The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-12

to pass resolution such as this would break
no all confidence and distract the country,
M. Beck explained about the trade dollar
andvle coinage issue of them. and said that If
Congress had not demonetized silver they would
IN circulation to-day. He said that silver was
detnonetized in surrepitions manner, and
that hardly any one in the House. was aware
Ql the result OF the passage OF The bill.
He said that over one hundred million dollars
Of halves and uuatters. had been co oined before
silver was demonetized. This he salt was the
first tiue he had ever. heard Democrat say
that the coinage of silver or hard money would
inlur,e the credit Of tne country H. charace1r.- 7.
can measure, which, with good many other
unreasonable measures, had been passed by
the majority over the protest OF the, minority;
ures ought to be repealed.
Mr. Allison denied that the silver legislation
of 1873 was party measure In any sense OF the
Mr. Dawes gave all account of the passage of
the bill in the House in 1873, and denied that the
bill was passed in any underhanded manner.
He said the demonetzaton was fully un ter
stood, occurring in the bill at least twelve
Mr. Beck and Mr.. Hereford both asserted that
the bill was never read through In the House.
Mr. Dawes read from the Globe to prove his
Mr.. Beck said that when the silver bill came
np he would give history Of the passage of the
lay in 1879 ,.,--,
due for eight years, and bondhoders had no
right to complain about Legislation concerning
silver or gold till that time. Ii they got their
they could ask He asserted that the sover-
eigns, the people themselves, had right to say
what should be a standard of value; The bond
holders were told that they should be paid in
coin of the standard value Of 1870. and the gold
aud silver dollar were both standard in 1870.
He favored the resolution, but said he would
iect until the silver bill came before the Senate.
MIR, Allison said that on Thursday last the
silver bill, and he asked MIR. Matthews to have
the resolution laid aside and let the silver bill
come un.
go on with this resolution and pass it,.
Mr.. Allison moved that It be laid aside,
Mr., Matthews demanded the yeas and nays,
senate refused to lay aside the resolution
Mr., ,Whyte said that many Senators who
f to n the Haf t n
iourn. but yielded to Mr.. Hamlin to move an
executive session
The question was put and declared carried
when divisit was demanded resulting:
Yeas 30, nays 90
Mr.. Matthews demanded the yeas and nays,
which were ordered. and resulted: Yeas a.
nays 26. and at 3.31 the Senate went into ex-
ecutive session., and at 4:o3 the doors were
opened and the Senate adjourned
The House.
The House met at 12 o'clock. The reading of
the Journal occupied three e-uuarters Of au hour
Mr.. Whitthorne introduced a bill providing
for the interment at the Naval Cemetery at An
napos of the remairs of the officers aud sea-
men who persisted on the United States steamer
such interment. The bill also provides that the
cost of interment shall be borne by the United
States. and also provides for the reimburse
mept of the expenses already incurred by the
relatives in removing the remains of the de-
ceased. The officers and men Of the .wrecking
sens Of Il he b Rhe passed in the
Mr.. Durham, from the Committee on Appro-
priatons, reported back the Senate amendment
to the deficiency appropriation bill.
Mr.. Durham said that the Committee on Ap-
propriations had recommended concurrence In
only II of the Senate amendments. The bill, as
it passed the House, appropriated and reap
propriated in all the sum of about one million
dollars. The Senate had added nearly a million
more. The COMMITTEES. by recommending non
had greatly reduced the amount. The amend
mens dasa IN Teh OF eoH was
originally pa sed the House.
Mr.. Durham then demanded the previous
question on the bill,
The Senate amendments eoneurred in we're
as follows:
For continuing work on State. War and Navy
Department buildings. 1926 600: for information
ones.
They concur, with a verbal amendment. ap-
propriating $4,000 to. be expended in restoring
and repairing the models of patents injured by
the late fire at the Pttent Office. They also con
cur in the, amendment for the transmission
free through the mails by Congressman of pub-
lie documents. with an amendment granting
the same privilege to the Vice President.
me committee rec I'M mend non-concurrenee
in all the other amendments. and UPON nearly
all OF these seperate votes were demanded. In
many cases the yeas and nays W. re demanded.
The principal contest was over the paragraph
appropriating s500,000 for mail transportation
upon al other than railroad routes.
The APPROPRIATION Committee recommended
CONCURRENCE in the Senate amendment,
but The House overruled 1t. and agreed to the
amendment by vote of 149 yeas to 1o7 nays
Tho recommendation of the commit tee TO
s245oo for the payment of railroad postot1iee
clerks, mail route messengers and Ice II agents.
came very near defeat az on a motion of Mr..
Humphreys 10 concur, the vote stood 122 yeas to
124 nays. The other principal amendments
non-concurred in were the following: APP
propriating sis,S59 so for salaries Of commits
eustom-houses, and for Incidental expenses of
the San Francisco commission; striking
Dp' and ns6ng he dposnn and op ag
bounty prize money and other claims Of col
ored soldiers and sailors. and approprating
$4,000 to pay the commission appointed to pre-,
pare and publish new edition of the Revised
Statutes; $4,000 for the preparation of narra-
tive of Halls second Arctic expedition: $4,000
for for the he publishing Of the rebellion record and
war phott graphs. and SIC. 900 for the payment of
claims audited aud allowed for Transportation
services aud supplies Of the Oregon and Wash
ington volunteers. who were engaged in Indian
hQstilities.
This disposed of all the amendments. Those
remaining will be settled in the Committee of
Conference.
The Speaker announced the following ap-
pointments on committees to eli vacancies:
Mr.. Crittenden. of Missouri on Naval
Affairs; Mr.. Martin. of West Virginia. on War
Claims: Mr.. Cravens, of Arkansas, on Terrific
rIes;r Mr.. Metcalf, Committee on Pensions !:
Mr.. Hewitt. on Pacific Railroads Mr.. Potter. of
New York, on Reform In Civil Service: Mr.
Btckntll. Of Indiana, on Private Land Claims
and Mr.. Hart, Of New York. on Revision Of
Laws.
The House at 4:5o .. m. adjourned.
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