Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-22
FORTY.SIXTH CONGRESS.
TUESDAY, Aprfl %.


| SENATE-Mr. ingalls, introduced bill to aid
In the construction OF the Dennison and Pacific
railway, from Dennison, In Texas to the Rio
| Grande. He said he introduced the bill by re-
| quest, but had not given IL such consideration
as TO endorse the measure. Referred TO the
| Paclfc railroad committee.
Mr. FARLEY introduced memorial from citi-
ze1s OF Los Angeles county, asking legislation
10 ENFORCE the anti -poiygamy law.
| Mr.. Bayard from the committee on finance
reported bill to change the name OF the Ma
| tioral Bank OF Commerce. OF Cincinnati. to
tn the National Lafayette and Bank Of Commerce,
AT the instance Of Mr.. Pendleton the Senate
| passed the bill.
! Mr.. Ingalls, read communication from wy.
nh, ann0tte, Kan, M alludlng to the fact that large
| now there In destitute condition. He said
that from authentic Information several thou
sand OF that race are In different parts Of the
this time propose to advert to the cause OF this
extraordinary movement. Whether these i'm
preston, or whether they were moved to bet.
| ter their condition, he did not know. It was
sufficient to say this movement was going on.
The great free communities OF the west would
welcome them and incorporate them with their
citizens, While protecting them in all their civil
shall be settled there should be some provsinn
Ior thelr relief, as such burden should
not be imposed on localities and com
munltles That are not responsible for this
| sudden appearance or immigrants There were
numerous cases where Congress was calieS
| upon for relief, such as distress Occasioned nv
the overflow OF the Mississippi and ofher IN
| undati0ns, and the yellow fever In view OF
those matters he was called upon to Introduce
IL Dill Tor the felief or the destitute persons To
| whom he had referred. There was great neces-
sity FOR Immediate and efficient action upon
me subject, ana therefore he introduced "a bill
Tor The relief OF the destitute cOlored persons
now 1mmigfating from the southern state, ~
Ihe Dill was referred TO the committee on aD-
priations T
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tlie resolution heretofore introduced by Mr..
Wallace, amending the present rule 80 a. 10
give The secretafy OF the Senate and the Ser
hl'htafinS authority 10 remove and anpOnt
tHelf respective subGfdfnates without their
action being subjected TO the approval OF the
presiding officer Of the Senate
Ilt pending question was on the amendment
OF Mf EdmuIds offered as a substitute viz.
-. Hfa6l,fd, That In the opinion OF the Senate
the correct ana safe transaction OF the business
Gt The henate Is materially dependent on retain
ing III It's service Il corps OF experienced we'll
trained and dlligent officers; and this can only
m mne done by security la their respective posi-
discharge OF their duties.
Mr. fehdietoh said the amendment was not
Iuil enough. because il declared only general
rule OIL acti6n, il was true faithful dIscnar2e
0f duty was one u the requisites Of a good Of
Dcef Dut u was also true that a faithful off1cer
MN. be oisagfeesbie 10 manner, Or his person
might be offensive TO the Senate He therefore
eui}y. eangsse' al ''heh'ine" 70 remedy the DIM
Mr.. COhklfDg made d sarcastic speech GREAT
lbg considerable amusement his hyDotbes1s BE-
Ing that the object OF the Wallace res1Iuti0n
was To relieve the gentleman said BY certain
papers TO be the de juye President OF the United
the system OF civil service reform obtained dur
Ing his administration dating from March 4th,
1877, which might be embarrassing to the dem.
ocratlc majority hereafter
Owing to Mr.. Edmunds' absence the reso,u.
ton went over until TO- morrow.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the
army bill.
HOtSE,-Owing to the number OF bills intro
duced yesterday the journal was not completed,
and Its reading was dispensed with.
The first business In order was the consider.
alton Of the subsidiary silver bill,
Mr.. Chittenden said that the bill, As reported
from tie coinage committee, had but one i'm
poitant provision, that which provided for the
result OF the present law was that small deal
ers In the large cities, whenever they got moro
than they could use of those small coins, were
obliged to sell them at loss. Sometimes the
discount was one per cent; sometimes two or
three per cent. This bill simply corrected that
wrong and its passage would meet with ap-
Mr.: Lewis opposed the bill. He considered
1t as being In the interest of contraction, and
against Hhe 4se the nderes1s OF the people
urday was that offered by Mcmillan, making
the trade, dollar legal tender, but 1t was with
drawn upon Information from Mr.. Stephens
that the coinage committee would shortly re-
port bill upon that subject.
The next amendment was that offered by Mr.
Gillette, for the redemption OF silver coin and
legal tender money, In fractional paper cur
itn1c fetncy when presented In sums Of sio and nul
Mr.. stephens suggested that the COINAGE
committee had that subject under considera-
ton, and would soon report upon it, and the
amendment was thereupon Withdrawn
The next amendment was that offered bvMr
Newberry, providing that all U. s. coins, of
every description, OF face value Of 25 cents and
payment OF postage or the purchase OF postoge
stamps, in sums not exceeding s.. Adopted.
The next amendment was that offered by Mr.
Fort, making the trade dollar legal tender,
and and prohibiting its further coinage. With.
The. substitute for the whole bill, offered by
silver to be contained in the silver dollar and
ractions thereof; providing for the exchange of
the trade and Mexican dollars for legal tender
money, &C, was withdrawn.
MI. Ewing asked leave to offer substitute
Ior the Dill, providing that fractional coins and
notes shall be exchanged at the pleasure OF the
holder for lawful money, when presented I'm
sums OF $40 and multiples thereof that lawful
money shall be exchanged for fractional coin
ana sho notes when presented In sums OF $40, and
that fractional notes and fractional silver coins
shail De legal tender in sums OF not over 500
ODJect1On was made, and as the previous
questlon had been seconded, the substitute was
The bill was amended by increasing the min
fmum to $50 ~ ~
AAO I'LL w dS lHcu pdSSeu. IL DTOVlQeS that
the holder OF silver coin of smaller denomina-
t1on than 81 may receive therefore when pre-.
sented at the Treasury, or any assistant treas
ury, In sums OF 500 or multiple thereof lawful
money OF the United States The second see
t1on authorizes the Treasury to exchange coins
deceived under the provisions of this act) In
sums OF $40 or multfpes thereof, for lawful
money. The third section makes subsidiary
silver coins legal-tender In all sums not eX-
ceeding $40 for all debts, public and private.
The fourth section makes the minor coins cop
per and nickeD receivable for postage and post
age stamps to the amount Of So. The fifth Sec
tiOn repeats all acts in conflict with the bill
MIR. Atkins, chairman OF the committee on
appropriations, reported a deficiency bill {for
about $25, ,000) Passed.
The House at / As went into committee of the
whole blackburn In the chair upon the legis-
lative appropriation bill.
TRADE OF JAPAN.-Mr. Stevens charge at
Tokei, Japan, transmits to the Department of
State the semi annual report OF the foreign COM
merce and trade OF the Empire OF Japan by the
bureau OF customs IL is document every way |
worthy OF an enlightened nation. From 1t we
gather that the imports OF Japan for the half
year ending Dec 81, 1878, amounted to about
$1,000, and the exports to 81, 600 0OO OF
specie and bullion there were exported, over
$4,000, 600; while less than half that sum was
imported. On the whole, the report of the for
Safpn commerce of ,JaD8n fS mOdaratalv anoOur-