Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-06-14
CONGRESSIONAL.
The MOiety Bill In the House-The Com
ference Report on the Cnr.
reRey Bili.
The Currency Question Again Defeat'
sd-The Bill Referred to New
Committee.
$50 900 for The Memphis CnstomhousI
and PostOfllce-The Senate Pro-
ceedihgs, Etc
HOUSE.

HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, June I3.-The pro
ceedings opened amid great noise anC
confusion, many members striving t.
be recognized. NJ. G. irfield, In order tf
get out o. turmoil, moved that the houss
| resolve itself into a committee Of th'
1 whole, but the speaker suggested ths!
the house had already resolved Int
utter confusion.
Mr. T. II r lbsrts, from the commit
tee on ways and means, was finally re-
| eognized, and repurted rack the senate
! amendments to the house bill repsaling
| all mOieties
I The house then proceeded to vote on
! hem without discussion. The material
/ amendments which were cnncurred 10
were as 70 lows: Appropriating one
/ hundred thousand dollars to make suit
able compensation for information, etc
| declaring that the settlement of duties
shall be final and conclusive Oh p rites
after the expiration OF two years from
the time OF entry. The amendment
fxing the salaries of customs officers
was finally struck out. The amendment
providing that the public cartsg-
shall be subject to the regulations ol
the secretary of the treasury on
motion of Mr.. Randall. by requiring
it to be let to the lowest bidder after
July, 1875, and was then agreed to. All
other material amendments tn the bill
were rejected. The bill was then sent
to the conference com mmittee, composed,
on the part of the house, of + Fl. Rob
erts, M. Sueldou and Mr.. Wood.
Mr.. Maynard then made the confer
ence report on the currency bill. He
proceeded TO explain the report and tc
| specify the changes in the bill as passed
/ BY the house, and substituted, as report
/ ed back from the conference committee,
two material points, being first as to the
proposition OF legal tenders to be canceli'
/ ed on the issue OF more bank currency, II
| being now fixed at /; and second. as L
/ the time for the redemption OF United
States notes in gold or bonds, which i:
now fixed for the first Of January, 1878
/ These. he said, were concessions made
In opposite directions.
Mr. Lawrence asked Mr.. Maynard
whether he believed it would be practi
cable to resume specie payments on th'
first of January, 1878.
Mr.. Maynard replied thai it would bt
| practicable to redeem in United State:
bonds il not in specie, at least in bondi
issued under the act of 1871.
Mr.. Lawreuce-Of what advantage
will that be TO the public at large?
Mr.. Maynsrd-It will allow holders o
leCal-teudeT notes to purchase gol1
/ ,rd I iefe-t- bearing bonds, and then tbs
>..srisiy 81 the treasury can use thes'
ver. o.. t. FOR the purpose Of calling il
lhe rur -Iauding debt bearing high rate
urintvs4sI The effect Of il will be tG
und, III lew years, the entire public
debt at low rate OF interest.
Mr.. Lawrence-Is there not danger
that It would be followed by a rapid
contraction ofthe currency
Mr.. MsynaTd-Not at all.
Mr.. Clymer, a member Of the confer
ence committee, who did not sign thu
report, made speech, stating his Tea
cons for dissenting. He regarded the
substitute as n transparent fraud, III
tended To- allow the Republican party 4
escape contemplation, and Ia bridge
over the coming Presidential election
His axOmie financial principle WAS tha
the only standard of money was gOlC
and silver, and he would not favor fur
ther disgrace and misery upon the
country 10y voting for the conference re
port.
Mr.. Kellogg rose to ask Alr. Clymer ,
question, Uut was met with general erie
of "Vote.n "votew from both sides o
the house.
Mr.. Maynard regretted the absence 0
Mr.. Clymer's name from the report, be
cause IL might seem to give sectiOna
character TO the question of the curren
cy, but he hoped that the vote Of tn
house would obliterate any such idea.
The house then proceeded TO vote OF
the report of the conference committee
and it was reieeted-yess, los; Baps LAG
The following is he vote in detail:
Ysds-Messrs Albright, Averill, Bar
ber, Begole, Bieny, Bradley, Bromberg
Bundy, Burchsrd, Burrows, Butler
renn1. Cain, Cannon, Cessna, CLAIR
IL u Clements, Cobb INC Cob
! TX I, Conger, Cotton, Crounse, Crutch
fieid, Curtis, DArrall, Dobbius, DunDell
FarWell, Fort, Foster, Galii Id, H.
