New-York tribune., 1874-02-21
XLIIID CONGRESSES SESSION.
srN.rr WASHINGTON. Feb. 40, 1874.

MI SCOTT REP Pa presented the pe'"O" p, ,,,v ON
,ens OF PENNSYLVANIA against any restofauo" " po
tea ana coffee, or any additional in'erh"i
fcrred to the Finance Committee ..o, tho petition
Mr. SUMNER LIB Rep, Bassl presen,'' i,,o, '.s nro
-, ,ho ponnsvlvania Women Suffrage Associ"uo" Pio
,.,nc AGAINST the passage of the bl 10 "'u i" 'DV
800 =, I.,ys in Utah Referred 10 the Juu''Si' 'o"'
mttee en,NFR presented petition OF the Massacnn "a @ u
IT. Medcs Society the repeal Oh he S az ,or neces
relation 70 , 70 advance the standing of The eorps
ReferIed 10 the Committee on mih'aiY AH'''
ruE ERROR IN THE TARIFF BILL
~, suFRMAN aSep. OhfoJ sand he desired TO can the
-, ~ ,be senate 10 an which led to the loss
- oo Of revenue and which might lead TO the loss
=, lsrger amount A good deaf had been sara ABOUT "
On the newspapers aud IN another quarter Nn'u @ NV
.onld mot mention The error was III the IsrI" "i !"
yosard 10 fruits being admitted free He nae pe"h
sn.ous to see where IL occurred ana was Sao 70 @ 9
60 n dI moi occur the Senate as ne nad hueu W
al the papers relating To tne SUI the hin was
noSer consideration, an amendment offered oy mr'
Morrill, tRep WI, at the request Oh Mt W. M admssidn
FL MOI then in seat, prONlulhS Io tho % .Jnai
nee Of dufv OF fruit plants. tropical ana i5
for the purpose OF propagation ne IT. mtaanp '" so
,be worJ "fruit was used as Nord OF IntdtOn. ~
the, fTnt nsnts only should be limited and moi ohef
hnds ot uorVSs r and other kinds Of fruit free. As
nrnted by the House after the ou lelt tne t,
ffesd fruits plants with comma after irults,, ,
He thought h fair construction Of tie law as IL $1,000
the old duty On orauges, iemous, anu ,hich
made the diGiculty did preclude the use OF the
~"Td "fruit" as being word limiting the plants au,
of limitation and not noun substantive. Inc Inc
error occurred Oy somebody adding INV 70 ' wbo aid
"frniP then comma He DID n2I Know w fonnd md
IT. the subject ougnt TO he inquired Inv inD be word
iu tbe law az published by Little Brown, Ine WIZ Uo
"fruit" huI the iuterposOD Of a comma alterH @ Ee
felt A. mis- duty state that 50 far a. the ac' Va ND @
Senate was concerned, the matter nad peeh pam """
MI CoYKLING Rep n. " said he would cal. call the
attention OF the senate 10 o4c tiS onn In the orig
move the suspicion Of Intentional %,Onk. ,II AZ o ID
ma amendment the words were Ian.s topUSi pd e the
.emitr0pcsl." There was no punctudt'oh; ana tne
word "fruit" was iRteIned afterwaTd Had there
been hyphen, o. coumd, aiteF laht, ati. tne piI
would have beon correctly copied As to the addit,9h
OF the -" the word plants" being III the plural the
copyis might have readily supposed thaI Hu'
MI ANTHONY rep, K. - said there WAS one subect
wnlrL had long desired 10 bring before the sen,e
and tunt was that bgrUsSe1 bills should pass from one
House 10 the other ga print ant not III manuscript IL
wa done the British Parliament' ana coud Just dc
Mr. SUMNER dln. Rcp. Iass) said twas easy to see
after the exposition made Oy the gentleman iiOm new
YORK tlr CvuaunL'. where the error might nave Deen
made He Cir. sumuerl remembered having been told
b, a eared Judse of the United States Court that he
never regarded punctuation in interpreting statute
lie Ueli.vsdtue Congress the United States and the
Sci,,e bodies IN tGe World which adhered 10 jarch
mcut the lgot stage Ulll We borrowed II from
Eug.aud. bat that coultry had done away with it, and
When hl received the c0uscn, OF the Crowd, il
was N JDnt.
