Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-04-18
PAINEsVIILE. CO.. OHIO, APRIL

not to talk with him on such subjects. He
feared that the President would differ with him,
and he did not want to know it. The motion to re-
consider the vote by which the House bill was post
poned resulted in tie The Speaker gave the
casting vote and, voted no. The vote by which the
Free Banking bill was yesterday postponed to Tues
day then reconsidered-l28t to 120. The Mitchell
amendment, which provides that in the event of an
increase of national bank notes beyond S3oiOO,oOO
the legaltender notes shall be retired and Cancelled
until this is reduced to $500 0oo 600 then
voted down--79 TO 1G0 was also Farweifs amend
ment in relation to the sinking fund.- and Merri-
ams substitute providing for the reduction of circu
aton at the option of rational banks. The section
which allows banks without circulation to be Or
gauized and the section which provides for the is
of s. 600 600 of gold notes a substitute for
like amount of 1egattenders, were stricken out.
kelieys 6S-loo proposition was rejected by an ea
ton the House adjourned.
SATURDAY, April 11.-Senate. in ses-
sion.
House.-The contested seat from Kentucky was
awarded to Young, the sitting member. The bill
was passed permitting aliens, after six months
residence, to act pilots and engineers. The
struggle the financial question was long,
wearisome and fruitless. large number of
amendments were voted down, including Becks
proposition authorizing the issue of $400 900 900
egal-tenders, the retirement of the national bank
notes and the substitution therefore of Treasury
notes and 3.65 convertible bonds. -. The Speaker
was almost unanimously sustained in ruling that
members who directly interested in national
banks had right to vote on the Free Banking BILL
MONDAY, April 13-Senate.- sub
mtted amendment to Carpenters bill provid-
ing for a election in Louisiana. In its pre-
amble it sets forth that McEnery is the legally
elected Governor, and requests the President to
issue his proclamation recognizing him as such -.
Chandler excused from service on the
Committee on Mines and Mining, and Jones suosti-
tuted in his place. A long debate ensued on the
bill authoring new election in Louisiana, without
reaching vote The bill providing for the in
corporation and regulation of railroads in the Ter
ritories passed also the House bill author
izing aliens to become pilots and engineers.
House.-The following bills were introduced:
To regulate service in the collection of customs;
relative to rates of freight and passengers on Pacific
railroads; for the construction of ship canal
from the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico; for
improving navigation at the mouth of the Missis-
sippi river. The rules were suspended, and the
bill for the free exchange of newspapers be-
tween publishers, and the free transmission OF
newspapers by mail within the county of their pub
ication, passed by vote of 178 to Al. The
bill for the free transmission by mail of all Seeds
cuttings and plants sent by the Commissioner of
Agriculture was not so lucky. motion to pass 1t
under a suspension of the rules was lost
the Treasury to defer operations on all public
buildings authorized and not begun also failed to
moved to suspend the rules and adopt the resolu-
ton recit1ng gross abuses and Irregularities IN the
Vestieson 1 hereof Alter one and
cussion the resolution was referred to the Post
office Committee.
TUESDAY, April IA. Senate. - Sumner 8
Civil Rights bill with an amendmen@ and the bill
to provide for the payment of the bonds of the
Louisville and Portland canal were reported from
the Committees and placed on the calendar. Car
penter called up his Louisiana BILL which was dis
cussed without action ingalls, introduced bill
to regulate bids for Indian supplies.
House.-In the House final disposition of the
finance question was made by the passage of May
nard's bill, providing for free banking, and fixing
the maximum amount of United States notes at
$400, ,000 900, and also the Senate Currency bill,
which places the limit to the legal-tender Cir
culation, but substitutes for the free banking
measure section increasing the circulation Of the
national banks by $44 000, ,0O0. Bills were intro
duced and referred providing for the reorganization
of the civil service and of the Treasury
Department. "A bill passed abolishing
the Office of Appraiser of Imported Merchandise at
Providence, Portland, Cleveland, Milwaukee,
Memphis, Evansville, Louisville, Norfolk, Mobile,
Toledo and Pittsburgh and providing that there
shall be only one Appraiser of Imported Mer-
chandise at Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston,
aud Savannah. Cramer introduced joint reso-
| luton submitting to the Legislatures of the sew
eral States an amendment to the Constitution of
the United States, providing for the election of
United States Senators by the people of the re-
spective States. Referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.