Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-06-19
The Defeated Currency Bill.

The Defeated Currency Bill.
The conference report Oh the Currency
bill was beaten SO badly in the House, on
Saturday last, as to extinguish the last ray
of hope as to any bill being sent TO the
President this session.
The first bill, which was vetoed by the
President, passed the House by 40 yeas
| to l02 nays; Of the majority there were 3
Democrats, and of the minority about the
same number, but the provision in the con-
ference bill party retiring legal tenders as
new bank currency is issued, stampeded
the Democrats from it, and not one voted
yea, and the result was thus reversed, and
it was lost by 144 nays to los yeas.
There was a number of Republicans who
voted nay OH the former bill who voted yea
on this as a compromise measure, and q
number who voted for the former who
would not vote for this on account of the
provisions for reSumiUg specie payments in
1873, as they think that provision would
hang like dark cloud over the depressed
industries of the country until that time
and accomplish nothing but trouble.
For the other bill, General Butler alone,
from the New England delegation, voted
AYE" and this time he voted mo- with
them. New York, which voted solid
against the former bill, gave three votes fol
this.
PENNSYLyANIA'S VOTE.
Pennsylvania voted on the vetoed bill as
follows Ia ayes, IL noes 2 absent. On
the last bill, IA ayes, S noes ) absent.
The ayes all were Republicans, as follows
Myers, Biery, Smith, Shoemaker, Packer,
Cessna, Ross, Curtis, Richmond, Albright,
Negley, Scoleld, Strawbridge and Todd.
The noes were Randall, Clymer, Speer,
Storm, McGce, Moore, Kelley and O'Neill.
The abscntecs were Republicans, Taylor,
Killinger, Harmer and Townsend.
When the roll had been called there were
1l9 noes and 81 ayes, and no Democrats
having voted for it, and the President hav-
ing been scmi-oilicia!ly announced as being
determined TO veto il, the majority was
largely increased.
THE VOTE IN DETAIL.
The following is the vote in detail =
YEAS Messrs. Albright, Averill, Bar,
Der, Barrere, Bcgole, Bicry, Bradley,
Bromberg, Bundy, Burchard, Burrows,
Butler Tenn Cain, Cannon, Cessna,
Clark IN. J. Clements, Cobb IN. C.) Cobb
(Kansas) ,Conger, Cotton, Crounse, Crutch.
field, Curtis, Dar-all, Dobbins, Dunnell,
Farewell, Fort, Foster, Garfield, Hagans,
Harrison, Haw!ey, (Ill), Hays, Hazleton
(N. j. Hodges, Howe, Hunter, Hurlbut,
IIynes, Kasson, Lamport, Lansing, Lewis,
Lofand, Loughridge, Lowe, Lynch, Mar.
tin, Maynard, McGrary, McDill wis
McDill iowa, Mckee, NcNulta, Merriam,
Monroe, Myers, Negley. Orr, Packard,
PACKER, Parsons, Pelham, Phillips, Platt
(Va.), Pratt, Purham, Rainey, Ranseir,
Rapier, Ray, Rice, Richmond, Robinson
(Ohio), Ross, RuGk, Sawyer, Scotield, Send.
der (N. J. J, Sheats, Sherwood, Shoemaker,
Smith lPa.), Smith (La.). Smith (Va.),
Smith tOhiol, Snyder, Sprasue, Stowell,
Straight, Strawbridge, Thomas On. c.,
ThOrnburgh, Todd, Waldron, Ward. Qll.),
Ward IN. J. J, Whitley, Willard Mich. J,
Williams Wis., J, Williams lind. Williams
(Mich.), Wiltshire, Wilson Qowa), and
WOodwOrth-10S.
NAYs.-Messrs. Adams, Albert, Archer,
Arthur, Ashe, Atkins, Banning, Barnum,
Bass, Beck, Bell, Berry, Bland, Blount
Bowen, Bright. Brown, Buckner, Buffin'
ton, Burleigh, Butler Mass. |, Caldwell,
Cason, Clark No. Clark n. Y. ely.
mer, Coburn, Comingo, Cook, Corwin
Cox, Creamcr, Crittenden, Crooke. Cross.
land, Danford, Davis, Dawes, Donnan,
Durham, Eames, Eden, Frye, Giddings,
Glover, Grooch, Gunckel, Hale Me.
Hamilton, Hancock, Harris Mass. Har'
ris Ga. Harris Va. Hatcher, HathOrn,
Havens, Hawley Conn. Hendee, Here
ford, Herndon, f. r. Hoar, G. F. Hoar,
Hooper, Hoskins, Hunter, Hyde, Jewett,
Kelley, Kellogg, Kendall, Knapp, Lamar,
Lam:son, Lawrence, Lawson, Leach,
Lowndes, Luttrell, Magee, Marshal Nc.
Lean, Milliken, Mills, Moore, Morrison,
Neal, Nesmith, Niblack, Niles, Num-, o..
3rien, O'Neill, Orth, Page, Parker, n.
II. !, Parker Mo. |, Pendleton, Perry,
Phelps, Pierce, Pike, Platt, n. Y. Po'
land, Potter, Randall, Read, f. III. Roberts,
Robinson, Ill. ], Saylor, Ind. Saylor,
OhiOl, Schumacher, Scudder, IN. ",
Sener, Sessions, Shanks, Sloan, Small,
Smart, Smith, N. y Southard, Speer,
Stauard, Standeford, Starkweather, Stone,
Storm, Savan, Sypher, Thomas, IVA.
Tremain, Tyner, Vance, Wallace, Walls,
Well, Wheeler, White, Whitehead, White.
house, Witthorn, Willard VII, Willie,
Wolfe, Wood, Woodtord and Young, KY
-l46.
Mr.. NEGLET Pa. in voting aye said
that he did so in respect for the views oi
his constituents, but personally he was op.
posed to several of the provisions of the
bill.
Mr.. DAWES Mass. moved that the sub.
ject be sent TO Il new conference committee.
Agreed to-Yeas, 195 nays, As.
The Rhode Island General Assembly
met on Thursday and took the eighth bal.
lot for United States Senator, with the fol.
lowing result Whole number of votes,
1O7. Burnside, 40 Dixon, 81; Barstow,
l8; Sheffield, !; scattering, -. Three
more ballots were had, the last of which
resulted burnside, 40; Dixon, %; Bar.
stow, IS; Arnold, /; Sheffield, 10; Brad.
ley, / =; Jenckes, 4.