Daily Kennebec journal., 1877-11-16
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-.
Extra Session.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON. November Is.
Dawes presented remonstrance of the nationa
banks of Boston against the passage of the House
bill for reconciliation of silver. The petitioner,
set forth that they required by law to hold ano
TO purchase many million dollars worth of bonds
of the United States, and they are apprehensive
that the passage of the bill will greatly deprecae
the value of such bonds, and have bad infi uence
on business throughout the country.
Sargent from the committee on appropriations
reported without an amendment the House bill to
provide for certain Deficiencies in pay of navy and
marine corps, and for other purposes.
The bill passed without discussion, and now
goes to the President for his signature.
Eaton OF Connecticut introduced Joint resolu
ton proposing an amendment to the constitution
providing for the creation of tribunal bv State.
for the deciding of all contested issues arising in
the choice of electors for President and Vice
President.
This was referred to a select committee
AT the expiration of the morning hour the Sem
ate proceeded with the consideration of the army
appropriation bill.
The Senate passed the army appropriation bill
with the amendment reported by the committee
also the amendment stating the army shall not be
recruited beyond $4,000 instead of 20, 600 as pass
ed by the House.
Eaton demanded a separate vote on the amend
ment limiting the army of 25,000 men instead Of
10000.
The amendment made in the committee wa,
The bill goes back to the House of Representa-
tives for the action of that body on the Senate
amendments.
Davis of West Virginia gave notice that to-
morrow he would call up his resolution in regard
to the discrepancies in books and accounts of the
treasury department and submit some remarks
A blll was introduced by Sargent to regulate the
expenditures in the navy
The Senate went into executive session and sub
sequently reopened and adjourned.
House.
The following bills were introduced and refer
red:
BY IIackett of Kansas, providing for the paw
ment OF duties on imports in gold, silver and legal
tender notes.
BY Schlicher of Texas, providing for cheap
transportation between the tide water the At
lsntc and in the Ohio and Mississippi vsey.
BY Sapp of Iowa. for the construction of rail
way from New York to Council Bluffs. Iowa.
Cobb of Indiana, from the committee on mile
age repoRed back the adversely bill allowing the
members mileage for attendance at the extra ses-
sion.
The bill was laid on the table.
The House then resumed the consideration of
the bill for the repeal of the resumption act.
Aldrlch of Illinois offered substitute repeating
so much OF the resumption act as authorizes the
secretary of the treasury to redeem legal tender
notes in excess of $50 900 900, directing that no
further reduction of legal tender currency be
made; and authorizing the reissue of such legal
tender notes as may be redeemed in coin after
January 1879.
Sturgis of Pennsylvania offered a substitute,
simply repeating the resumption date clause in
the third section of the act.
Clark of Iowa offered a substitute amending
the third section of the act to repeal the law
limiting the aggregate amount of national bank
circulation, and to provide that as often as bank
notes are issued these shall redeem legal tender
notes in excess of $3.50, 900 600 to the amount OF
eight per cent. of bank notes issued and to
tinue such redemption until the limit OF $780,
600 900 OF legal tender no es is reached. Also au-
thorizing the accumulation in the treasury ol
500, ,000, 900 in coin specially to be used foi
the redemption of legal tender notes and there
afier public notice authorizing the redemption o
legal tenders when presented for that purpose.
After "a long debate the House adjourned.