The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-03
Last Nights Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2-The debt state
ment shows an increase of $3,2l4, ,242. |
| Amount of coin in the treasury, 1928, 564,-
| 1856; currency, $l4, ,669, ,S26, including $1O,-
| 100000 held for the redemption of frac-
tional currency; special deposits held for
the redemption OF certificates OF deposit,
| $37, ,080,000. The increase is due to the
$5,000,000 Halifax award.
| The payments made from the treasury
! by warrants during the month of Novem-
Der, l87S>were as follows On account of
civil and miscellaneous, $l0.l97,37 on
account of war. So l60,036; on account of
the navy, $l,576,279; on account of the
interior, Indians aud pensions, 50, ,7OS, 1853;
total, $l7,642,040. The above does not
include payments made on account Of in-
terest or principal of the public debt Of the
United States.
/ Senator Harris bill, introduced today,
recites the raYages of yellow fever and pro-
vides for joint select committee of four
senators and five representatives to inves-
tigate and report on the best means for
preventing the introduction and spread of
epidemic diseases especially yellow fever
and cholera, within the United States,
said committee to have power to employ
: scientists aud experts and to have other
/ privileges.
Following is the text OF Senator Blaine
t bill regarding the recent elections:
ResoIUed, That the judiciary committee
| be instructed to inquire and report to the
t senate whether at the recent elections the
= constitutional rights of American citizens
p were violated in any of the states of the
: union and whether the right of tho suff-
! rage of citizens of the United States or CT
t any class of such citizens was
J, denied or abridged by the action of the
: election officers of any state in refusing to
a receive their votes,in failing to count them
r or in receiving and counting fraudulent
e ballots in pursuance of conspiracy tc
: make the lawful votes of such citizens oil
l. no effect, aud whether such citizens were
J. prevented from exercising the elective
s franchise or forced to use it against theil
y wishes by violence or threats or hostile
s. demonstrations, or by any other unlawful
d means or practice.
t. ResolUed. That the Judiciary Committe
be further instructed to inquire and repor
l. whether it is within the competency o
al Congress to provide by additional legisla
ton for more perfect security of the righ
to suffrage to the citizens of the Unite,
States iu all States of the union,
D, ReSolved, That in prosecuting these in
t quiries the Judiciary Committee shall hav
,f right to send for persons and papers.
a The joint commission considering III
i transfer of the Indian Bureau to the Wa
At Department will hear Gems. Sherman an
f. Meigs upon the subject.
10 Senator Beck's bill regarding trade dol
q. lars provides that for period of twelv
s. months after passage Of this act the out
ID standing trade dollars shall be receiveabI
es as legal tender for all debts and de
D. mauds. including customs dues owing th
ID United States, and said trade dollars s
rf received shall be recoined as soon as pos
ne sible into standard silver dollars of 4l2
lis grains.
ne THE POTTER COMMITTEE.
in The democratic members of the Pottt
er Investigating committee had private col
ty ference to-day, and agreed that the chai
ss- man of the committee should call NEE
er ing for next Thursday, It was also iGforn
ally agreed that in case the house shall n
in the meantime specially direct an inve
of tho bor fol bo oop