The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-23
Last NIGHTS Dispatches.
XLvI.CONGRESS.
SENATE.

spoke thereon
Mr.. Coke said: This was very differ
ent question from an endorsement of the
original issue of Treasury notes. What
ever might be thought of the policy OF
issuing greenbacks they had been issued,
pronounced constitutional and formed for
many years the principal part of our cur
rency. They were no more questionable
| than the other results of the war. Green
backs were part of the public debt guar
anteed by the Fourteenth amendment to
the constitution. He claimed this was q
movement IN the interest of national
banks, so they might double their issue.
Adjourned
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-The debate on
the bank reserves bill was opened by Mr..
Gillette In opposition to the bill. which he
| characterized as a shot from masked
battery at every interest of the people.
Mr.. w eaver opposed the bill on the
ground that it Disseminated against the
greenback. The gentleman from New
York. MIR. hittenden] had said some
thing against the clipped dollar" and
had sneered at the greenback. 1t was a
clipped dollar" when the bondholder
was to be paid, but when the bondholder
wanted to keep lawful money in reserve to
pay off his notes to common people the
"clipped dollar" was good enough That
was discrimination against the people
and in favor of the hondholder. Mr.. Chit
tenden had told a story about boy q
relative of Roger Sherman, who having
lost bis dog waited to make the debts he
had contracted in fDding it legal tender
If that boy had had any Sherman blood in
his veins he would have gone to get ad vice
of his cousin in the Treasury. That ad
vice would have been: Deposit your dog
with me. Get him exempted from tax
and then draw ninety per cent of his me
value to go into the banking business with
aud lswill keep the dog as security and
stampcou bonds on his ears and on every
inch of his tail Laughter) The issue as
presented by the present bill was whether
the country would have legal tender paper
money issued by the government, or
whether it would depend on the
banking association for It's circulating
medium, The gentleman from New
York regarded his lWeaver'sl soldier
bill as an assault on the peculiar
interest which he presented Al once the
very distinguished Senator tron IliGois
had said, on the 20th of this month. that
the bill introduced by hlm Weaver was
as rank piece OF demagoguismsever intro
duced in the American congress- That
gentleman was q citizen lGen j. I. Lo-
gan OF the state Of Illinois.
MIR. Hawiey-ABd he was perfectly
right.
hlr. Weaver replied: No doubt gen
teman who had cassed the greeubackcrs
as the "rag tag aud bob tail oi creation
would think so The country had been
prepared for the remarks of the gentleman
from Illinois. 1t was 70 be expected bat
a,mau who had voted for the back salary
grab and had put $4,000 Of saving into
his own pocket, would be opposed To duI:.g
justice to the soldiers. |; bad b Ell stated
that the author OF the soldiers oil Was
not iu earnest The author of the bill,
and the 100000 who stood behind hun,
had never been more in earnest than now,
not even when fighting the bloody battles
OF Shiloh, and this iolse muat give the
relief demanded or thcss nen would
send representatives. to congress wi o
would.
The debate was further continued by
Neasrs w hitthUrnc and Kietpr both of
whom opposed the bill. The former on
the ground that ii would discriminate
against greenbacks. the latter on the
ground that ii would tend to im peril the
permaneDcy of resumption,
The house then went INFO committee Oh
the revision of the rules
The House then went into the Com
mittee of the Whole On the revision of the
rules.
Messrs. Frye and Cox had an amusing
passage, in which Cox alluded to Garce-
ION, Frye's brother law, IN manner
that caused considerable laughter in the
House. Both Cox and Frye favored d
revision. Mr., Cox also took oc ,asiop 70
say 10 response to Mr.. Horr's humorous
speech at his (Cox's) expense. that Mr.
Horr should not twit him Of his slze.
The constitution required man to be o.
a certain age. before becoming a Repre-
sentative, but it was not necessary that be
be two yards long or two yards 10 gIrth.
His constituents were large mea aud
fighting men, aud never thought thai
blubber was intellect; that meat meant
manhood, or that layers OF lard over ab-
dOmiual muscles made Glad5toues or
Disraelis. Shakespeare said flesh and
fraity went together. Were he to write
Mr. Horr's epitaph, he would write il
thus, borrowing from the Sweet Singer of
Michigan and from Lord Byron: Here
lies the body of Congressman Horr; It's
Greece-but living grease no|
more" Shouts of laughter greeted these
saIIies of wit.
Mr.. Tucker Moved to allow MIR. Horr
fifteen minutes to answer Mr.. Cox to
morrow.
Mr. Horr said he would eo on under
the five minute rule. That would finish
the job.
TIE committee rose and the Honse
adjourned.
CUBA
HAVANA. Jan 22.-The steamer Ad
miral arrived this morning having on board
Generals Grant. Sheridan and party As
the Admiral entered the port a small