The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-16
discussed, and then rejected by decisive

discussed, and then rejected by decisive
majority vote.
MIR. Booth offered the following: That
any holder of coin authorized by this act
may deposit the same with the treasurer
or any assistant treasurer of the United
States, in sums of not less than $40, and
receive therefor certificates of not less than
$40 each. corresponding with the denomin
alton of United States notes; the coin de-
posted for or representing certificates
shall be retained in the treasury for the
payment of the same on demand. Said
certificates shall be receivable for customs,
taxes and all public dues, and when so re-
ceiyed may be reissued.
The substitute of MIR. Booth was agreed
to-yeas 40, nays IA.
Mr. Christancy submitted the following
amendment: And the secretary of the
treasury shall, upon presentation for that
purpose, in any sum oot less than 500.
At $3.50 A. NJ. the senate was still voting
on the amendments to the bill submitted
by various senators, on nearly all of
which the yeas and nays we're called, ,and the
prospect was that the final vote would not
| be reached for an hour or two.
HOUSE.
After the morning hour the house went
into committee of the whole on the private
calendar. The second bill was one which
applies the appropriation of $375,000,
made by act of Congress to pay certain
Southern mail contractors, and which has
not been reported unanimously by the
Committee on Post Offices. Mr.. Cameron
a member, said he always opposed the
payment of claims of that character,
In the debate it appeared that no re-
port had been made on the bill, Mr. Wad-
die said it did not appropriate money, but
provided for the expenditure of what was
appropriated last year. Considerable op'
position was developed on the part OF
| Messrs. Boggs, Thompson and others,
Mr.. Thompson said, in restoring the
claimants property, this government had
acted generously, but there should be a
line drawn somewhere to indicate to COM
ing generations that crime is crime.
Mr.. Hanna favored the claims as being
just and honest.
Mr. Conger made speech showing that
the bill passed when not ten Republicans
had approved it, but it was 10 gush OF
Cancellation at the END of the Forty Fourth
Congress, when many conclliatory things
were done that are regretted how.
Mr. Reagan having interrupted him,
Mr. Conger turned and said: The gentle
man from Texas, (Reagan) as postmaster
general of the confederates. had got the
mail, mail bags, stamps, etc, which con.
tractors had on hand, and had settled with
thieves with the money they had stolen
from the United States. A bill had been
worked through Congress against the
wishes of large majority of the Amer.
ican people to pay tho men who had run
off with government horses, stamps, etc.,
and turned them over to the bold confed-
crates postmaster general, who was bold
enough to receive stolen property. He
meant no reflection on the man. He wa:
talking about the Office.
Mr.. Reagan repudiated the imputation:
made by Mr.. Conger against the Southern
postmasters for cheating the Federal gov
ernment at the opening of the war By
Withholding the money and postage stamp.
in their office When he (Reagan) tool
charge of the confederate post Office de-
partment, he required all postmasters t
} settle with the Federal government.
Adjourned.