Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-03-07
Latest Eastern Views.
CONGRESSIONAL.

WASHINGTON, March 9th. =
SENATE-Chaffee, from the Com
mittee on Public Lands, reported
substitute for the Senate bill au-
thorizing the citizens of Colorado,
Nevada and the territories to fell
timber for mining and domestic
purposes. Placed OH the calendar.
On motion of Sargent, the joint
resolution submitted by him with
regard to Chinese immigration was
taken up so as to be unfinished bus
mess tomorrow, when he will adj
dress the Senate in regard thereto.
Garneid's Reply to Kelly.
WARRINGTON, March 9th. -
HoUsE-Garfield took the floor in
reply to Kelly's speech Of yester-
day. He said the gentleman had
spent forty minutes of time in try
Ing to refute what had been merely
preliminary and incidental allu-
sion in his (Garfield's) former
speech to the prosperity OF the year
| 1850. He went over some points
justifying his statement as to the
prosperity of that year, including
the facts that the exports of Amer
lean manufactures that year were
greater than at any other period OF
our history; that the number OF
| immigrants who arrived that year
was 179, 200, being $4,000 more than
the preceding year and that 4,S7O
patents had been issued, being
eleven hundred more than the
avera ge of the past three years.
Even in the iron industry he quoted
former speech of Kelly's to
show that the production of pig
iron in 1860 was 9l3,0000 tons,
100000 more than had ever be-
fore been prduced. He hoped
that he had established the fact
that the year 1860 was not only a
year of general peace, but of very
marked general prosperity. AS to
Kelly's denial that the legal tender
| act was adopted with reluctance,
he (Garfield) quoted Thad Stevens
as saying that it was a measure of
necessity, not of choice. He quoted
Fessenden as saying that it was
only a temporary policy, adopted
under circumstances of overwhelm-
ing necessity; and quoted Sumner
as saying, II warn you against
continuing in this step, which ne
cessity compels. The medicine of
the Constitution must not become
its daily bread" Regarding the
designation of greenbacks as a
forced loau and to Kelly's assertion
that he (Garfield) would have been
| Kissed as n venomous copperhead
if he had SO characterized it in
1852, he qnoted Secretary Chase,
| Thomas, of Massachusetts,, and the
Supreme Court of New York State,
in which the same character was
given them. He reiterated the as
sertion, Kelly's quotations to the
contrary Notwithstanding, that in
the long line of American Presi-
| dents and finance ministers they
had all believed in money based on
coin, and no other money. He
quoted Jefferson as saying that Il
juggler only will attempt
to create capital by leg
erdemain tricks of paper
money, laughter] and John
kAueithS ASSET lbeAb hOoih
be no confidence in public men and
measures until paper money was
done away with. AS to the senti-
ment of England, he said the great
voice of Parliamentary authority
and the recognized voice of finan-
cial authority were firm in the
opinion that the restoration of cash
payments in England was bless
| ing to the nation and necessary
act after the war. To show the in
consistency of Kelly in matters OF
| finance, Garfield referred to the
resolution offered in the House in
1865, thanking Secretary McCul-
loch for his policy in contracting
the currency, and pledging the
House to the resumption of specie
payments at as early day as pos
sible. That resolution had been
adopted with only six negative
votes, and among those voting in
the affirmative he found the
name of VIM. d. Kelly. Laugh
ter.
New Land Confess LAW.
WASHINGTON, March 6th.-The
House Committee on Public Lands
has agreed to report favorably the
bill which provides that the notices
of contest now provided for by law
under the homestead, presumption
and tree culture laws of the United
States, shall hereafter be printed
in some newspaper published in
the county where the land in con-
test lies, and If no newspaper be
printed in such county, then in u
newspaper printed in the county
nearest to such land.
The House fertilization appropri-
alton bill considered yesterday in