Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-04-13
- By Mr.. Chalmers miss )-Rela>
tive to the purchase of United States
bonds by the secretary of the treas

bonds by the secretary OF the treas
ury. r0fe hyi-e r.f
Q The following is the text of the
joint resolution:
I Whereas, Recent purchases of
United States bonds by the secreta-
ry of the treasury have produced
marked and sudden fluctuations
in the stock market Of New York,
and en- afsmotau9 yra v}sit
! Whereas, The recent manipulation
of such purchase is calculated to
excite suspicious of stock jobbing
in the departments and bring dis
credit on the government. ai
Resolved, That it shall be unlaw-
ful for the secretary Of the treas
ury to purchase any bonds for the
use of the government, or for any
sinking fund, without giving one
weeks notice by publication, of the
time and place Of purchase; and
the. exact amount of bonds to be
purchased. All
Ey Mr.. Vance IN. C)-Provid>
ing that the act authorizing the is>
sue Of the Page patent for an induc-
tion apparatus on circuit breakers, be
not construed to authorize the pat
ent for ary invention applicable to
telegraph appa. atus.
By Mr.. Geddes (O)-Proposing
constitutional amendment prohib>
iting third presidential term.
| The speaker laid before the house
message from the president trans
hitting the report Of the secretary
of state on Chinese immigration.
The house at 1.30 went into a
committee of the whole on the army
bill, with Mr.. Springer (Ill) in the
chair. During the debate, Mr..
Butterworth (O.) said the pending
amendment was intended to allow
the democratic presidential cadidate
to be counted in, in 1881, whether
elected or not. If the bill was
vetoed, the country would be filled
with the false cry that the republi-
cans favored bayonets at the polls.
Mr.. Bsyne (Pa argued in the samc
way. If the amendment were
adopted, the president would vioS
late the law by using the army to
keep peace at the polls.
Mr.. Brigham IN. j said, though
he voted for the amendment last
session, he would vote against it
now.
Mr.. Browne Ind J held that the
democrats having failed to hand the
government over to the kuklux and
rife clubs on election day by the
repeal of the election laws proposed
by this amendment to accomplish
same purpose by preventing their
execution. fEte-
Mr.. Williams (Wis.) said he
thought the president had signed a
bill with similar provision. The
republicans should resist the amend
ment on its merits and insist on the
laws being obeyed.
Mr.. Chittenden IN. W opposed
the amendment. He quoted from
recent speech made by Mr..
FELTON, (Ga), alluding to the
money power as pirates. Would
not that gentleman need the army to
capture pirates Would he begin
with the sage of Gramercy Park, or
the proprietor of the New York
Herald, who caused half million
dollars to be sent to Ireland, or his
colleague, Mr.. Morton, who half
loaded the "Constellation" with
food for the starving Irish ? To
gibbet these pirates the army was
needed.
After further discussion, the
general debate closed.
Mr.. Robson IN. J.) offered an
amendment that nothing in the bill
should be construed to prevent citi,
zens or pei ions in The service of the
United States from assisting civil
officers in executing the law. Re,
jec ed-87 to 81.
Mr.. Keifer (O.) moved to add the
words, .'except as authorized by
the constitution Of the United
States" !"
Mr.. Field Mass. remarked that
the power of the president,
under the constitution, could
not be abridged by the passage of
law. The amendment was rejected
by q vote Of 76 to SO. Other
amendments Of the same tenor were
rejected.
Mr.. Sparks Tll,) amendment was
amended, on motion of Mr.. Hurd
.(O), by adding the proviso that it
shall be construed to prevent the
use of troops to protect against
domestic violence on application
Of the Legislature Of the state or
governor, when the legislature can
not be convened. The amendment,
as thus amended, was adopted. The
committee then rose and reported