The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-12-07
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
70 TIE DAILY LNTELLIGEHCER
GENERAL NEWS.
Fify.FiHh Call for Fivs.Twsuty
Bonds.
Gov lrwin's Views Of the Chinese
Question.
List Of Nominations by Tho Presi.
dent.
Senator Matthews on Silver and U,
s. Bonds.
The Bank Difficulties.
The Bank Dif1ouIties.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, December 0.

DuFlnR tue morning h0uf number oi
petitions were presented,
Mr.. Burnside submitted resolution
calling upon the President 10 transmit 10
the Senate, II not incompatible with the
public interest, the correspondence had
with our late Minister to France In re-.
gard TO the Franco-Prussian war; also
the correspondence on the same subject
with our Ministers 10 England and Ger
mary. Agreed to.
Mr.. Allison, who hasi charge Of the
House bill 10 authorize the free coinage
of the standard silver dollar and 10 r..
store its legal tender character, moved 10
make II the special order Tor Monday
next after the expiration OF the morning
hour, and that 1t be continued from day
to day until disposed ot.
After long discussion, Mr.. Allison
changed his motion 30 as to take the bill
up Tuesday next, instead Of Monday.
Mr.. Morrill, moved to amend so as to
make il the special order ior January
llth, 1878 Rejectcd-yeas IS, nays Al,
The motion OF Mr.. Allison was then
aRreed to.
YEAs-Allison, Bailey, Beck, Booth,
Bruce, Cameron (Wirconsin), Chalee,
Coke, Conover, Davis (Illinois), Davis
(West Virginia, Dorsey, Ferry, Garland,
Gordon, Harris, Hereford, Howe, ingalls,,
JohnstoH, Jones (Floridal, Jones (Neya-
dal, Kirkwood, McCrrery, Mcdonald,
Matthews, Maxey, Mertiman, Morgan,
0glcsby, Paddock, Patterson, Plumb,
Ransom, Saunders, Teller, Thurman,
Voorhees,, Wallace, Wiudall and Withers
Ill.
NAYs-Anthony, Bayard, Blaine, Burn.
eide, ChristianCy, Dawes, Eaton, Hamlin,
Hill, Lamar, Mcpherson, Mitchell, Nor
rill, Randolph, Rollins, Sargent, Wad-
leigh and whyte-lS.
Mr.. Matthews submitted concurrent
resolution, reciling various acts Of Con.
gress in authorizing the issue OF bonds,
&C., and declaring that all bonds Of the
United States, under said act, sre paya.
bic, principal and interest, at the option
Of the government Of the United States
in silver dollars Of 4l24 grains standard
silver, and such payment ia not in viola.
tiou OF public faith or rights Of public
creditors. Laid on the table and ordered
printed.
Mr.. Ferry presented a petition Of citi-
zenS OF Michigan in favor OF the passase
Of the bill 10 authorize the coinage Of q
standard silver dollar.
The following bills were introduced
and referred:
By Mr.. Thurman: To provide for
the Circuit and District Courts Of the
United StateS at Toledo, Ohio.
By Mr.. Dorsey: To organize the Terri
tory Of Fishmingo, and for other pur.
poses.
BY Mr.. Burnside: For the protection
OF the widows and orphans and heirs at
law Of officers in the army.
By Mr.. Matthews: To extend the time
for presenting claims for collecting,
drilling or organizing volunteers for the
war OF the rebellion.
During roll.Call Mr.. Wallace, OF Penn,
said his colleague, tCameron) was paired
with the Senator from Maryland (Dennis)
but as to how either Of them would vote
he did not know.
Mr.. Thurman SAID be was paired on all
political questions with the Senator from
Vermont Edmunds) who was detained at
hia house by sickness, He, Thurman, did
not consider this political question
upon which pair should be observed.
If any Senator thought it was he would
withdraw his vote.
Several Senators-0h, this lent no.
litical question.
Mr.. Morrill, said he did not consider II
a political question, but he had doubts
as to how his colleague would vote.
MIR. White said he was paired with the
Senator from Alabama (Spencer) on the
Eustis case but nothing was said what
ever about the silver question.
Mr.. Blaine said during my recent i'll
ness was paired with Senator Lamar,
who with great courtesy and Kindness
consented to maintain the pair until my
recovery and temperance in the Senate.
The Senator from Colorado TELLER was
paired at the same time with the Senator
from Oregon (Grover), that pair being
indefinite on political questions. When
the question Of the Louisiana and South
Carolina Senatorships came up, the Sena.
tors from Mississippi and Colorado de.
sired TO record their votes, and with the
concurrence OF my colleague these Seua-
tors were mutually released and l was
considered as paired with the Senator
from Oregon until the close OF the late
session. My return terminated my pair
with the Senator from Mississippi La
mari, and the Senator from Colorado
(Tellerl resumes his pair with the Senator
from Oregon (Grover). ! make this de-
tailed statement lest my voting to-day
without explanation might be misnnder.
stood, as the Senator from Oregon has not
yet returned.
Mr.. Teller said that his pair with
Grover was on all political questions, but
as this was not political question he
felt at liberty to Vote.
Mr.. Cookrell said that he would not
have paired on this question with any
one had the terms Of pair been so under.
stood, but the Senator from Massachu.
setts (Hoar) spoke to him about pair
and he promised to either pair with him
himself or furnish one; to this Mr.. Hoar
agreed, and the extent oil the pair was
left TO his colleague Dawes, who thought
it should be observed on ,his bill, and
therefore he did notvote.
Mr.. Mathews submitted the following
resolution in regard 10 the payment Of
bonds in silver, and at his request It was
ordered that il lie on The table and be
printed:
WHEREAS, By an act entitled, aAn act
10 atrengthen the public creditn approy.
ed March 18th, 1863, it was provided and
declared that the faith Of the United
was hereby solemnly pledged to the pay
ment In coin or its equivalent Of allinter.
est bearing obligations OF the U. s., except
in cases where the law authorizing the
issue Of such obligations expressly pro.
yided that the same might be paid in
lawful money or other currency than
gold or silver; and
WHEREAS, All bonds Of the United
States authorized to be issued by an act
entitled IAN acl 10 authorize the refund.