The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-17
CONGRESSIONAL.
Yesterdays Doings in the Ma
tional Capitol.
SENATE,


tion of the morning hour Davis (W
Va.) called up the resolution recent,
submitted by. him providing for {
committee to inquire into the discrep
ancies in the books and accounts of the
Treasury department, and made Q
speech thereon.
The Senate committee to-day further
considered the bill for the remonetiza.
tion of silver, but arrived at no conclu-
sion.
ingalls, introduced a bill repeating
the act authorizing the coinage of the
twenty-cent silver piece. Referred.
On motion of Ingalls, it was ordered
that, when the Senate adjourn to-day,
it be to meet Monday next.
Senator Jones submitted the follow
ing:
Resolved, That the Attorney Gen
eral and the Secretary of the Interior
are hereby directed to communicate to
the Senate the instructions given, to
agents and marshals of the United
States in the States of Alabama, Flor
ida and Mississippi touching the seizure
of logs, lumber and naval stores sus-
pected of having been taken from the
public lands of the United States, and
whether or not, under orders given to
said agents and marshals, large amounts
of property in the possession of citizens
of the United States, held under claim of
valid titles, have been seized without
warrant unsupported by oath or affir-
nation, and particularly describing
things to be seized.
After some brief discussion the reso-
luton was amended to request the
President to furnish the information to
the Senate, and on motion of Chaffee
it was further amended so as to include
the instructions given to agents and
marshals in other States and Territories
as well as the States named. As thus
amended the resolution was agreed to.
Morrill, submitted the following SUBJ
stitute for the resolution of Senator
Davis:
Resolved, That a committee of three
be appointed to investigate the finance
reports, books and accounts of the
Treasury department, particularly of
1869 to 1872, inclusive, to ascertain
whether or not any actual differences
or discrepancies exist, and also whether
or not any alteration in amounts or
figures have been made, and report the
facts to the Senate, and that said COM
mite shall have power to employ a
stenographer.
Davis spoke at length declaring that
changes involving millions of dollars
were evident from the reports, and said
that Secretary Bristow and the Finance
committee admitted such unexplained
corrections.
Dawes denied the discrepancies, and
said the whole subject was already ex-
planned.
Morril desired full investigation, SO
that the credit of the country might be
vindicated, and no fraud would be
found against Democrat or Republican.
The committee on Postofiices and
Post Roads to-day agreed to recon-
mend the passage of bill providing
that all letter carriers in free delivery
service shall be divided into two class.
es, and that the first class shall receive
$3.50, and second class $500 per annum,
distinction of classes to be made by
postmasters, and appointments to first
class to be made from the second-class.
Garfield In his remarks ON the cur
rency bill said this was a well discussed
topic. Its features were old. He ap-
pealed to the general judgment of man
kind on the question of currency. In
1860 there was general prosperity, and
then it was the best settled of all ques-
tions that the only safe and trustworthy
standard of value was coin of ascertain
ed weight and fineness, or paper cur
rency convertible into coin at the hold
er's will. That was then, and had been
for long time, the unanimous opinion
of the American people. Here and
there there had been dreamers, who
looked upon paper money as the Fetch
Of their idolatry. But these dreamers
were then so few in number that they
made no ripple on the currency. No
man had ever sat in the presidential
chair and left on record any word on
the subject which spoke of safety in f.
nance except in coin, or paper converti-
BILE into coin. No man ever sat in the
chair Of Secretary of the Treasury and
had spoken at all OH the subject, who
had not left on record opinions equally
strong.
HOUSE.
Washington, Nov. 16.-Swann re-
ported bill relative to the Paris Ex-
position. 1t accepts the invitation
from France to take part in the Expo
sition, and accepts the substitute ap-
propriating $4,000. Referred.
The committees were then called for
reports of bills of a private nature.
Waddell reported bill directing the
Secretary of the Treasury to pay in full