The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-24

moved Friday. Agreed to-yeas 131, nays
81. The House then went into Committee
on the Legislative Appropriation Bill, and
was addressed by Messrs. Kelley and Car.
Isle.
APRIL Observation-Disclosures was
had of a resolution by Mr.. Wallace to
alter a rule of the Senate so that removals
and appointments may be made by the Sec
Rotary of the Senate and S~ergeant-at-
Arms respectively. The rule proposed
to be amended, requires removals and
appointments to be approved by the
President of the Senate. The discussion
was interrupted by the close OF the morn.
ing hour, and the Army Appropriate n Bill
was taken up and Mr. Randolph spoke in
favor of the measure. He was followed by
Mr.. Groome. and, afier executive session,
the Senate adjourned till Monday. =.
House-The morning hour was dispensed
with, and the Subsidiary Silver Coin Bill
was nottaken up. The House then ven into
Committee of the Whole on the Legislative
Appropriation Bill. Mr.. Mckinley spoke
in opposition to the proposed repeal of
Federal Election laws. He denounced such
legislation as a bold and wanton attempt
to wipe from the law every protection
of the ballot-box, and to surrender it into
the unholy hands of hired repeaters and
ballot btx suffers at the North and of "tis-
sue ballot" cheats at ike South. Mr.. Nc
Kinley, having read that Mr.. Blackburn in
the last debate, said the Democrats meant
to wipe from the statute-book all war meas
ures, Blackburn left his chair and de.
nounced the want of fairness and truth in
presenting from his speech an incomplete
extract. Mr.. House made a speech against
the retention of the election laws, and was
followed by Mr.. Burroughs in favor of their
retention.
APRIL 19.-Housc-The journal embodied
for the first time petitions deposited in the
box. The question was raised by Garfield
who expressed the hope that it would no
pass into precedent. An explanation wa
made by the Speaker as TO the reasons why
he had directed this to be done, the
principal one being that, under exist
ing circumstances, while petitions anG
memorials are being presented, ac
companied by bills, the question
as to which committees the,
should be referred to becomes important,
and already differences had arisen between
the Chair and members presenting petitions
fore, deemed proper that the House itsel
should have an opportunity in passing OF
the question. In the course of the discus
sion it was suggested by Mr.. Frye that il
might be found there would be no objection
whatever to the introduction O
bills next Monday, however absur,
they should be. The matter was fnall
referred to the Committee on Rules. TIL
Subsidiary Silver Coins Bill then came up
as unfinished business of the morning houi
Mr.. Warner moved to amend the third sec
ton which makes silver coin legal tende
Ito the mount of $i0) by adding the word
"for all debts, public and private" Afte
some discussion, voting was begun O.
amendments. Mr.. Garfield's amendment t
increase the amount at which coins can b
presented for redemption from $40 to $780, wa
rejected. Mr.. Garield's amendment to sui
stitutc the words, "lawful money of th
i United States for illegal tender money,
was agreed to. Mr.. Springers amendment
making subsidiary silver coin legal tende
to the amount of twenty dollars instead {
ten dollars, as in the bill, was agreed to b
a standing vote of 1903 to Sc. The yeas an
nays were then called, and the voc resulte
yeas, 1913; nays, 102. Stephens moved t
reconsider. Before final dispos
ton of the bill the mornin
hour expired. Various other amendment
were then offered, and ordered printed
and the bill went over till the mornin
hour, Tuesday. The House then went int
Committee of the Whole ON the Legislativ
Appropriation Bill. A motion to adjour
till Tuesday was defeated-yeas 10 nays, s