The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-01
. CONGRESSIONAL.
THE BANKRUPT Law REPEAL IN
THE SENATE.
The New Orleans Mint ApprOpria tIOn
Voted Down In the HOuse-A
Political Jar.
TIE SENATE.


act, as amended by the House.
Mr.. MerrimOn moved its reference to the
Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Beck hoped it would not be referred
The bill should be passed. at once.
MesSrs. Hill and Christian3y opposed its
reference The amendment did not change
the nature Of the bill
Mr.. ConkIing agreed that the amendments
did not require review, but he said many law
yers held That the saving clause was too mar
row and did not save certain rights Of action.
as, for instance tho rights Of assgnees. 1t
was true the Senator from Michigan had pre-
pared an amendment to meet this difficulty.
but it had not been printed, and he thought IL
could be better considered in committee. The
Senate had confessed to falling into error In
one instance, and 1t would be notifying if a
second one should occur.
Mr.. Beck contended that the bill If it was to
be passed at all. should be passed at once.
Mr.. Hill said the Judiciary Committee was
favorable to the bill, and he could see no good
reason why 1t might not be considered by a
committee.
Mr. Chrstiancy offered m amendment
which he said would meet the objection He
thought the original clause covered every
thing but submitted it to make 1t certain.
Mr.. Ingalls, said the clamor for the repeal
OF the bankrupt act came from the creditor
and not the debtor class. bankrupt law
was necessary to protect the debtor class.
His faith in the infalbilitv Of the judiciary
Committee Of the Senate had been shaken.
In Instability; yet here was bill that had
been amended by the House. The necessity
OF the amendment was acknowledged and
further amendment was now proposed. The
bill should be further considered
Mr.. Mcmillan favored u reference and
hoped some measure could be perfected to
amend the existing law.
Mr. Dawes urged tho necessity Of some
bankrupt law in the interest Of the debtor
class. There had been much said during
the past winter at both ends Of the Capitol
about the dobtor class. and had proposition
to repeal the law come from the East instead
Of the West, it would have been charged that
the creditor was depressing the debtor and
the bill would not have been here. He deemed
1t an inoppoftune time TO repeal the law, when
the country was In the very jaws Of q com
mprCia CRISIS.
Mr.. Davis, of Illinois, considered the repeal
a great mistake and great wrong, and would
be glad II he could say anything to avert the
repeal. TO repeal the law now, without any
thing In It's stead, was to leave the mass of
debtors uncared for He believed the law
could be amended and made less cumbersome
and less expensive.
A motion to refer was further discussed at
considerable length.
A motion by Mr. Allison to refer, with in
structiOnS to report amended bankrupt
law, was rejected, yeas Is, nays &C.
A simple motion to refer the bill and amend
ments adopted by the House WIS also lost ;
nays %, yeas %
The Senate without action on the bill at
4 35 p. m. adjourned
One OF the House nmendm ents will be
slightly amended tomorrow, and the bill will
then pass. The proposed amendment but per
fect5 the phraseology and will not be ObieC-
tlonable to the majority in the House
THE HOUSE.
The House met to-day at II O'Clock, and
under resolution recently adopted will here
after meet at that hour. After the journal
had been read Mr.. Price, Of Iowa, rose to n
question Of privilege, and called attention to
the fact that the following appeared in the
Clerk proceeded to call the roll and the fol-
lowing members failed to answer to their
names Then follow tho names Of the III
men who were present. The error was in
cording them as absent. Mr. Price objected
to that statement going to the country
There were liz tried and true men who were
here all during the last nights session, and
he did not wish an erroneous idea to go to the
country. He therefore moved that the list OF
absentees be read over, in order that they
might appear correctly in the Record and 90
to the country correctly.
Mr.. Thompson, OF Pennsylvania, who was
one Of the absentees last night, objected to
any change.
The Speaker said it was due to the report
ers to say that they had marked the list cor
rectly and the mistake was made by the
printers.
Mr. Mills, of Texas, wanted to know
whether the reporters had drank anything
but Ice water last night.
Mr.. Blackburn, of Kentucky, who was alb
sent last night, objected to any change
Mr.; Lapham, Of New York, made the point
OF order that gentlemen who were not present
last night could not participate in this dis
CuSSiOn
The Speaker overruled the point of order
lie thought the gentlemen who were absent
were particularly Interested.
After further discussion the list Of abscn-
tees was read, and they were ordered to be
published in the Record.
The regular order having been demanded,
the House resumed consideration of the bill
pending last night when the House found it.
self without quorum, and when call Of the
House was ordered, namely, the bill for the
relief OF settlers on the line Of the South
and North Alabama Railroad Company.
On motion of Mr.. Sampson. of Iowa, the
vote ordering the main question was recon
Sidered, and the bill was referred to the COM
mittee of the whole.
Mr. Hewitt moved to go into committee Of
the whole for the purpose of taking I'D that
particular bill
The Speaker ruled that the latter motion |
was not in order A motion could be made to
go into committee, but the committee itself
must determine what business should be
taken up.
The House went into committee Of the
whole, and the Speaker called Mr.. Eden, of |
Illinois, to the chair, and Mr. Hewitt moved |
TO take up the Alabama Railroad bill
Mr.. Atkins, of Tennessee insisted that I'M
finished business, the Legislative apDropria-
ton bill, should soon come up as the regular
order.
The Chair submitted the question to the
committee, and 1t was decided to go on with
the Legislative bill.
The pending question was on the motion Of
Mr.. Gibson, OF Louisiana, appropriatng
Sls5,900 for reopening the mint at New Or
leans, and for the payment of salaries Of Off
GERS, repairs, etc
After some discussion Mr. Gibson's amend
ment was rejected
The gentlemen who opposed the amend
ment disclamed any antagonsm to New Or
leans, but they did not think this action
should be taken in advance of the report of
the Committee on Coinage declaring where
minis shall be placed.
Mr.. Jacobs of Washington Territory,
moved to strike out the section designating
the number OF members of Territorial Legis-
iatures; fixing their compensation, etc He
that II chanarA of thn nil: