The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-09
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Senate,

Senate
MONDAY, January 2S-The greater
part OF the morning hour was occupied in the nre
sentaon OF petitions granting the reduction os GER
tam tariff duties and the restoration of tax or tea
coffee, etc, all of which were referred Voerhees
presented presented petition of 200 citizens of
Albany, n. Y, in favor of the remonetization of
| silver and the resumption act The house hill To
| remove distractions from the Mississippi Missouri
Arkansas and Red rivers was taken IN and nassed
AFTER brief discussion, Booth presented peti
lou Oh ctizens OF california against any further
BIZ were introduced and referred as follows: pro-
vidlng for the disposition of the public timber and
timber lands of the United States. To amend tba
! army appropriation bill for the fiscal wear ending
June 30, 1876; to reimburse Kansas, Texas Nebras9
Ha, and Colorado Tor expenses incurred in repeIne
lnVaslonS and suppresSing Indian hostilities AT
me expiration OF the morning hour consideration
was resumed of unfinished business beiny the
mouse bill to authorize the free coinage of the stand
ard silver dollar, and to restore its legal tender
character. Morrill, made long speech in opposi-
ton thereto. At the close of MorrilPs remarks
wallace took the floor with the understanding that
ne would proceed with his argument tomorrow m
Adjourned.
House.
MONDAY, January 2S.-Bills were
presented and referred as follows To secure wages
due employees of railroads engaged in interstate
commerce; amending the act authorizing the
funding OF the national debt and providing for the
Issue OF four per cent bonds to retire the crcula-
ton OF national banks and to substitute thereto,
|
ment, including customs duties and to abolish the
| tax on Banking institutions; fixing the number Of
representatives in congress at 1907 abolishing the
! tax on bank deposits; a joint resolution re-
| lating to the repeal of the resumn-
ton act and the RECOMMENDATION of silver AT the
expiration OF the merning hour the anti-subsidy
resolution which declares that no subsidies in
| money, bonds, public law, endorsements or by
| pledge of public credit should be granted or re-
newed by congress to associations or corporations
engaged IN or preparing to engage in public or pri-
vate enterprises was passed by vote of ia nays
against 80 nays......On motion of Ewing the rules
were suspended, and the concurrent resolution
known as Matthews silver resolution was taken
! to 10, as follows:
Banning, Bayne, Bell, Bcknel, Blackburn, Blount
Bouck, Boyd Bragg, Brentano, Brewer, Bridges
Bright, Brogden, Browne, Buekner, Burchard,
| Burdick, Butler, Cabell Cain, Caldwell of Ken
| lucky, Caldwell of Tennessee Calkins Gambler
Cannon, Carlisle, Caswel, Chalmers, Clark of Ken
lucky, Clark of Missouri Clark of Iowa, Clymer,
! York, Cravens, Crttenden, Culberson, Cummings
/ Cutler, Davidson, Davis of North Carolina, Deer
ing, Di6rell, Dicky, Dunnel, Durham, Elan, Ellis.
Errett Evans of Indiana, Evans OF South Caroliuia
Ewing, FELTON,, Finley, Forney, Fort Foster,
franklin, Fuller, Gardner, Garth, Cause, Geddings,
! Glover, Goode, Gunter, Hanna Harris of Georgia
Harrison, Hartridge, Hartzell Haskell. Hatcher
! Hayes Hazelton, Henderson, Henkle, Henry, Hew-
lit OF Alabama, Herbert, Hooker, House, Hub
Jones lone OF Alabama Jones Of Ohio, Kiefer,
Keghtley, Kelley, Kenna, Killinger Kimme!l
Knapp, Knott LathrOp, Lyon, Luttrell, Lynde,
Mackey, Manning, Marsh, Martin. Mayham, Me
Kenzie, Mckinley, McMahon, Metcalfe, Mills
Money, Morgan. Morrison, Muldrow, Neal Oliver,
Pacheco, Page. Patterson OF New York, Patterson
! OF California, Phelps, Phillips Pollard Pound
Price, Pridemore Randolph, Rea Reagan, Kelley
Rice of Ohio Riddle Robbins Roberts Robinson
OF Louisiana, Robinson of Indiana Ryan, Sampson,
Sapp, Sayler. Scales Sexton. shalle1berger She
/ ley, Sermons, SmallS, Smith of Georgia Sparks
Stella Stephens, Stone Of Michigan, Stone of Iowa
Strait, Thompson, Thor burgh, Throckmorton,
I a Tow and Of
| Tucker, Turner Turney. Vance, Van Voorhees,
Waddell, Walsh Welch White of Pennsylvania,
White of Indiana, Whtthorne, Williams of Wis
eonsin, Williams OF Alabama, Willis of Kentucky,
Willcts. Wilson, Wren. Wright, Yeates, Young.
