The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-24
Last NIGHTS Dispatches.
XIV CONGRESS.
SENATE.

organization, upon the ground that there
was no time to consider them, and it was |
agreed to-yeas As, nays Is.
When the amendment proposed by the |
committee on appropriations to strike out
of the house bill the provisions forbidding !
the use of troops at elections, and making
it a penal offense to do so, was reached, it
was agreed to without discussion, and the
provisions were stricken out-yeas 33,nays
80.
Other amendments were proposed by the
committee on appropriations striking out
of the house bill the provisions regarding
paymasters and graduates of the military
academy
The senate by vote of yeas %, nays 80,
refusedto strike out the section authorizing
the secretary of war to issue arms to any
established college of university having not
less than IS students
Senator Beck gave notice that be would
submit an amendment repeating that por-
ton OF the act of 1866, which allows the
government to purchase the telegraph lines
Senator Howe said if the transfer of the
OF the business OF telegraphing to railroad
companies was to be made, it should be at
least with the restrictions now imposed m
on the existing telegraph companies, He
submitted an amendment so as to prOvide
that said railroad companies shall file their
written acceptance of the restrictions and
obligations imposed on the telegraph com
panies by Title 65, Revised Statues. 10
explaining the amendment Senator Howe
said Title 65 gave the government the right
to purchase any of the telegraph lines at
the appraised value.
Senator Jones said he wanted no advan-
tsge for railroad companies in this legisla-
tion, and submitted the following srbsti-
tnte for the amendment of Senator
Howe: And kilograms are authorized to
be transmitted by railroad companies,
which are hereby authorized TO construct,
maintain and operate, which lines tor the
general public and the government are
subject to all the provisions of Title 65
Of the Revised Statutes of the United
| States"
Senator Thurman said if the effect of
this bill could be to establish opposition
which could not be purchased by the pres
ent great telegraph company, it was the
duty Of every senator to vote for it.
Senator Beck opposed the Cover nment
purchasing telegraph lines.
The amendment of Senator Howe was
; agreed to by rising vote-yeas &c. nays
: 20. When the yeas and nays were ordered
the discussion upon tie amendment was
continued.
Alter brief discussion it was agreed
that the senate should now adjourn or have
an executive session. and that the discus.
sion of the telegraph bill should be re-
sumed Monday noon, and vote taken OF
the pending amendments at p. ID. with
out debate
t The credentials of Senators Logan. o
Illinois. Call, Of Florida and Slater of Ore
e gon, were placed on file.
Senator Mcdonald introduced bill fol
] the relief of Representative Springer
Referred. The bill authorizes the court
of claims to determine the amount dur
Springer Tor professional services renderet
r the United States in the case of the Cen
& teunial Board of Finance, notwithstandin
d he was j member of congress at the time
:; After brief executive session, the sen
Il ate adjourned till Monday.
r HOUSE.
. WASHINGTON, D. c., February 90
- MIR. Ewing spoke il support Of b
- amendment. He said the country was in
:. condition of practical enslaYemeut 10 fol
= eigners. No less than $1,000, 100000 {
- its debt wAs held abroad. 1t had to pa
- - 20 lees than $7G0,G0Q, 600 gear to toreig
:, shipping 10 this way, and by the spending
: Of Americans residing abroad or trsvelir
= abroad there was drain OF probably ST
500 900 year from this country. 1t vi
>. that drain which threatened the hoard
- gold in the treasury. Compared with tn
4 drain the $l4l 100000 of gold in the trea
bo ury was petty and contemplate provisiC
Nc on which to base the tremendous industri
On Of the country, which were to live or
- according to the success or failure of Il
of resum ption scheme.
aS. Mr. Phillips supported the amendme
rs offered by Mr. Ewing.
~ Mr.. Townsend spoke in favor Of Il
of proposition which he desired to offer as
'" amendment to the effect that ia the pa
~. ment Of the obligations of the governme
Nv not specially required to be paid in col
NJ gold, silver aud earrency, should be us
in equal proportion to the amount of the
forms of money then in the treasury.
Mr. Kelly declared himself infexibly {
Tue posed to the decrease of the bonded de
Sit and also to the artificial contraction of
volume of currency to which prices a
aff, business has adaptea themselves.
ses Mr. 9axheld, in tone of bitter IroI
.ut, spoke Il ehe debate as a solemn occas
he 10 which the unburied remains of that
!rd. subject, yhieh had been supposed to hi
at been laid away to its last resting place.
,uld wandered back to these halls. 1t brou
ext back echoes of the currency debates
but 1910.
nich The friends of resumption might be
cused if they occasionally fred sal
over it's success, but that the other s
should fire sort Of fae de f0te over
of lost cause was astonishing He ridicul
ore in passing, the speech of Mr.. Kelly, p
lber hshed under the flaming headi
FIVE "Resumpti impossible" He mo
hop that the bill aud peHding amendment
t OF laid Oh the table.
shed Mr. Price also argued against the
we're and amendments and recalled the see
in the House ffteeB years ago, when
'ited present advocates of paper money
need nounced the greenback issue as worthl
ding He believed from the attacks made
per national banks that eventually they VIZ
D, to be driven to the wall aud wild cat
rency would come into circulation ag
Mr. Ewing, ofOhio, replied to Mr. {
field He said thas unless such bi
des this passed the whole resumption sch
/. j. would be smashed. even though S
wyer political parties might have to be smas
the The house then voted on Dir. Gari
motion to lay che bill and amendment
stage the table. and that motion was agree
Fort yeas l4I, nays ITO.
After disposing of several bills on
table, the bill was reached restricting
immigration Of Chinese, with the Sc
IS for amendman@ thereto. The amendm
souri were then concurred in without divi