The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-19
XLvth CONGRESSLThird Session.

DECEMBER 9.-Senate-Mr. Cameron put
through a resolution, calling upon the At
torney-General for copies of the reports
made by the United States Marshal of North
Carolina regarding the recent cleo.
ton troubles. At the expiration of
the morning hour the bill to amend the
revised statutes relating 10 the Presiden-
tial elections and to provide for and regu.
late the counting of the votes for Presi.
dent and Vice President and the decision of
questions arising, was read. Mr.. Edmunds
then addressed the Senate in favor of the
biil......HoW Elm the House Mr.. FELTON,, of
Georgia, introduced a bill requiring National
Banks to receive silver standard dollars as
the equivalent of gold coin. A motion to
suspend the rules and pass a bill prohibit
ing the further coinage of the trade dollars,
and directing their exchange for, and their
recoinage into, standard silver dollars, was
defeated-yeas, 154; nays, 91-not the nee.
essary NO. hirds. Mr.. Fort moved to sus-
pend the rules and adopt the resolution de-
claring the legal tender quality of silver
dollars Of 412% grains shall be maintained
and enforced, and that any discrimination
against them by any national bank in re-
fusing to receive them, and treat them as
legal dollars, shall be deemed a defiance of
the laws: and i%nstructing the Banking
Committee to report a bill for the with
drawal of circulating notes of banks SO Of
Tending. Defeated-yeas, $50; nays, 50
not the necessary two-thirds in the affirma-
alive. Mr.. Young offered a resolution for
the appointment of a committee to investi-
gate the method of preventing the intro
duction and spread OF epidemic diseases.
Adopted.
DEcEM Der 10.-Senate-Mr. Wallace in
frndnoad O hill IN oufhori1a Tho avohap0n
of subsidiary coin for trade dollars. Re.
ferred. The bill provides that the sub
sidiary coin shall be exchapgeable for trade
dollars az the rate Of ore hundred cents foI
each of said dollars, and they shall
forthwith be recoined into subsidiary
coin, and the gal if any be made, may be
used by the Secretary Of the Treasury to
pay the expense of sending the subsid'
larry coin to such persons or banks as may
desire the same in exchange for other bonds
The coinage of the trade dollar shalt cease
from and after the passage of this act. Mr.
Allison, from the select committee to in
quire into the charges against Stanley
Matthews, submitted a resolution requesting
the House to transmit to the Senatea copy
of the testimony of James E. Anderson
relating to Mr.. Matthews taken be
fore the committee. Agreed to. When thiI
testimony is furnished the committee will
enter upon the investigation. At the e1
piration of the morning hour consideration
was resumed of the bill relating to Presi
dental elections, and Mr.. Morgan made &
speech favoring the measure...... House
The Speaker announced the committee Il
inquire into the causes of the yellow fever
observation-disclosures. Young. Gibson, Goode
Hartridge, Morse, Garfield, Harmer am
chittenden. The Speaker also announced
the appointments TO fill vacancies in com
mittees. The House then went into Com
mit'ee of the Whole (Mr. Springer in the
chair on the Consular and Diplomatic
Appropriation Bill. On motion O.
Mr.. Hale the salary of the Minis
ters to England, France, Germany anc
Russia, reported in the bill at $4,000, wa
by vote 90 to 81 put back to the presen
figure, 81, 500. An amendment to increas'
the salary of the Ministers to Spain. Austria
LAZY, Brazil, Mexico, Japan and China from
$4,000 to $12, 900 was defeated, Likewis,
an amendment providing for Ministers II
Belgium and Netherland.
DECEMBER 11.-Sen6te-Mr. Window r.
ported the Fertilization Appropriation
Bill, snd gave no'ice be would call II up 10
morrow. Mr., Blaine reported the Houh