MG uA.yEY C;ap. Kau) presented q resolution OF |
tho legislature al tIt state IN regard TO charges by
the Union Pacuc Railroad ierTeG 20 t1c Committee
Mr. LOGAN rep. Tl') said that yesterday morning,
when tue Chairman OF the Finance committee pre- |
seGeG peo9 Of 4 S36ecGs S3 IN 6S vo M Of t6e
currency, Le supposed 1t was sisneG ny INA many Mhyse &
first close their doors. subsequently he went to the
commit, ,eeIOom and examined the petition Wheh he
found tuat the names be referred 10 were moi attached
10 lt. As he did desire do injustice TO any one,
be made tnis statement the petition being signed py
respectable business men.
Mr.. SCOTT (Iep. PENN presented petition Of bank
ers ana merchants OF ihlsGeipha as@nst any increase
return TO specie payments. Referred 10 the Committee
MIR. SUMNER nlb. Rep, Mass introduced a resou-
u0n lustTucung the Committee on Enrolled Bills 10
inquire iltO the expedeney OF superseGng the present
system OF parchment in the last stage Of bill and pro
vide that when be presented to the President for APP
proyait shall be printed aud so preserved in the De
MI 81 ARGENr (Rep, CALI said he did not oppose the
resolution Dut thought sholid also provide that thfe
sboud h6 no legislation during the last two or ttree
la,s OF the session IL would he mpraetcaOe PRINT
bills in tine haste which generally cnaraeterlzs the last
oas of the session, unless something pe dne to prevent
legislation ON the last two or three days,
Mr. SUMNER said there might be small printing
Establishment the Capitol isr tne last days Of the
session. to facilitate legislation. Tie resolution was
THE CURRENCY EQUALIZATION BILL
The morning having expired the Senate resumed
the consideration the Financial BILL the pending mo
on being reconsider vote OF yesterday by which
tie substitute Mr.. Cooper dem, Tennl was adopted
Mr. MERRINiON Oem., y. C) said he was opposed 10
recOmmtug the bill, because II was wei known tnat
HE Conmtee was against any increase In the currency.
Therefore he desired to have the Committee Instructed
Mr.. coSKIiNG rep. y. " said the instructions
proposed the genteman from Tennessee (dr cooper
amounted 10 nothing for either contraction or eX
psnsiOn, depending entirely upon what should become
oil United states note In the end and respect the
Instructions wholly silent. He favored the whole
subject being recOmuItted without any instructions,
leaving the Committee free to bring IN the best bill they
Mr.. CAMERON G.ep.. Penuj said the country needed
help. The panic not over. No doubt, in NewYOrk,
there was plenty OF money IN the hands Of the money
changers but in the country, among business men ana
II this Congress adjourned without perfectng
OF relief the distress to follow would be
greater than that OF last Autumn.
Mr. LOGAN Gep., Il9 presented petition, signed
volume OF paper currency He said n represented all
classes except the large bankers and none Of them had
Mr. MORRILL, crop. Me- said that day after day and
week after week. gentlemen here had aired their opn-
ions finance, 10 the exclusion Of other business.
listened TO this debate until hs brain
prayed 10 heaven to have relief lLauehterl At
the end Of two months, after all this diversity OF
reached here and therefore the matter should he sent
back TO the Committee, which could form nucleus
structions 10 the Committee, and thought II they are
leit untrammeed they would report measure far
more satisfactory 70 the whole country. he appealed
% the Senate to this struggle the question OF
finance aud let the Committee have the bill.
MI. FERRY Rep Comm moved TO lay the bill and all
MIR. STEWART Rep. SeyJ saId that the experiment
Of issuing paper % Currency had been tried
by many countries ana always condemned. The nation
could not pay debts paper ana he did not pro
pose pay bond, by starting printing press, bn
would pay them gold II had been said that we could
not get enough gold. but he denied this Forty millions
Of people would get all the gold necessary 1t had been
ested out OF the country, but with the products OF
the mines aud the ges OF people enough gold
would soon be accumulated. He hoped that legislation
would not be further the direction OF dishonesty, but
would come back so the true principle.
MI BOREMAN rep, W. Vs), az AIS p m. moved
tha he eepste proceed " the consideration of Exeeu
M. MI sHERMAs Oep., obio called for the Yeas and
hna Nays on every proposition w. " "
The onesion ~ Withdrew hls notion
slider the 49, sueh REQUIRED the motion TO recon
adon,ed " winch the substitute OF Mr. Cooper was