The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-05
House of Representatives.


ther consideration OF the resolution, and It was
| laid over until tomorrow.
| House Of Representatives.
On motion of Mr.. Holman of Indiana the
House went into Committee of the Whole on
tho Post ONCE Appropriation bin. with the I'M
derstanding that general debate should be Inn
tied TO three hours and a half. The committee
was addressed by MIR. Vance dem, N. c. IN
| favor Of bis bill or proposition to nay tue con-
| tractors for carrying the mails In the Southern
States prior to April, 1861. lie made a patriotic
appeal Tor the burning OF all sectional nnimosi-
tics and bitter recoIiections caus ed by the war
ana proclaimed the LOYALTY. patrc tism, and good
| feeling OF the people OF tue south.
! Mr.. Kelley Utep., pa.l testiuci to that same
good ieeing and related MS experience In the
| South LIST year, ana how. on decoration Day,
| the graves Of Union soldiers were sirewn with
flowers "a piously as those OF Confederate sd.
| diers. lie would s1y to those VI the gray, D. =
well as those II the blue, Preserve every me-
mcnto Of S"ur yalor and your sacrifice, for the
day Will come wnen all fhc people " III ire sure
| evorv memenio OF American courage. skiil, aud
sacrifice made III that great wlr.' Applause ON
Mr.. Vance thanked ar Kelley for his generous
| words.
Mr.. Holman Dem. Ind) said that hi. own
| Client cement OF the Post once Depart
ment as the constituents OF any other menosr,
anybody any attempt to cripple the postal
service. lie denied tho assertion made oy
II %
Its PROVISIONS were chiefly In the interest Of the
| great railroad comptnies. lie showed that. by
liking. 10 TINS bill did, the rate Or postal at
Elk mills per niiie per foot OF liner spacs on
trains running up To twenty-five miles rer uodr,
nd at seven mills Tor trains running
| gre ter sperd. there wo j oe a savinx Ell rted
OF nearly $l-j 00J0 as coInpared with the pres
ent rates. At tue close u Mr.. Holman's re-
marks tbs committee
Mr.. Hopkins (Deni.. Pa.) offered a concurrent
resnluio1 thot the two Houses acc 'pt the lnv-
| tation t. G'tend the opening ceremonies Of the
Intern. tiopa' Exh lotion. aud that they adj urn
from rne.,.Ay, the 9ta, 10 Friday, the Ht1.
| Passed.
| MIR. Blaine rep, Me- offered a resolution di.
recting the Committee OF Ways and Means TO
consider at once some measure for the relief OF
the country from the threatened scarcity OF
Mr.. N, ndall dem, Pa suggested that that
| subject WAS before the Committes ON Blinking
and Currency, which had ma ie un Animous re-
port on tne suoJec.. a..
| Committee ON Ways and Me .ns to have charge
| Of IL.
| DID not belong to the Committec on Way ana
Means, aud that the more fractional currency
was issued the more Il would We no Irded and
the Larger would be tue premium.
Mr.. q field (Rep., ONO Ironically asked Mr..
Wood whether ne meant that tabs degraded,
wretched currency was honrJedf
Mr.. wood-l mean 10 say that this silver cur
rency authorized TO be issued cannot he =.
semlnated - lieu OF fractional currency for tho
| simple fact that It is worth a premium. II you
were TO give TO Indiana or Ohip $40 o0,0OJ in sill
yer currency IL would hnd It's way TO tue busl-
ness centres Of the United States because
| premium would he paid for IT,
Mr.. Kaliey diep, penn(ml want the country
to know how SICK II IS. We were getting along
very ", II there was no panic of small currency
people were reasonably well enjoyed IN max
! ing II. ana the Cove nment was making n large
| sum OF money by It's resumptiOn. IL was I 10
old story: -" was well would be better; took
! some Nevada doctors 70 phks Us uy depicting
the Treasury ola couple OF millions Of gold every
yer p,,,o Extraordinarily, oon,,.m,n t,o,
| PennsySania Is hanging an enormous hat on my
little peg. Laughter
! on. LLaughter.l Wnst has been i'd Of tue drst
project OF this Kind now comes o. be trus-that
| whenever 1t was done the people would be Win
| out currency; that fools would he made 10 he
| lleve that because It looked white ana bright
| t.udiule iingling Of silver IN some members
| pocket, " was valuable; that II wa money. IL
was not silver, IL was not money according To
! the standard dollar. Accompaniment " siiygr
jlngl- aud lauahter.1 N uhody will sless thai II
Is money, lLaug teri it IA token. Is not
legal tender for more t1ans5 It is toaen
coin, denased 81 that u Is not exportdble, aud
YET IL is IN danger 81 being exported.
Mr.. Garleld-WhyH
commodity lShouts Of laughterl | shall OBJECT
10 any extrao' binary legislation on this subject.
at time. lIaughterl We have submitted tho
question to Providence, and | am willing To give
that time think We viii conclude that We have
not done = good thing IN Undertaking 10 "Duli"
the SILVER market by making fractional change
SIR Nevertheless shall ask the House
TO adopt this very innocent resolution, and let
II go to a committee that will be enlightened
with all the knowledge Of the gentleman from
PrnnsYivdnii.
Mr. Kelley-Yes; hut shall be oversh lowed
by the iOlly Of all the rest Of them. Laugh erl
MIR. Blaine-Ine gentleman Is used To having
eleven obsl mate jurymen on his financial tIials.
Laughter
Mir. keliey-Dn you not know that he who has
the Almighty on his side IA In majority, al
though he seems to he tut one Liughtcr.l
Mr.. Springer Dem, Ill desired To offer sub
stitute, instructiug the Committee on WAYS aud
Means TO report bill tomorrow morning, re-
Dealing the provision for the redemption Of
fractional currency In silver CON.
MIR. blaine declined TO admit tie amendment,
and moved the previous question on his resnll-
ton.
The previous question was seconded and the
resolution alOp ed,
MIR. PAYNE dem, Onto then asked leave to re-
port his bill, allowing tue issue OF silver colt in
exchange for greenbacks, remalklng IN u hr.
blOunt (Ga.l who Ii ID before objected TO II, now
Withdrew his objection.
MIR. kelley-l OBJECT.
Mr.. Blaine (re1 onstrating)- Oh, no, Judgel
Mr.. Kelley lresOluteiy)-Yes object. tntnk
that an act OF Congress ought to stand for thirty
DAYS.
The message from the President declining to
furnish the House with the information hS 10
his various absences from Washington, was read,
aud was received with cold disdain M the Dom
ocratic side, and with evident enjoyment Oh tho
Republican side.
Al tho conclusion Of the reading Mr.. Randall
moved that IL be referred TO the judiciary Com
mittee and printed, and II was 50 ordered.
Al. AacDoughl (ltcp, n, ~ th.p suegsus