Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-15

Anthony and Eaton, Blaine and Lamar, ant I Hampton and Plumb Messrs. Bruce, Dawes Hoar and Platt were present, but did no | vote
 then taken and the preamble was agreed tt | by vote of 36 to g, party vote. except tha
 MT. Davis, of Illinois, voted no.
 I At 2:45 the Senate went into executive ses
 sion, At BIO the doors were opened and the Senate adjourned.
 | HoUsE-Mr. Morton, of New York, intro
 duced bill to incorporate the Maritime I Canal Company of Nicaragua, o and it was re-
 ferred to the Committee on Commerce. It | names as incorporators of the company: U. | s. Grant, E. D. Morgan, H. J.Jewett, W. R. Garrison, Howard Patten, Fred Billings, G. w. Riggs, Solon Humphries Frederick But terfeld, J. Thomas De France, E. F. Beale I and William Dennison, and provides that the capital stock of said company shall consist of not less than 500, GOO nor more than ,00O, GOO
 shares of $100 each.
 The consideration of the joint rule in re- lation to the electoral count was abandoned | until January. In his speech on Monday MT. Finley, of Ohio, told his Democratic colleagues not to call the matter up unless they intended to fight it out. To-day when MT. Bicknen called the matter up he de- manded the previous question. MT. Spring CT, of Illinois, was entitled to the floor, but
 said he would waive his right to speak pro- vided that the previous question could besec- onded. He inquired whether an amendment
 would be permitted requiring the concur
 renee of the House and Senate to count the
 vote of any State. MT. Bicknen said he was
 not authorized by his committee
 to admit any amendment. On the
 question of seconding the demand for
 the previous question. the Republicans with
 held their votes and MT. Conger made the
 point that there was no quorum. Tellers
 were then appointed and the Republicans
 again refrained from voting. A call of the
 House resulted in 231 members answering to
 their names. MT. Bicknen said it was use-
 less to prolong this- contest The proceed
 ings on the other side had convinced him that
 a vigorous opposition was to be made. He
 would therefore not press the matter until
 January, when he hoped there would be 147
 Democrats present to vote.
 MT. Conger said he would be gratifed if the course pursued by the Republicans would have the effect of making the Democrats at
 tend and perform their duties. The Speaker said he would also be gratifed if it would have that effect
 The whole subject was then postponed till next January.
 A. W. O. Now1in, of Virginia, was elected postmaster of the House to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Captain James l.. Stewart.
 MT. F. Wood gave notice that he intended to move to go into Committee of the Whole on the funding bill. Mir. Reagan antago- nized this with the interstate commerce bill, which he said was of the utmost importance MT. Wood insisted on motion to go into Committee of the Whole on the funding bill, and test was made on the ques- ton by yea and nay vote and resulted in 136 yeas to S9 nays. The Greenbackers all voted against taking up the funding bill. The Democrats and Republicans were divided, Eastern men generally voting to take up the bill. The result was regarded as test of determination on the part of the House to pass some sort of funding bill. majority of the Pennsylvania members voted against MT. Woods motion, not because they are op- posed to the funding bill, but because they preferred the interstate commerce bill. Judge Kelley offered the bill, of which he gave notice yesterday, as an amendment.
 MT. Gillette offered 8 substitute which represented the greenback and which pro- tested against any funding operations
 MT. Buckner offered bill which he intro duced on Wednesday last, and which author izes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue in lieu of the bonds authorized to be issued by the act of July IA, 1878, Treasury notes of the United States not to exceed $500, ,000, 900 in denominations of not less than $1O, bear ing interest at a rate not exceeding per cen tun per annum. Not more than $60, GOO, GOO shall mature each year from the date of issue, said notes to be disposed of by the Secretary at not less than par the proceeds to be applied to the payment of the , and per cent. bonds maturing in 1881, or the Secretary may exchange the Treasury notes for said bonds on such terms as he may deem most advantageous the expenses at tending the disposal of said notes not to ex- ceed l of per cent. of the notes so disposed of. Section provides that the sum of S1OO,- DOC, ,O0O of coin in the Treasury of the United States be set apart as fund for the redemp- ton of notes known as legal tender notes, and any surplus of coin over and above said sum and belonging to the United States remaining in the Treasury shall be used by the Secreta- ry in the purchase or redemption on account of the sinking fund of any of said per cent bonds maturing in the year 1881.
 MT. McMillan, of Tennessee, offered an amendment requiring the taxation of bonds under the proposed act sNr. Warner then addressed the House in opposition to the bill and advocating payment of the debt instead of funding
 Mr. Chittenden made a long argument to show that the obligation was to pay bonds in gold, and therefore opposing the theory of the silver advocates. At the close of his speech the committee rose.
 Two more appropriation bills, the consular and diplomatic and military academy bills, were reported today The military academy bill recommends $322, 135.37. The estimates are $396, 442. 53. The consular and dip1o matic bill appropriates the same amount as last year, $1, ,142 1885, The only new legis1a- ton is a change in the grade of certain con After these bills had been report ed the House adjourned.