The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-03
A Nation Mourns for Morton.
The Senate and House Pay Tributes o,
Respect to His Memory.
Executive Proclamation and Resolutions Of
Respect from the Cabinet.
SENATE.

ECudlOl n hCooiutloiI ouD-
mitted by him, providing for the ap-
pointment of committee Of six Sena-
tors to attend the funeral, was agreed
to.
The Vice President appointed Sena-
tors Mcdonald, Davis of Illinois,
Burnside, Bayard, Cameron of Penn
sylvania and Booth, committee to at
tend the funeral of Senator Morton.
The Senate then, as further mark
Of respect to the memory of Senator
Morton, adjourned till Tuesday.
HOUSE.
Washington, Nov. Wood asked
leave to offer resolution requesting
the President to communicate all cor
respondence with the Spanish Govern
ment and all orders and directions of
the Treasury Department to collectors
of customs regarding the recent imposi-
tion of differential duty of so cents per
ton on Spanish vessels entering Ameri-
can ports.
Pridemore objected and asked leave
to offer a resolution calling on the Sec
retary of the Treasury to furnish the
House copies of contract made with
a certain syndicate and American and
foreign bankers for the negotiation of
the four per cent. and all other papers
relating thereto, and also with state
ment of the present position of such
negotiation, and whether it remains in
force as originally made, without
modification or change.
Wood also asked leave to offer res
olution calling on the Secretary of
War for information in regard to the
number of commissioned medical OFF,
GERS Of the army now on duty in the
District of Columbia, and other infor-
nation about them.
Pridemore objected.
Atkins, chairman of the Appropria-
tion committee, reported an appropia-
ton bill, which was referred to the
committee of the whole, and made the
special order for Wednesday next. The
bill appropriates s25, ,723,O 900.
Cox asked Atkins if the Appropria-
tion committee had considered an ad-
journment.
Atkins replied that it had not for
mally.
Banning introduced bill fixing the
pay of letter carriers. Referred.
La NT ha
Speaker stated that the committee on
Currency had the floor for the remain
der Of the morning hour.
Conger moved to go into committee
of the whole on private calendar.
The Speaker declined to admit the
motion on the ground that there were
no bills on the private calendar and,
he added, the Chair ought to exercise a
little common sense in such matters.
Conger retorted that if the Chair
was making an effort in.that direction
he, Conger, was unwilling to interfere
with him. (Laughter).
.Ewing-I now withdraw the motion
to reconsider the bill reported from the
committee on Currency. The.commit-
tee instructed him to ask unanimous
consent to substitute for the commit
tees bill that presented by Fort, and
that the substitute be made the special
order for Tuesday, 18th, from day to
day until disposed of, with the under
standing that amendments may be Of
fered before the previous question is
demanded. The committee believed
its bill and Forts nearly iden-
tical, and that if its bill became law,
banking will be free. Forts bill was
proposed under apprehension that the
repeal of the third section would restore
restrictions on the aggregate amount of
banking currency and its distribution.
To quiet such fears the committee was
willing to accept the substitute. The
committees bill repeals the whole
third section of the resumption act.
Hubbell wanted to offer substitute.
Ewing refused to allow it and yielded
the floor to Fort for his amendment,
which Fort offered.
Ewing then moved the previous
question on the bill and amendments.
Hale moved to table them. Defeated.
Atkins, chairman of Appropriation
committee, offered a resolution for ad-
journment tomorrow to Wednesday
next.
To an inquiry from Goode, Atkins
said the naval deficiency bill had been
referred to a subcommittee, which
could not report tomorrow, nor would
it be brought before the House unit
after the army bill had been acted on.
Hanna then offered the following
resolutions, which were agreed to unan
imously:
Resolued, In view of the sad intelli
gence of the death of Oliver p. Morton
the late distinguished Senator in tn,
Congress of the United States from
the State Of Indiana, that the Speaker
Of this House, as a mark of respect TO
the memory of man whose death i
the Nations loss, appoint a COMMITTEES
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