Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-24

Frye, Garfield, Gooch, Hale Mel, Hal,
~. ~, Hamilton, Hancock, Harris Mass.
Hawley lCopp. ,Henaee, Herndon. e. II. Hoar
dali, Dawson, Loundes, LuttreIl, Magee, Ne
Dougal, Mitchell, Mellfsh, Resnith, O'Brien
y, Phelps, Pierce, Pike, Platt Val, Pollard
Potter, holland, Field, Rice, K. H. Roberts
Sawyer, Schumacher, Seudder IN. VI, Smart
Starkweather, stone, Storm, Townsend, Ire
maine, Waldron, Wheeler, Whitehouse, Will
lard VT, willard IMich.h and Woodford.-7O
Nays-Adams, Arthur, Ashe, Atkins, Avery,
Bland, Blount Bowen, bradley, Bright, Buck.
ner. Bundys Burehard, Butler Mass. / Cald-
Clark o., tlemsDfs, @ CorWin Cato Cation q Cross. a
I land, Crounse, Crutchheid, CurLiss, Danford
Darrell, Davis, Dobbins, Donnan, Duell, Dun
nell, Durham, Eden, EIdridge, Farwell. Field,
Fort, Foster, Freeman, Gfddings, Glover
I Gunekle, Hogans, Harmer, Harris Gal, Har-
ris Tva;l, Harrison, Hatcher, Halhorn, Ha-
Hereford, Hodges, Holman, Haughto1 aoEes,'
( Hubbeil, Hunter, Hunton. hurlbut, Ryde,
lanai, IaSPeF IHsoz Lahsinss. LAiRser LakFsaos, kpaPg
Leach, Lewis, Loughridge, Lowe,
LLyHTch, LcT,, MMSrshasn' MshsI' ,,-Ad Martin, MAYNARD,
/ MeNnlta, Merriman, Nj liken, Monroe Me-
| Neil. Negley, Niblack, Neal, Orr, Orth, Pack
| Platt IN. Y. |, Pratt, Purman, Rainey. RsnsieT'
Rapier, Rawis, Raw, Richmond, Robbins
Roberts, Robinson IIll;l Robinson r0hiol, Ross, ,
VIZ.
N, j., sener, Sessions, shanks, Sheets, Shell
ton, Sherwood, Shoemaker S,oss Smith
[Ps5a1 [[PPsh31a.l @ smith y: -; smith val smith smith
lOh1o, Snyder, Southard, Speer, Sprasue,
standeford, strait. strawbridge, Taylor,
Thorn berg, Todd, Tyner, Vance, wallace
wa walls, MaTd III Ward N. u Wells White
llnd; Williams Mich Wilson Tlowal, VIII
son LInd.l, Wolf, Wood, Wodworth, Young
Iky.l, Young lGa.l-I71.
The question was then taken on
Mr.. Roberts's amendment and il was
rejected; yeas "A, nays17
Mr.. Cox moved to lay the bill on the
table. Negatived without yeas and
nays. The vote was then taken order
ing the engrossment of the bill, and it
was carried; yeas 167, nays 80.
Mr.. Dawes then moved the previous
question on the passage of the bill.
Mr.. Butler Mass. moved to recon-
slider the last vote, and said he desired p
few words in advocacy of that motion.
Calls Of order.
Mr.. Dawes made a point of order that
the motion to reconsider was itself nm
debatable.
The speaker sustained the point of
order.
Mr.. Butler withdrew his motion and
the previous question was seconded.
Inc Dill then passed, yeas, 16S; nays,
a.. Inc following Is text of the bill:
A bill TO fix the amount of legaI-ten-
der notes at four hundred million dol
lars.
WHEREAS, The existing uncertainty
as to whether the amount of legal-ten-
der notes now authorized bv law to he
Kept in general circulation, three hun
dred and ffty-six million dollars or four
hundred million dollars, is calculated to
derange the business of the country and
unsettle the values, therefore
BE 1t enacted, etc., That the provisions
OF the law existing prior to the passage
OF an act entitled '1An act to provide
ways and means to support the govern
ment," approved March 9, 1865, be and
the same are hereby declared to be in
force, so as to authorize legal-tender
notes Of the United States to the amount
OF four hundred million dollars to be
kept in general circulation, and the total
amount OF United States notes issued, or
to be issued, shall never exceed four
hundred million dollars.
