Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20

or silver shall be coined at any minis
of the United States fer private pur-
poses"
Edmunds moved to strike out the
last clause of the amendment, "and no
gold or silver shall be coined at any
of the minis of the United States for
private purposes" Agreed to.
The question being on the amend
meut of Christiancy as modified by
that of Edmunds, it was rejected
yeas, Ia nays, 46.
Butler then submitted an amend
ment similar to that Just offered by
Christiancy, except that it authorizes
the Secretary of the Treasury to re-
deem such dollars in any sum not
less than 800.
Rejected-yeas Is, nays 40.
Sargent submitted the following
amendment: "And provided further
that nothing in the act shall be con-
strued to authorize payment in silver
of certificates of deposit issued UNI
der provision Of section 254 of the re-
vised statutes. Agreed to.
Christiancy submitted his substi-
tute providing for the coinage of a
silver dollar Of 422L grains, and pro-
viding that the amount Of coinage
shall not be less than $4,000, 600 or
more than $5,OO0,000 per month. Re-
jected.
Blaine said the first section of the
substitute submitted by him provid-
ing for silver dollar of 425 grains
had been voted upon and rejected.
The other two sections were contain
ed in the bill now before the Senate
and the fourth he would mot offer,
unless we had q dollar of 425 grains.
He therefore withdrew his substitute.
The bill was then reported to the
Senate and the amendments made in
committee of the whole agreed to.
Herman submitted the following
amendment: "And the Secretary
of the Treasury is hereby authorized
to issue silver dollars coined by vir-
tue of this act in exchange at par for
legal tender Treasury notes of the de-
nomination of one and two dollars
when the same are presented at the
office of any Assistant Treasurer of
the United States in sums of not less
than $50 at any one time and treasury
note go received in exchange shall be
cancelled.
Ferry moved to strike the word
Cancelled" and insert the word tire
issued"
AFTER long Discussion the amend
ment was agreed to--42 to 25.
The question being on the amend
ment of Kernan's amendment by Fer
ry, Edmunds demanded the yeas and
nays. Discussion arising, Allison
said it seemed to him now at twenty
minutes to five o'clock that by this
action of the Senator, Herman, had
thrust upon this bill not only
the reconciliation of silver but also
specie resumption. He, Allison, beg
ged the friends of the bill not to lum-
Der it up with questions of paper
money.
The amendment of Herman as
amended by Ferry was then rejected,
yeas 10, nays 81, the ayes being Bal
ley, Cockerell, Coke, Ferry, Jones Of
New, McCreery, Merrimon, Oglesby,
Paddock and Spencer.
After speeches by Window and
Booth the bill was read third time
and passed-yeas 4S, nays 81, as fol.
lows:
i YEAs-Allison, Armstrong, Bailey,
Beck, Booth, Bruce. Cameron, of Pa.
Cameron of Wis, Chaflee, Cockerell
} Cook, Conover, Davis, of ILL.,, Davis
, of w. Va, Dennis, Dorsey, Eustis
i. Ferry, Garland, Gordon, Grover
Hereford, Howe, Ingalls,, Johnston
Jones, of Fla. Jones, of New, kel.
logg, Kirkwood, McCreery, McDon,
aid, Mcmillan, Matthews. Maxey
J Merrimon, Morgan, Oglesby, Pad.
, dock, Plumb, Salisbury, Saunders
, Spencer, Teller, Thurman, Voorhees,
Wallace, Window, Withers-48.
Z NAYsLAnthony, Barnum, Bayard
Blaine, Burnside, Christiancy. Conk
7 ling, Dawes, Edmunds, Hamlin, Hoar
Herman, Lamar, Mcpherson, Mitchell
Morrill,, Randolph, Rollins, Wad
, leigh and Wythe-2l.
Messrs. Harris and Patterson, who
. would have voted in the affirmative
J were pair d with Hill and Butler
who would have voted in the mega
tive. Ransom, who would have vot
J ed in the affirmative. was absent OF
account of sickness.
! On motion of Allison the title oftht
bill was amended so as to read. "a
bill to authorize the coinage of stan.
dard silver dollar and restore It'll
legal-tender character"
The Senate at O'Clock after con
tinous session of about IL hours ad
| journed till Monday.
Morrills amendment that the &C
take effect after June 3Oth 1878 wa
rejected, Allison saying the act woult
t take effect upon the Presidents ap
1roval, which it would have i~ fou
DAYS, nSIcass 1rU fIopSd SO,