Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-01-07
FORTY FIFTH CONC aESs.
TUESDAY, January :.

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| rior enclosing letter from tie commissioner Of
| tensions, asking an appropriation OF $500 10
supply deficiency in tie contingent fund i,nF
| the Pension Bureau during the present fscai
| uCrS.
| Also resolutions Of the Chickasaw nation.
Ia'oElfS the establishment OF a L S court ~
IehnlSon Texas. with jurisdiction over Of
| lei ceS committed in the Chickasaw county Pc
ieiled to the committee on the judiciary
| A large number OF petitions were presented
| utIIg ire morning hour, among them many
l.Gn women In various parts of the country
| asking Congress to enact such legislation n ,
| VIII make effective the antipolygamy law of
1862 Also, from various citizens protestin:.
| AGAINST the passage of the pending bill to re-
Vlse- amend and consolidate the laws re!atirrr
dian bureau TO the War department an of
which were referred to the appropriate commit
| Nr. EdmundS, from the committee on the in
| dietary, reported back the bill supplementary
10 NE several acts relative to the Union Pacific
| railroad ard its branches, providing for the
| eligibility Of certain persons to the Office of
| director, &c, and moved that the bill be re-
IeIfea 10 the committee on railroads, as il in
| VOWED no question OF law for the Judiciary
| committee to consider. SO ordered.
| He also reported, from the same committee
| faVCrably on the Senate bill authorizing the
| proper accounting officers OF the Treasury de-
| pariment to audit and pay TO Samuel s. MCGin.
| Cf Florida, who was appointed by the President
an associate justice OF the territory of New
! Mexico, the salary provided by law for said
| Office for the period during which the said
| McIin performed the duties OF the Office
| Placed on the calendar.
| Bills were introduced and referred, as follows:
| BY MI Hamlln-For the more efficient cOlleC-
! ton OF the postal revenues; committe on post
| offices and post roads. BY Mr. BOoth-F0r the
| interchange OF subsidiary silver coin and l. s
| notes; committee on finance. BY Mr.. McD0a-
| ad-Fo authorize the taxation of outstanding
| legal tender notes OF the [. s. Referred to the
! committee on tie Judiciary, at his request.
GOOD WILL AND HARMONY.
Mr.. EdmundS said in this glad morning of
the new year, when there was peace and JOY
| ard hope everywhere, lie thought il best To
offer resolution tending to cement mere peY-
| fectly the good will and harmony now existing
| all over the country. lie therefore submitted
| a resolution declaring that in the Judgment of
| tie Senate, tie 18th, 18th, and 18th amend
| mentS to the Constitution Of the United States
| other paris OF the Constitution; that ii is the
| right and duty Of Congress to enforce such
amendments by appropriate legislation, and the
| duty Of the executive department of the GOV
ernmcnt faithfully and with diligence to i'm
| partially execute such laws, that it is the
| duty CT Congress TO appropriate money TO thaC
| end. and inStructng the judiciary committee 20
report bill for the protection of the rights OF
citizens and the punishment OF infractions
| thereof.
[Laid on the table at the request of Mr. Ell
| munds, TO be called up hereafter.l
THE TRADE DOLLAR
Mir. voorhees, during the morning hour called
| up the resolution submitted by him early in the
session. iDStTucting the Judiciary committee to
| inquire into the eXpediency OF making the trade
dollar legal tender and providing Tor its re-
! coinage into the standard silver dallar. He
| addressed the Senate at length in favor OF his
| resolution, denOuncing the trade dollar as
| fraudulent money, which, having failed In It's
| mission abroad, had returned home to cheat the
| honest people of this country. The amount of
| such dollars coined was S35, 900, ,000-laTger than
| the people had any idea Of. He reviewed the
| course OF Secretary Sherman, and said there
| every kind on his part. Silver, as money, was
not receiving fair play at the hands
Of the present. administration and those
| who draw their inspirations from il.