g,ns, Harmon, 6awley [In ! Hsys
Hsz-lton IN. J Hodges, Howe, Hun
ter, Hurlbut, Hyues, Kssson, LsmpOri
Lansing, Lewis, LsflADd, LouEh
fridge, Lowe. Ly ch, Morton, Maynard
McCrary, McD il [Iowsl, Mckee, Nc
Nulta, Nerrimsn, Monroe, Morey
Myers, Negley, Orr, Packard, Packer
Parsons, Paham, Phillips, Platt Va
Pratt, 'urman, R4iny, R4usier. Rspi.i
Ray. Rice, Richmond, Robertson
[OhiOl, Ross, Rusk, Sawyer, Scoheld
ocudGer IN. J !, Sheats, Sherwood
Shoemaker. Smith Penn. Smiil
liza /, SIN tl Va ], smith lOri
Suyder, SpraguP, StOwell. N;raI,
StrawbTidge, Thomas IN. c. Tuorn
burg, Todd, WaldIon, Ward ~
Ward IN. j., Whitley, Wihar'
mich /, Williams Wis I, William
Ind Williams Mich Wiltshire
Wilson Iowa., WOodwOrth. Total
los
Ndys-Adams, Albert, Archer, Ar
thur, Asche, Atkins, Banning, Bsrnum
Bass, Beck, Bel. Berry, Bland, Blount
Bowen, Bright, Brown, Buckner, But
fiugton, Burleigh, Butler Mass. J. Cald
well, Csson, Clark Mo. Clarke n Y, ]
Clymer, Coburn, ComingO, COoK, Cor
win, Cox, Creamer, CrittendeD, CroOke
Grassland, DanfoId, Davis, Dawes, Don
nan, Durham, Esmes, Eden, Frye, Gid
dings, Glover, GOoch, GuRckel, Hal
me i Hamilton, Hancock, Hsrri
! Mass.l Harris lGa.] Harris Va.
Hatcher, Hathorn, Havens, Hawle,
! [Conn.l. Hendee, Hereford, HerndoD
L. K. Hoar, G f. Hoar, Hooper, Hos
kins, Hunter, Hyde, Jewett, Kelly, Kel
logg, Kindali, Knapp, Lamar, LomisoD
Lawrence, Lawson, Leach, LOwndes
Iuttrell, Magel, Marshall, McLesD
Milliken, Mills, Moore, Morrison, Neal
Nesmith, Niblack, Niles, Nunn, 0'BTi u
O'Neil, Orth, Page, Parker n. H PaI
ker MOI, Pendletou. Perry, Phelps
Pierre, Pike, Plat { n. " Poland, Pot
ter. Randall, Read, L. Il. Roberts, Rot
inson T III. !, Ssyler Ind. |. Sayler [Ohio-
Schumacher, Scudder \. ", Senel
Sessions, Shanks, Sloan, Small, Smart
Smith ~. Y ], Southard, Speer, Star
ard, Standeford, Starkweather, Stone
Storm, Swan, Sypher, Thomas Va.
Tremsin, Turner, Vance, Wallace, Wall
Wells, Wheeler. White, Whitehead
Whitehouse, Whitthorne, Willard, Wi
lie. Wolfe, Wood, WOodfoTd and Youn
TKy.1-146.
) Mr.. Negley, In voting "aye," said h
did 80 in respect for the views OF hi
constituents, but that personally he wa
opposed to several provisions OF tn
bill.
Mr.. Dawes moved that the subject b
! sent TO q new conference committee
! Agreed TO; yeas, l9S; nays, As
! Those voting in the negative were
D Archer, Bass, Berry, Bromberg, Bufiin
| ton, Bundy, Clark IN. Y ], Clements
: Cox, Crooke, Cain, Farwell, Frye, Ham
ilton, Hsskins, Hurlbut, Kendall, Law
: son, Lowndes, Luttrell, Mills, Morrison
3 Nal, Nesmith, Niles, 0Brien, Page
D Parker n. H Phelps, Pierce, Potter
: Randall, Ray, Reade, Rice, Robinso
I Hill Sessions, Small, Smart, Smit
E IN. VI. Speer, Storm, Swami, Thoms
E IVA ], Walls, Ward [Ill.l, Wiltshire an
, WOlie-48.
; The speaker announced the followiD
as the conference committee on the pal
Of the house: Messrs. Dawes, McCreer
e and Marshall.
7 The house then went into committe
7 Of the whole-Mr Dawes in the chair
D on the sundTy civil appropriation bill.
e On motion of Mr. Fort, an item {
' 5000 was inserted for the printing Of th
] agricultural reports for 1S73-4.
! The appropriation made for publ
D buildings, under the supervising arch
D tect of the treasury, include the follow
0 log: Customhouse and sub-tressury 1
7 chicago, continuation, $3.50, 900; cuI
= somhouse and post flee at CInc.nnal
0 continuation, $6U0, 900; custombous'
b Courthouse, etc, at Evansville, $50. O0I
,.ustombonse and postOfiice at Memphi
Tennessee, $50 900; courthouse and pos
d uffice at st Louis. continuation, $3.50
: coo; customhouse at Port Huron, Mlcl
D igan $75, 600; customhouse at Milwal
/, zee, repairs, ETC., SIS as; customhouH
e at Knoxville, Tennessee, furniture, etc
o $40 900, customhouse at Grand Rapid
d Michigan, cost OF site, etc SO 600, n