Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-04-05

which Congress was responsible,
as it had not made sufficient APP
preparations to meet all expenses
and the deficiency would continue
unless, as he desired, but did |
not anticipate, Congress should |
levy tax on tea and coffee. The |
Secretary said drain of gold from
the treasury was most improbable |
after resumption. The only liabil-
tiles then would be $500, 900, 900 and
there would be $120, 900, 600 to meet
this. OF course this would not
liquidate the claims, but it would
be impossible to gather together
such large mass of notes as to ex-
haust the Treasury or to make.
continuous drain upon it and the
very effort to do so would enhance
the value of United States notes.
A drain of $5,000,000 to 100000, 900
would likely bring them to par
with gold and then there would be
no object in driving them out. If
they remained one-fourth per cent.
above gold the Treasury would be
broken pretty quick. Answering
Ewing, he said he did not think 1t
possible that necessity would
arise to check drain from foreign
creditors, but if it did, he would re-
sort to such measures as England
had resor,ed Contemporary sus-
pension. That was question for
Congress.
DlorAee2c. FOLK Removed.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-HoUsE.
Consideration of the Polk case was
resumed.
Cook spoke in favor OF retaining
the Doorkeeper.
Baker, of Indiana, spoke in favor
of the majority resolution.
Hale said the case of the Door
keeper sank into insigniticance as
compared with the radical incom-
potency of the Democratic party to
administer any branch of the gov
eminent. Falstaif as soldier,
Bolton as q lover, Dundreary as "a
philosopher, Mulberry Sellers as
capitalist, cut no such figure as the
Democratic party cut masquerade
ing before the country as civil SER
vice reformers and as being capa-
BILE of administering any branch of
the government, no matter how
small.
Baker, of New York, said he
would like to offer an amendment
directing the Doorkeeper, in his
future appointments, to disregard
the solicitations of Democrats.
The resolution offered by Eden
as a substitute for the report of the
committee was rejected. Yeas, 50;
nays, 135.
The question required on the res
olutions reported by the commit
tee, as follows:
Resolved, That the position of
Doorkeeper Of the House of Repre-
s5ntatives be and is hereby de-
clared vacant; and, further,
RESOLVED, That the duties of the
Doorkeeper be and are hereby de-
VOWED upon the Sergeant at Arms.
Conger demanded division.
A vote was therefore taken on the
first resolution and it was adopted,
yeas 1879, nays SO. The next vote
was on the second resolution, de-
volving temporarily the duties of
Doorkeeper upon the Sergeant-at.
Arms. Adopted, ayes l22, nays lis.
Immediately on the announce
ment of the vote Hale rose to move
that the House proceed to the cleo
ton of Doorkeeper.
Eden moved that the House adj
journ. Agreed to, yeas l2l, nays
ll2, ana the House accordingly adj
journed.
Ehc Saxf Census.
WASHINGTON, March THIN
the Senate o.day Morrill, offered
resolution providing for q Com
mittee of seven to consider the pro-
priety of taking the tenth census.
He said arrangement had to be made
during the present Congress and as
the next session was a short one,
the preliminary steps should now
be taken. Agreed to.
New Nationai currency Eli.
WASHINGTON, April Ain the
House to-day, Butler introduced a
bill to supply q convenient cur
rency with which minor business
transactions of the people may be
done. Referred. 1t provides for
the issuing Of 20 and so cents in
fractional currency and that any
person paying into the Treasury
legal tender notes or coin should
receive such amount of fractional
currency as he may desire and d.
reefs the Secretary of the Treasury
to pay out one.sixth of all pay
ments made from the Treasury in
redemption of national bank notes
by United States legal tender notes
of the denominations l, 2, 3, and 3
dollars.
Heavy Eorger.es.
BOSTON, April 4th.-The amount
of forged paper issued by J. w.
Bugbee, of Indianapolis, the West
ern agent of Holt u Bugbee, is
$l50, coo.