American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-05-24

CANTON, MISS. SAT
the ana G It's
/ duiry as to whether any part of ths India.
statas WITH hfa pee view Of 70 Iocating
dians or freedmen thereon was agreed
s sna fesisate. sea,s ast
judicial Appropriation bin. All iijjaits of .h'
bill were passed upon with the exception o.
what is known as the Legislative portion
amendments to the bill. Mr.. Beck moved as
an amendment the following: In order to
authorized and direcied to issue ifnmedi.
OF Of 10 600 30 in lseai, tenaer euffepey n5x
in the Treasury. kept as special find fol
MI. Beck, during his remarks remarks in favor OF the
amendments, said the Secretary Of the Treas
TRY had increased the public debt. and had
tie b0ndhoiders. Mr.. Paddock said that he
had a conversation this morning, with the
Seer etary, who expressed the opinion that that
io ar redempi atn Of FRACTIONAL currency currency
would not hasten the payment Of arrears Of
pay them from time to tipe as tn necessary
papers we're prepared: II it was proposed to
use money in behalf Of 5oldiere' arrears OF
pensions the plea was forced, so far as the
Secretary was concerned, and reflections up
conduct. Mr.. Beck said he was not making
any particular charge against the Secretary.
Quite a spirited debate ensued, in which Mr..
Pendleton and Mr.. Voorhees, charged that
the Secretary of the Treasury had been lob
bying around the Senate Chamber for the
purpose of influencing legislation. Mr.. Pad
dock and Mr.. Edmunds defended Secretary
sherman, and MFR. Morrill, moved an amend
retary - OF the Treasury to use tn 5
sbecial fund for the, purpose Indicated.
MIR. Morrill,S ai9endment. was reject
T. Il.
the House, consideration resumed of
the blu relating to coinage. etc. and speeches
speeeh. Mr.. Warner demanded the presio
to lay the bill on the table, The yeas AZ d
nays were ordered on that motion, pending
which Mr.. Conger moved to adjourn. This
100, nays 81, and the House adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, MIR. Cockrell
introduced joint resolution authorizing and
requesting the President of the United States
to open correspondence with the republic of
negotiating proper treaty of reciprocity
and commerce with that Government. Con-
tive. Executive and Judicial Appropriation
bill, and Mr.. beck explained the rotisions of
the bill as it had been amended; Mr. Thhrmsn
followed in set speech, in which he took the
ground that the Republican minority say in
effect that they will stop the appropriations
bin relating to trial by jury and elections /:
Mr.. Thurman proceeded to ahalyze the laws
pfoijosed to be reiealed. and argued they
they shut out intelligence from the Jury box
and punished those who could not take the
iron clad oath because they had
70 any one who had opposed the
war. it was not so now at the time when all
should unite in the pacification of the conn-
should ADJ go back to the o OLD paths Of justice
..i.iIn the Hguss. consideration was re
fR-, Pa.) to lay the bill and amend
ments on the table, on which
The uestion was taken and it was decided
81 chs nesative-yeas los. nays.I26 The Dem
o oera.s who voted in the aii;tma::ys were
coSert N. y. Deuster WIS., WI Gibson La}}.
M MgEa so2 M6e1 g. Y Martin per-
and @esa hSss y Th ss'ots aS
Fort Gil2. Kelley Pa.S. Haskell lKas.l, Marsh
Ram All
and It was seconded-yeas lls. nays io7. The
with applause on the Democratic side.
The Question as to whether appointments
sion. Mr.. Haskell (R, kas asserted that he
wotild have, voted to lay the bill on the table
y nea ne had ac supposed the House would be pre-,
offered for various sections separately. He
said he regarded some of the provisions of the
for it unless it could be amended. Mr. Ste
phens(D Ga also stated It as his understand
by sections. and Mr.. Clymer o., PAP asserted
he would not have voted for the previous
question unless he supposed the bill was open
for amendment. On the other hand it was
argued that, under the previous question, the
bill must be voted on as n whole. Finally it
was agreed the previous question would only
apply to the first section of the bill, which
provides that gold coins shall be one
dollar piece or a unit OF Is $40 grains, quar-
ter eagle or $3.50, three dollar piece,
agreed to by a vote o: los to 81. The ques-
which provides that silver coins shall he
dollar, pr unit, q half dollar, quarter dollar
grnine T4soR Oh the e0a we sha
of a half dollar, the weight OF a
quarter and dime one half, one-quarter and
Also, that silver dollars in the Treasury, when
reduced in weight by natural abrasion more
than per cent. shall be recOined. Mr.. Kim,
mel (D.,Md.) moved to amend by making the
weight of silver AGO grains, and argued in sup
port of his amendment. Rejected-yeas 20,
nays 176. The second section was then agreed
to, and the third section was taken up. 1t
provides that any owner of silver bullion
may deposit the same at any mint to be
formed into bars or into standard dollars of
4ls1 grains for f his benefit Several amend-
the bill.
In the Senate, on the 10th, the President
pro TEN. laid before the Senate message
from the President of the United States, in
reply to the resolution of the 7th inst, re-
questing Information relative to the alleged
unlawful occupation of portion of the
Indian territory He transmits a copy
of his proclamation and copies of CORE
spondence and papers on file in the
On motion of Mr.. Ingalls,, it was resolved that
the secretary of the Urea Sury be directed to
report to the Senate what amount of legal
tender notes has been presented and re-
and what amount of coin he considers him
self authorized to retain in the Treasury to
maintain specie resumption. Consideration
was resumed OF the Legislative. Exec
utive and Judicial Appropriation bill, and
Mr.. Eaton spoke at length in favor of the
proposed amendments..... In the House, a
on Rules by Mr. Frye (Rep., Me) for the ap-
pointment of a standing committee to which
shall be referred all bills, resolutions, petit
tons. etc, affecting traffic in alcoholic
liquors. Considerable opposition was mani
tested to the action proposed, but it was
finally adopted after motion to table
was rejected by yeas 80, nays rs
the Warner Silver bill, the pending section
being the third, which provides that any
owner of silver bullion may deposit the same
to be formed into bars or into standard dol
lars, for his benefit. The pending amend
ment was one offered by Mr.. Mills Cd, Tex.),
authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to purchase, without limit, all silver
bullion. trade dollars and foreign silver coin
that may be offered for sale ut the market
value OF silver, and such purchases shall be
continued as long as 4l2H grains standard
liver can be obtained for 81 in legal tender
after some debate. rejected-yeas 50, nays
l55. The House adjourned without further
action on the bill.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the Legislative,