Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-28

the fourth section which provides that
charges for melting and refining shall
be fixed by the director of the mint.
Mr.. Marsh submitted an amendment
that the charges shall be the deficiency
between the market value of bullion
and the legal tender coin. Agreed to
yeas III, noes 1O5. AS the
effect of this amendment was
practically the same as that amend
ment offered by Fort, except it did not
involve the opponents of silver coinage
in any inconsistency, the vote was
watched with very keen interest on both
sides and the result was greeted with
applause on tho republican side.
The democrats and greenbackers who
voted for the amendment were Beltz-
hover, Bliss, Covert, De La Matyr,
Deuster, Gibson, Hrrd, Jones, Martin,
Of Delaware, Martin of Georgia, CARR
son, Morse, O'Reilly, Poehler, Ross,
Russell, of North Carolina, Springer,
Talbot and F. Wood. Republicans
and greer hackers who voted against
it were Daggett, Ford, Gillett, Kelly,
Ladd, Low. Murch, Stevenson
son, Weaver and Yokum. A
motion to reconsider and to lay that
motion on the table, the parliamentary
formula of making the vote final, was
then made and carried. The house
then adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, May 21-Senate.-The
senate was not In session.
WEDNESDAY, May 21-House.-The
house resumed consideration of the
Warner silver bill. The question being
on the fourth section as amended yester-
day, on motion of Marsh us follows:
The charge for the conversion of gold
and silver bullion into coin shall be the
difference between the market value in
New York city of bullion, and the legal
tender value Of the coin. A vote was
taken on the section, the friends Of the
bill voting against, and the opponents
of the bill for the section.
| The fourth section as amended was
agreed to; yeas, lis; nays, 100; a re-
suit which was greeted with applause
on the republican side. The following
democrats voted in the alternatives
Beethoven, Bliss, Cover. Deuster, Hord,
Martin of Delaware, Morrison, Morse,
O'Reilly, Poehler, Ross, Springer, Tai
bott, and F. Wood. Jones, of Texas,
greenbacker, voted in the affirmative,
and Kelly in the negative. The house,
by yeas ITO, nays 100, tabled the motion
to reconsider the vote by which the
| fourth section was agreed to. Just pre-
| vious to the announcement, Springer,
who had in the affirmative sustained
the Marsh amendment in all its stages,
changed lis vote to the
negative, thus placing it within
the power of the speaker to defeat the
motion to lay on the table by making a
tie vote. The speaker did not ex-
ercise that constitutional privilege.
The fourth section, therefore, re-
mains irrevocably in the bill. The 9Th
section which directs the payment Of
small silver coins to the extent that they
may be required in exchange for gold
coin or for standard silver dollars or for
U. S. notes at par. in sums not less than
$50, was agreed to. Mr.. Warren
demanded the previous question on
the 9th section, which makes gold
coins and standard silver dollars legal
tender IN all payments. The
previous question was seconded.
Mr.. Weaver moved to amend the
sixth section by adding a clause di-
recting the secretary of the treasury to
cause to be paid out without discrim-
nation standard silver coin belonging
to the government that may be in the
treasury the same as gold coin in liqui-
dation of all kinds of coin obligations
against the government. Agreed to-
142 to rs. The following republicans
voted in the affirmative: Anderson, Bel
ford, Boyd, Browne, Carron, Caswell, Dag
gett, Deering, Dunnell, Fort, Haskell,
Hawks, Henderson, House, Kelly, Mar
tin IN. c., McCord, Neal, Orth, Ryan,
Updegraf' Ia. Valentine, Van Aernam
and White. Messrs. Bliss, Covert,
Morse and O'Reilly were the only dem
ocrats voting in the negative. The
greenbackers all voted in the affirma-
tive. The section,as amended, was then
agreed to. The seventh section providing
that silver coins ofsmaller denomination
than one dollar shall be legal tender
for any amount not exceeding $50 IN
any one payment was then agreed to.
| The eighth section was then read. 1t
requires the secretary Of the treasury
to receive deposits of gold or silver coin
and bullion IN sums not less than 800
and to issue certificates therefor in
denominations not less than 500, and it
provides that certificate representing
the coin IN the treasury may be issued
in payment of interest on the public
debt and that certificates for coin and
bullion in the. treasury shall be received
at par in payment for all dues to the
United States including duties On i'm
ports. Without reaching vote the
house adjourned
THURSDAY, May 22-Senate
senate debated the bill relating to in
fictitious diseases, and adjourned without
final action.
THURSDAY, May -House.-The
house resumed, as the business
OF the morning hour, consideration of
the bill to repeal and amend laws re-
lating to the transfer of cases
from the state to federal courts.
The republicans refused to vote on
demand for the previous questions
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