The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-10

SENATE.

uuceO Dill Wnlc0 PROVIDES that all SuDSl-
diary coin shall be exchangeable for
trade dollars at the rate of one hundred
cents for each of said dollars, and they
shall forthwith be recoined into subsidiary
coin and the gain, If any be made, may be
used by the Secretary of the Treasury to
pay expenses of sending subsidiary coin
to such persons or banks as may desire
the same in exchange for other bonds;-I
the coinage of trade dollars shall cease
from and after the passage of this act.
Referred.
Allison, from the select committee to
inquire into the charges against Stanley
Matthews, submitted a resolution request
ing the house to transmit to the senate a
copy of the testimony of Jas. E. Anderson
relatiDgto Matthews, taken before the
house committee; agreed to. When the
testimony is furnished the committee will
enter upon the investigation.
After the morning hour consideration
was resumed of the bill relating to presi-
Dental elections and Morgan made speech
favoring the measure,
Secretary Sherman, before the COM
mittee on ways and means to-day, gave his
views concerning the bill introduced by
Representative Wood to authorize the is
sue of certificates of deposit in aid Of re-
funding of the national debt. The bill as
agreed on is as follows and Mr.. Wood was
authorized to report 1t to the house: Be
it enacted ETC., that the secretary of the
treasury is hereby authorized and directed
to issue in exchange for lawful money of
the United States that may be presented
for such exchange, certificates Of
| deposit of a denomination of ten dollars,
bearing interest at the rate of three per
centum per annum and convertible into
| four per centum bonds described in the
refuuding act and the money so received
shall be applied only TO the payment OF
the 500 bonds in the mode presented by
said act and it is authorized to present
suitable rules and regulations in conformity
with this act.
| After debate on the senate bill was
over executive session followed, and the
senate adjourned till tomorrow.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-The speaker
announced as the committee to inquire 10
to the cause of yellow fever epidemics
| Messrs. Young, Gibson, Goode, Hartrldge
Morse Garfield, Harmer and ChittendeB
The speaker also announced he appoint
meuts to fill the vacancies 10 the commit
tee of the house and then went into tn
: committee Of the whole, with Springer II
the char, on the consular and diplomati
appropriation bill.
On motion of Hale, the salaries of min
listers to England, France, Germany anG
Russia, reported in the bill at 900, wal
| bv vote of SO to 81, put back tothe pres
ent figure, $I7,50O. The amendment t.
increase the salaries of ministers to Spain
Austria, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Japan an
China from $4,000 to $4,000 was defeat
ed: likewise the amendment providing to
ministers to Belgium and the Neither
lands.
t. Consideration of the bill having bee
" concluded in cou umittee of the whole, tn
= house passed the bill after striking out tt
amendments agreed to in the committe
Increasing the salaries of ministers
\ Great Britain, France, Germany and Ru
- sia.
The Potter committee to-day decided
send subcommittee to continue the /
=. vestiation in Louisianan; provided fu
n, ther grant of money is made by congress
:. Chairman Potter will be one of the pr
V posed subcommittee, and will select
: second democratic member before Thur
day, when the republicans will name tt
third member.
z Springer and Hiscock were authorizl
to open and report upon some documen
obtained from Florida, bearing upon t
a questions of the validity of the comm
- sions of several justices of the peace, ct
who certified to the correctness of certa
7. election returns.