The Portland daily press., 1877-11-23
WASHINGTON, Nov. 90

guns, NEV., hITKWUUu,
Mitchell, Morrill,, Ogesby. Paddock, Rollins, Sar-
gent, Saunders, Spencer Teller, Wadleigh and Win
dom-30.
Cockren, Coke Conover, Davis of ILL.,, Davis of W.
Va, Dennis, Eaton. Garland, Gordon, Harris, Here
ford Hill, Johnston, Jones Of Fla, Lamar, McCree-
~, Mcdonald. Mcpherson, Merrimon, Morgan, Pat
tefson, Randolph, Salisbury, Thurman, Voorhees,,
Wallace, Whyte anu Wthern-32
Messrs. Ransom. Armstrong, Herman and
Maxey, who would have voted 10 the negative,
were paired with Messrs Anthony, Plumb,
Cameron of Wisconsin, ard Ferry, who would
have voted in the affirmative. The pair of
Messrs. Blaine and Grover on all political
questions was announced yesterday by Mr..
Hamlin, and both of these Senators are absent
from the city.
Question then being on the adoption of the
resolution, Mr. Edmunds moved to amend the
resolution so as to discharge the committee
from further consideration of the credentials of
Kellogg as senator from Louisiana instead of
Butler as senator from South Carolina.
Upon this motion debate followed.
Mr.. Edmund's motion to insert the name of
kellogg as senator from Louisiana was rejected,
yeas 30, nays 81.
Mr.. Conkling then submitted IAN amend
ment as follows:
be directed to report on the matter of the Gre
dentials of W. P. Kellogg and Henry M. Spot
ford, claiming seats as senators from Louisi-
ana, and that meanwhile the case of South
Carolina be postponed. Rejected, yeas 30,
nays 80.
Mr.. Edmunds then submitted an amendment
to discharge the committee from further con-
sideration of the credentials of Kellogg, Spot
ford, Butler and COrbin. Rejected, yeas 30,
nays 80.
Mr. Edmunds then moved further consider
alton of this whole subject be postponed until
Monday next. Rejected, yeas 80, nays 80.
At 2 p. m Mr.. Edmunds moved the Senate
adjourn till Monday next. which resulted yeas
81, nays 81, a tie vote, Mr. Conoyer voting with
the Republicans in the affirmative
The vote being tie the Vice President voted
in the affirmative and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The following bills were introduced and re-
ferr, d:
By Mr. Money providing for the classification
of mail after.
By Mr. Hunton for the relief of the owners
and purchasers of lands sold for direct taxes in
insurrectionary states.
By Mr.. Roberts for relief of the captors of
the ram Albermarle.
By Mr. Mills authorizing the Secretary of
the Treasury to pay the owners the value of all
cotton seized by treasury officials since May 30
1865; also, for payment al debts contracted by
government in certain states since the close of
thu war.
By Mr. Davis to exempt steam plough ma
cbinery from payment of duty.
Mr. Crittenden of Missouri, asked leave to
offer resolution calling upon the President for
Information as to the failure of the Union Paci-
hc Railroad to operate ITS road and branches
agreeably to the provisions of the several Pa
cific Railroad acts. Objected to.
Mr.. Phelps of Kansas made like request
which was also refused.
Mr.. Hale of Maine, as question of privi
lege, offered a resolution discharging the Com
mittee on Elections from further consideration
of the contested election case of Beford VS.. Pat
terson from the state of Colorado. He stated
that che case had occupied the attention of the
House ten days, and was then referred to the
Election Committee. That was 27 days ago,
and nothing has been heard from that commit
indication of any majority report coming from
the committee
Mr.. Sayler of Ohio, made point Ethat this
was not privileged question
Mr.. Hale said if 1t were not privileged ques-
ton to discharge the Election Committee from
any Investigation it would lie in the hands Of
the committee to strangle any subject matter
referred to it.
The Speaker overruled the point of order.
