Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
CONGRESSIONAL
Senate.

laws taxing bank capital and deposits
and cheek stamps.
The Vice President presented a letter
from the Secretary OF the Interior show
ing the necessity Of ON additional appro-
priation for pensions during the current
fiscal year OF SlS3,00O.
The morning hour was occupied In
the discussion Of the Private Claims bill.
Consideration vas resumed Of tho bill
to distribute the S28, 000. 900 fund
among the States. An executive session
followed.
Field presented the majority report OF
the Committee on Elections in the cases
OF Holmes VI. sspp from the Eighth
and Wilson VI. Carpenter from the
Ninth Congressional Districts Of Iowa.
(Tbey grant leave to the contestants to
withdraw their pstitiops.l Ordered
printed.
Weaver submitted the minority report
of the same committee in the case OF
Boynton vs.. Loring from the Sixth
Congressional Distric. Of Massachusetts,.
RI declares the contestant entitled to .
seat
Caldwell, from the Committee on Pri-
vats Land Claims, reported back ad-
versely the bill to ascertain title to the
tract Of land known as the Rancho
| Panochs Grande, in California. Re-
TERED to the private calendar.
Wood moved the House 60 into com.
mittes on the Funding bill for an hours
debate.
The House then went into committee
on the Funding bill. aud voted down all
attempts Of Wood to limit debate.
Gillette took the floor in opposition to
the bill, aud decided il to be in the in.
terest Of bankers. and which should DO
entitled "A bill to prevent payment OF
the public debt" He opposed It because
il couficted with the free institutions Of
the country, and was in the interest OF a
few at the expense Of the many. After
speaking half an hour Gillette yielded
| the remainder OF his time to Weaver.
who, however, expressed . desire to
postpone his speech to some future day.
Mills moved the committee rise. and
Fernando Wood moved the bill be read
by sections. inasmuoh Is there vas NO
person who desired 10 speak upon 1t.
Mills, In q somewhat excited manner.
hoped the gentleman would act force
| the bill now.
Randall said there vas NO msasure
more important. and hs did not believe
there was any member that really de-
sired to prevent at this session legisla-
ten upon the subject. Congress must
lpeislate and It would l.gislats. The
| House wal not bound to wait for Q gen.
tlenan who desired to speak by the
hour. 1t wal their duty to be here and
to avail themselves Of the privilege; u
not il was their " fault, and public
business should not be delayed.
Weaver made o humorous speech, ar.
raignipg the Democratic party Tor incon.
sistepcy on the financial question, and
stating that that party in its State and
national platforms encampsd every four
years on the ground where the Republic
cans had encamped four years before.
He was frequently interrupted BY War
ner, Reagan. Finley. Bland and others.
and his replies to them were received
with laughter on the Republican side.
Reagan defended the Democratic party
from the charge Of inconsistency, and
retaliatsd that charge on Weaver and the
Grsenback party.
Bland inquired for what Presidential
candidate Weaver had voted in 1876.
wesv-r-For R. B. Hayes, and / am
sorry for it.
Bland replied to Weaver's speech. in
which he said that that gentleman had
shown his animus in attacking Demo-
Gratis, the only friends which that gen.
tleman had in the House. Loud
laughter on tho Republican sids.1 He
referred to the charge made against
Weaver, in the last campaign, that be
was acting in the interest Of the Repub.
~licans. and said bis action then oorre-
spoud,d with his speech today.
Weaver tried to interrupt Bland. as
serting that his abatement was not true.
Sparks got the floor and alluded to .
circumstance that had occurred during
tho Interruptions between Weaver.
Bland and others, 10 which Weaver used
an offensive term to him. THAT he
was crazy He went on again In q
g~ood-natured nj to excuse the Of
f~epsivs remark a. arising from Q misun-
derstandiug on Viewers part.
Weaver replied in the same tone Of
pleasantly. declining to take ofi-nss 81
what Sparks had said, aud intimating
that no u could venture to insult him
Intentionally by ascribing falsehood to
him without feeling the force OF his
(wssver's) right arm. Laughter and
uprosr.
Sparks. on hearing the latter remark.
changed his tone from n Of pleasantly
to one OF anger. aud said (: ~ spurn
with contempt the reach OF his arm.
The reach OF bis arm would affect one
as little a. II affected the last Prssidsp-
tial election.
Weaver (still in Q %jocular tons)-Wsll,
that was sufficient. Does not the gen
tl.man see that be ought never to open
us mOutu ~ hi Wueu NO - e4citru y
Never. never. He spurns the reach o:
my arm. He can do 30. I would not
hurt q hair OF bis head. Laughter.
This apology was ample, and l accept II;
but I caution him against the further
use OF the term "ialsehood or "lis."
Sparks-Dors the gentleman say that
I used the werd "falsshood 2"
weaver-So I understood.
S~parks-Oh, NO; yours was certainly
the first offensive word.
Weaver (s,ill good humorsdly)-ws
are oil right now.
S~psrks-You misunderstood me. I
say that you were stating what was not
true, and you were wanting 10 the quail.
ties OF q gentleman in your failing to
remedy IL. Excitement and confusion.
That was all that there was OF Il; but Il
was developed at the last election that
You wanted those qualities.
Weaver (now thoroughly angsrsd and
e%Icited)-I denounce the gentleman
personally as . liar on the fosr Of the
House.