The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-05
SOME oF.MR. McMAHoN'S VOTES
IN CONGRESS-.

position on various matters of int
rest to them. December 18th, MI.
Holman, Of Indiana, offered the fol-
lowing:
Resolved, That in the Judgment
of the House in the present condition
of the financial of the Government,
no subsidies in money, bonds, public
lands, Endorsements, or by pledge Of
the public credit, should be granted
by Congress to associations or cor-
porations engaged or proposing to
engage in public or private enterpri-
SEES; and that all appropriations from
the public treasury ought to be limi-
ted at this time to such amounts
only as shall be i~mperatively deman-
ded by the public service.
JOHN A. McMAHoN's name will be
found recorded in favor of this reso-
luton. 1t will be observed that it
is a very sweeping one. The repub-
lican platform only opposes further
grants of lands" The Southern Pa
ciic wants pledges of the public
credit"
FINANCIAL VOTES.
On the Oath day of July, 1876,
Mr.. Kelley moved to suspend, the
rules and pass the following bill:
"Whereas by the commission to
name the legal tender silver dollar
in the enumeration Of the silver coins
of the United States in the act of
February II, 1873, the authority to
coin said dollar was withheld:
Therefore be it enacted, That
there shall be, from time to time,
struck and coined at the several
minis of the United States, silrer
dollars of the weight of 424 grains,
as provided for in the act of January
Is, 1887, upon which shall be the
devices and legends provided by said
act; and that the said dollar shall
be a legal tendr of payment for any
sums whatever"
The bill required a t%wo-thirds
vote, being brought in under a mo-
tion to suspend the rules. The yeas
were 10, nays 6S. Among the yeas
in favor of the bill will be found
John 4. Mcmahon. The House had
previously passed, by a majority
vote, a law to the same effect, but the
republican Senate defeated the bill.
For this bill also, for the legal tender
character of the silver dollar, Jul
Representative voted. On the 18th
day CT January, MI. Holman moved
to suspend the rules to enable him
to submit the following resolution:
Resolved, That it is unwise and
inexpedient at this time that a spe-
cifc and arbitrary period should be
prescribed by law at which legal
tender notes of the United States
should be paid by the Secretary of
the Treasury in coin; and therefore
the act entitled ian act to provide
for the resumption CT specie payment
approved January 14,-1S75, ought to
be repealed; and the committee on
banking and currency is instructed
at as early a period as may be prac-
ticable to report a bill to the House
for that purpose"
MI. MCMAHON voted for this reso
luton. Upon the goth of March
last he voted for ATKINS bill to re-
peal so much Of the resumption act
as allows the sale of boads to redeem
and cancel the legal tender notes, or
as permits said redemption. He
voted also for Meals bill to repeal
the entire ac5s, and he finally voted
the bill which passed the House re-
pealing the resumption date clause.
He voted uniformly against all prop
ositions to increase the interest bear
ing debt of the country, and for all
propositions 10 reduce our expecdi-
lures.
N'MAHoN's RECORD FOR THE UNION
SOLDIER.
While in Congress Mr.. McMahon
had the following appointments made
from his District by the House of
Representatives. The House had
but 900 appointments, and he secur-
ed more than his share:
VIM. DEEGAN, Messenger; $500
per year. LAWRENCE j. RILEY, AS
s%istant Fireman; 5000. WIN. WHIT
LY, Page; $75 per month.
Deegan and Riley were disabled
soldiers and inmates of the Home at
Dayton. Witty was the o of a
Union soldier at the Home, who had
been wounded six times. He also
procured from Congress an appro-
priation of $4,000 to complete the
Memorial Monument" at the Home.
This monument is being erected by
the Soldiers out of their pension
money ard savings. He relieved
them by the passage of this law. 1t
can now be completed without fur
Their call upon the poor soldier. Mr..
MCMAHON assisted materially in
passing the Bounty bill, which pro-
vided for artificial limbs, and had
many private bills passed. What
Republican Congressman ever made
such a record? None! and the hon
est voters will reward him for his
f%aithfulness by a larger majority
than before. This is a complete
answer to the miserable lies and
S1anders mt forth nv Gront's toolc