The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-27
ADD CONGRESS....FIRST SESSION
SENATE

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take a vote on the bill at four o'clock, after
which hour speeches on each amendment
would he confined TO ten minutes for each
senator desiring to speak.
Mr. Scott of Pennsylvania, arose and tool;
the floor
Mr. Morrills amendment to Mr. Wrights
amendment was disagreed to by vote of
81 to 81.
Mr. Sherman moved to strike out the
words ''for circulation in Mr. Wright
amendment, and insert before the word
''amounts" the word "maxmurn," so that
it would read "maxmum amount of United
States notes is hereby fixed at 800, COZ,
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Mr. Wright modified his amendment to
read in that manner With ten members
paired, Mr. Wright moved to strike out the
whole of the first section Of the bill after
enactlng clause and insert that the
amount of United States notes for circula-
ton is hereby fixed at 800 100000.
Mr. Morrill, moved to amend substitute
by inserting after the word dollars, as
follows; "At which amount ii shall re-
main until reducedas hereinafter provided, "
which was followed by Mcssrs. Fcnton,
Morrill, and Logan occupying time to four
o'clock, when the char announced the ten
minute rule was in effect.
Messrs Howe, Thurman and Ferry then
spoke briefly. The question being an
amendment Of Mr. SEIZURE to strike out so
and insert SO, so that the maximum limit
of United States notes should be $3.50.
600, 900 instead of $3.50. 900, 600 as reported
by the committee.
1t was lost the vote standing 1s yeas
and 40 nays.
Mr. Wrght's amendment as modified,
was then adopted, as follows: Yeas, 81
Nays, 49,
Mr. Merriman moved a substitute for the
whole bill, as follows
Section THAT the maximum limit OF
United States notes for circulation is here
by fixed at 800, 900, 900, ut which subms
| sal il shall remain.
Section 2.-That SAG, 900 in notes
for circulation in addition to such circula.
ton now allowed by law, shall be issued
to national banking associations now or.
ganizcd or which may be hereafter, and
such increased circulation shall be distrib
uted among several states as provided il
Section |, of an an act entitled, IAN act tc
provide for the redemption of the pei
cent. loan certificates, and for an increase
of national bank notes, approved Jul,
18th, 1870
A number of other amendments were
offered but without any action.
The Senate at SIX o'clock adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Butler of Massachusetts presented
new set of credentials certifying to tn,
election of Pinchback as representative a
large for Louisiana. Referred to commtte,
On elections
The speaker presented to the House
communication from the American Bible
Society, stating that it proposed holdn.
its fifty-eighth anniversary in Washington
on Sunday evening, May Il, and asking
for the use of the hall of the House o
Representatives for that purpose, on tn,
ground that the society is neither sectona
nor unconditional, and is pre-eminenll,
national. The speaker stated that the ap
plication originally was for the use of tn
hall for a week day evening and that III
had replied to the request by stating tina
the rule absolutely prohibited The use o
tho hall for any but its legitimate purpos
except on Sundays, when the rule allow
it to be used tor divine services at the dis
erection of the speaker.
Application had been made for Sunda,
evening, and the speaker had, in the excr
else of his discretionary power over tn
matter very cordially given the permission
solicited
The currency bill being the special ordc
for to-day at half-past one o'clock. tn
question of precedence between it and III
legislative appropriation bill came up.
Mr.. Garfield, chairman of the committe
on appropriations. desiring a stipulation
from Mr.. Maynard. chairman of bankin
committee, that debate would be close
and vote taken within reasonable time
say next week ON Tuesday, and Mr.. May
nard declining to put such limit on debal
because there were very many member
who had prepared themselves and desire
to speak on the subject
To this Cox replied that the people an,
press of the country were not likely to b
enlightened or to have their views change
by speeches in the House.
The House refused, 81 to SO. to go int
committee on the legislative appropriation
bill and Immediately took up the cnrrenc
bill, and Mr. Maynard opened the debate i
advocacy of the bill.
Speeches were also made by Durham o
Kentucky, and Farwell of Illinois, bot
members of the banking committee,
Mr. Cox suggested facetiously, an amen(
ment that every dollar grcenback now i
circulation should be legal tender for tire
dollars and that every two, five and te
dollar greenback shall be legal tender fc
three times its present value lie remarke
that that would save the expense of prln
ing.
Mr. Schuder of New York, presented
petition signed by the leading bankers an
merchants of New York city, representa-
several hundred millions of capital, II
questing that law be passed authorizin
and requiring the Secretary of the Treas
ury in the manufacture of all governmer
issues hereafter to be made to conform I
to the plan recommended by joint seleC
committee on retrenchment in their repol