, which previously
they allowed her. Instead of placing Mrs
Hall on the pension-rolls 1t is contemplated &c
grant her the relief desired through the pur
chase of all her husbands papers bearing OF
the Arctic regions, which, when secured, are
intended to form part of the records Of the
Smithsonian Institution. With this view thu
committee expect to recommend that the Sec
rotary of the Navy be authorized to negotiate
for these documents, the price TO be paid not
to exceed fifteen thousand dollars This il
deemed the most efficient aid that can be rem
dered Mrs. Hall, and at the same time secure
for the Government the possession of valuable
papers of a scientific nature.
REGULATING THE TARIFF ON THE PA
| CIFIC RAILROADS.
The discrimination practiced in the tolls ex
acted by the Pacific railroads from each othel
for the joint transportation of passengers and
| freight has been a constant source of contro
versy, and Congress has heretofore been com
PEELED to legislate to insure impartial dealing
between the companies, as we'll as to secure
the rights of the patrons of these lines. But
although q remedy was provided, still it has
been impossible to successfully invoke It fol
the protection of all interests. The Committed
on Pacific Railroads yesterday agreed to a bill
which will materially assist IN the future set
Element of these questions. The direct course
at law is clearly pointed out, and penalty O.
one thousand dollars attached to the road in
fringing the statute previously ordained fol
the prevention OF this practice. The lines in
terested are the Union Pacific and Kansas PACT
| ic railroads.
THE PACIFIC MAIL SUBSIDY.
Senator Scott, yesterday, presented in the
Senate resolution passed by the Legislature
of Pennsylvania protesting against the cancel
lation of the postal contract with the Pacific
Mail Company. The resolution recites the ex-
istence of the contract and the conditions i'm
posed on the company, and that its annihila-
ton would abandon the commerce of the
Pacific to England and France, and concludes
as follows: "That the Legislature of Penn
sylvania is In favor of the fostering, in every
manner, of building of American ships by
American mechanics, of American materials,
and hereby instruct its Senators and requests
its members to oppose any cancellation of the
contract entered into by the Postmaster Gene
raj for the carrying Of the mails to China and
Japan, If it be shown there has been due dill
gence used In the construction of the required
ships" A similar resolution has also been
presented in the House.
CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE SENATE.
The Senate, in executive session yesterday,
confirmed the following nominations. Auchu-
bon McClurg and Ernest Norfeet, to be assis-
| tant surgeons in the navy; Assistant Engineer
David NJ. Fulmer, to be passed assistant en-
gineer in the navy; First Lieutenant Joseph X,
Hyer, to be captain; Second Lieutenant Charles
B. Hinton, TO be first lieutenant. The follow
ing to be postmasters: Zssemba jackson, Ellis
worth, Kan; John Lingafelt, Hollidaysburg,
Penn; Joseph Jorgenson, Petersburg, Va;
Pierce B. Hawkins, Bowling Green, Ky; Mrs.
Susan Burbridge, HopkinsVille, KY; John L.
LOOMS, Independence, Iowa; Charles Fl. Hard
ing, Bradford, VT, aud Edwin F. Gates, Itch
| field, Conn.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
The action of the House Committee on
Civil Service Reform yesterday would indicate
that the present system is to be maintained,
notwithstanding the opposition eVinced in some
quarters. lit has been conceded that the test
question would be in the appropriations to sus-
tain the commission and make operative their
rules, and, SO far as the committee is con-
cerned, this has been settled by the allowance
Of the usual sum of $4,000. The committee
| placed their action in the form of resolution
recommending the appropriation, which will
stand before the House as their decision in the
premises.
HAZING AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY.