Wilmington journal., 1876-06-16
NO. "a

: cratic side of the House
4 Springer-I demand that the gentl,
4 man from Maine take his seat and b
: in order.
Blaine-I am in order.
The Speaker pro. tem.-If the ger
) tleman from Maine will not take hi
t seat when he is properly called to or
} der the chair will not only require hir
to do SO under the rules but will ca
| on the officers of the House to enforc
, It's orders-[ Applause On the demo
cratic side.
Foster of Ohio Gin an undertone)-
Call them in. FeGch them on.
Blaine (takfng his seat)-I will b.
seated with pleasure when others are
The Speaker pro tenn The gentle
man from Maine stated that the chai,
should have announced the vote befor,
the chair received it. The chair haG
not the vote at the time. The impu
tation was made, which was intended
to go to the country as an imputatior
on the fairness of the chair. The chair
says this to the exclusion, as it has 6
! right, of any other member. from. dis
cussing the subject farther. The chair
now proceeds to announce in a proper
and formal manner the vote upon the
question which is now for the firsl
time handed to him and all statements
TO the contrary are positively and in
| famously false. The chair says SO on
honor. (Applause on the democratic
side.)
Blame (tauntingly)-That is very
parliamentary language.
The vote was then announced as
yeas 121, nays 23-no quorum.
Springer-My point of order is
this
Blaine points of order.
The Speaker pro tem-The gentle
man is not Speaker of the House now,
Applause and laughter on the demo.
cratic side.
Blaine-But am a member.
Great confusion followed for some
time, when Morrison offered the fol-
lowing:
"Resol0ed, That all evidence taken
by the judiciary committee under the
authority of the resolution of Mr. Lut-
trail and Mr.. Tarbox be printed, and
that the dispatch signed "Josiah Cald-
we'll" be also printed as a part of the
record in the case, and said commit
tee shall examine any witnesses who
may be called, who may have heard
said Caldwell make the same or con-
Trajectory statement as that contained
in said dispatch and the evidence
of such witnesses shall also be printed
with the other evidence taken by said
committee"
The Speaker pro tem.-Is there any
objection?
Hoar of Massachusetts object.
AS the confusion and excitement on
the floor showed no sign of abatement
the Speaker pro tenn. directed the door
keeper to exclude from the floor all
persons not entitled to the privileges
and to preserve order in the galleries,
announcing it as his determination to
break up this system of claquerism in
the Eouse. Finally Blaine's motion
to reconsider was tabled by a vote of
126 to 81, after which the House ad-
journed.
WASHINGTON, June 10-Noon-In
the Senate Morrill, of Vermont is
speaking upon resolution returning
thanks to the State of Vermont for the
statue of Ethan Allen contributed by
that State for the national statuary
hall.
The elections committee majority
report in favor of seating Abbott and
ousting Frost from the fourth Massa-
chusetts district. The minority report
in favor of retaining Frost, republi..
can in his seat. The committe in the
Platte VS.. Goode case will probably
report on Manday, majority for Goode
and minority for Platte.
The committee on expenditures of |
the War Department have agreed with |
out dissent to report the charges made |
by Harney against Speaker Kerr false. !
1t is regarded as a case of impudent |
and bold perjury.
WASHINGTON, June 10-Night.-
HoUsE.-The bill amending tie bank |
rupt act was passed.
The bill reducing the staff of the |
corps of the army was passed. |
on banking and currency, |
having called Saylor of Ohio to the |
Speakers chair, reported the following: |
That the Secretary of the Treasury, |
under such limits and regulations as
will best secure just and fair distribu
ton of the same through the country,
may issue the silver coin now in the |
Treasury to an amount not exceeding |
$40, 100000 il exchange for an equal
amount of legal tender notes, and the |
notes so received in exchange shall be |
kept as a special fund, separate and |
apart from all other money in the |
Treasury, and be reissued only upon |
the retirement and destruction of
ike amount of fractional currency re-
oeived at the Treasury in payment of /
dues to the United States, and said |
fractional currency when SO substitute.
ed shall be destroyed and held as part /
Of the sinking fund as provided in the
act approved April II, 1876" Passed
without division.
The same committee reported the |
following:
s'That in addition to the amount of |
coin authorized by law to
be issued in redemption of the frac-
tional currency it shall be lawful to
at the several mints and |
issue through the Treasury and its
several offices such coin to the amount |
of $2O,000,0 900.
s'Sec. 2. That the silver bullion re-
quired for this purpose shall be pur-
chased from time to time at market
rate by the Secretary of the Treasury
with any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated and the result
ing coin may be issued in the ordinary |
of the Treasury or in ex- |
change for legal tender notes at par,
but no purchase of bullion shall be |
made under this act when the market |
rate for the same shall be such as will |
not admit of the coinage and issue or |
exchange as herein provided without |
loss to the treasury, and any gain |
arising from this coinage shall be &C |
counted for and paid into the treasury |
as provided Hnder existing laws reia-
tive to the subsidiary coinage; pro- |
vIded that the amount of money at |
any one time invested in such silver !
bullion, exclusive of such resulting |
coin, shall not exceed 81 10000
''Sec. 3. That the trade dollar shall |
not hereafter be legal tender and the |
Secretary of the Treasury is hereby |
to limit from time to time |
the coinage thereof to such an amount
as he may deem sufficient to meet the |
export demand for the same"
Reagan of Texas moved to strike out
of the second section the words. ''or
in exchange for legal tender notes at |
g.,