The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-24
Financial Dchnic m tho ITo,,..

WASHINGTON, February "a financial
debate was sprung upon the House to-day
in a most unexpected manner. Among the
bills on the Speakers table was that to re.
peal the third section OF the Resumption
Act. which was passed by the House in
November, 1871. That bill, it will he
recolleCted, went to the Senate, and was
amended by striking out all relating 10 the
repeal ofthe ResumptionAct, anl Inserting
a provision for The payment Of customs
dues in grCenbacks after October l, 1873.
1t came back To the House in March lust,
and has been lying on'tlic Speakers table
ever since.
When it was reached. in the course Of
business Ewing offered an amendment,
which was agreed to by the Banking and
Currency Committee, and which embraced
a variety ofpropositions, including among
others one prohibiting the sale OF bonds
for grecnbacks to be used for resumption
purposes; prohibiting the issue OF legal
tender notes OF denominations OverSl 600;
and reducing the time during which inter
est shall be paid on called bords from
ninety days 10 thirty days. In offering
this amendment Mr.. Ewing took occasion
TO arraigu the Secretary OF the Treasury
for his resumption policy, and declared
that it was failure.
Mr.. Garfield defended the policy Of re-
sumption, and tried TO make sport of the
whole matter by declaration that bring
ing it up to-day was like cxhuming ghost,
and bringing up corpse with all the cere-
ments OF the grave about it.
Mr, Kelley, OF Pennsylvania, in replv
argued that resumption was not an ac-
complished iact, because the banks had
not resumed, and there was hut one place
in the country where citizen could get
gold for greenbacks, and then he could
not get them in sums OF less than $50.
The House was not in humor to do
much on financial subjects, and after dis
cussion the bill and amendments were laid
on the table by vote OF III to 10; and
that probably puts IN end to all financial
legislation for this session.
THE REVENUE BILL.
The friends Of the bill to amend the in.
ternal revnuc laws succeeded in getting
up that measure to-day. When it came
back from the Senate several days ago, it
necessarily went 10 the Speakers table,
and under the complex rules OF the House
It could not be reached, except by one OF
three ways: First, by unanimous
consent, which was not likely TO be OBJ
tainedi second, by suspension OF the
rules, which could not be made except on
Monday, and third, by getting morning
hour, for 1t Is only after morning hour
that a motion Uan be entertained 10 go
to business on the Speakers table.
When the motion to take up the lcgis-
lative appropriation bill was made to-day,
1t was antagonizcd by the demand for the
regular order, which was the morning
hour. There were two influences at work
in favor Of the latter. One was the friends
OF the Chinese immigration bill, and tho
other was the friends OF the revenue bill,
In spite Of their union OF forces, however,
tho motion to go into Committee OF the
Whole, which would have cut out the
morning hour, came very near prevailing.
On vote by tellers there were Ito in
favor of going into Committee to 100
against II. Speaker Randall voted in the
negative, aud thus defeated the motion,
Not content with this defeat, the yeas and
nays were demanded, and the House, by
a vote Of lS0 to III, decided 10 have a
morning hour.
The morning hour having been dspos.
cd, the business on the Speakers table
was taken up. In course Of time the Rev.
enue Bill was reached, and its enemies be.
gan Immediately 10 throw impediments in
its way. Tucker, Of Virginia, wanted TO
non.concur and ask Committee Of Con.
ference. In antNgonism to this motions
TO adjourn were made and rollcalls were
ordered for the purpose Of consuming
time. AS tllemajOrity would not adjourn,
another legislative tactic was res0itc(l 10,
Of demanding the reading OF the entire
bill.
AS this would have taken at least an
hour and lialf, compromises were sug-
gcstetl, and 1t was at last agreed that the
bill should go over until Monday at ten
O'clock, to which time n recess was taken.
The amendments and controversy are,
first, the restoration Of the tax on matches;
second, tho distinction made between
classes OF rectiiyers; third, tho exemption
OF banks from taxation; and fourth, The
shall take effect. Upon ali ti,ese the @ ye,, ye,
and nay votes will be demanded. The
other amendments have been nconcNrred In
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