New-York tribune., 1879-12-18
ToILING OVER THE NEW ELLIS.
THE PROCEEDiNGs OF The COMMiTTEEs YESTERDAY.
iCENERAL PRESS DIsPATCH.l

THE PROCEEDINGS OF The COMMITTEES YESTERDAY.
GENERAL PRESS DIsPATcH.i
WAsHIxGToN, Dec. 17.-The House Banking
and Currency Committee decided this morning to sub.
siliue Mr. Prices hill for Judge BuckneIs bill in
gard the National banks. The bill will be reported to
the IIouse after the holiday Tho full OF il
IL as follows:
B> It tadctsd etc. Section 1.-That the National Bank
Ac he AMI IL Is hrreby 50 amended - 10 require every
banking association 70 becp i'll gold and silver Gains
Of tae United states one-haif Of the reserve iuud now
See. . Any banking association fai'ing TO comply
with the requirements of the first section OF tins act
shall not be allowed TO increase its Liabilities by making
any loans or discounts otherwise than by discount
ing purchasing bills of exchange payable al sight
proportion Of com has been restored; and the Con-
rSr Of the GatrGney may X I9i m any as.esatSn &
and proportion OF COIN az above required to be Kept on
tion shall fail for thirty days thereafter make
good It's OF lawful money In the proportion
b Of the Treasnry appoint receiver TO
wind up the business OF the association as provided IN
See 3. AL acts and parts of acts in conflict with this
ac, are hereby repealed
Tue House Committee on Militia took UP the subject
OF revising the Militia laws of the country. Brigadier-
General G. ". wingac, OF Ncw-York. appeared and
gave long and very interesting review of the subject,
with many suggestions Ia the requirements and im
provements needed. lie alluded TO the fact that the
Militia laws have not been revised since the original
enactments OF 1892. General Albert Ordway, OF Wash
ingtcn followed on the object An informal eI-
preston OF opinion the part Of the committee
developed a decided sympathy with the movement.
which, 1t Is thought upon further consideration of the
hil will lead the committee TO report in favor Of
further legislation upon the subject
In response the rule Of the House Committee on
Elections, Mr.. McCabe. contesting the seat OF Rep
rcsentatiye Orth, of Indiana, filed his sworn
netltion and statement to-day. The alldaVits
Charged fraud and intimidation, bribery aud Illegal
voting the part OF thc Republicans The
allId avit Of J. r. Ballard, lawyer OF Lyfaetc, sets
forth that thirty-ive students Of Wabash College voted
for Mr. Orth, not having any legal residence IN the
mi ors and twenty nine persons imported from other
counties OF the state voted for MT. Ortiz. Two other
anidaviis, them by John {. DOaClbOwcr Editor
of The Lafdee Dispatch, assert that secret sociey eX
selling Df votes 10 the highest biddei aud
Tat. with two or three exceptions all its Dcbers voted
for NJ. Orth
cuseed to-day the questions raised by the Western Union
Telegraph Company, 10 the sweeping SUBJ duces
tpcnn. The indications are tnat Tie committee VIII
still modify the subpoena 50 as To narrow d. vn u
t@leErams which relate or less specifically 10 the
matter IN hand Tor investigation.
Representative Herbert. of Alabama, was given a
hearing by The House Caucus Committee Today, in re-
1879 providing mode OF correcting mistakes aud pre-
venting frauds census enImeratiOns. He suggested
Thai the cansus enumeraors SHALL In addition Ia posing
nm the persons enumerated also srEd these lists
10 the County courts, together With notices appointing
days hear proof to any mistakes etc. Representa-
tive Herbert urged that some provision OF this kind to
correct and Ia prevent fraud, * absolutely neces
sarV moi enumeration, hut tn
sr general curhdrucc In the fairness and accuracy of
the census. Representative Shelley, of Alabama,
heard by the committee on the merits of his md
meat OF two enumerators to be selected from each po
lCal party