The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-01
WASHINGTON D0INGS.
YEsTERDAN's CONGRESSIONAL
PROCEEDINGS.
The bankrupt Law in The senate
Call for Bonds Silver for Green
backs-JOint Resolution in
Reference 10 the Sink
ing Fund.
WASHINGTON, April 80.
SENATE.

Mr.. Cockrell, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, reported, without
amendment, the House bill authorizing
the President to appoint james Shield,
of Missouri, q Brigadier General IN tht
United States army on the retired list
Placed on the calendar In reporting
the bill, Mr.. Cockrell said that it was not
a unanimous report, and the members OF
the committee had reserved the right to
express their views when fhe bill should
be considered in the Senate.
Mr.. Butler submitted an amendment
10 the bill TO repeal the specie resump'
ton act now on the calendar of the Sen
ate, SO as to repeal section 1882 Of the
Revised Statutes, imposIng a tax OF II
per centum upon the circulating notes q
private or State banks. Ordered printed
The President pro tempore LAID before
the Senate a number OF bills from the
House, among them the Senate bill to
repeal the bankrupt law, with the amend
ments thereto agreed to by the House
Mr.. MerrimOn moved to refer the bill
TO the Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Beck objected to the motion, and
demanded the yeas and nays. lie
thought the House amendments should
be cOncurred in and the bill passed.
Mr.. Conkling favored the reference,
and said that IN this body any committee
could report at any time; therefore there
would be no time lost by the reference.
Mr.. Beck opposed the reference upon
the ground that if any good was to grow
cut of the passage of the bill, the sooner
it be passed the better. All sorts OF
fraudulent petitions were now being
filed by persons to take advantage OF this
bankrupt law before Its repeal.
Pending discussion on the bill to re-
peal the bankrupt law the moruing hour
expired, and the bill was laid aside tenn
poTarily that the morning business might
be transacted.
Mr.. Morrill,, from the Committee on
Finance, reported adversely on the con-
current resolution Of Mr.. Beck, declar-
ing it Inexpedient to levy taxes at this
time to maintain the sinking fund, and
the committee was discharged from its
further consideration. In submitting the
report, Mr.. Morrill, said the law, as 1t now
stood, provided for sinking fund, and
1t could not be repealed by q concurrent
resolution.
After the morning business had been
disposed o., the Senate resumed consid-
GRAFTON OF the bill TO repeal the bankrupt
law.
Mr.. Christisncy said he proposed to
submit the following amendment; "And
all the rights and proceedings incident
thereto or growing out Of or dependent
thereon, including all rights Of suits by
and against sssignees, under any or AL OF
said acts" to come in just before the
House amendment providing that the re-
peal of the law should not Invalidste all
penal actions or criminal proceedings
arising hereunder.
Mr.. Allison submitted an amendment
to refer the bill and amendments TO the
Judiciary Committee with instructions to
report such amendments as will relieve
the existing law of the defects which ex-
perience has disclosed.
M: Thurman moved TO amend the
amendment of Mr.. Allison so as 10 in
struct the Judiciary Committee to report
the bill with such amendments as they
proposed to the Senate on Thursday
next. Mr.. Thurman said he believed the
people Cf Ohio were almost unanimous
in favor OF the repeal of the law. 1t WAS
impossible for the Judiciary Committee
to prepare y bankrupt law to plca'e ey-
cry one, although the committee Lad
worked hard for two months to do so.
The people demanded thst this bankrupt
law be torn up root and branch, and IN
Difference to the wishes Of the people he
favored its repeaI, though he mad nc
doubt he would live long enough to hear
them clamor for new bankrupt law.
The amendment Of MIR. Thurman TO
that of Mr.. Allison was rejected. Yeas
10, nays "a.
After some further discussion the
amendment of Mr.. Allison was rejected
Y Yeas lS, nays 36.
Mr.. Ransom said he thought that the
motion of Mr.. Thurman, instrlCLiug the
Committee to report on Thursday, was
not understood when the vote was taken
and ne renewed the motion.
Af.er brief discussion it was rejected
y Yeas 81, nsys 27, as follows