Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-27
CONGRESSIONAL.
Tho Silver eill Passes the House by
an 0vosvNhelnn Vote.
SEN ATE.

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an ovovvNh Ginning Vote.
i. SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb, 20.
The bill regulating the payment o.
postmasters came up.
| Hamlin submitted an additions
section granting the President, Vice
l President and Congressman the priv
1ilege of franking written and printed
communications not exceeding TIVE
1ounces in weight. This was, after I
brief discussion, agreed to, % to 81.
1 The bill then passed.
/ The vote in detail on Hamlin'
amendment was:
1 Yeas-Allison, Beck, Burnside
Butler, Cameron of Pa, Chaffee
jChristianey, Conkling, Conover
Dawes, Dorsey, Edmunds, Garland
Grover, Hamlin, Harris, Howe, Hoar
Ingalls,, Johnston, Jones Of Fla.
Kirkwoed, Lamar, Mcdonald, Mat.
thews, Morgan, Paddock, Ransom
Saunders, Spencer, Teller, Window,
and Withers-33.
Nays-Bailey, Bayard, Booth, Cam.
eron Of Wis, Cocksrell, Coke, Davis
of ILL.,, Eaton, Eustis, Ferry, McCree-
ry, Mcmillan, Merrimon, Morrill,.
Oglesby, Plumb, Sargent, Salisbury,
Voorhees,, Wadlcigh and Wallace
81.
SENATE.
WAsHINeToN, Feb. IL.
The President sent to the Senate
reports of the generals Of the army,
quartermaster and commissary gem
eral relating to the cost of the late
war with the Sioux Indians and the
number of soldiers killed. The esti-
mated cost of the war is $2,312, ,531
and whole number of persons killed
was 16 officers and 267 enlisted men.
There were two officers and ll3 en-
listed men wounded.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 81.
The silver bill having been reached
Springer raised q point order that
the bill must 60 to the Committee of
the Whole and q debate upon that
point took place.
The speaker finally overruled the
point of order and Cox, of N. Y. ap-
pealed from the decision of the chair.
The appeal Yves tabled, 222 to 25.
Stephens then moved to concur in
all the Senate's amendments, and ad-
vocated his motion.
Hewitt moved to table the bill and
amendment. but the Speaker ruled
that Stephens had the floor, and
Stephens refused to accede to the re-
quest of Springer, to allow q few
amendments, until his motion was
voted down. Tt
Stephens then allowed various
members to speak-each q few min
utes-aud thus consume his hour.
Bland favored the passage of the
bill in its present shape, to avoid the
defeat Of all legislation on the sub
ject, but gave notice that it was not
satisfactory. He said the war would
continue until the silver dollar rang
ed with the gold dollar, and that he
voted for the present bill under pro-
test.
Springer, Ewing. Hale, Butler,
Bright, Sparks, Shallenbsrger, White
and Bacon made minute speeches,
amid great confusion.
Stephens closed the debate, having
three minutes Of his hour left for that
purpose, and in conclusion said: II
shall vote for all the Senate amend
ments lest we hazard the great and
important principle established in the
bill. I now ask the previous ques-
tioa."
Hewitt, of New York. moved to
lay the bill and amendments on the
table. The motion was rejected
yeas u, nays 2O4.
The main question having been or
dered-18l to 43
The House proceeded to vote on
the Senate amendments. First the
amendment providing that silver
shall be legal tender, except where
otherwise expressly stipulated in the
contract was concurred in-176 to 81.
The second amendment was that
which strikes out the free coinage fea-
ture of the House, and insert the pro-
vision limiting the coinage of the sill
YER dollar, and providing that any
gain arising from that coinage shall
be paid into the treasury. 1t was
concurred in. Yeas, 203; nays, II.
The next vote was On the third
amendment proposing A iaternation-
al silver conference. 1t was agreed
to. Yeas, 1876; nays, II.
The next vote was On tie fourth
amendment, authorizing the sssue OF
certificates in exchange for silver
coin. 1t was agreed to without divis-
ion.
The other amendments were simply
formal, aud were concurred in with
out division.
The bill now goes to the President
for his orprouol