The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-04-11
HOUSE..

WASHINGTON, ID. c., April 3.-Mr
CHAFFEE introduced a bill to amenp tn,
Pacific RAILROAD Act OF 1862, and Acts sup
the pending funding bill.
Mr.. SARGENT, from the Appropriation
Committee, reported the Naval ApprOpria.
ton bill with amendments. 1t was placed
on the calender.
At the expiration of the morning hour
consideration of unfinished business was re
sumed, being the Railroad Funding Bill.
Mr.. Booth spoke in favor of the bill Of the
Judiciary Committee.
Before Mr.. BOOTH took the floor Mr.
Thurman proposed an amendment, to be
offered at the proper time, providing that
the bonds purchased for the sinking fund
shall be so stamped as not to be transfera-
bic.
At the conclusion of Mr.. BOOTHS re-
marks Mr.. Thurman said that, owing to
the sickness OF some and the absence OF 9TH
er Senator's, he would not insist on a vote
to-day, but would ask the Senate to dispose
OF this bill tomorrow. lie was willing,
however, To have = vote taken on the sub
stitue reported by Mr.. Mathews without
another word from his side.
Messrs. PADDOCK and CHAFFEE
urged delay until the substitute offered
by the latter could be printed and laid be-
fore the Senators.
Mr.. THURMAN said he had looked into
the bill enough to know that he could new
er accept it as substitute for the bill, for
it sought to tie the pro rate propositions of
the Senator to this bill, and he thought
each proposition should stand alone and
could not consent to coupling the two in one
bill. The substitute also contained the
proposition of the Railroad Committee
bill providing that the Government should
pay the roads compound interest on its own
money.
The debate was continued by Messrs.
Dawes, Edmunds and Sargent.
Mr.. MATHEWS was recognized as en-
titled to the floor tomorrow, and the Senate
adjourned.
WASHINGTON. April 4.-Mr. BUTLER
bill 10 supply a convenieA
currency with which the minor business
of the people may be done.
Referred. 1t provides for the issuing of
twenty-five and fifty cents fractional cur
rency, and that any person paving into the
legal-tender notes or coin should
receive such an amount of fractional cur
rency as he may desire, and directs the Sec
retary of the Treasury to pay out one-sixth
of all the payments made from the treasury
in the redemption of national bonds in U.
S. legal-tender notes of denominations of
one, two, three and five dollars.
Consideration was then resumed of the
Polk case, and Mr.. Conn spoke in favor Of
the door-keeper
Mr.. HARRISON demanded the previous
question, but was not seconded.
Mr.. EDEN offered a substitute for the
of the majority, censuring Polk
for employing persons in excess of the num-
Der authorized by law, and directing him
to revise the soldiers roll and remove
therefrom all persons not disabled soldiers,
and recommitting the matter to the Com
mittee on Civil Service Reform, with in
-tructions to ascertain what change NAV be
necessary for more economical administra-
ton of the business Of the doorkeeper's de-
partment.
Mr.. BAKER, of Indiana, spoke in favor
Of the majority resolution.
Mr.. HALL sid the case of the door
keeper sank into insignifcance as compared
with the radical incompetency of the Dem
Dcratic party to administer any branch of
the Government. Falstaff as . soldier; Boil
ton As 4 lover; Dundreary as q philoso-
phcr; nor Mulberry sellers as q capitalist,
cut no such figure as the Democratic party
cut masquerading before the country as civ
il service reformers and a. being capable Of
any branch OF the Govern
ment, no matter how small.
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would like to offer an amendment, directing
the doorkeeper in his future appointments
to disregard the solicitations Of Democratic |
members.
The resolution offered By Mr.. EDEN, . |
substitute for the report of the Comittee,
was rejected-yeas, 92 nays, 135.
The question then REQUIRED on the reso-
buttons reported by the Committee, which |
are as follows:
Resided, That the position oi dooskeeper
# the House OF Representatives be, and
her, by is declared vacant and be it fur
Their
RssoSed, That until the appointment Of
= new doorkeeper the duties Of the Office be,
and hereby are devolved upon the Sergeant
at-Arms.
Mr.. CONGER demanded division upon
The question. A vote was therefore taken |
On the first resolution and it was adopted
yeas, 1S9; nays, 80.
The next vote vas on the second reso-
the temporarily duties of
loorkeeder on the Sergeant-at-Arms, and it |
was adopted-yeaa, 122 nays, 1l5-
Immediately on the announcement Of the |
vote, Mr.. Hale rose to move that the House |
proceed 70 the election of = door-keeper,
bot Mr.. Eden moved that the House Id !
iourn- Agreed to-yeas, l2l maya liz,
md The HOUSE, accordingly, adjourned.
Pending Tie announcement he Speaker |