The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-07
ADD CONGRESS...-FIRST SESSION.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April


by 1, 1853 citizens of Oregon and the terri
tories of Washington and Idaho, asking
congress to make an appropriation to open
Columbia river TO the commerce Of the
world Referred TO committee on com.
mercc.
Mr.. johnson introduced a bill giving
jurisdiction to the court of claims to hear
the claim of G.. w. Curtis Lee, son of the
late Gen. Lee, to Arlington estate.
petition accompanied the bill in which the
petitioner says the property was devised to
him by his grandfather, and that the title
of the government Of the property is defec-
tive. He, however, recognizes the sacred |
use to which the property has been put,
and has no desire to disturb it, but thinks
he should be compensated Tor his rights
thereto.
The Louisville and Portland canal bill |
was referred to the finance committee.
Bills for the redemption and reissue of
United States notes and for banking were |
taken up.
Mr. Scott moved as an amendment,to the
section authorizing the increase of forty
six million dollars to the national bank
currency the following And each national
banking association now organized or here
after to be organized, shall keep and main |
tain as part of its reserve required by law
one-fourth part of coin received by it as in
terest on bonds OF the United States de-
posted as security for circulating notes
and government deposits and that here
after only one-fourth of the reserve now
prescribed by law for the national banking
association shall consist Of balances due to
an association available for redemption of
its circulating notes from associations in
cities of redemption, and upon which bal
ances no interest shall be paid
The amendment was accepted by Merri-
man.
A number of amendments were offered
and rejected when the question required
on substituting Mcniman's substitute as
amended by Scott for the bill committee,
and it was adopted yeas 20, nays2i
The bill having been considered in the
committee on the whole it was then re-
ported to the Senate. The question being
will the Senate agree to the bill as agreed
upon by the committee of the whole.
Mr. Sherman then offered substitute for
the entire bill agreed upon IN the commit
tee of the whole, the bill originally repor-
ted by the finance committee, with certain
notifications. extending the time for
specie payment to January list, 1877, and
providing tor the retirement of fifty per
cent of greenbacks, in proportion to ma
tional bank currency issued. Rejected.
after discussion yeas 23, nays 2S.
The amendments made by the committee
of the whole were then concurred in with
out division, the question then being 'Shall
the bill be read third time and passed. j"
Motions to adjourn were negatiyed, and a
number of brief speeches were made against
the bill by Conkling, Hamilton Of Md,
Schurz, Stewart, Frelinghuyson. Anthony,
Thurman, Sargent, Flanagan, and others.
Senator Carpenter said he only arose to say
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themselves to remain silent in order that
there might be vote. They had resolved
to say nothing, and when smitten on one
cheek to turn the other.
The bill was them read a third time and
passed, yeas 20, nays "a. Messrs. Gordon,
Brownlow, Mitchell, Sprugue, Conover,
Ransom and Wright, who would have
rated for the bill were paired with Messrs.
Bayard, Flanagan, Boutwell,, Morrill, of
Maine, Stevenson, Stockton and Edmunds,
who would have voted against 1t. The
bill as passed reads as follows: That
the maximum amount of United States
notes is hereby fixed at $500, 900, 600 Sec
ton 9. That SAC, 900 in notes for Cir
culaton in ad ition to such circulation now
allowed by law shall be issued to national
banking associations now organized, and
, which may be organized hereafter, and
such increased circulation shall be distri-
buted among the several states as provided
in section one of an act entitled an act to
provide for the reduction of three per cent
of the temporary loan certificates and fol
an increase of national bank notes
{ approved July 18th, 1870, aud each
banking association now organized or here
after to be organized, shall keep and main
tain rs part of its reserve required by law
one fourth part of the coin received by ii.
interest on bonds Of the United STATES de
posted as security for circulating notes Of
government deposits, and that hereafter
only one-fourth of the reserve now pre-
scribed by law for national banking assOcl
:, ations shall consist of balances due to Al
:. association available for redemption of il
=, circulating notes from associations in citie
:, of redemption, and upon which balance
no interest shall be paid.
!, Mr.. Anthony moved that the first bill on
the calendar being that for the relief o
!. Lewis Ashton Dickens, be taken up, so IA
=, to be unfinished business tomorrow thi
!, was agreed to, and the Senate at $3.50 p, m
J.. adjourned.
II Under the call of states many bills. non
1t of which were of general interest, wer
n reported and adopted.
l. Mr.. Kasson, from the ways and meuns
1t asked leave to report back the Senate bill
J. in relation to the customs duties on in
1t ported fruits.
e Question giving rise to debate Kasso
l. withdrew the bill as he had no right to til
h floor.
er Mr. Brombery moyed to suspend tn
rules and take up the bill to prevent tn
l. importation of contagious or infection
in diseases.
[. Mr. Grassland, from committee on eleS
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