The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-04-21
COn@ress---Ffrst Session.
WASHINGTON, April 10, 1879.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE .
The House Journal this morning embo-
died for the first time the petitions deposited
in the box, so that Tie reading Of the Jour-
nal occupied twenty minutes. A question
was raised upon this tact by Mr.. Garfield,
who expressed the hope that it would not
pass into a precedent. Explanation was
made bv the Speaker as to the reasons
why he had directed this to be
done, the principal one being that under
existing circumstances, while petitions and
memorials IRE being presented, accompa-
MED by bills, the question rs to which COM
mittecs they should be referred to became
important, and already differences had
arisen between the Chair and members pre-
sentne petitions as TO their proper refer
ence. It was therefore deemed proper that
the House itself should have an opportu-
nlty of passing on the question.
In the course of the discussion it was sug-
gested by Frye that it might be found there
would be no objection whatever to the in
PRODUCTION OF bills next Monday, however
absurd they should be. The matter was
finally referred to the Committee on Rules.
The subsidiary silver-coins bill then came
ND as unfinished business OF the morning
hour. Warner, OF Ohio, moved to amend
the third section, which makes silver coins
legal tender TO the amount o. ten dollars,
Ivy adding the words "for all debts, public
and private"
The measure was considered at some
length and numerous amendments acted
on. Mr.. Garfield's amendment to substi-
tute the words "lawfu money Of the
United States for legaltender money!
and Mr.. Springer's amendment making
subsidiary coin legal tenderto the amount
of $40 were agreed to. Beforeth final dis
position of the bill the morning hour ex-
pired, and the bill went over to Tuesday.
The House then went into Committee
of the Whole on the legislative approprla-
ton bill. 3lr, Price, OF Iowa, was entitled
TO the floor, but yielded to Mr.. Frye, OF
Maine, who said, in connection with the
misunderstanding which had taken place
Yesterday between the gentlemen from Ken
fucky and Ohio (Nfessrs. Blackburn and
Mckinley in regard to the proper consfruc-
ton of NIr. Black burns speech, ne desired
tn read the construction put upon that
snpecb in the State OF Mississippi by the
now famous paper, the Okolona. STATE,
which he had received through the mail.
He then read an article complimentlng Mr.
blackburn for bis anti-war measures speech,
and bristling over with such phrases as
"Down with the devil-born amendments,
"Down with the pictures Of Lincoln and
the scoundrels who surrounded him."
Mr.. Blackburn took the floor, and IN an
excited manner said: Mr.. Chairman, IL TINS
be not the first time have been forced to
complain of unfairuess at the hands OF my
friends on the other side, it is certainly the
first time l have been compelled to make
such complaint against the gentleman from
Maine" He regretted that every day
brings. up some personal assault which
seemed to him that fair dealing, honesty OF
construction, and ordinary manhood, would
repudiate. With each recurring day he
found himself forced To repel miscon-
struction given either by some member
TO language uttered by him in the
shane of garbled quotations. or else in I'M
warranted, unfair, unnatural construction
nut upon somebody else'S language by
member of that side OF the House. He
cared nothing for the newspaper article.
The editor, O contribution from ONO 10
Mississippi, simply repeats the unfair, I'M
generous, and untruthfui effort made in the
House yesterday to mjsreprescpt nm
When the gentleman from Maine seeks 10
add his high authority to the injustice Done
him by the editor OF that inconseq nential
sheet 1t then becomes more serious matter.
Then he grouped the paper and the genue-
man. from Maine together, and he saId 10
the committee and TO the country that lt
occurred TO him that they were we'll mated.