The Portland daily press., 1878-02-16

Dill pure ana SIMPLE as it came from the House. and
he (Edmundsl did not know but he was too If we
were to have it all. y"
Mr.. Wallace submitted the following amendment
to that OF the Finance Committee:
And one hundred million of such dollars shall he
coined uurlng three years from the date and if the
averase monthly gold price paid for such silver bull
lion during the last twelve months thereof shall be
less than 9-lOOth OF dollar the Secretary NAV sus
pend such coinage until further action by Congress-
26, nays 40. -1e WV 'N"'
Question was then taken on the amendment of the
finance committee to strike out of House bill the
free coinage feature and insert new clause as above
lows:
Yeas-Alison. Anthony Barnum, Bayard. Blaine,
Booth. Bruce, burnside, Butler, Cameron of Pa,
cameron OF Wis, Chaffee, Christiancy, Conkling,
Davis Of W; wv, Va; Dawes, Dorsey, Eaton, Edmunds,
logg, Herman, Kirkwood. Lamar, Mcdonald, McMil-
Ian, iMcPherson, Matthews, Merrimon, Mitchell.
Morrl,, Uglesby, Paddock, Plumb, Randolph, RAN
Wallace, Whyte and Windom-49
Nags-Armstrong, Bailey, Beck, Cockrell. Coke,
er, Hereford, Jones Of Fla, Jones Of NeY McCree-
~, Maxey, Morgan. . Saunders, Spencer, Thurman,
foorhees, and Withers-22.
Mr.. Edmunds submitted the following amend
ment:
But nothing in the section contained shall be con-
srued to Interfere with the coinage of gold and sub
sidiary silver coins now Authorized by law.
ReJeeted-yeas %, nays 46.
MI NV MaRaom t voted with the opponents of the bill
question then recurred on the second section of
the bill reported by the committee on finance pro-
viding for an international Commission fo adont a
common ratio of legal tender as between gold and
silver. eN '-N
Mr. Eaton moved to amend SO as to name the gov
ernment of Great Britain particularly SO that if
amended it would read sefhat Immediately after
the passage OF this act the President shall invite the
government OF Great Britain and the countries
composing the Latin union and such other European
nations as he may deem advisable"
me question being on the adoption of the section,
Mr. Bayard spoke in favor thereof and said it was
| the only redeemng feature of the BILL
After further discussion Mr.. Allison modified the
the conference should be to adopt common ratio
between gold and silver without reference to 'legal
| tender"
The amendment as modified was agreed TO. yeas
| 40. nays 80, as follows:
Yeas-Allison, Anthony, Barnum, Bayard, Blaine,
Wis. Chaffee. ehristiancy, Conkng. Davis Of III,
Dawes, Dorsey, Eaton, Ferry, Hamlin, Hoar, Howe,
MelPlGg Reyna4i KrkyGod LAMAR Mcmillan
Paddock, Randolph, Rollins, Sargent. Saunders,
Teller, Wadlegh. Wallace, White and windom~4o..
Coke, Conoyer Davis Of VI. Va, Dennis, Edmunds,
E9stls, Garland, Gordon, Grover, Hereford, In
o. F ZONES M
SON; S1 salisbury, Spencer, Thurman, VOORHEES, and
Mr.. Hill who would have voted in the affirmative
was paired with Mr. Harris who would have voted in
| the negative.
Mr.. Mcdonald of Indiana submitted an amend
ment to the clause making the silver dollar legal
tender tor all debts and dues, public and private
except where otherwise provided by contract, so as
| lated on the contract
An interesting passage followed between Messrs,
| Thurman, Blaine and Wadleigh of New Hampshire.
At II 40 Mr.. Allison asked unanimous consent to
| have the debate continued under the five minntes
1 rule after IL O'Clock midnight,
A collOquy was continued at some length between
| Senators Blaine and Thurman, and then the debate
wos continued as to the liability of the government
/ to pay the bonds in gold.
Mr.. Wiudom moved to adjourn till 12 o'clock Mon
l day. Rejected.
The amendment of Mr. Mcdonald was agreed to-,
Yeas,Anthony, Bailey, Beck, Bruce Cameron,
Pa, Cockrell, Coke, Conover, Davis, Ill, Davis W.
Howe, ingalls,, Johnston, Fla, Jones, New. Kellogg
Kirkwood, McEnery. Mcdonald, Matthews, Moxey,
Merrimon, ogesby, Ransom. Salisbury, Saunders,
| Spencer, Teller, Thurman, Voorhees,, Wallace and
| Withers. 81.
Nays-Allison, Anthony, Barnum, Bayard, Blaine,
Ghristiancy, Conkling, Dawes, Eaton, Edmunds,
Eustis, Ferry, q, Garland; Hamlin, Hoar, Herman,
| Lamar, Nc cMillan. Mcpherson, Mitchell, Morgan,
| Morrill,, Paddock, Randolph Rollins SARGENT Wsd1
leigh White and Window: So.
Mr.. Morrill, submitted the following amendment,
land Tor all uncompeted contracts recurring money
payments such payments shall be made on basis of
the value represented by the United States notes at
| nays Al.
MI. Cameron submitted an amendment providing
that the silver dollar shall consist of 400 grains Of
standard silver, instead of 4121 grains and spoke in
| favor OF the amendment.
/ At O'Clock, on motion of Mr.. Allison, it was
| agreed by uugnm0us consent that the five minute
rule be applied to further speeches on the amend
/ menta.
| Mr.. Blaine submitted to that of Cameron so as to
have the silver dollar consist of 425 grains instead
420 Rejected, yeas %, nays 46. Mr.. Conover voted
with those in yavor OF single standard in favor of
| the amendment.
Mr.. Eaton submitted an amendment to have the
dollar consist of 440 grains standard silver instead of
l 4124. Rejected, yeas IS, nays 49,
L The questioned recurred on Mr.. Cameron's amend
ment to make the silver dollar consist of 42o grans
and it was rejected, yeas 25, nays Al.
Mr.. Whyte submitted an amendment to limit the
legal tender power of the silver to $40. Rejected,
| yeas 20, nays 46.
The Senate was still in session at O'Clock with
amendments still being offered.
HOUSE.
/ Mr.. Stephens. chairman of the Committee on Coin
age reported Joint resolution authorizing the Pres
ident to invite an international monetary convention
to consider and recommend uniform ratio of relative
/ and silver. Referred to committee of the whole
Reuorts of private nature were then heard.
/ Several private bills were passed
House then went into committee of the whole on
the private calendar. The second bill on the caien-
dar was the one which applies to the appropriation
OF $3!500O made by act of Congress- approved March
l 8, 1877, to pay certain Southern mail contractors
After short debate, without action the committee
1 rose
The bill to pay George H. Giddings of Texas $2967
l que MIN as mail contractor between Santa Fe, New
Mexico and San Antonio, Texas, (some years before
l tee.
Pending action the House adjourned till Monday.