The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-05-03
Forty Fourth Cougress-EirSt Session,
SENATE

WASHINGTON, May 9.
Mr.. Sherman from the Finance Committee
reported with amendments the House bill au-
thorzing the appointment of a receiver Of ma
tional banks and for other purposes. Placed
on the calendar.
Mr. Allison from the Committee on Interior
Affairs reported favorably on the House bill
appropriating $4,000 for subs; stence supplies
for the Apache Ind ans in Arizona and for the
removal of the Indians of the Cucrchau agency
to the San Carlos agency. Passed
Mr.. ConkllDg explained that the delay in re-
porting the steamboat bill was owing to cor
rectlon having to be made in the copy, and it
is now held that the committee may hear in
terested parties on the subject.
The resolution of Mr.. Hamlin to amend the
rules so as to provide that the deliberations of
public was taken up and discussed until the
expiration of the morning hour, when it was
laid aside and the consideration of the bill In
relation to the japanese indemnity fund was
resumed.
A bill was introduced nstructing the Com
mittee on Commerce to report bill providing
for means for the proper care of immigrants
from other countries ia connection with the
government of the various states. Laid over
A resolution was adopted that the School
any difference in the rules regulating white
and colored schools in the District Of Column
hia.
A motion to strike out the words ''if not too
Incompatible with the relations of the United
Mr.. Sargent of California moved to strike out
the first section of the bill which provides for
return of the fund to japan after deducting the
Sl25,000 to pay the officers and crew of the
Wyoming and jamestown. Pending discus
cusson Mr.. Merrimon moved to proceed with
| the executive business.
The Chair laid before the Senate message
| from the President enclosing the report of the
centennial commissions and inviting the two
Houses OF Congress to be present at the open
| ing ceremonies on the 10th inst. 1t was order
| ed to be printed and lie on the table,
Mr.. Sherman moved to take up the silver
| bill so it could up as unfinished business to-
morrow, but Mr.. Merr:mon, who had made
| the motion for an executive session, declined to
withdraw il for that purpose.
The Senate then went into executive session
and at o'clock adjourned.
HOUSE.
The Appropriation Committee decided today
| to press the postoffice appropriation bill in the
| House to the exclusion of ali other measures.
| Considerable discussion ensued as to whether
| the Geneva award bill and the Hawaiian
| treaty should be taken up today, but the COM
| mittee finally decided as above.
| A resolution to haze Hallett Kilbourne ex-
| amined before the real estate pool committee
was laid on the table as proposition of indig-
| nifty.
| Mr.. Landers asked leave to offer resolution
| for the appointment of select committee to
| consider the state of the gold and silver coin,
| foreign and domestic, and report amendments
to the existing laws respecting the coin, and to
| investigate the best means of making coin and
| greenbacks on par with each other.
Mr.. Kelley of Pa, objected.
Mr.. TarbOx of Mass, offered a revolution of
| inquiry into the Union Pacific Railroad Com
paDy's possession of the Little Rock & Fort
| Smith railroad bonds. Adopted
The resolution of censure of John Young
Brown of Kentucky in the last HUuse, was
| rescinded and expunged, and the contested
election case of Lemoine vs. Fsrwell proceed
ed
Without closing the discussion the election
| case went over till tomorrow.
Mr.. Paine of Ohio, from the Committee on
banking and Currency, reported a bill auth or
| iziDg the Secretary of the Treasury, under such
| limits and regulations as will best secure Just
| and fair distribution OF silver coin throughout
the country, to Issue the silver coin now in the
Treasury to an amount not exceeding $10,0O0,-
600 in exchange for an equal amount of legal
tender notes, and providing that the notes so
received and exchanged shall be reissued only
on the retirement and destruction of like sum
| of fractional currency received in the treasury
| in payment of dues to the United States, and
that such fractional currency when so substi-
| tuted, shall be destroyed and held as part of
the sinking fund as provided in the act of the
| 18th of April, 1876
Mr.. Holman of Ind, suggested that the bill
be amended by striking out that portion which
provides that the legal tender notes should not
| be relssued until corresponding amount of
| fractional currency is cancelled.
Mr.. Paine, without replying to that sugges-
sion, went on to explain that there was a ne
cesslty for the passage of the bill on account
OF a sort of panic that had arisen in regard to
small change, under which fractional currency
1t now commanding premium of to 81 per
cent. in different parts of the coun try. The
process of exchanging fractional currency for
silver was so slow that the supply is not equal
to the demands of business and therefore the
bill proposed that the silver coin should be exs
changeabls for legal tender notes. That was
the whole purport of the BILL which had been
drawn.in accordance with the suggestions of
he Treasury.
Mr.. Hewitt asked what arrangement was
made in the bill to prevent greenbacks which
were received for silver being paid out again
instead of being reserved for sinking fund.
Mr., Payne replied that the committee had
not thought it necessary to legslate under the
idea that the Secretary of the Treasury would
be likely to violnte the law.
A single objection was sufficient to prevent
the consideration of the bill as it is not privi-
legged subject and the Committee of Banking
and Currency has no right to report (if there
be objectiop) until that committee is reached
in the regular call of the committees, which
may not be for long time.
Mr. Rlount of Georgia, objected to the con-
sideration of the bill, and the House at five
O'Clock adjourned.