Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-12-13
IN. senate

The ssuass To-Day.
WASHINGTON, December Is. - In the
Senate to-day numerous petitions OF 70
iisious and Temperance organizations
throughout the country were presented
praying Congress to prohibit the manu.
featuring and sale Of alcoholic liquors -
q beverage In the District Of Columbia
and In the Territories Of the United satss.
Referred.
Anthony, from tho Committee on Print
Ing, reported q Joint resolution 10 print
TO- 600 extra copies Of the Presidents mes.
sage aud accompanying documents In re-
gard to the late election In Louisiana.
Thurman objected TO it, present con-
slderstion. and u went over till tomorrow.
Mitchell's resolution about providing an
inquiry into the Oregon election was
taken up.
Bayard spoke at some length In favor Of
amending the preamble OF the resolution.
so that the violations OF the law should
not bs charged upon Governor urover BE-
fore an Investigation was made.
Pending the discussion Edmunds de-
manded the regular order Of business and
the Senate resumed consideration Of the
Joint resolution proposing an amendment
10 the Constitution.
Bogy being entitled 10 the floor spoke st
lenght On the subject.
The House To-day.
WASHINGTON, December ID In the
House to-day Hale asked leave 10 intrs-
duce . bill authorizing the citizens Of Gel
orado to cut and remove timber on the
public domain for building. Agricultural.
mining and domestic purposes. and pro-
ccedsd to stats that by the action Of the
House Colorado was excluded from repre-
sentation. but Was called TO order BY the
Speaker.
'Lut,rsll and Springer objected 70 the
introduction Of the bill.
HAle-Thst oaly illustrates the hardship
which this Btate rcsts under.
S~pringsr-It only illustrates the pre-
sumption Of the gentleman IN bis course.
The House then considered the bill To
utilize the products Of gold and silver
mines.
Speeches In favor OF . double standard
~ gold and silver were made by Durham
and willard. Tho latter Is . member OF
the Silver Commission. and declared that
tho testimony taken by this Commission
was largely in favor OF the double stand.
ard.
Garfield. Hewitt and Chittenden made
strong speeches against actisn on the sub
Jet pending the report OF tho Silver Com
missioners.
Kelly argued In favor Of the bill aud =
double standard.
TIE debate on the silver bill bsing
closed, the substitute prepared yesterday
by Bland was agreed 10 without division.
ID 10 that silver dollars Of 4l2S grains
shall be coised. and shall DO . legal tender
for all debts, public and private. except
where payment In gold 10 required by law.
Then the votes by yeas and nays on the
passage Of the bill thus amended were
taken, and the bill passed. Yeas, 1871
nays, 50.
Military Changes.
CnIcAoo. December i3.-A SL. Louis tel-
egram states that General Hancock ar
rived thsre yesterday en- route to ssn Fran.
| cisco, to take command Of the division Of
the Pacific. II also credits Hancock with
saying that Sheridan would succeed him -
commander Of thu division OF the Atlantic.
II ,uch . chang. 10 contemplated General
sheridan has not been appri,ed Of Il. Gen.
Drum Is Of the opinion that u hancocs
had been ordered 10 me racine co.,tn
was because he desired 70 remove 70 can.
fornia. ana NOT ior ahy polNe.. is
was implied III the aispsEh. a omos' ~
tho Lieut.. denerals's stan pronounced the
story ridiculous: a. isast tnAs resAIuing
Shsridhnt transfer East, sihcc " wouId NC
surrendering the M OF three-iourths
u the army 70 assume ths controi OF me
nth. He thought possible thA. uis
Division Of the Atlantic inighs y ,eduesu
To . mere departments Ahu suoru W 'ho
Division OF ths Missouri. Ih .sAs cas-
Sheridan,s coininaha Nouiu simPiy W es.
lArged' IL hAneock chanses sonniuus
At all ior Any i,ason. .s Mou,a n..y
sun,,.sJ Jivi.Ion sscond ouly In inn.
portance 10 S~heridan's, aud Hancock being
next in rank 10 Sheridan would necessarily
10 shers.
The Democrats ne I~.egEsrhssds
CHICAGO, December Is. - Tho Iosfs
Washington specisl says the Democrats
-. A.. -. ,,,,u la. La, ,iuh, .nJ
"''o :" ~,
broke up IN CONFUSION Nrerhanao wow
made a long speech approaching Southern
n.uo.ra,. Tor . Lack az zrsl In the prr,eut
emergency. lie said: 'You sit with
folded hands. while time il slipping by.
You have done nothing; you will do
nothing. You are beaen.'
Much confusion 'omoSea, ~
,nrn. mitchell into the Northern Demo
Gratis, and said they had deceived their
southern friends once. but they could not
10 1t again ; they had ensiced them into
war fifteen years ago. and then sent rsgi-
ment upon regiment Of war Democrats
uown nip aarx ..r.,ic y.In' O,hsr
S".. ,oiio-.i in nj. ~sunnort when