The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-02-07

senator Burnside submitted an amendment
to the clause declaring that said dollar shall
be legal tender for al debts public and pri-
vate SO as to provide that Il shall be legal
tender for all debts, public and private,
amounting to sums over 500. Ordered print
ed.....-..In the House. Mr.. stephens intro
duced a bill to make importers use the metric
system OF weights and measures Referred.
Mr.. Butler presented memorial of the Nor
folk Conference of Unitarian and other
Christian Churches of WRlpole, Mass,
declaring that honesty was vital part OF re
ligion, and protesting against the passage OF
the Bland Silver bill. Referred. Mr.. Butler
Mr.. Speaker, will you be kind enough TO send
me the Bible from your desk? Laughter
After searching for the passage he desired
amid great laughter, Mr.. Butler sent to the
Clerks desk and had read passage from the
second chapter of St John, which describes
Christ driving the money changers from the
temple and saying to them, Make not my
Fathers house house of merchandise" Mr.
Butler-After that reproof have no further
word to say. fGreat laughter.
In the Senate, on the 30th, Senator Chris
tiancy submitted an amendment to the Bland
silver bill in the nature of a substitute, pro
viding for the coinage OF silver dollars of 434
grains, nine-tenths pure silver ana one tent
alloy, which shall be n legal tender for all
debts except when otherwise provided by law
or contract. II also authorizes the Secretary
ly not less than Sl000,0Go worth
of silver bullion to be coined. Any gain
arising from such purchase and coinage
shall be accounted for and paid into the
Treasury as provided under existing laws
relative to subsidiary coinage, provided that
the amount OF money at any one time invest
ed in such silver, exclusive of such resulting
coin, shall not exceed $4,000. 1t further
provides that the act shall remain in force but
one year. Ordered printed. Senator Chris
tiancy read Il lengthy argument in support of
his substitute, and said be was not opposed
10 the Introduction of silver coin into our
currency, nor TO making it legal tender.
The question was as to what amount OF sill
yer should be put in a dollar to make it equal
in value TO a gold dollar To fix the standard
of a silver dollar at 4l26 grains, worth
but 81 cents, would be grossly unjust
The passage OF the bin now before the Senate
was. i'm plain English, debasing our coin, and
all such expedients had by verdict of history
debascd the uebaser more than tine conn.,.
In the House, Mr.. Hays introduced bill pro
hibiting any further destruction OF legal
tender notes, and making such notes legal
tender for customs duties. Referred. Mr..
Davis of North Carolina introduced a bill re-
pealing section 47l6 of the Revised Statutes,
forbidding the payment of pensions to any
person, or to the widow, child or heirs of any
deceased person who in any manner volun-
tarily engaged in or aided or abetted the late
rebellion.
In the Senate, on the 31st, Senator Maxey
called up the Senate bill appropriating $780,
600 for the erection of suitable posts for the
protection of the Rio Grande frontier, and it
hour, consideration was resumed of the Silver
bill. Amendments were proposed by Sena-
tors Morgan and Booth, and after some dis
cuSslOn the Senate adjourned till Monday.
-.....In the House, the Military Academy APP
preparation bill was discussed in Committee
of the Whole, no action being taken. The
Committee on Elections reported, in the
California case, against Pacheco, the sitting
member, and in favor of Wigginton, the con
, testant The report was ordered printed, ana
notice given that the case would be called up
On Tuesday.
p The Senate was not in session on the LIST.
-. In the House, Mr.. Phillips of Kansas in
Produced bill to provide for the funding OF
the National debt in home bonds, convertible
into currency. Referred. Mr.. Baker of In
diana offered resolution recitiug the
charges that John w. Polk, DOorkeeper, has
been guilty of corruption and malfeaSahce III
office, and directing that the matter be in
CURED into. After some discussion, in which
several speakers expressed their entire con
tiOnS the matter was referred to the Commit
teeson Civil Service Reform. Adjourned till
Monday.
In the Senate, on the 4th, 4 large number
Of bills and petitions were introduced. Con
sideratfon of the Silver bin was resumed, and
senator Beck submitted an amendment Civ
ingthc Government the benefit of SeigniOrage
ON all silver csined. After Senator Beck had
explained his amendment briefly, Senator
BaYard spoke in opposition to the bill........
In the House, Mr.. Knapp of Illinois intro
duced bill appropriating S2,000,CO0 for the
Improvement of the Mississippi, upon the
plan proposed in the memorial presented on
bella of the st. Paul Convention. 1t was re-
ferred to the Committee on Commerce.
Other bills were introduced, among them the
following: by Mr.. Southland of Ohio-To
authorize the payment of duties in legal ten
ders; by Mr. Mills of TeXas-Directing
the Secretary of the Treasury to make
all bonds hereafter sold payable in
gold, silver or legal tenders; by Mr.. Clark of
Missouli-To reduce the fees of Clerks and
Marshals in United States Courts; by Mr..
Pollard of MissOuri-For the construction of
q bridge across the Missouri, at or near Lex
ingtOn, Mo. Mr.. Mcmahon moved to suspend
the rules and adopt resolution favOring an
income tax. Rejected-yeas 1875, nays SS-less
than the necessary two thirds.