The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-08
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SENATE.
wAsnraoTOS, April !.

Finance reported back large number O
bills and petitions on the subject o.
finance and recommended that the com
mittee DO discharged from their furthe,
consideration a. the action Of yesterday
had covered oil the legislation proposed Ii
them. So ordered. n Boz.
Mr.. Morrill,, from the Finance Commit
tee said he regretted to report unfavor-
ably on the Senate bill providing for the
resumption Of specie payment and fol
free banking. BE had no right 10 disclose
what took place In the committee, but II
was well known that committees are
made up Of odd numbers and In one 81
the seyen members where three favored
the bill and three opposed It, with the
seventh allttle mixed, the report had to
be uniayorable. he would, however,
ask that the bill be placed on the calen-
dar, together with the reverse report,
80 ordered. .Ea a. 5.-. d
Mr.. Chandler presented q Joint rasolu.
tion Of the Michigan Legislature for the
relief OF certain settlers on public lands.
Referred. - -atE7' : -
The south Carolina Senators and Re.
presentatives. with delegates from the
Republican State Convention Of that
State, called on the President this morn
Ing to answer the charge made against
them by delegates from the Taxpayers
convention. The delegation made q
statement based mainly on documents
they presented, to tho effect that the tax
alton was not 30 burdenSOme as has been
represented, and was imposed for the
best interests OF the people and State.
They denied that the delegation repre-.
sented almost entirely the tax paying
citizens Of South Carolina, and declared
that the Republican delegation represent.
ed substantially the same interest in the
States as they represented the great ma.
jority Of the people. The President re.
piled that he regarded, their statement
as complete answer to the other side,
and he would also say that his reply to
the former delegation had In several in
stances been misrepresented, particularly
with regard to his remarks upon the
State Government Of Louisiana and
South Carolina, as he had not intended
10 make any reflection upon them.
The chair laid before the Senate com.
municGtton from the Secretary Of War,
transmitting report Of the Board OF En-.
gtneers appointed 10 examine and report
upon the James river and Kanawha Canal
project. Referred 10 the Committee on
Transportation Routes
Mr. Scott, from the Finance Committee,
reported unfaVorably on the bill 10 refund
the internal revenue taxes enormously as.
sessed and collected. Placed on the cal.
cndar with the adverse report.
The Senate then proceeded TO the con.
sidersIion of the bills on the calendar, and
the first one read was for the relief Of
Thomas 3. Wallace, Of Lexington, Mo.
Mr.. Frelinghuysen objected 10 the pres.
ent considerationioi war claims, and he
understoodithe Committee on Claims now
had that subject under consideration.
The assignment Of judges in Terri
tories was discussed, but before reaching
q vote Mr.. Cameron moved that the Sen.
ate proceed TO the consideration Of ex.
ecutive business; adopted, and the Senate
proceeded to the consideration Of execu
tive buainesS, and soon adjourned,
HOUSE.
MIR. Monroe, from the Committee on
Education and Labor, made adverse re-
ports On the bills granting one million
acres OF public lands 10 the trustees Of
BroWn's Institute In Florida, donating the
former U, 8. Court House building at St.
Augustine, Fla, TOR educational purposes,
and to promote education in the Terrific
rtes. Laid on the table. s4
Various other bills Of minor interest
were reported. ."
Mr., Aoughton, from the Committee on
Coinage, reported bill to establish assay
offices at 81. Louis, Chicago and Helena,
Montana. Referred;
Under point Of order to the Commit.
tee Of the Whole the House then resumed
consideration Of the currency aet1
Speeches were made by Messrs. Plat,
Orth Packard, Hereford, Monroe and Cox,
MIR. Cox argued at length against initiation
Of the currency and In favor Of resump.
tion Of specie payment. he thought It
was Tor the majority and not the minority
In Congress to present 0 plan for resunp.
ton, but suggested that England after her
Napolsonic wars sought specie by plan
We might copy with profit. 1t involved
drst, that resumption Of specie payments
must be surely determined. Second, that
the time OF resumption must be fixed at q
day not unreasonably distant, and third,
that the approach to 1t should be by reg.
nlar steps upon which all business
interests could calculate. She accom-.
plished 1t BY providing that at the end oI
nVe years from the date Of the act coin
payments should be fully resumed; that
In the meantime scale ot rates should be
established, at which the currency should
be redeemed in uncoined bullion at prices
BY weight, which should distribute the
currency values as nearly as possible
evenly over the intervening time.
MIR. Monroe favored free banking.
MIR. Orth advocated the duty Of Con-
gress TO provide currency OF q uniform 10.
gal value OF undoubted security, and Of
sufficient volume TO meet the varied de-
mands Of the people.
At the close oi the discussion Mr. Ed
ridge brought up again the question
which he started last week as to the ap.
pointment OF two Supreme Court Jus
tlces, in order to have a decision in favor
Of the constitutionality Of the Legal Ten.
der act. BE strengthened his proposition
BY reference to some Of the newspaper
articles Of the day, and other matters.
He was again replied 10 by E. R. boar,
whostated that the selection Of Justices
Strong and Bradley had been made with.
out any reference to their opinions on
that subject, and had been made on their
character, professional eminenCe and fit.
ness for office, and that 1t was 8 slander
10 impute their appointment to their sub.
servlenccy for a particular question Or q
particular inlerest.
House adjourned.
CEEVRI,ANn.