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the psyment Of all customs duties in green,

ize the payment Of al customs duties In green
backs. a.,
Mr.. Chafee introduced q resolution asserting
that the Union Pacific railroad and its branches
were not operated in accordance with the aets
of Congress under which they were authorized,
and asking the President what. II any, lega
;mpediments exist to preventhim from executing
the laws in accordance with the obligations
assumed by the company.
House Of Representatives.
Bills we're introduced by Mr.. Phillips to
create postal savings banks; by Dir. Scales, FOL
the transfer Of the Office of Indian affairs from
the interior to the war department BY. MIR.
Buckner, for the repeal Of all bankrupt laws,
and for the national education OF women pro
viding for the establishment Of a national uni
versity for women in Washington by Messrs.
Knapp and Lathrop, for the coinage OF the
silver dollar.
The Speaker next announced the first thing
In order to be the motion made on the pre-
yious Monday by Mr.. Bland, Of Missouri, to
suspend the rules and pass the bill to author.
ize the free coinage Of the standard silver dol.
lar and to restore it's legal tender character.
Mr.. Kelley objected to any debate and the
speaker stated that proposed amendments
were out of order, whereupon the House pro-
ceeded to vote on the bill with the following
result yeas, 1853 nays, "a. The bill having
passed the House, next goes to the Senate:
It is known as the "Bland Silver Bill" and
the following is its text: "That there shall be
coined at the several mints Of the United
States silver dollars of the weight Of 4l2n
grains Troy, of standard silver, as provided IN
the act Of Jan. 18, 1887, on which there shal
be the devices and superscriptions provided by
said act which coins, together with al silver
dollars heretofore coined by the United States
of Like weight and ~fneness, shall ts' 6 legal
tender at their nomir:a yaiue for the debts
and dues, -puLiic and private, except where
otherwise provided by contract, and any owner
| of silver bullion may deposit the same at any
United States coinage mint or assay office to
be coined into such dollars for his benefit
upon the same terms and conditions as gold
bullion is deposited for coinage under existing
law, Ali acts and parts of acts incons1sten
with the provisions Of this act are hereby re-
pesled.' -,
sion to the family Of the late General Custer
Mr.. House introduced o bill to limit thu
presidential term for six years.
The bill to repeal the third, clause Of the Re
sumption act was taken up and debated. VAR
Gus amendments were offered.
MI. Gardner advocate the repeal Of tn
Resumption act, and Mr.. Cox, Of Ohio, advo
ceted his amendment, which provides tina
after Jan. /, 1877, the secretary Of the treas
ury shall redeem greenbacks as presented q
81 cents in coin ; after July l., 1878, at 9I1
cents after Jan. /, 1879, at SO cents ate
July /, 1879, at 9851a cents ; after Jan. l., 1SsO
SO cents after July !, 1880, at 99]3 cents, AM
after Jan. /, 1881, at par, and that all In OK
cess of $500, 900, 900 shall be Cancelled as re
deemed, together withth fractional currenc.
-, q kali he ~alaopna1 .. hnS fhot rndpame(
greenbacks, after the whole. amount shall hay
been rednced to $500, DOC, 900, shall be regis
tered under the ordinary appropriations o
Congress and to enable the secretary TO thu
redeem, he may use any surplus funds IN tn
treasury, or sell at not less than par in com
bonds authorized by the refunding act. MI
Riddle, of Tennessee, advocated repeal, Whl
Mr.. Price, Of Iowa, made q speech in favor o
maintaining inyiolata the pledges OF the coun
try.
The house went into committee Of the Who'll
on the army appropriation bill, which was ols
cussed generally and then taken up by sections
Nh. SchIeicher offered an amendment to strik
out the prohibition to recuit the army beyen
the present strength. Mr.. Blackburn moved t
reduce the army to 5000.
Rev. D. W. 4. Harrison, OF Georgia, wa
appointed chaplain Of the House. the minlste
filing that position having resigned.
MIR. sc~hlsicher's amendment Of the arm
appropriation bill, to strike out the Restriction
on recruiting beyond the present force. wa
adopted by q vote Of 1872 to ia. The bill wa
further amended upon Mr.. fuckers motto
to prohibit recruiting beyond the number O
the rolls November i, which was adopted by
vote Of l25 to lis and afterwards modified b
a prohibition forbidding any recruiting beyon
2 5000 men.
Mr.. Hooker presented an amendment to th
army appropriation bill prohibiting the use Q
troops to suppress instruction, maintain OF
der, or support any government or pretende
government in any State unless such fore
shall have been first applied for by the Legii
lature of such State only, or by the executiv
thereof when the Legislature cannot be cor
vened. After debate, in which Messrs Hoeke
Nessrs. Garfield, Goode and Reagan oppose
it, a vote WAS taken and resulted in Its defea
by 1877 to SO,