New-York tribune., 1874-12-23

ment by striking ont oil after the word "Tnat" 10 the
nrs line and inserting n lieu thereof prov.o that on
and after JYiy l. 1876 duties imports 10 pal In leg l-
tender notes or cOl at the onton OF the mnorer He
spoSe at some lensth ~ support Of his ani
Finance nnittee. with his amendm mt attached to 1t;
otherwise, he would vote agsiust tue bil.
Mr.. BAYARD 10 m. DeI) inqnrcd Of the Chairman
Of Lae Finance Committee tMr: sner mani II he would
object :" inserts tn tue wsri % after the %cr!
ut shall be the ddty Of he Secretary OF tie Treasury TO
excess only Of three hunired millions Of DOL
Mr. SHERMAN said he had stated before that. In hiq
opinion, tnit es0n should he ot to tue future aud
he could mt cnus"nt tu the amen iruent.
maui had betrayed herc Ootn his em1.rr ssn, n and
his dspl1asure wlcn suc1 gu stions were AK ii bin
answer OF the Chairman OF the Finance C"mmttee.
who. rep eScurinc his prtv fr'nt'. chnrd "a allow
the Till to be amonded. II has b cA wcl kn"wn for
years past thIt the Treasury D1prtme1t I'd ea gov
erncd wi hont Law, In manner, uni tno money re-
serted IN BIN H. thought this double-faced bill.
aud it seemed to hlm TO be juggl,oa with QUESTION
waich ought to he q matter Of honest business.
M. HAMILTON (Dtm. MD said that one cfsct OF
authorizing the Reissue OF tue 20 pr ut redeemed Tle
next u1Gse OF RtpTesentatyes won aav" ID D;i"eraoe
nalorty ana he 'd not want MS pV 10 Do in Tie way
Tie qGcson telnc on MIR. Bo9v's amendment to the
amendment, it was rejected vi mont a division
vcte was then taken Oh AIR. Tnafmln's amendment,
and 1t was ref cted-Yras, Is; Nays. 49,
1879 time for return 10 specie payments, aud to
Mr. MhMII iON tDem., Del) moved to strike ont all
after tue endcslng c,aus' of TIE b and 10 insert IN
place tnereOi rnat from aud ar,er tie An OF july
A ID, 1876, hluS god silver shall lyt
tender for ne otvment OF deb Contracted thereafter"
Mr.. 81 EVENoON (Dem.. kv) saii ne was oru0Sed 10
the 6 repo by Co'umiltee. Oeeauso il voting
for 1t he wcui not know whether he WAS voting fUr
contraction or expansion. lie Was hung l,Ive u
IN the power OF any Secretary of the Treasury 10
pad tue currency at his piraAure he had great fath
IN the honesty and good faith o. the present Seer ty
OF the Treasury, boz wOaid not leave och pJwer ia the
hanis o ANY Secretary e'tb'r Republican, or D-mo'rI
Mr.. HAAiLION siid dc WOali "HhdIaW tne ducLd'
mtnt.
MIR. E3MUNDs R4p. VT objected and said It could
call fer I'll, yeas and nays upon II havlnx been de-
mandtd. the CHAIR (Nr. AllIsOn rued that It coLld
De WI: :hdrawu, the yeas and nils not naVlni 3eh t
dered. demand wLs made bat the $ S,nhe dli NOT
order thcm. The anendment vas then witndrlTn: 49,,
Mr.. CARPENTER tRep.. Wiz sad lie de'.rri to put
in protest upou tue rans OF toe Ctar upon tho lo
mdnd iof the yeas aud nays. tne d;nhnl nt' oe"m cen
made, aad me Question s"Ont a"ye neon pnt !, tnc
Senate wOui order taem 0dor1 ne senator lro u u NY
Dir. UhZ >a he wodid voc ior tne bii III sp'ie or
all detects. lie would vote tort hrciu>e II conan'd
pe%Se S OF Ss bod 70 vae FOR @ M Din wdi DO ali IN
their 10 MAKE that pledge cOOL III di nOf 'hII
the ,iS If ts cnlmber and he predc ed t'i'y tlat
the tnIn,iai mnis of tho ''dh'ry MGn' say tnIt ,ne
out the proposition named IN tue Uil lis thonSLt
the hill Mo!d leave the currency r OF u tnH cotny
no factions opposition to IT, He lid no iini 1t wonli
uroure u;I;rt eootrlng efct upon the business or tue
cuuu ry. Ine oeuaOr irom OLlp tdr. oIrruItn) khew
the Oil could not be passed b"i0re the h1liidys hud
way no. t II e rcc0nmittcd tadt some catar1 lOoi'
iug specie resumption iniaht be ipc"rporit:i IL
niGyed inal the u rrcomiuite to tir Committee u:
FiIanco VIII ns'rucOUs "a ncOrpor ue ii 1t sara pro-
eLlcu!aed ~ prepare Tie Way ior spacic
payment. Rejected.
Mr.. schulz tuen moved to amend the thrl s"cton
OF the bill provide tnat nor less iliI sH0tto III
egatendcr nc:cs sla he retir monthly by tie secrr,
tary Of the Treasury. and TIE "gII ten Ter rctr"d
snail Cancelled and destroyed Rejceteu-YrAs. 10;
Navs, a..
Mr.HAGER (Dem., CALI said that in his Stare they
had gold pa,Iug binks, and he Thought the Di ~,
stool was uhi ilst d'cIlm. atiCn against h"' IL
therefore TO recca 80 mc OF the revised stat
utes u limited the circulation OF goii hanks
MI. SHERMAN sad that the mLt:er cOulf be pro-
yined TOR IA bill Tie IN favor OF tno amend
neut OF the Senator from CIGUrid Hnh "On vote
IT, Such bill would be report from tue Fiuance
Conn.i'tce. -.'t43~ ...
Mr SARGENT titep Call said he favored the amend
o. cO-.Gir, bIi utOu the a'>l!iucc VI ta'
CDairman uf ihc finance COnDtte thit separate bIl
H,tlt repeated, tnuU,;iin[ the ll'ndiDeIt pro.
pus-d, lie TuId asdlliSt ameudlnE tIIS I |, and
obtain the repeal tue Urdlury Course ens-
ldoG.
TIE amendment was rejected.
TIE bi! tlUl read tLlrd t:r1e ana passHd-Yeas
81; NAYS i4-I> follows t21yunlcaHs in ruLi.ia, rlJ-
cr.!s Id lUacs. aud LDcfa R;puJlcans Ia snail cap
tAie