Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-03-28

counted as part of their legal none,
IeserAed. The 3rd section rep. ais .
much Of the resumption act Of Jsnu
Hry l4th, 1875, rs provides for the n
demption Of legal tender notes 70 Ii
amount Of eighty per cent Of the esna'
tional bank notes in circulation, am
rs much us provides for the redemp
tion Of legal tender notes in coin afte
January lst, 1879.
Mr.. Kasson asked whether the bill
came from any committee Of tt,
house.
TIE speaker replied that it h.t
Mr.. Kasson asked Payne whethe,
he did not desire the judgment o
one Of the regular committees of til.
house.
His only answer was for to call 70,
yeas and nays on his motion.
Mr.. kasson suggested that the com.
mittee Of which Payne was mem
Der might be the proper one.
Mr.. Holmer inquired whether il
was in order to divide the PROPOSE
tion, rs he wanted to have the vote
on the last section.
The speaker replied that the dis
cussion OF the proposition was not jim
order.
Mr. Haskins inquired whether the
bill was known as Payne's bill
and that had been provided.
Payne replied that it was SO with
out any change whatever.
Mr.. Kassoa asked the speaker If the
bill would not violate the pledge Of
the United States to maintain the
sinking fund.
The vote being taken, Mr.. B.yne.,
motion for the =pfevieus question WAS
defeated. Nays 155; yeas 8. 1t
would have required a two. thirds vote
to pass the bill. Among those voting
yea are. Bagley, Caul6eld, Harrison,
.Mo.Fisea,5stt, iitke@zAm zAmonR-=.nose
voting nay are Anderson, Borchard, !,
(of lIlinoisl,, Campbell, Cameron,
Eden, ,Fsrnell, Fort, Hartzell, Kasson,
Henderson, McCreary, Rice, Sparks,
Sampson, Springer, Whiting, Wilson.
Qowa), Tufts aud Oliver
Mr.. Randall moved to suspend the
rules and adopt thS motion to have
evening sessioas -onT tuesday or-Wetl=-
nesd.y on Thursday Of this week, for
the consideration of the legislative
anf Judicial appropriation bill. The
motion was agceed to. Yeas, l52 I;
nays, Il. The house then went into
committee Of the whole, Saylor in
the chair, on the bill providing FOR
the deficiency in the engraving and
printing bureau, Of the treasury, aud
7for-the issuance ,of subsidiary silver
coin.
Mr.. Townsend offered an amend
ment that silver coin shall be exchan-
geable aud at par for United States
uo,es in sums of not less than three
dollars and shall ibc receivable for
postage and revenue stamps for all
duties to the United States, except.
for customs; in suns of not over FIVE
dollars, and shall be redeemed on
presentation in such sums and under
such regulations as shall be prescribed
and that the total issue of silver coin
shall not exceed Fifty million dollars.
Speeches were made by Landers,
of Indiana, and Phillips, Of Kansas,
against the bill, and by E.mes, OF
pb A.. LAND aud R,,.ol.,J &c Jll:,-
in support Of it. Mr.. Lsnders regret
ted that any democrats would assist
in that white elephant of republicans
the resumption act. Mr.. Burchard
referred to the fact that all govern
ments except the United States main
tained subsidlng silver currency; to
THE fact that it had been demonstra-
ted that it was cheaper to the govern
ment to issue it than to issue frsc-
tional paper currency. He believed
that the people would not intrust the
control Of the government to the DEM
ocratic party unless they were as
sured that the party would maintain
the credit Of the government.
Mr.. Wrightopposed silver currency
and objected to the democratic party
shouldering the financial blunders Of
the republicans. He wished it dis
tinctly understood that it wes not the
democratic party that was striking
down the5system Of fractional curren-
cy. q
Hamilton of'New Jersey said that
the republican party had conceived
and brought forth the rag baby and
had forced the illcgitimate bantling
upon the country against the protest
and remonstrancc Of the democrats,
and it was now very unkind in tina,
party to repudiate its own offspring
and attempt to quarter it on the dem
ocratic household.
He charges that by the Legislative
and executive contrivance the supreme
court Of the United States had beer
reofganized and packed in order to
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