Ndys-Bacon, Bagley Baker of New York Ballou,
Banks, Beebe, Bisbee, Blair, Briggs Bundy, Camp
BELL Chittenden, CaAin, Clarke of ew Jersey, Cole
Covert, Grape, Davis of California Denison, Dwight,
Eames Eickhoff, Ellsworth, Evans OF Pennsylvania,
Field, Freeman, Frye, Garfield, Hale Harden
burgh, Harmer, Harris Of Massachusetts,, Hart,
Hendee, Hewitt of New York, Hungerford, James,
Jones of lew Hampshire, Jorgensen, Joyce, Ketch-
am, Landers Lapham Leonard, Lindsey, Lock-
wood, Loring, McCook Morse Muller, Norcross,
O'Nell, Overton, Peddie, Potter, Powers Pugh
Quinn, Raney, Reed Rice of Massachusetts, Rob
inson of Massachusetts, Schleicher, Snnickson,
Smith of Pennsylvani,, Stain, Stenger, Stewart,
Michigan, Williams of New York, Williams of Del
aware, Williams OF Oregon, Willis of New York,
Wood-79.
The House then adjourned.
TUESDAY, January 29.-During the
morning hour Beck called up the resolution sub
mitted by him last week declaring it unnecessary
or eXpedient to maintain or impose taxes AT this
time Tor the purpose OF providing for S37, 1876 943
asked for by the secretary of the treasury for
sinking fund and spoke in favor of passing the reso
luton. AT the conclusion of Beck's remarks the
resolution was laid over, and consideration of the
silver bill was resumed Wallace speaking in favor
thereof Bayard Dawes and Whyte followed in
opposition to the bill. Cameron, of Wisconsin, sub
mitted an amendment so as TO provide that tie dol
lar shall consist OF 420 grains standard silver instead
OF 1927. Burnside submitted an amendment to the
clause declaring that said dollar shall be legal ten
der for all debts, public and private amounting to
sums over S50C....The senate then went into execu-
tive session, and when the doors reopened adj
journed.
TUESDAY, January 29.-Butler pre-
scented memorial of the Norfolk Conference of
Unitarian and other christian churches at
Walpoe, Mass, declaring that honesty
still part of religion, and protesting
against the passage of the Bland bill Here Butler
asked for bible and had the clerk read passage
from the second chapter of John, which describes
Christ as driving the money changers from the
temple and saying to them: " Make not thy Fathers
house house of merchandise" loosely remarkng
that after that reproof he had nothing further to
say......The bill to recognize the Woodruff scientific
expedition around the world was taken up and
passed Ii grants Tor the purpose OF the expedition
an Amencan register to a foreign built vessel.
Adjourned.
senate.
WEDNESDAY, January 30-VOorhees
submitted resolution requesting the president, if
not Incompatible with public interests to transmit to
the senate statement to how many of land
| in the Indian Territory have been surveyed into
sections and manifestations for what purpose said
survey has been made, and how much land remains
in said territory not surveyed also what amount of
lands were owned by the several tribes of Indians
previous to the treaties of 1866, and whether the
Indian title to any such land has been extnguished
I m so n W hal pY-
tent and for what consideration Agreed to-. Favor
able report was made on the senate bill appropratlng
S275, 900 TO purchase the Freedmens Bank building
in Washington AT the expiration of the
ing hour the senate resumed consideration of the
silver bill Christancy submitted an amendment
the nature of substitute providing for the coinage
silver dollars of 434 grains nine enths pure silver
and onetenth alloy, which shall be legal tender for
all debts except when otherwise provided for by
law or contract 1t authorizes the secretary of the
treasury to purchase monthly not less than s., 600
000 nor more than 81, 900 600 worth of silver to be
coined 1t further provides that the act shall re-
main in force but one year. Ordered printed.
Christancy spoke in regard thereto....The senate
then went into executive session, and when the
doors were reopened, adjourned.
House.
WEDNESDAY, January 30.-The house
went into committee of the whole to consider the
bill extending the time for the withdrawal Of dis
titled spirits in bond until July /, 1873. But
ler's amendment providing that when spirits
withdrawn from bond the tax shall be collected at
the rate required by law at the time of its entry
into bond adopted-yeas 1903; nays,
81. Fosters substitute for the original
proposition declaring reduction of tax whisky
inexpedient was adopted by vote of 1874 to 95.
When the committee rose, the house after some dis
cussion sustained its action by vote of 146 to 12.
.... Davis, of North Carolina, introduced bill re-
pealing the law forbidding the payment of pensions
to any person to the widow, children heirs of
any deceased person who in any manner voluntarily
aided the late rebellion. Adjourned
Senate.