The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-01-15
WASHINGTON.

Washington, 1.-THE Senate com.
mittee OF elections continued the
examination of witnesses in the re-
buttal OF testimony taken before the
sub committee, in New Orleans.
TWitchell, at present United States
consul at Kingston, Canada, and who
was formerly q member of the
louisiana state senate, testified that
there was no truth in the statement
that he bai received money for voting
for Kellogg. Pierre Maglieve testi-
fed similarly.
The bill introduced in the Senate,
to-day, by Hoar, relative to the claims
of stales against the United States,
provides that several states which
have claims against the United States,
may present the same to the court OF
claims, on or before March LIST, 1881,
Snd all claims rot 80 presented shall!
be forever barred, After hearing
such cases, the oolrt shall commun:-
cate to Congress the nature and
grounds thereof. their conclusions Of
fast and law in regard TO the same,
and sny consideration which may be
pertinent to the question of the legal
or equitable obligation OF the United
States to pay the same.
The House currency committee, to-
day, resumed consideration Of Prices
bill to exempt sight bank deposits
from taxation. Au amendment re-
pealing the per cent. tax Oh checks
was adopted. The question on adopt
ing the bill, as amended, for report to
the House, was lost by tie vote.
Consideration Of the Fort and Price
resolutions, and that portion OF the
Presidents message recommending
the abolition OF the legal tender quail
Iity of greenbacks, together with
! Lounsbury's bill repeating the legal
tender clause, were all made the
special order for next "Wednesday.
The Senate finance committee, At y
special meeting, took action on the
Bayard resolution. Ths phrase.
TREASURY notes OF the United States"
employed in this joint resolution SIS
originally introduced, was to-day, by
common consent. replaced with the
words United States notes." so as
to conform to the statutory desigus-
ton. After thia verbal change, the
full text of the measure presented for
the committees action to-day was as
follows:
Resolved by tie Senate and House,
That from and after the passage Of
this resolution, all United States notes
shall be receivable for all dues 10 the
United States, excepting duties on
imports, and shall not be otherwise
legal tender, and any of said notes
hereafter reissusd snail bear this
superscription.
4 discussion OF about IA hours
duration ensued, at tbs END OF which,
Bayard submitted a motion that tn,
Joint resolution be reported to the
Senate with the recommendation for
its passages.
a vote was Immediately taken on
this motion, with ths following re-
suits: Ayes-Bayard, Herman, Wal
lace and Merrill nays-Voorhees,
Beck, Ferry ard Allison; absent
Jones, OF Nevada. The motion VAS
therefore lost by the vote. st the
suggestion of Bsyard, it waa then
agreed by common consent that, in
view Of the known sentiments Of
JoueP, his vote SHOULD be considered
as cast against the Joint resolution,
and it should accordingly be reported
hack ID the senate adversely.
Senator Bayard's joint resolution to
repeal the legal tender power of
greenbacks. will be reported back TO
tbs Senate, adversely, tomorrow, il
stead of remaining locked up in the
committee, by a tie vote, because he
personally requested the committee
not to wait for tae return OF Senator
Jones, but TO report it q! once, a.
though adversely, in order that he
and those who sympathize with hi,
views may test the view OF the Senate
on the important question ss soon a
possible. This urgency. as will DO
readily referred, is based upon the
belief that q majority of the Sepa!e
will sustain his position on the sub
jeck but very teR OF his friends seem
W NC S1NaA4y Nh5NahV' AhO SGnS
judgment at present lie that the propo-
sition, as it stands, cannot obtain
anythiag Ike majority vote, and
opinions are divided as to the pgOs
poets in the event OF It's being so |
amended as to make the date for the
repeal remote, say FIVE years hence.
The view Of individual senators still !
iHclines, however, towards the predic- |
tion thss neither house will vote for |
any change of tae existing laws re-
laiive to national currency tais
session.
Representative Mcmahon, who has
charge of the preparations of the mar
shaPs deficiency appropriation bill, l.
says that several thousand dollars
we're used for the payment of special
deputy msrshsls, at the California
election last December, and that no
money will be appropriated to re-
imburse a marshal anywhere for such
expenses.