The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-15
HOUSE..

| iHS speaker ldiU before the House the
Resignation of Rev. DIR. larsal As Chaplain.
upon which Stephens offered resolution
which was adopted expressing the regret of
the House at such resignation.
The regular order of business being de-
-manded, MIR. Atkins said that the committee
ON appropriations did not desire the con-
sideration ot the army bill to-day, and the
speaker declared that the regular order
was the consideration OF the bill for the
repeal OF the resumption clause, and Mr..
Gardner proceeded To address the House in
favor Of repeating the resumption act.
In considering all the provisions OF that
act together, he was led to the conclusion
that It's object was 10 substitute for out
standing currercy. silver coin, national
bank currency. and such coin as should be
put in circulation after the first of .Janua-
ry, 1879. He claimed that the tendency of
the act If enforced was the rapid contraction
OF currency, and that il meant the rapid de-
probation Of values, and that the
consequence Of that must be general
bankruptcy of the active business men Of
the country in entertaining such views, and
believing that an attempt to enforce the
resumption act would result In the speedy
contraction OF the currency and that ruin
| ""u'" "e'SsS"hN ioiio",
ne was IN d",y bound !" vote Tor ITS repeal.
III uoins So he df" NOT mean 10 be under
STOOD aS being opposed to resumption or as
being in favor of imitation.
h N, vi ohio' agreeu Win MS col
league MT. oaraner, In many oil his views,
'n"nsi no. III MS CONCLUSIONS lie CON
| c;nIa !, Nd hs - 80 pnn,nI - :" pm
| as to reach the conclusion which its Friends
were aiming ::at rather than its repeal en-
tircly. He proceeded to expIain and odvo-
cate the amendment offered by him yester-
day.
lie said that resumption should be reach
ed, not by saying We will resume in 1879,
or in 1881, but in providing intermediate
steps TO resume. 1t was that which his
amendmC Mt proposed to-day. He had
offered his amendment as means OF coming
To an underst inding about resumption |
farty lines could not be drawn on such a |
question. Could not those who agree up |
ON the policies Of resumption agree upon 1
the methods of bringing it |
about. Ii those PROPOSED by him were not |
the means, let the right means he shown. |
| am entiieiv Tree Ia say. resumptiOnist as
am, that II the people OF the nited States
VINO mold the whole oi the currency, will
say through their representative in Con-
gress, that they do not want the gpvern-
ment to pay 1t IN 1880 or 1889, or at any /
other tine, they have an absolute right to
say so.
Mr. RJDDJ + foI,,,,,oJ :, favor .; ,h
neal of ,L, resumnt ION no, and , s,hs,an,;aI
e,.paIitv in the ;mn,s;,;,n ,,f The b d.
and distribution Of the baref,s Of IN GOV
ernmapt
U nn,c, ~,
-, hr. f'SE sa'd NJ h,' '"'ed 10 ''Ke Inc
: tn o"' Vi Tue morning nonr, mol Dec .uSe ne
E,e'ed ,.m IN uhe a""'rihes Oh the
"ii, oul u, because ne was opposed 10
any.hhS IKE gag law or suppression
VI me question was wa one "hich
as'.'tsa AZ .e.,. 'he Whole country; Inc statement
uiat - "i'ioha, oa''hs hah Voiantariiv
so"e OUT D. eNls'eNe, mol because "i the
PassSse OIL ..'e resania'on act, 6us because
VI u.e .aNa.rhl o. national pahs property,
wa stea'er ma" tue 'aNa'nh Oh anv other
pioPelS ~ uns country leu 10 dis ;ussion
"i1a Ti he'i! ".u o'ners,
NJ pi S. }eSr "tn' over . 'li' 'o-horr'w.
"i I, rom ''ie eoihm,'tee on aP-
PI"prill'oh-; lepprted the naval doiciency
',, u,l,, ana Said @ ''a' ne Wo'.'d AK acton I