The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29

repeal and amend the laws relating to the
transfer of cases from State to Federal courts.
The call of the House consumed the morning
hour, and the bill went over without action
until Saturday next. Mr.. Slater intro
duced q bill to regulate the intercourse
with the citizens of the Chinese Empire,
and for other purposes. Ordered to be tabled
and printed. Consideration was then Re.
sumed of the Warner Silver Bill, and the
House agreed to the Committee amendment
to the bill, which provides that certificates
of deposits shall be in denominations of not
less than IS, instead of $40 as originally
provided in the bill.
MAY 23.-Scnate-The bill was taken ND
making subsidiary coins ~exchangeable for
lawful money Of the United STATES, and to
make such coins legal tender in Sums up to
twenty dollars. Committee amendments tc
substitute ten for twenty were discussed.
The bill was supported by Messrs. Bayard,
Booth, Ferry and Herman, and opposed
by Messrs. Edmunds and Thurman. The
morning hour having expired, the bill went
over without action and the Senate took up
the Contagious Disease Bill. The bill
was finally passed by 81 to 12...In the
House, Mr.. Atkins, from the Committee on
Appropriations reported back the Senate
amendments to the Legislative Appropria-
ton Bill, and stated that he was instructed
to move in concurrence in all of them.
1t was hardly necessary, he said, to give a
q reason for that instruction. There were
some of the amendments in which the COM
mittee would not under other circum-
stances concur, for instance in the increase
of salaries of Senate officials to from twenty
to one hundred per cent. more than the
salaries of some OF the corresponding
employees of the House. This
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He stated in reply to Mr.. Conger that the
Senate had made no amendments in the
political features of the-bill. The amend
ments were concurred in. The Speaker
then called committees for reports of a
private nature. At the expiration of the
morning hour, the House resumed consid-
Grafton of the Warner Silver Bill. After a
long discussion and constant fighting over
amendments, the Republicans insisted on
the bill being printed, which the Demo.
Gratis refused to allow. The Republicans
began to flibuster, and at the latest hour Of
a night session both sides were unyielding,
and the House was still in session.
MAY 24.-House-After a long debate, and
an all-night troublesome session the
Warner Silver Bill was passed. The
the mint shall coin silver bullion into dollars
for all corners, charging for coming the
difference between the market value and the
coin value, and shall receive silver bars on
deposit and issue certificates therefor at the
market value of the silver, and shall receive
these silver dollars and these certificates for
all dues. The purchase of bullion and
coming Of silver dollars not less than two
millions a month, shall be kept up, if the
coinagef for holder s be less than that amount.
As introduced, the bill required the govern
ment to give a legal tender dollar, or a Ger.
tificate for a dollar, for every 412% grains
of standard silver, but the Republicans sue.
ceeded in forcing amendments which prac-
tically reduced this payment to the holder
of bullion to the market value of the bullion.
The silver certificates are paid into the
Treasury for dues the bill provides that
the silver bullion held against the certift
Gates hal be coined into dollars and paid
out. 1t also commands the Secretary
to pay put the silver dollars in the
Treasury, the same as gold coins, with
out discrimination, for all public dues
The bill further provides that the tractiona
silver coins shall be legal tender to The
amount of twenty dollars; but the effect O
this is neutralized by a provision that tn,
Treasury shall redeem the fractional COLI
in full legal tender money.