The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-01-31
THE NEWS.
XIV. CONGRESS-.

| gold and silver jointly, and not otherwise
, shall be made a legal tender. Mr.. Chafree
: introduced in the Senate bill declaring
the meaning and intent OF the 18th section
OF the Pacific railroad act of 1862. A bill
was introduced by Mr.. Plumb to provide
Tor the Improvement Of the Usage river in
, Missouri and Kansas. Mr.. Jones spoke at
some length as to the power granted Con-
gress by the constitution to coin money,
regulate Its value, etc., and argued that at
the time the acts OF 1869-to strengthen the
public credit-and of 1870-to authorize the
funding of the national debt-were passed,
the silver dollar was the legal tender coin
of the country, and Congress had no power
to exclude 1t from the coinage of the coun-
try If any coin should have been abolish
ed on account OF being unstable in values it
should have been gold. He spoke of the
advantages of silver money. and said there
was large channel in the business of the
country, which silver alone could find. 1t
was emphatically the money of the people.
In conclusion, he advocated the adoption
OF the resolution Of Mr.. Matthews, because
he thought 1t was for the true interest of
the eountrv, Mr.. Cootroll said ho nnonoo
ed n revio,v foota or,hod,aI l., ~ ~
htion of tbo sopotor tron, oIio as1 I go, ..So
tbot tbo how'd ,ran, - y. NV M ~ uvu
and siver. He quoted extensively from
various financial acts of Congress to show
that the government had a right to pay the
bonds In silver; also reviewed the argyll
monts In honoIs - ,ho a,,s.,. -,
oIone
In tho uoroo tho so,,ou,n ,u,. ~
troduood. n, Mo,ah, ~ H. ,os,
tbo Indion b,,roor to .,,o ,,aa ,n., :, '-'.sIol oi
Rv Nororoso. M nro. o .", uop". 'i.ion'
imnortotion Or cola ~ tn,o,.,on,,n -, ,o."'o
in Dlstrict ~ co,nnhio pr Sho,ie r,'ai' nIuoio
Authoriyino tho ooInor,o 80 .ha oi,,.Hs' s'n
and dec,oring cold and si,vor ;ointi, aa.
nor othor,vioo 70 bo fill looor .onda' d.
Mr. Fort. 10 nrovort t,rtfon Ian..,,a.,D
on tbe retiromart ~ " Tnaoa,5o.ar ~o.,oH
and 70 Loon ,hon o,.on no,nua.,a. 80
nnnor crrronov - thn aomn.n, ~ 10 NV ,to
Rnolnor. NJ s,anonI o.. o,'a D' "t'
eration ot tbo law ronnir,nr NV .Io ", aDp '.aI op
annually of per cent. of the debt Of the
| United States. By Mr.. oliver: Proposing
an amendment to the constitution, provid-
ing for the issue of legal tender notes and
regulating the amendment thereof. BY Mr..
Ryan: For the relief of actual settlers on
the Sac and Fox Indian lands. BY Mr..
Banks: To extend the commerce of the
United States with Mexico and to provide
| for the completion Of the Southern Pacific
railroad. Mr., Clark. OF Missouri, offered n
| resolution directing the military committee
to inquire into the expediency of transfer
| ring the signal service bureau from the war
to the Treasury department. Referred. A
Joint resolution of the Missouri Legislature
for the removal of the capital. Reported
'"cA anu aNersely iaid on the table. After
mo'oh 10 ADJOURN which was defeated, a
lhouoi 10 suspend the rules and pass the
oiiI making custom duties payable In groen-
oacks after January 1917 came up for a
Vote' inc mouoh TO suspend the rules and
pass 'he Dill was defeated Yeas, l54, nays,
oo' not two-thlrds In the affirmative. The
HOUSE theh adjourned.
The business done in the Senate on tho |
22l was not important. A Anumher of notitiops
from New York State favored the remone.
tization of silver and the renool of tbe snocio
resumption net Mr. MerrilI from tbo oop,-
mittee on finance. renortod with on omond
ment in tho nature of n suhstituto n hin 70
remit the taxes On inso,vent eavings bonLs
Placed on tbo colendor rrrbor % hnIa
were introduced and refcrrcJ Tho ronort
OF the ioint select comp,i,t,o or Chinoso
immipration was referrod ,o tho oo,,r,i,to,
ON foreign relations. At tbo exnirn,ior ~
the morning hour tbo statuo of w, Virn
contributed bvMoine m the national ototrar"
WINS accented Messrs uor,I,n o,,d p1aino
made addresses
mittee on banking and currency, reportcd
a resolution instructng that committees to
ertain the amount of gold and silver coin
and bullion owned by the limited States.
the amount of bonds which have been sold
by the Secretaryo of the Treasury for coin.
and the amount of gold and silver coin
bank notes and legal tenders held nv honk.
ing institutions, and such other focts nc will
tend to inform the House when and Inv what
method it will be practicable and consist
ent with the public welfare to resume specie
payments. Adopted. Mr.. Willis. of New
York from the committee ON naval affairs
reported n bill authorizing Rear Admiral
Jno. ]. Almy to receive n decoration from
the king of the Hawaiian island. Passed.
yeas, lag, nays, 1O1, Also n bill to eouip an
expedition TO the Arctic sea. Committod
Mr.. Monroe. from committee on foreign
affairs, reported bill authorizing Spencer
2. Baird assistant secretary of the Smith
sonian Institute, to receive from the King
OF Sweden a diploma constituting him a
member of the Norwegian order of Saint
Alof. Passed.
The Sonata was occun;ed on tho oad
with orouron,s or tho ,;i,,ou - I,.
tbo discnssion was 20, ,,tt,a iI,osont 9"' NJ. v"'
plo,no introdnood In, 'o ~ oot in'oio9'' n III mi'