The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-01-30


bined the essential points Of all the others which
have been presented 10 relieve the nnances frora
their present depression. Adjourned
In the House, on the 18th, rule was
adopted yesting the appointment and r,moya, q,
Official reporters in the speaker MIR. MAYNARD
reported a rule, which was laid on the table Tor.
bidding the printing of private bills on their IN
PRODUCTION The Naval Appropriation bill came
up again, and "a long discussion eusued. tha
amendment offered by Mr. Randall Ia punIsh
officers for making outlays In excess OF apnroa
priations, and also the amendmen. offered byMr
Loughrdge, excepting cases OF sudden srner
gencies were rejected The original bill here
tofore reported, passed. Adjourned
In the Senate, on the 10th. the finance reso-
luton was again taken up and MIR. sherman ad-
dressed the Senate. lie argued that specie was
the only true standard OF value and no other
could be established. Congress l. bound both NV
public faith and good policy TO bring our
currency To specie standard. We have
pledged ourselves TO redeem these notes N
the earliest practicable period In coin
rency TO gold standard -Four years have
passed away since Il promised ihe people
that II would redeem the currency imne-
diately, ana dollar greenback IL worth
no more now than IL was in March, lssO -Four
hundred millions OF the public debt, MOI due had
been paid, and not single dollar of the debt ,ine
has ever been paid. weae living now in a daily
violation of the pledge made by Congr, S. Adj
Journed 10 Monday.
In the House, on the 10th. Mr. small
offered u resolution inquiring into the number Of
houses owned by the Government in the District
Of Columbia, their expense and uses, and who
uses them. Mr. Dawes reported a bill 10 reim-
burse distillers for the amount paid 10y t,em in
procuring the 1ice meters, hut which Were suhse-
gasnhly, a,a hi, ano,isnea by la" number OF pri-
Tee considered the case of &, neral Howard Adj
journed.
The House, on the 18th. met in Committee
of the Whole for general discussion on miscel-
laneous topics, Mr.. Rusk in the chair speech
es We're made by Mr. Harris, of Georgia. on
civil rights, and by Messrs kelley townsend
and Burchard on finance and currency Ad-
Journed
In the Senate. on the 10Th. Mr.. Bogy intro
duced u bill TO reimburse Missouri tor the expen-
ses in armng and equipping troops during the
late Mr. Thurman presented a petition
asking protection for the Winnebauo Indians
and he stated in connection with il that these peo-
pie are citizens OF the United states and should
be projected as such. MIR. Wright stated that
ne had listened attentyely TO every speech, for
light, that had been made on the finance question,
but they only dark ned his course lie opposed
resumption, and thought thai the currency
should be inflated. The old idea that gold
and SILVER was the only proper circulating me-
dunn was fast dying out. The nation violated
no pledge II has ever made by mol redeeming
these notes until 1t chooses to do 50. .-Ad-
journed
In the House, on the 10Th. Mr.. Wilson. Of
Indiana, presented a resolution the substance OF
which was that, owing to the strngency in money
matters, something should be done to relieve the
country, and that an increase in the circulating
medium was the only way OF increasing the reve-
ntes and of avoiding the present lilies OF in
crcasing taxation. This was considered test
movement in the House. The resolution was re-
jected. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the Goth. the credentials
of Mr.. Thurman of Ohio We're presented and
tabled. Petitions were presented from the Ma
tional Board OF Trade, ndorsing the petition OF
the New York Chamber OF Commerce for the
prevention OF collisions at sea, protesting against
increase in the volume of currency, asking that
the national banking act be amended, and that
the volume of fractional currency he reduced .
MIR BOgy spoke in favor Of opening water routes
from the West to the sea CONSIDERATION OF the
finance resolution was resumed, and Mr. Brown
Nv had his remarks ON the question read by the
clerk
In the House. on the Goth. the day was con-
sumed in debating and passing rule de-
signed to cut OF motions for suspenaing rules
on Monday and tine last ten days OF the ses-
sion The rule thus modified Is over fifty years
old. Under the modification It viii require
majority instead OF one-flfth TO second the motion
10 suspend. The rule was passed-ayes, l25;
noes, 100
In the Senate. on the 2lst. the consideration
of the finance resolution was again resumed.
Mr Merriman spoke in favor OF immediate re-
sumption, and hoped that that glorious event
would transpirc July fth ls9i. lie wanted 20
see every dollar grcenhack redeemed 10y that
time There was too much sectional lcgisla-
ton going ON in this country. he south
and West were neglected while other por-
tions of the country were favored This
sectional Legislation must be stopped California
with one interest, New England with another,
and the South with another will be- cure 10 end
la "A cosnict oil arms Il had occurred once be-
fore, and il might occur again.
In the House, on the 2lst, the only business
of interest transacted was the passage ofa bill in
structing the President to invite foreign Govern
ments 10 take part in the Centennial Exposition.
The bill was met with decided opposition, but
after heated debate IL passed