The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-20
And Pass the Bland Silver Bill,
With Several Unimportant
Amendments.
The Vote That Did it was Forty-eight in
Favor to Twenty-one Against, Being
More Than Two Thirds Vote.
A Full Text of the Bill as Rassed by the
Wise Men at Washington.

THE senate continued in session during the
entire night, and the following report is a con-
tinuance of the report sent over the wire FRI
day night and up to o'clock Saturday morn
ing.-Ed. Sentinel
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.
Mr.. Morrill, moved the act take effect on
and after the 80. b day of June, 1878.
Mr.. Allison said he did not think that was
necessary. This act would take effect upon
the approval of the president, which it..
would have in a few days.
Mr.. Contingencies the senator speak by
authority?
Mr.. AllisoR-I hope we will have it.
The amendment was rejected.
Mr.. Sargent submitted the following
amendment: "And provided further, that
nothing in tins act shall be construed to au-
thorize the payment in silver of certificates of
deposits issued under the provisions of sec
ton PSI of the revised statutes" Agreed to-
Mr.. Christiancy then submitted his suosti
tute providing for the coinage a silver dollar
of 412% grains, and providing that the
amount of coinage shall not be less than
100000 nor more than 100000 per
month Rejected.
Mr.. Blaine said the first section of the
substitute submitted by him providing for a
silver dollar of 425 grains had been voted
upon and rejected. The other two sections
were contained in the bill now before the
senate, and the fourth section he would not
offer unless We had a dollar of 425 grains.
He therefore withdrew his substitute.
The bill was then reported to the senate
and the amendments made in the committee
of the whele agreed to.
MIR. Herman submitted the following
amendment: And the secretary of the
treasury is hereby authorized to issue silver
dollars coined by virtue of this act In ex-
change at par for legal tender treasury notes
of the denomination of one and two dollars
WI he cd at fba nffic ~
any assistant treasurer of the United States
in sums of not lsss than $50 at any one time,
and the treasury notes so received in ex-
change shall be cancelled"
Mr.. Ferry moved to strike out the word
Cancelled and insert the word .'relssued "
Mr.. Tones OF Nevada called Tor he reading
OF the anne ndment, but as the question was
about being taken on Mr. Ferry's amend
ment the chair ruled itcOuld not be received
while the senate was dividing and lively
debate on points of order sprang up during
which Mr. Jones claimed he had called for
the reading of the paper before the senate
began to divide.
Alter a count of the senate the chair ruled
the amendment was lost, and the yeas and
nays wer called for The reading of the
amendment was then called for, and Mr..
Jones of Nevada objected.
Mr. ConkllI said this amendment had
been received several times, and the question
as TO how nany'timeS paper could be read
was in judgement before the senate. The
senator from Nevada had objected to it's
reading, and the senate would decide
whether it should be read or not.
Finally the objection was withdra wn and
the amendment was read at the clerks desk.
The discussion on Mr.. Ferry's amendment
to insert the word reissue" instead OF
Cancelled" in Mr.. Kernan's amendment
was continued.
Mr.. Blame said the point involved was the
abolition OF one and two dollar bills. He did
not believe the people of the u nited States
would ever consent to that, specie payment
or no specie payment.
Mr.. Sargent said ne would like to know by
what authority greenbacks could be reissued
after being redeemed.
Mr.. Jones, OF Nevada, argued that it was
no more a redemption of a greenback to give
a silver dollar for il than give any thing else
for it. The people wanted to redeem
with labor. There were three millions
Of men waking about the country
to-day waiting tor a chance to redeem the
greenbacks. They wanted to give a days
work for one of them. lie favored a reissue
OF grsenbacks, and said that all over the
country labor was being crucified, and those
who held the bulk of the Indebtedness we've
being enriched.
The amendment of Mr.. Ferry was agreed
to-yess, ~; nays. %. as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Armstrong. Bailey, Beck,
a.
Cameron OF Wisconsin, Chaffee, Cole, Cock
Tell. COOk, COpOver, Davis of Illinois, Davis
of West Virginia, Dennis. Dorsey, Eustis,
Ferry. Gordon, Grover, Hereford, Ingalls,,
Johnston. Jones of Nevada, kellogg, KIRK
wood, McCreery, Mcdonald. Mcmillan,
Matthews, Msxey, Merrimon, Morgan,
OgIesby, Paddock, Plumb, Saunders,
Spencer Teller, Voorhees,, Wallace, Wen
dom and Wiih-rs-62
Nays-Nessfs Allison, Anthony, Barnum,
Bayard, Booth, Burnside, Butter Christi
ancy, Conkling. DIVES Garland Hamlin,
Hoar, Howe Jones of Fla Herman, McPner-
son, Mitchell, Morrill,, Randolph, Rollins,
Sargent, Salisbury, Wadleigh and Whyte-
25.
The question being on the amendment OF
Mr.. Herman. as amended by Mr. ferry,
Mr. Edmunds demanded the yeas aud
NAYS discussion arising, Mr. Allison
said IT seemed to him nov, at twenty
minutes 10 five, that by the action of Senator
Herman, had been trust upon this BILL not
only the renoDetizDg of silver but specie
resumption. He (AlliSon) begged the friends
OF the bill no~ 70 timber it up with the
questions of paper money
The amendment of Mr.. Herman as amend
ed by Mr.. Ferry was then rejected-yeas, TO-
nays, 81.
The ayes being Messrs. Bailey, Cockrell,
Coke, Ferry. Jones Of Nevada, McCreery
Merrimon, O-ltsby, Paddock and Spencer
10.
Mr.. Windem said he thought this bill
would bs squslfy a disappointment to III
friends aud iis les. aud he was satisfied tha
the good which bad been promised woulc
. not be real zsd. and that much OF the evi
-rh.ot, ba47 b-eo f,rof,neeied would not b.