, 1874-04-10

ulaplay u ueolEo washington, VINO mover
travelled rod without making roquisition on
tho Quurtermastor'a Department. for six horaca
and coach for himBolf, aud four horsog and o
+ 'coaoh for his Secretary. ...-...
had introduced tho bill originally, Btntod that on
the morning aftor ho had dono 80, a Government
officer had prcsaed himself on tho floor, and in q
worry excited mnnnor approached him, saying.
riago which ! uHc, and it ia impossible for mo to
get along without it," IIo sad it waB very lard
on him, especially on lts wifo, and he saw no
objection to her riding whom ho did not want tho
carriago: Ho (hlerriarn) told him aa DO now
told the House, that the Rcpublicen party could
NOT afford longer to carry wiyos Of public OIL
ciale.
Aftor further debate, Mr. WOODFoRD, i'd
mttiug that there woro somo practical objections
to tho bill In Its proaont shapo, moved to rofcr 1t
to the Committee Of Ways ami h1cans. Tho bill
was so refo1rod-yoas. 16D; nays, 10.
b1r. sPEER moved that tho Committee ha7o
leavc to report at any time.
hlr. RAYMOND objected.
THE CURRENCY BILL.
The House resumed consideration Of tho Cur
renoy bill.
Air. I. T. HoAR opposed tho bill.
Mr.. CONGER discussed the question as con-
fict botweon capital md labort between wealth
and poverty, between fow thousand fayorites
Of fortune and q million sons Of toll. From
every quarter canao ominona signs Of warning,
and now n,urmnrs Of dissatisfaction. Hardly had
hold would nomoro ocompanlonship with those who
would vote for more currency than the ctizens
Of his own State took him at his word. and, with
sorrow, withdrew from his communion, and laid
tho Senatorial honOrH from bis longing vision.
lLaughtor,1 Even tho Granite State had cast on
party whoHe leaders in tho House had forgot
| ten to guard the mission OF the Republican
party to caro- for tho poor and lowly, aud pro-
tcct tho toiling millions from tho oncroaclnonts
Of monopoly and wealth.
Mr. GARFIELD opposed tho bill mud took for
tho text Of hiB remarks sontonco OF q very re-
markable papor writton q few years ngo by
Thomas Carlyle, and the title Of which was sug-
gostive to-day, " Shooting Niagara, and After"
Discussing, some Of the things that mado up hia
| titlc, ho Baid that they Ind very vulgar
homoly proverb in Englaud, "Chcap and nasty."
There was pregnancy in TINT, homely adage
Sstsh soed Gssh' was not tho to s ss n'sgaass assns
protest Of hunnan nature against the elements
which sought for quantity iilHtead Of quality;
which sought for bulk at the expense OF truth
end usefulness. That characterized his (Gar-
have beon l1ed upon by tho majority Of tho two
uouses. They wero proposing now to make
surrender OF roality in tho name Of appearances:
to get empty shadows aud nanlos, and lose tue
nolid aubstauce which tho na1nos ought to repro
| sent. Iu tho course Of olovon years, no had
+ aoen no day SO fraught with consequences
| as groat and reaching as tlis day. Referring
10 the offorts at Republication in 1867 aud 1863, ho
to those efforts In the election Of Gen. Grant to
| the Presidency on tho marked aud distinct issue
that repudation should layo no nano or abid-
ing-place in tho American Republic. Tint yor-
| message OF President Grant, ho declared that no
man should haye any place Of honor, trust, or
profit who did not ropnliato ropudintiou, md
who Was not willing to do his utmost to preserve
tho public faith untarnished. That great VIC
tory had boon gained in tho name Of
| conscience, IN tho name Of honor, iu tho name
| OF truth, and tho country wont forward in it's
career Of prosperity: Tie no1t groat battle
papor money rang through tho halls Of Con
gross as it rang through them today. Tho
| ponding proposition ho regarded Us o propoHi-
tion to tumble out the ballast, spread al sails
ming aud tho gaio. He believed that the propo-
sition waB fraught with immense and moasuro-
! loss mischief. Tho gontleman from hlassachu-
sosts, (Butler) haa, the other day, COM
pared tho circulating modium to quarts. pots,
| and yardsticks. He would tako that comparison
| and would reply to it that yardsticLs wero not
reduced, but woro kept to tho standard Of an-
tiquity and OF law. Tint waa what he wanted
! to do with the currency. Flo desired realitios,
not Hhadows; not the gift Of fruits which tempt
loved the day wns not far distant Wllon tho cry
| would come mp from those lowest down in tho
Gcalo OF humblcst lahorers, on whom the dead
weight Of all depreciation wonld fall with tho
wore doluded by logortlemaiti and aopiiBtry
| nlr. kASSON agucd to convince mon from the
East tint thero waa some good sense and Justice
iu the demand made by tho Wost and South for
want FREQ banking tho West did, in order to es-
| tablish what banks they could utilize. If the
East dill not want an lncroaao Of the curronoy,
lot tho West have it. Tho West and South would
| ties and currency thoy could use. He believed
| that in thoso respects tho Senate bill would be
moro beneficial to tho people Of tho West than
the House bill. Ho put it to lis Western
better to take exclusively for tho statoa thathsd
deficiency tho s40.0 100000, which WIS oil that
thoy could uHo for yeara to como, instead Of
adopting. tho froo-hanlEiug syston for tho West
Mr. RANDALL nddressod the House in favor
OF roturn to Hpccio basB. and against an in
crease Of legal-tonders or Nationa-Dank notes
Mr. NoBERrs' IN. ~ argued against tho
At the close Of the debate, yarious a1ncnd-
ments wero offered by Messrs. MAYNARD,
MERRIAM, FARWELI,, and MITCHELL, aud
then Mr. Maynard demanded tho previous
question. The excltomont, which had been
noon. was intenaihol when tho op-
ponents Of tho BILL undor tho load Of
butler (Mass.). who Desired to have tho Senate
bill substituted for 1t, voted down tho previous
94estion-ayos: u; naye, 142. Ihia gavo DuT:-
amid ereat' confusion and excitement, moved to
poatpono fnrthor consideration of tic bill till
Tuosdny noxt. stating that lle would follow that
vote With a motion to 60 to tho Speakers tablo,
take up and pass tho Bonato bill. The motion
to postpone was carried, yeas, 1888; nays, l2l,-
Oh folloWa,
~ 4EA8.
Atlam8, 1I1rris {Ga.>, Packard
Arthur, liarrl4 {Va.l, PARKER {ifoA
ABhe, Harrison, Pelham
Atkins, HATCHER, pAlllps,
AHerilk llayeNs, pratt,
nanntug, IiAwley tIlL), rurn,au,
Heck, Hayes, ltniney
neholos llazeton tNis), Randall
nell l!axleton {N.J ~, 1salsiar,
liosTy, liuatGes, lta,,er
llsry. ltuughton, Ray,
niahu, Hunter, Head,
!tlonnt, Hyde, 1tlchnond
loWen, lIyneH. Robinson.
l3lalley, Kasspn, Nuvk.
3nrlght' ' Aelley,, saylor t0,),
HroWlt Kendall, brllur.
huckner, Knapp, Bhsnks,
nunay 1+alnnT, 6heats,
DurrnWs, l4amISQu, 8hetdon
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