The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-14
CONGR RESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
HOUSE,

In the house, on the 25th, on motion
OF Mr.. Hewitt, of Alabama, the house went
into committee of the whole, Mr.. Southard
in the chair, and resumed consideration of
the bill granting pensionstO the soldiers and
sailors of the Mexican and Indian wars. The
committee rose without action on the bill.
Adjourned.
In the house, on the 10Th, Mr. Steele,
from the committee on agriculture, reported
back the bill for the appointment of a com.
mittee to investigate the origin of and the
best means Of destroying the army cotton
worm. The bill appropriates ten thousand
dollars for the expenses Of the commission.
Referred to the committee of the whole ....
Mr.. Chalmers then took the floor to reply to
the speech made by Mr. Garfield last week.
At the close of Nj. Chalmers speech Mr..
Hewitt Ala.l endeavored to induce the
house to proceed with the bill to pension
soldiers of the Mexican war, but the house
preferred to give Mr.. Butler an opportunity
to make his speech on the financial question,
The house then went into committee of the
whole on the state of the union, Mr.. Eden
in the chair, and Mr.. Butler proceeded to
make his speech. At the close of Mr..
Buffers speech the house adjourned
In the house, on the 9th, the senate bill
amending the act providing for the publica>
tion of the new editions of the revised
statutes, was taken from the speakers table
and passed .,... Mr.. Banning, chairman of the
committee on military affairs, reported bill
authorizing the secretary of war to sci! the
following ordnance establishments Water
vile arsenal, New York; Washington arse>
nal, District of Columbia Allegheny arse,
nal, Penn; Pikesville, Md, and WatertOwn
arsenal, Mass, Referred THE bill pen.
sioning soldiers OF the Mexican war was then
taken up. Mr.. McGowan made speech
against the bill, and then without action the
committee rose and the house adjourned.
L. A. l A.. oon.
III Viio nou'o, on VIC I'Vn, h" hi' NSaSe
was received IRON tne president announcing
,hat ! ne mao vetoed 'he s'lVer phi me Ioi>
loh,ns 10 wv nie iu', IeAI " ,he P'es,oehts
10 'he house oi representatives.
: -Aller very c,rein' consideration OF the
mousse pi'l NO. l'o'o, en'i'iea an aGt 10 au,
thorl|9 .ie vo'Iase VI tGc siiyer uoilar una
10 restore ils leeal .enoer character, ieel
compelled to return 1T to the house OF repre-.
sentatiVes, IN "mch u originated, win my
oGJeGtlGh oits passage Holding the opinion
Which expressed IN my annual message,
that neither tne interest OF the government
nor the people OF the ,hiteo states Wouiu
oe promoted Dy disparaglhg SILVER as one oil
'he TWO preGlous iIetais Which iuriiish the
c1inase OF inc Nor,u, ann 'nat legislation
"hich Ioohs 10 .'i'ih'ain the volume OF IN
trlhsic hohey ~ us iuh measure ol pom
ihetais as 'helr feiati'e consinercial Vaiues
VII, peihii.' ~ou'u oe el'her unjust or iheS'
Penlent, ~ nus peeh my earnest uesife 10
concur WIN congress II. 'he auoPuon oi sucn
uIeaHures W iiiuiens' .lie silser coinage oi
tne countr! as wouiu not impair the opllSa>
iion OF contracts, either PUBIC or P!iVate'o or
lhJurlousiv nhec. tne Pupilc ereoit. ~ 10
ohiy upon the cohvlc!l9u tlat .his Dill does
ilot meet '1ese esseh!,ai requirements that
leei ~ my uuty 10 Witnnold from IL my ap'
proVal. MY present ohhcial uuty rs 10 tnls
p,ii Peihll's oi,iy ah aItehllpn 10 inc SPeclhc
oDlections 10 l.S Passase, whlch seem 10 me
so important as 10 Jus.hy me III asking from
VI the "isuol,i a,ii uuH vi gohgress tiat lur-
thef cohslueIatloh vi l,le pili lor which % Ihe
cEns'i.uli9n :,i 'sas ih suoH "ay Provueu. Inc
piii proviues 'or 'ne GoilaGe Oh as,iVer doiiar
oi ,'e Weignt Vi 1l-N sra'hs eacn Oh stahl'
atu sllyer 70 ,i oe ,eRal .ehusr 10 tneir nom,
llal sa'ue iol an ueoss anu uueS, Puolic anu
piNa.e, eHcep' Nneie other"lse expressly
s.puia'eu !. III w contract. ~ wen known
'na. the harhe. saiue " that NUMBER OF
grams VI s'anulu t sn'er nn nurlng tne past
year nus peeh rom 'o 10 ~ cents as cons
Iareu WIN the s'anualu so,u uoiar' mus
Inc siiver uoilar huthorNeu Dy thls bill IS
worm from eight 10 Ten per cent. less than 1t
purPons 10 De worm, ana IS made legal
lender Tor deots contracted when the law