lie referred TO the silver bill passed at the last
session, and said the execution OF this popular
| aW was in the hands Of its most conspicuous
| and pronounced enemy. lie referred to tie
| acticn OF the New York and Boston banks in
! November last in regard ID specie resumption
| and The silver dollar, and denounced IL reba!-
| ,fouS against the lawfully construed aVth0ri-
| ties OF the government lie predicted the inal
| triumph Of the silver dollar, and said the peo-
| pie insisted that specie resumption shOI.d at
rest on gold alone, bus il should be as 81 rOng as
| the unlimited coinage of silver rs wei as god
could make It, AT the conclusion Of Nf. NOor-
hees' remarks the resolution was laid With
| out action being taken thereon.
SILVER.
| Mr. Beck submitted the following:
| Resotred That the communication from the
! Secretary OF the Treasury in answer to the
| resolution OF the Senate passed December Sd,
| 1873, relative to the amount Of silver coin re-
| ceived in payment of custom dues during the
| current fiscal year and the disposition which
! has been made OF it, be referred TO the commit
tee on finance, and said committee is authorized
| and directed TO make such investigation as it
| may deem necessary to ascertain whether the
| laws relative to the payment Of custom dues
and the payment OF interest on the public debt
| with the coin received therefrom have been and
are being compiled with, and report by bill or
| otherwise. Laid over upon the objection OF Mr..
| EdmundS.
MIR, SHARON appeared IN his seat for the first
| time this season.
TIE Senate, at the expiration of the morning
hour resumed consideration of the bill to re-
| wise, consolidate and amend the laws relating
| 10 patents, and hr. Christiancy spoke III favor
| OF the bill.
HOCSE.-The House was called to order at ~
| n., and the journal OF December 10th, 1878, was
| read.
! Mr.. ACKiEN MAKES A Personal EXPLANATION.
| Mr. Ack}en rising to a question OF privilege,
said that he had hoped to have been spared the
| painful necessity OF bringing before the House
| d matter which had been published in almost
| every journal In tie country. He had trusted
| that it would have been buried like other slan-
! GERS against every public man. Particularly
| had he hoped so when a committee composed
| OF nile Representatives and one Senator had
passed on that question, and had declared that
| the charges were malicious and without fOun-
datlon. But, unfortunately, late publications
had been made purpOrting 10 be a synopsis Of
the testimony in that case, and he felt COM
PEELED. not only In justice to himself but to the
| gentlemen who composed that committee, to
demand the fullest investigation into the
charges against him. They had been infa-
mously made, UNANIMOUSLY conceived, but they
| had been prepared with the devilish ingenuity
| which characterized the man who originated
| them. He then proceeded to review the facts
| of the case in regard to the decisions made by
| the Louisiana committees which had made eX-
| animation into the matter The democratic
| committee, which had advised him to with
| draw from the canvass, had refused to pass on
| the social question. He said he had exhausted
| all other means to v1ndicate himself and there
| fore he felt competed to offer a resoiution
| (Which he asked the House to adopD for the
| appointment Of select committee of three to
| investigate the truth or falsehood OF the
| charges, with power to send for persons and
papers, employ a stenographer and deputy SER
| Seantat-amS, &c.
Mr.. Reagan objected, on the ground that the
| SUBJECT involved was one over which the House
| had no jurisdiction. The gentleman had been
| allowed an opportunity to make personal eX-
| PLANTATION: but the investigation OF such mat
| ter would be an awkward thing, and would
| establish an awkward precedent
| Mr.Acklen appealed to Mr. Reagan to withdraw
| his objection claiming that the charge involved
! crime which affected his official character
| because, II the charge were true, he should not
| be allowed to hold his seat.
| Mir. Reagan declined TO withdraw the objec-
| tioH.
| The Speaker stated that he was reluctant to
| decide whether the question involved one of
personal privilege; but lie would submit the