The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-24
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS,

In the house on the l4th the following
bills were introduced and referred: By M
Davis /: Restoring to either house of congress
the power to punish for contempt. By Mr..
Rice: To enable the secretary of the interior
to make a final settlement with the Potto-
watomie Indians. By Mr.. Banning: Author
izing the secretary of war to sell certain ord
nance establishments; also, authorizing the
secretary of war to prescribe rules to be
observed In the preparation and opening of
bids for contracts under the war department
By Mr. Neal: Constituting the cities OF
Portsmouth and Gallipolis, Ohio, ports of
delivery. By Mr.. Whitthorne Providing
that all parties making contracts or agree
ments in violation of law, whereby money
may be withdrawn from the treasury, shall
be guilty of misdemeanOr. By Mr.. Young ::
Providing for the appointment of district
judge for western Tennessee. By Mr.. Fort: &:
Forbidding territories to incur indebtedness
in aid of railroads or other private corpora
tions; also, reducing the expense of collect
ing customs, and limiting the fees paid in
the collection district. By Mr.. Brentano: To
prevent the overlooking of vessels carrying
freight and passengers. By Mr.. Buckner: A
Joint resolution from the general assembly
of Missouri to repeal the restrictions on the
sales of tobacco. By Mr.. Schleicher: To as
sign certain credits to the sinking fund and
to make their equiva' ent available for the
redemption of United States notes. By Mr..
| Williams (Wis.): Providing for the purchase
| of the best movable torpedo. By Mr.. Patter-
son; Authorizing the purchase of gold dust
and gold and silver bullion at the mint at
Denver and payment therefor by draft
On motion of Mr.. Banks, unanimous consent
was given that the petitions on the women's
rights question might be presented in the
| open house.
In the house on the 10Th the following
bills were introduced and referred: By Mr..
| Dunnell: To declare jurisdiction of the
| United States over the harbors aud naviga-
BILE waters of the United States. By Mr..
Blair: For the reduction of postage. By Mr.
| Robbins A resolution directing the com.
mittee on rules to inquire into the expedien.
| cy Of a rule requiring the Record to print
| the votes taken by yeas and nays under four
| heads, to-wit: Yeas and nays, paired, and
absent and impaired; and also into the ex
| pediency of q rule forbidding pairing by
members......M Mr.. Springer asked leave to in
troduce aud pot upon its passage bill to
prevent the further contraction of the eur
! renoy. It provides that the volume of legal
| tender notes shall not Ie contracted or re-
duced below the amount of $350,000, 900, and
that any surplus of such notes received oI
| redeemed by the government, which may be
In the treasury in excess of the sums re
GuireG TO meet the appropriations made by
congress, shall be issued by the secretary OF
! the treasury in the purchase of coin for the
payment of coin obligations. Mr.. fairfield
| objected TO its present consideration, and il
was referred to the banking and currency
cenmittees.....The house went into com
mittee of the whole OF the state of the
union, with Mr.. Hooker in the chaiz fol
general debate. MIR. Price addressed the
committee, advocating reconciliation OF the
silver dollar. He claimed it a thing which
did not admit of doubt that at the time wher
the silver dollar was demonetized the silver
dollar of 412M grains was more valuable
chan the gold dollar. He argued that it wal
to the interest of the United States to make
| tR14h cold ell Iorra fay,-l
debts-both public and private-particular
now when this country is such large pro
duces of silver. He attributed the great de
probation in real estate in Germany to tn,
demonstration of silver by that county,
He contradicted the theory that a vast in
crease in the production of silver in thi
country had been the cause of the fall in III,
value of that metal, and alleged in denial O
it that India, Japan and China alone haC
taken in the course of trade during last yea
&105 100000 of silver, which was about S25,
. OOO,O00 more than the entire silver Drodue
of the world. He criticised the sermons q
Beecher and rockingham, and in conclus
ion said we are labOring to get back to tn,
dollar which has been tried in every con
ditIon, and under every variety of circum
seance IN this country, and has not beer
found wanting; we are directing our foot
steps IN the pathway lighted by the lamps @
| experience; We are not pioneers, we ar
only seeking for old paths made luminou
| by the footprints OF the fathers OF the re
public; they betcken us onward thew So
70 us this is the way, walk ye in it He VIII
has been a watchful student Of history can
not mistake his way. IL we be attentiv
listeners, We may hear from every passin
] breeze that is waited to us from the masts q
| commerce, from the field of husbandmau
from the hum of the loom and from the rim
of the anvil, words of announcement to puI
SHE steadily the silvery pathway that shal
conduct our nation to the goal of fnancia
prosperity. The comEaittee rose. and th
house adjourned.
In the senate on the 14th Mr.. Bale
presented a petition from citizens of Ter
nessee asking congress to reduce the tax o
manufactured tobacco. Referred ........Mi
Harris presented the proceedings of meet
ing of distillers, reetihers and wholesale Ii
quor dealers of Tennessee, in favor of n
duction of the tax OF distilled spirits. RI
! ferred.,....MF. Hill presented a resolutio
from the Savannah cotton exchange denyin
! that the south is unanimously IN favor Of th