The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-02
CONG R e s 8.
SENATE.
WAsHrEaToN. March 30

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Claims, reported q joint resolution allow
ing Robert ii. and Stephen A. Douglass
70 have their cotton claims, adIudlcateG
bY the Court Of Claims. Agreed to.
Mr.. Davis, from the same Committee
reported favorably on a bill to pay JAIME:
and E. o. Cameron, OF Tennessee fol
property taken during the war. Placed
on the calendar. -
He said the claim had been declared A
lust one BY General, now President Grant
Mr.. Buckingham called up the House
bill to secure to the Episcopal Board Of
Missions land In the White Earth Indian
reservation In Minnesota on which "a attn.
ated that Church and ali other buildings
Passed.
MIR. Schurz presented Joint resolution
OF the Legislature Of Missouri for the i'm.
proVement OF the mouth Of the Missouri
river. Referred,
The Senate then resumed the consider.
alton Of the bill for the redemption and
reissue Of United States notes and for free
banking, the pending question being an
amendment OF Mr.. GOrdun's 10 that Of Mr.
Logan's, which provides for the organize.
tion OF National Banking Associations in
any State or Territory having a less pro.
portion Of national bank circulation than
Maine; the issue Of such currency to be on
q basis ol the population and wealth, until
each State and Territory has an amount
Of such bank circulation equal to that Of
Maine.
Mr.. Davis moved toamend the amend.
ment by striking odt MAINE" and insert
Ing In place thereof "Pennsylvania." Mr..
Davis said that according to calcula-
tion which he had made, the additional
circulation under Mr.. Gordon's amend
ment would be about $2S0,000, 900, but il
his (DavisO amendment be adopted, The
additional circulation would be $4,000.
900. Based upon New York, as proposed
6y the Committee, 1t would be about
$l24 100000.
MIR. Sherman said that upon the basis
OF Maine, the additional circulation would
be about $263 900 900; upon the basis of
New York, $4,000, 900; upon the basis
OF Pennsylvania it would be over $14O,-
100000.
Mr. Gordon accepted the amendment
proposed by Mr.. Davis.
The amendment Of Mr.. Logan having
been offered as substitute for the third
section Of the committees bill, and he
having accepted the amendment Of Mr.,
Gordon, and also the amendment OF Mr..
Davis, which provides that the national
bank circulation in those States and Ter
ritories having less than their proportion
shall be upon basis Of population and
wealth until each State snd Territory has
an amount ofsuch bank circulation equal
to that Of Pennsylvania, leaving the sec.
ton as reported by the committee, with
the exception of substituting Pennsylya-
MIA for New York, it was rejected. Yeas
25; nays 80.
MIR. Sherman moved an amendment re.
pealinG portions OF sections 81 and 80 OF
the national currency act, 80 as to require
that national banks shall keep their law.
tul money reserve within their own vaults.
torbidding them to keep their reserves
else where, and providing that no national
bank shall redeem Its notes at any other
place than over Its own counter.
Mr. Sherman gave notice that he would
offer other amendments; one of which
would be TO reinstate the second section
OF the bill in modified form 80 as TO pro.
vide TOR the return to specie payment in
1877 or even In 1878. Again he would
like to see the fourth section reinststed
and modified by striking out 10 as The
ratio of legal tenders to be relieved and
insert in lieu thereof co.
Mr,s Chandler moved that the Senate
adjourn and upon this motion the yeas
and nays were called and the motion
adoptcd-9s to 25. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Ralney presented the counter state.
n1ent and reply OF the Republican Central
Committee Of South Carolina to the me.
moral Of tax payers. The so called state.
ment declares that the tax payers have
only themselves to blame in not aiding in
the work Of reconstruction, and that the
as 10 the increased expenditures
Of the State Government are incorrect and
the items given, being wholly inaccurate
and untrue, selected 10 deceive.
Mr. Clymer. from the Committee
on Public Lands reported a bill to|
enable the Memonites of Russia TO
effect permanent settlement on
public lands in the United States. The
bll was made special order for Wednes.
day next. It authorizes the Secretary Of
the Interior 10 sell them such q quantity
o! public lands, not mineral In character
and not otherwise appropriated or re-
served as they may require at a minlum
price, payable In five annual installments,
The House then took up the supple.
mental mining law Of the 10th Of NAV,
1879. ThepEincipal part Of the discus.
sion being the effect OF the proposed
amendments on the Comstock Lode and
Sutro tunnel. The discussion was noisy
and excited the California members,
Messrs. Houghton, Page and Suthell de.
nounclng Negley's amendment as being
offered In the interest of Sutro & Bank, Of
California, and Negley resisting that view
and defending Sutro from the aspersions
made against him. Finally, Mr.. Page
moved to lay the bill and amendments on
the table. Carried.
The House then took up the Currency
bill and was addressed by Mr. PHELPS
against the bill and againSt initiation cur
rency.
The House then took a recess till 1880,
the evening session TO be for action on
the bill for the revision Of laws, Mr.. Pc.
land stating his belief that 1t would be
finished at this evenings session.