The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-06-27
SILVER.
TRADE DOLLARS VS.. DADDlEs'
Reconstruction and Free Coinage
Judicial Expenses-Horses and
Horsemen-Business
in New York.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
SENATE.

| SENATE.
Washington, June 26.-The finance
committee this morning, by majority
vote, made several important amend.
ments to the house bill providing fol
the exchange of trade dollars for legal
tender silver dollars, and decided that
its further consideration should be
postponed until next December, with
the understanding, however, that the
bill and amendments are then to be
reported to the senate as soon as prac
ticable. The principal amendment
adopted to-day provides that the ex-
change of legal tender dollars for trade
dollars shall be at the market value of
the latter, regarded as bullion. and not
lat par" as provided by the house.
The committee also struck out the
house provision, ''that trade dollars
received under this act, shall not be
counted as part of the coinage of silver
required by the act of February %,
187S."
Vest asked unanimous consent in the
morning hour for calling up the concur
rent silver resolution submitted by him
yesterday, and stated his object was to
get vote on the subject, and let the
people know who were in favor of, and
who against reconciliation and free
coinage. He believed the western sem
ators would be unanimously in favor of
it, regardless of party lines. He had
received at least hundred letters from
his people, advocating reconciliation,
and hardly one in regard to the politi-
cal question, being discussed. The peo-
pie desired to know how the senator's
stood on the question.
Chandler objected, and the resolution
went over.
Consideration was then resumed of
the joint resolution to provide extra pay
for congressional employees. and Win
dom again read the statistics in regard
to the republican administration of the
government.
On motion of Paddock the senate
proceeded to the consideration of the
substitute reported from the committee
on public lands, for the house bill ex-
tending the provisions of an act entitled
''an act for the relief of certain settlers
on the public lands," until October 1st,
1880, which was passed with a slight
amendment.
Beck, from the committee on finance,
reported favorably on the joint resolu-
tion providing for committee to inves-
tigate the best means of guarding and
collecting the public revenue, and as to
whether any change is necessary in the
method of making appropriations.
The resolution was passed.
The house committee resolution on
the letter carriers deficiency bill was
adopted. The principal modification is
that the appropriation for balances due
railro ads is strickenout.
HOUSE
Washington, June pa PROPOSE
tion for revoking the leave of absence
granted members, and requiring all ab-
sentees to report Immediately, was
made by Armfield, and objected to.
The bill making appropriations for
certain judicial expenses, and the bill
making appropriations to pay the fees
of marshals and their general deputies,
were reported from the committee on
appropriations and ordered printed.
Referred.
The bill prohibiting political assess
ments came up as business of the morn
ing hour.
Garfield sought opportunity Of speak
ing against the bill, but was cut off by
the previous question. Whereupon dill
atory tactics were resorted to by the
republicans.
Thr morning hour was consumed in
roll calls, and the bill went over with
out action.
The house passed the judicial ex-
penses appropriation bill without any
material amendment, and then at 4:50
adjourned.
HorsA Notes