Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-31
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In the Senate, on the Goth, Mr.. Mcdonald
asked leave to Introduce a bill authorizing
the President of the United States to employ
the militia and land and naval forces of the
United States to enforce the laws whenever
their execution is obstructed by combina
tions too powerful to be suppressed by the
judicial authorities, etc, and preventing the
military from being used as a posse CONT
tatus except in cases authorized by
the Constitution and laws. Mr.. Ed
munds objected to the Introduction of the
not not be been an given. Mr.. Mcdonald then then with. f.
drew the bill, and gave notice that he should
ask leave to Introduce it tomorrow. Con-
sideration of the Legislative, Judicial and Ex-
ecutive Appropriation bill was then resumed,
and speeches were made by Mr.. Saunders on
the Republican side and Mr.. Whyte on the
Democratic side. At p. m. tie Senate pro-
ceeded to vote upon the bill. Mr.. Edmunds'S
motion to strike out the clauses repeating the
statutes relative to the test oath was lost
yeas 49, nays 81 and other motions to strike
out other political sections of the bill were
al also rejected, @ The bill was then re read the
Adjourned till Thursday. lin the House,
the Warner Silver bill was further consider
ed. An amendment was offered by Mr.. Fort
(Rep., ILL., substituting for the third section
of the bill provision that the owner of any
silver bullion may deposit the same In guam
tisies of 20 ounces and over at any
mint, at its actual market value in the
United States, not exceeding par, which
value shall be ascertained by and under the
regulation to be prescribed by the Director
of the Mint and approved by the Secretary of
the treasury, tnat sucn owner snail DE entl-
tied to receive standard silver dollars in pay
ment therefor, and that such bullion so re-
ceived shall be coined into standard dollars.
The amendment was rejected-yeas lo4, nays
lis. The question then Iecurred on the third
section, and it was agreed to-yeas llS, nays
ll0. The question then recurred on the fourth
section, which merely provides that charges
for melting and refining shall be fixed by the
Director of the Mint. Mr.. Marsh Qs., Ill.)
submitted an amendment that the charge
shall be the difference between the market
value of bullion and legal tender OF coin.
Agreed to-yeas III, nays l05. The effect of
this amendment was practically the same as
that of the amendment offered by Mr..
Fort, except that IL did not involve the
opponents of silver coinage in any ineonsis-
tency. The vote was watched with very
keen interest on both sides, and the result
was greeted with applause on the Republi-
can side. motion to reconsider and to lay
that motion on the table uhe parliamentary
formula of making the vote finaD was
then made, and while the vote was
being taken a record of the last vote
was being critically examined by
Messrs. Ewing, Warner and other Democrats,
as If to see whether some changes might not
be effected, but the result showed that those
who voted for Marsh's amendment stood firm.
The motion to lay on the table being carried
| by ll6 to lO5, the announcement OF the result
again greeted with aDOlause the Re-