Mr.. Stephens of Georgia. suggested that the
resolution be amended so as to direct the COM
mittee to report by Saturday next or be dis
charged from consideration of the subject.
Mr.. Harris of Virginia, chairman of the Elec-
tion Committee, explained that the committee
had made all possible haste to report upon the
Colorado case, and expected to report the first
Mr.. Cox of Ohio, another member of the COM
mittee, said when the Election Committee had
first met they had agreed to push the report for
ward as fast as possible, and this had been done.
IT the House should take this case from the
Election Committee, as it had perfect right
to do, he could not see how that mmittee,
having lost the confidence of the House, could
further act in any case. Applause on the Dem
ocratic slde.)
Mr.. Potter of New York, in the course of
.4ulr1 81,
(Hae) was not in earnest about the matter, he
had simply offered the resolution for political
reasons.
MIR. Hale denied that he was not in earnest.
He thought it was the intention of the other
side to delay action upon the matter.
Mr.. Cox of Ohio, said he thought it was due
to the Democratic members of the committee
to make short explanation of what had oc-
CURED in the committee 4 Republican mem
Der of the committee (Hiscock Of New York;
who had been absent from the committee and
whose mind was in doubt about some matters
connected with the Colorado case, had suggest
ed to him (Cox) to request the delay of imme-
date action, and consequently if there had
been any delay the Republican members were
responsible for it. tApplause on the Democratic
side.)
The resolution being amended as suggested
by Mr.. Stevens, Mr. Sayler moved to lay it on
the table, which was agreed to-yeas 1876, nays
"a. '
Mr.. Wood of New York, stated he had in
tended to call up today resolution reported by
final adjournment of this session, but as the
Senate had adjourned until Monday he would
not call 1t up before then.
House then resumed the consideration of the
deficiency bill, the question being on reconsid-
eripg the vote of yesterday rejecting tbt amend
NETT offered by Mr. Waddel, appropriating
$780, 900 for the 'Stsr" service in carrying the
mails.
Motion to reconsider was laid on the table
yeas IA, nays III.
Bill was then passed.
The Speaker stated that the special order, the
bill to repeal the resumption act. now came nm.
and that the gentleman from Ohio (Ewing) was
entitled to an hoIr to close the debate.
A proposition to allow members who had Of
fered amendments to occupy some time in ex-
planning them was made and objected to, and
regular order was insisted on.
Mr.. Ewing in the course of his speech said
LII it were possible to substitute 1854 000 600 of
gold for the greenback money, and # that gold
so substituted would remain in circulation lust
as the greenback money, there would be no
very great mischief done by the resumption
act further than the useless inarassco of tne
bonded debt to the amount of 1854 900, 600, but
the trouble was that an attempt to make 1884,
GOO 600 OF gold take the place of greenback
money In currency was utterly impossible
Gold could not remain in circulation in the
present condition of the country, aud every
greenback redeemed was so much withdrawn
from effective currency, and it's proportionate
effect was reduction CT values Before the
greenback era there never had been kept afloat
in this country more than $214, 900 of paper
money with 1926, 900, 900 of coin, and now with
S733, 600, 600 of paper money there was $780,
O0O 600 OF gold IN the United States. Since 1860
the mines of this country produced 81 PSF, OOO.-
200 OF precious metals ami yet there was not in
the country three-ffths of the little volume of
coin there was in 1860.
Where had all the gold andIsilver gone 1t
had gone to pay the debts of the country and |
there was where would go all the coin that |
could be scraped together in the treasury or
banks. This was the great debtor nation of |
the world. No nation owed outside its own
borders half the amount which America owed.
More than half the bonded debt of the country |
was held abroad and there were state, city,
railroad and other debts due abroad. the ag- |
yregate coin interest in which ran from $780, |
100000 to $3.50 0OO 900 year and $50 900 600 to
500 OOO,OUO year was paid for /
shipping aad as much more for expenses of |
oreign travel, so that the annual drain of coin |
rom this country was from S175. DOC. 600 to