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Keifer Deering and Aldricb, all of which were

Keifer, Deering and Aldrich, all of which were
rejected without division
The next was on an amendment offered by
Mr.. Stenger, repeating the resumption day
clause in the resumption act Taken by yeas
and nays and resulted yeas II, nays 300.
The Amendments offered by Messrs Clark of
Iowa, Patterson and Willis of New York, and
Morrison were severally rejected without divis-
ion
The next amendment was one offered BY Mr..
Ward of Pa, to add new section to the bill
providing that drafts for wages shall be paya-
able only in coin or legal tender notes.
Mr.. Garfield demanded the yeas and nays,
aud called (sarcastcally) on the laboring mems
friends to vote for IL.
The count on ordering the yeas and nays was
46 to 1854, IA tie as one.ffth orders yeas and
nsysl. The Speaker voted mo- thus defeat
ing the call, but the question was then taken
by tellers and the yeas and nays were ordered.
A vote was then taken by yeas and NAYS.
There was good deal of merriment INDUCED
in during the vote, which Conger characterized
satiricay as the most important vote of the
day, and before the result was announced MANY
members changed their votes so as to be on the
right Side of the laboring man question.
Finally the result was(sfter much DELAY occa-
stoned by the numerous changes) announced as
yeas l27, nays 129
The Speaker then announced that the next
vote would be on the bill as amended that is on
Forts substitute for it.
There was an absolute silence in the hall ex-
cept the voice of the reading clerk and the
yeas and noes of members in response, Some
ten or twelve pairs were announced. The re.
suit was announced as yeas 1885, nays 120, and
so the bill passed.
The following is the vote in detail;
Yeas-Messrs. Atkins, Baker of Ind, Banning,
Bayne, Bell, Blackburn Bland. Boone, Bragg, Brog-
den, Browne, Buckner, Cabell, Caldwell of KY,
mers, Ola, of Ky Clark of Mo-, Clymer, Cobb, Col
Inns, Cook Cravens. Crittenden. Cuberson, David
son, Davis ofN c., Dibrell, Dickey, Douglas; Dur
ham, Eden, ELAN, Everett, Evans of ILL.,, Ewing,
Gardner, Garth, Gddings, Glover, Goode, Gunter,
rison Hart1idge, Hartzell: Haskell. Hatcher. Hays
Henke, Henry, Hewett Of Ala. Herbert, Hooker,
House, Hunter, Hun1on, Humphrey, Jones of Ala.
Ligon, Mackey, Maish, Manning, Marsh, Martin,
Mckenzie, McMahon, Mills, Morgan, Muldrow, OIL
Phep ps Phillips RIda PdeMore ksa Reagan Rel
of La, Robinson of Ind, Ryan, Sapp Sayler, Scales,
Shelley, Singleton, Semons. Smith of Ga, Sparks.
0 m
| Van Voorhees,, waddell, Walker, Walsh, White OF
Penn. White Of Ind, Whtthorne, Williams of Ala.
Williams of KY, Wilson, Wright, Yeates and
-Nays--Messrs. Aldricb, Bacon, Bagley, Baker of
Blair, Boyd Brentano, Brewer, Briggs, Burchard,
Burdick, Cain, Camp Campbell, Chittenden, Clafin,
Clark of N. j., Clark of Iowa, Cole, Conger Covert
of Col, Deering Denison, Dunnell, Dwight, Games,
Eickhof, Ellsworth, Evans OF Pa Foster, Freeman.
Frye, Garfield Gibson. Hale, Hardenbergh. Harmer,
| H arris OF Mass, Hart Hendee, Henderson, Hewitt
Of N: Y, Hubbe Hungerford, Ittner, Jones of N.
H., Jorgenson, Joyce, Keightly Kimmill, Landerss,
Loring, iuttrell, Mayham, McCook, MCGOWAN NC
Kinley, Mecalf Mitchell, Monroe, Morrison, Morse,
Muller, Norcross ONei, Overton, Pacheco. Page,
Pugh Quinn, Raney, Randolph, Reed, Rice of Mass,
Robinson of Mass Ross, Sampson, Schleicher Shall
lenberger, sinnickson, stengers Stewart, Stone of
| Mich ThOrnburgh, Townsend of o., Wait. Warner,
Watson, WEIGH, Williams of Mich, Williams of N.
Y, Williams of Wis.,, Willetts, Woou ana Wren
The following is the text of the bill as pass
| ed:
| A bill to repeal all that part of the act ap-
proved June IA, 1875, known as the resump-
ton act, which authorized the Secretary OF
the Treasury to dispose of United States
bonds and redeem and cancel the greenback
currency:
RESOLVED, That the portion of the act APP
proved June IA, 1875, entitled an act to provide
for the resumption of specie payments, which
| reads as follows:
/ And whenever and so often circulating notes
shall be issued to any such banking association so
creasng its capital or circulating notes, newly
organized as Aforesaid it shall be the duty of the
Secretary of the Treasury to redeem United States
legal tender notes in only OF $500 100000 to
so per centum of the of national bank notes SC
issued to any banking association as aforesaid and to
/ commune sucn redemption aS Sucn circulating n0t6s
are issued until there shall be outstanding the sum
of $780, 900 of such legal tender s. notes and
no more. and on and after Let day OF January, A D.
l 1879 The Secretary of the Treasury shall redeem in
coin the u legal tender notes then outstanding on
their presentation for redemption at the Office Of the
assistant treasurer of the u 5. New York In oil
not less than $50 and to enable the Secretary of the
| Treasury to prepare and provide for redemption as
this act authorizes requires he is authorized to
surplus from time to time in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated and to ssuese and dispose Of
at not less than in coin either OF the descriptions
bonds of the United States described in the act o.
Congress, approved July IA, 1870, entitled San act
| to authorize The retunning Of the national debt
with like qualities privileges and exemptions 10 the
extent necessary to carry this act into full effect and
to the proceeds thereof tor the purposes afore
| said,''
be and the same is hereby repealed.
The Speaker laid before the House some Al
| applications for leave of absence
MI. Wood of N. Y, objected to all of them
except 10 cases of sickness, and said he ex
pected there would be final adjournment by
| Tuesday next.
Mr.. CoDger of Mich, asked to have thai
question fled at once.
Mr.. Wood declined to call up the resolution
for final adjournment on the ground that thu
Senate was probably not disposed for an early
adjourn ment
The House at $50 adjourned till Tuesday.