The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-05
sTAUNTON, VIRGINIA. THURSDAY MARCH 1874
Expansion-yote ia t1,e senate.

The Washington correspondent Of the
Baltimore Sun. under date Of the 10th,
gives the following particulars Of the pas
sage Of Mr.. Merrimon' s bill, creating forty
six million dollars more Of bank circulation
The Senate this afternoon, by q maj ,rity
of three votes. instructed the committee on
finance to report a bill for an increase Of the
national bank circulation to the amount of
$46 100000. The vote was on the motion
Of Mr.. Merrimon, Of North Carolina. offer
ed as an amendment to the motion to recon.
NIT S25,000,J00 IF banking circulation
from the States 10 excess. The vote on the
main question to recommit went over to
next week, and there will no doubt be one
whole days debate if not more before the
vote is taken. The vote Of this afternoon is
recorded as q second victory of the imitation
lists. An analysis of the vote shows that
to the Potomac river voted 10 the affirmative
These were Messrs. Sprague, Of Rhode Is
land, and Cameron, Of Pennsylvania The
two MARYLAND Senators were absent and
were not paired. Mr.. Hamilton's position
as hard money man leaves no doubt as to
which side his vote would have been recor.
ded on. Dir. Dennis, it is now said, stands
with the infationists. Of. the West Vir-
gnia Senator's, Mr.. Foreman voted for in
fation and Mr. Davis against it. OF the
Southern and Western Senators the only
ones voting in the negative were Chandler
Of Michigan, Cooper, of Tennessee, Gilbert
of Florida, Shurz of Missouri, Stevenson of
Kentucky, and Sherman Of Ohio The two
Texas Senators, Flanagan and Hamilton are
against Initiation inlauy form. but both ef
them we're paired. OF the entire Pacific
coast delegation but one voted for imitation,
Mr. Mitchell Of Oregon.
The debate on the question Of initiation or
non imitation has been dragging along very
YEARLY Tor many days past. but to-day when
the stru ggle eliminated in the vote on Mr.:
Merrmoa's proposition the excitement dis
played was equally as great as if some i'm
portant political question was to be decided
Senators gathered around the desk while the
roll was being called. and watched closely
every vote. Extreme Democrats like Ex-Con-
federate General Gordon, of Georgia, were
found on the same eide with such extreme
radicals as Gov Morton, Of Indiana. Never
since reconstruction has the spectacle been
witnessed Of democrats and republicans la
boring so earnestly together. But nine Of
the democratic Senators can be found in the
negative on the main propositions for inha-
ton, which have been brought before the
Senate. These are the Two Delaware Sena-
tors T2.r,rd 49, Co,J.b,., M Hnpo;Iton
of Maryland; Mr.. Davis, Of West Virgin
ia; Mr. Kelly, Of Oregon Mr.. Hager, Of
California; Elr. Stockton, Of New Jersey
Mr.. Cooper, Of Tennessee; and Mr.. Steven
sou, Of Kentucky.
Mr.. Thurman did not make his appearance
in the Senate chamber to day, and the IN
charitable oues sad that as prospective
presidential candidate that sagacIous politi
clan thought it was the part Of wisdom lot
TO appear on the record. The vote this af-
ternoon cannot be accepted as fnality. It,
with the vote Of Wednesday Oh Mr.. SCOTS
proves that the infationists have
a majority IN the Senate, but the majority is
so small that it cannot be confidently coun-
ted on in all emergencies. Should the pend.
ing motion to recommit be defeated it will
be taken as an indication of the sense Of the
Senate that the bill shall be made the basis
for legislation on the entire subject Of the
finances. Those, therefore, who know the
frequent habit of the Senate to do one day
and undo the next understand perfectly
we'll that after laboring for months the Sen
ate may send measure to the House which |
will be unanimously tossed aside. If the
motion to recommit is carried, the finance
committee will most probably be in no hur-
~ to report bill. When they do report ii
is very certain to be 10 shape which, car
rying out the letter of the instructions, will
yet be unsatisfactory to the inaationists.-
Then the whole subject will be started afresh |
and the same cid tiresom debate reeommepce
The appropriation bills will then be pressing
on the attention Of the Senate as the session
will be drawing to close, and it would be
no worlds wonder if the experience Of for
mer years should be repeated, and the fnan-
cia problem 60 over as legacy to the next
session.