The following is the vote in detail:
Yeas-Adams, Arthur, Ashe, Atkins. Aver
~, banning, Barry, Barber, Beck, BeeoIe
Bland, BlOunt, Bowen, Bradley, Bright, Bun
dy, Butler Mass. Caldwell, Cannon, Casson,
Sessna, Clark n. ", Clark MOL. clements,
H.
en-, Crooke, Grassland, Cronnse, Curtis.
Crutchheld, Danford, DarraIl, Davis, Dob
S1lf %a PPGTdam Ped Fori Eden FosaT Eldridgs Far
Giddlngs, Glover, GunckIe, Hogan, Harmer |
Harris Ca, Harris Nal, Harrison, Hatcher,
ton, HaWes, Hereford, Holman, Haughton.
Howe, Hubbell, Hunter, Huntou HurIbut /
Hyde, kassou, Killinger, Knapp, Lamar,
Loughridge, Lowe, Lynch, Marshall, Martin /
N Maynard, McCray MeDil Wis, McDill, 10. i
Mckee Mckee, Mel Mclean, McN1lta, Milliken, Monroe,
Orr, Packard, Packer, Parker MOI, Pelham, |
Phillips, Platt Va.b Plstt N. ", Pratt Pur- |
man, Rainey, Rainser, Rapier, Rawles, Ray, |
Rice, Richmond, obbIns, Robinson fTIii,, |
sandIL sndL ssay5or sa5,a. t99hhi0I segddeT a. II
Sherwood, Shoemaker, SIoss, smith PAL !
smith smith N. ~, smith Val, Southard, |
Speer, sPrague, standeford, Strait, Straw |
Vance, wallace, wallace, Ward If Ill, Weiis,, W78ss,
" hitehead, Whitley, White, Horne, VIII |
I [Mich.l, WiIie, Wilson 1owal, Wood, Wilson /
Nad, wolfe wolfe, 40 Woodworth, Young [Ky.l, |
NaysSAIbert, Archer. Barnum. Bass Brom-
berg, Buekner, Burlington. Burchard, Bur |
leigh, Clayton Clymer, Colon, Cox, Dawes, |
Dewitt, Eames,, Eye, Garfield, Gooch, Hale /
ley, S l6onnf nfo HerndGb aS56iS a'f, H Hoar, HaT
G. F.. Hoar, Hodges. Hooper, Hos, |
kiRs fH.on Hf0ss, KedIsy; KeIogg Kendall,
-
gal, MeIlish, Merriam, Mitchell, Mites O' 'Brien, |
Page, Parker y. Hi Parsons, Pendletop, |
Randall, Read, E. H. ROBBERS, Sawyer, Schul
maker, Sconeld, Scudder N. ", Smart, |
smith lOhioh Synder, siarkweather, Stone,
". -, Wheeler, Whitehouse, Willard TVtl, |
Willard Mich and Woodford-7.
A bill making appropriations for the /
the removal Of Kickapoo and other In
disns from the borders of Texas and
New Mexico to the Indian Territory,
passed.
On motion of Mr.. G. F. Hoar. an
amendment was made in order to the
legislative appropriation bill, providing
that no civil officer of the government
shall receive in addition to his regular
salary any compensation or perqaisite
rom the treasury or property OF the
United States, or shall make any pri-
vate use of such property or of the labor
)f any person in the employment of the
United States.
Mr.. Smith Pa. moved to suspend the
rules and make in order to the legisla-
i've appropriation bill an amendment
hat mileage shall not be paid to MEM
1ers Of congress, but in lieu thereof ac-
'usl travelling expenses.
The motion to suspend the rules was
1Ot SecOuUeu-0o 10 %.
Mr.. Lawrence offered resolution in
'tructiDg the comm ttee on ways and
means to inquire into the expediency of
repeating stamps on matches and bank
checks, and reviving in lieu thereof the
internal revenue tax on potteries, thea
ters and places of public amusement.
Adopted.
Mr.. Tremaine moved to suspend the
rules and non-c0neur In the senate
amendments to the bankruptcy bill,
and ask for committee of conference.
Rejected.
Mr.. Sherwood presented a petition of
the officers and soldiers of northwestern
Ohio, in favor Of the equalization of
soldiers bounties.
The house then adjourned.
The Rhode Island Democratic State
met yesterday at Proyi-
dence, and resolved to make no nomi-
nations for State officers. A State COM
nittee was appointed, and the conven-
lon. ar1s o.. IL,