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also prove itself to be a power on this

store in Cincinnati at the time OF the
last Convention had been exhausted.
Mr.. Smith admitted that Cincinnati
was then in favor Of BristOw, but now
il was Republican city. In conclusion
he dwelt upon the political Importance
ofhOlding the convention in Cincinnati.
Mr.. Martindale presented the claims
OF Indianapolis as being quite as acces-
sible as any other city named, and
promised all the hotel and hall accom-
modations that could be desired. He
also dwelt upon the Importance of 1t IN
a political point OF view, as tending TO
make Indiana a Republican State.
Mr.. Sackett presented the claims OF
Saratoga Springs, and the importance OF
securing the thirty-iiye electoral votes
of New York.
The chairman mentioned that he had
received a letter from the President OF
the Permanent Exhibition, OF Philadel-
phia, offering the use of that building
free.
Chicago the Place.
A vote was then taken and Chicago
was selected, as follows: Chicago, "a;
Saratoga, Ia; Cincinnati, :, and htian-
apolis, ,.
The time for holding the next con-
vention was fixed for Wednesday,
June 81.
Another recess was taken until even
ing, when resolutions in memory OF the
late Senator Chandler were adopted and
the committee adjourned.
National Bank Reserve.
WASHINGTON, December II. - The
House Banking and Currency Commit
tee has decided to substitute Mr.. Prices
bill for Judge Buckner's bill, requiring
One-half of the National Bank reserve to
be kept in coin The bill will be report
ed after the holiday recess.
The text of Mr. Prices bill, adopted
by the House committee as Il substitute
for Mr.. Buckner's is as follows:
BE Il enacted, ETC., That tile National
bank act be and il is hereby so amended
as 10 require every banking association
to keep in gold or silver coins OF the
United States, one hall Of the reserve
fund now required by law.
SEC. ,. ANY banking association fail
ing to comply with the requirements
OF the first section OF tins act shall not
be allowed 10 increase its liabilities by
any new loans or dis
counts, otherwise than by dis
counting or purchasing bills
OF exchange payable at sight, nor make
any dividend OF its profits until the re-
quired proportion of coin has been re-
stored and the Comptroller OF the Cur
rency may notify any association whose
lawful money reserve shall be below the
amount and proportion OF coin, as above
required 10 be kept on hand, to make
good such reserve. And ii such assOci-
alton shall fail for thirty days thereafter
TO make good its reserve of lawful mon
ey in the proportion aforesaid, the
COMPTROLLER may, with the concurrence
of the Secretary OF the Treasury, appoint
a receiver to wind up the business OF
the association, as provided in section
5234.
SEC. 5. All acts and parts OF acts in
conflict with this act are hereby re-
pealed.
Senator Davis Bill for the Repeal of Ger
tain Permanent Appropriations.
WASHINGTON, December 1.-THE full
text of the bill introduced in the Senate
to-day by Mr.. Davis, Of West Virginia,
relative to permanent and indefinite
is as follows:
Bet enacted, &C., That all laws hereto
fore made for the appropriation OF
money from the general treasury for
permanent specific, permanent lndeh-
mite, and permanent annual objects, ex-
cept 50 far as they provide appropria-
tons for the sinking fund for the pay
ment of interest, premium or principal
of the public debt, or OF bonds issued TO
the Pacific Railroad Companies, be and
the same are hereby repealed, To take
effect on and after June 80, 1880; and it
shall be the duty OF the head OF
each department OF the govern
ment, Immediately upon the passage
of this act, to transmit 10 Congress
in the usual way estimates OF the
amounts required for expenditure under
the appropriation effected for the next
fiscal year, and thereafter to include in
the annual estimates submitted TO Con-
gress such amounts as may be required
for subsequent years. Provided, how
ever, that nothing in this act shall be
construed to interfere with any pro.
vision of the law relating to public
buildings, or to prevent the payment OF
annuities to Indians OF any moneys re-
ceived and held in the nature OF trust
for a specific purpose, or for which the
government is 10 be reimbursed, or Tor
any excess OF duties which have been
paid into the treasury.
The McCabe-Orth Contest.
WAsHINGrcN, December l7.-McCabe,
who is contesting the seat OF Represen-
tative Orth, of the Ninth Indiana dis
trict, filed his sworn petition and state
ment to-day, accompanying II with atti-
davits setting forth fraud, intimidation,
bribery and illegal voting on the part OF
the Republicans. The affidavit Of I. T.
Ballard, lawyer, Of Lafayette, sets
forth that thirty-fve students OF Wa
bash College voted for Orth,
not having any legal residence in the
precincts where their votes were cast;
also that fourteen m nOrS anu twenty
nine persons were imported from other
counties of the State who voted for OTth,
and that all theSS votes were canvassed
and counted for Orth. Other afidavits,
one by John G. DohelboN er, editor OF the
LAFAYETTE Dispatch, asserts that secret
society exists at Lafayette having for its
object the procuring and selling OF votes
t0 the highest bidder, and that with two
or three exceptions all its members
voted for Orth.
A Tariff Committee.
WASHINGTON, December l1.-Senator
Eaton bill creating a tariff committee
provides ior nine members TO be selected
from civil life bv the President and ap-
proved by the Senate, whose duties are
10 investigate all questions relating TO
the agricultural, manufacturing and
mining interests of the United States
as far as may be necessary, to the estab-
lishment OF a judiciouS tariff, and report
20 Congress.
Suicide.
LOUISVILLE, December l7.-Robert l..
EgertOn, aged Il wears, shot himself
dead AT his home to-day. EgertOn was
manager of the wholesale department
of the drug house OF Alfred Newhouse
x Co, and tor many years a member OF
the firm of Edward Wilde x Co. The
Jury returned verdict oil death from a