Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-05-02
HOUSE.

In the discussion of the finance question,
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, urged the
passage of the Senate bill. and intimated his
belief that the President would not veto bill
which would legalize his own action. Mr.
Kellogg, of Conn, asked Mr.. Butler whether
he had understood him to say that the Presi-
dent would not veto the Senate bill. The
Speaker (interrupting )-That is an improper
question never to be discussed. Mr.. Kellogg,
That is precisely why l ask the question.
The Speaker-The Chair did not observe the
gentleman from Massachusetts use the phrase
or he would have stopped him. 1t is an in
vasion of the dignity and rights of the House
of Representatives to allude to the possibility
of the President vetoing bill. After further
discussion in the same vein the House began
to vote. The first vote was on Mr.. Buffers
motion to lay on the table the motion to recon-
slider the vote postponing the House bill, and
it was defeated by the casting vote of the
Speaker amid great excitement. The vote was
announced as yeas 1876, nays 1876; whereupon
the Speaker voted No. The various amend
ments offered to the bill were defeated. Mr.
Biery moved to strike out the eighth section of
the bill, which provides for the monthly issue
of two millions of gold notes as a substitute
for that amount of legal tender notes, to be
Cancelled and destroyed and not reissued.
Agreed to.
Mr. Packer, of Pa, Chairman of the Post
Office Committee, moved to suspend the rules,
and pass the bill for the free exchange of
newspapers between publishers and the free
transmission of newspapers by mail within the
county of their publication. The motion was
agreed to, and the bill was passcd-yeas, 178
nays, Al. The text of the bill is as follows:
That from and after the passage of this act
the following mail matter will be allowed
pass free in the mail: First, newspapers
periodicals, and magazines reciprocally inter
phanpn6 bntwnpn MI hliabnra and
ing sixteen ounces in weight, to be'confined to
a single copy of each publication second,
newspapers one copy to each actual subscriber
residing or receiving the same within the
county where the same is published but car
riers shall not be required to distribute such
papers unless postage is paid upon them at the
| usual rates.
| The Senate currency bill was taken up in the
House and after discussion the bill passed by a
vote of 140 to 1902. The bill goes to the Presi-
dent for his signature, and if signed fixes
| the maximum amount of United States notes in
circulation at $400, 100000.
| Mr.. Woodford, of N. Y, from the Committee
on Civil Service Reform, reporteda bill to pro-
| vide for commission to reorganize the customs
service. Referred to the Committee of the
Whole. Bills for the reorganization of the
! Treasury Department were presented. -
| The bill known as the House Currency bill
was taken up and passed by vote of 1913 to
| 116. Several amendments to the bill were
| offered but rejected. and the bill passed az
originally presented. The status of the finance
question now is that while the House bill has
! to await the action of the Senate which may OF
may not be favorable, or may be delayed in.
definitely, the Senate bill, which has passed the
House, goes directly to the President for hit
signature.
MIR. Bundy, of Ohio, from the Committee or
| Mileage, reported bill to abolish mileage t.
| har of and +bo4 4I,o,
shall be paid their actual travelling expenses t.
and from Washington once each session. HI
demanded the previous question, which was no
seconded-69 to H. Mr.. Maynard, of Tenn.
moved to recommit. Mr.. Young, of Ga.
moved to table. Rejected-64 to 169. Mr.
Bundy again moved the previous question, ant
it was seconded. The motion to recommit wa
rejected, and the bill was then passed-yeas
1861 nays, 40.
Mr.. Hale, of N. Y, moved to make the Con
gressional printer an officer of the UniteC
States, instead of, as now, an officer of tn
Senate. Adopted.
Mr.. Holman, of Ind, moved to reduce tn
item of the Presidents salary, in the appropria
ton bill, from $50, 900 to 1916 900. He argue
that the increase of salaries last session, in
Guiding the Presidents salary, was unconstitu
tional Hale, of Me-. Butler, of Mass an
Others opposed the amendment. The discus
sion resulted in personal encounter, in whic
Cox, of N Y, and Butler and Dawes, of Mass
took part.
Mr.. Purman, of Fla, moved to strike OF
the proviso which forbids the publication c
the laws in newspapers after March, 1876. II
advocated his amendment as preventing th
abolition of subsidy of $50, 900 to newspaper
He believed in party newspapers; but he ha
no respect for so-called independent" paper
which were "neither fish, flesh nor fowl, nc
even good red herring" He also proteste
against the repeal of the franling privileg,
which had been one Of the greatest acts of il
justice ever perpetrated on the people Twin
outside the large cities. Dunnell, of Mimi
advocated the measure, and other member
took part in it, and the motion to strike out 1h
provision which appropriates $50 900 for tn
| mobilization Of the laws. WAS reiectad.