The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1877-11-15
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Mr. RYE had discovered that Bland
SILVER Dill which passed the House on Men
day was different bill than that consider.
Ell by the House, and asked Bland If he hat
any authority for 50 doing. Mr.. Bland re,
plicd that he was not there to be catcchscd
by Frye, or any one else. Mr.. Oliver intro.
duccd bill to limit the sale of agricultural
lands to settlers under the pre- -cmtion and
homestead laws.
Mr.. Brentano offered n resolution dcclar.
ing 1t TO be to the interest of civil service
that all Government officials receiving q
salary OF $4,000 and upwards shall devote
their whole time to their official duties, and
shall not bc permitted to carry on any Other
business. Referred to committee on civil
service reform. Mr.. Clarke, from the coli =
mlttcc on coinage, weights and measures
reported a resolution calling on the heads
y. u 'nc executive departments Tor iniorma-
'io' "S 'o 'hc proPrlety oil making the met
rlc"l system opll9atory on all government
Adopted Ihe Dill to repeal
lno resumption act was then taken up and
Mr. he"i'' ol new YORK offered an amend
licht as SUBSTITUTE Tor the bill. 1t requires
inc secretary OF thc Treasury TO accumu-
'"'c Ill ''lc treasury after the iirst OF Jan
u"iS hcA'' Ill auui1loh 10 the gold that may
DC thcil IN inc treasury not less than S5O,-
Ooo'ooo year IN gold coin or bullion, as n
lunu TO redeem legal tender notes,
ana dirccts him' whenever the amount SO
reserved snail reach fifty per cent of the
outstanding legal tender notes, to give no.
tlcc that they Will be redeemed. and there
after such notes shall cease to be legal ten
ucr except Tor government dues. II pro-
hipits sales OF gold by the treasury except
III o"Sv' VI 'n,S "hiluai reservation 1t also
l'io'i''' ior ''c ISSUING Oh interest bearing
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Ill Ihe mousse, on the ith, MIR. Gard
her spoke on the resumption act. In con-
all the provisions of that act to-
Sethcr' he was led to the conclusion that its
OBJECT was to substitute for outstanding
currency subsidiary silver coin, national
DahR currency ana such coin as should be
put IN circulation alter January 1st 1879. He
clalmed that the tendency OF the act, ii en-
forccd' was rapid depreciation Of values
ana that inc consequence OF that must be
T"''''. p""N''P''y Vi 'Ho "c'l'e business
'.en W ,"o Ioun'i!. entertaining such
"' ,'''' 'o''o' '',S '''''' an "t'o"Po W eh-
~, 80 '''o ivsun,i'''oi "'' "ouiu result IN
'p,o'H 'o"''' ''''o" vi currency anu tha'
: u'"o"o 'on'oi"vnooS "ou'u necessarily
'o'''"' nv was III uu'y oouhu 10 vote lor lts
i'l'"'' ~ "o'iis So he uiu NOT mean 10 DC
'soo" 10 oo''s opPoSou 10 resumption
VI no ''''' III i"'ol Vi ies"ilp'ioh'
MI. CoN concluded that, being n rcsump-
uohlst IN principle, it would be wiser tc
the law so us to reach the conclu.
sion which its friends wero aiming at, ril-
thor than repeal entirely. Resumption
should be reached not by saying wo will re.
sumo in 1879 or in 1881, but in providing in
tcrmcdlatc steps to resume, 1t was that
which his amendment proposed day Mr.
Page presented an address of tho people o.
California on Chinese immigration. Mr.
Wood offered resolution calling for nfor,
nation as to the expenses of tho War De,
partment.
Senator Matthews introduced q bill
10 the resumntion hill bu
the object of the bill is not given in the
telegraphic report, Senator Edmonds sub
mittcd n resolution OF inquiry regarding The
payment of moneys received from Mexico
to claimants. Resolutions were passed in
quiring into several Mexican matters, ant
also about the North Pacific railroads. Mr.
Chafrec submitted long preamble regard
ing tho Union Pacific railroad and its
branches, with resolution that the Pres
idcnt of tho United States bo requested t.
inform the Senate what legal impodiment.
il any exist, which prevent him from oxe
cutting the law in accordance with the obli
gated and accepted agreement by the UnioI
Pacific Railroad company and branches
and agreed upon in the several acts of Con
gress. Laid over at the request of Mr.