The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-03-08
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, March I'm committee of
the whole bills were read with amendments
OF the senate committee aud acted upon as
reached.
keiter regarded the bill brought in by Car
Isle as a confession that the democratic par
ty could not, after ten months consideration.
pass a funding bill that was fit to 90 to- the
country. The gentleman from Kentucky,
(Carlisle) confessed aud admitted that the
Dill just agreed to was vile and was evil, and
That the whole country would be ruined by
1t. He (keiter) did not believe that the ma
tlonal banks, i'll their action of the past few
days, had been actuated by any great courage,
but this was not a question of national banks,
but a question OF bread aud prosperity. 1t
was a question of cheap money. Money had
been cheap for days, now it was dear, because
the democratic party could not pass a law
That would not ruin and unsettle any of the
great interests of the country.
Carlisle then took the floor to close The de-
bate. He had not confessed that the funding
Dill would ruin the business of the country
or llJure them i'll any respect. In all this
discussion no word had fallen from his lips
IN denunciation of the national banks. He
had been looking to the highest and best H.
terests OF this great government and Ameri
can people, and had considered the interests
VI lHc hdIlOildi bdllhS us subordinate To them.
If the gentleman from Ohio thought it more
Important to preserve the franchises of the
national banks than to pia ce the credit of this
great government on IA basis Of 3 per cent. let
him act accordingly. He took this occasion
to say that the national banks by their con-
duct, by their action of the past few days, by
their abuse of that owe which the bill took
away from them, had done more to raise a
spirit of indignation among the American
people than all the words of Remuneration
ever uttered by any democrat. He warned
them that when they had once satisfied the
American people that all values could be dis
u lbed and all business dragged at their SOW
ereign will and pleasure the days of their
lives were numbered. Applause on the
democratic side.l He had taken the position
at the beginning of this contest, that congress
would be taithless to its duties if it failed to
apply a remedy for this evil, which was con-
staLtly threatening the business interests of
the country and would continue to do so so
long as the banks had the power TO control
the currency as they had done during the
last week.
The rules were then suspended and the bill
passed.
The speaker laid before the house the en-
rolled funding bill and it was signed by HIM
and it now goes to the president for his ac-
ton.
Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-The veto mes
sage was received from the president and
read by the clerk.
Tucker moved that the message be printed
and laid on the table for future consideration
by the house.
Robson moved to proceed to the consid-
Grafton of the message Immediately.
Tie yeas and nays were ordered on Tuck
er's motion, and it Was agreed to.
Cox moved to suspend the rules and pass
the superintendent bill on the basis of 3OI.
This meeting with opposition on the republic
can side, Cox so amended his notion us to
bring up tor consideration the apportionment
bill and have a vote taken on the numbers
322, $40, 3lj and 307, and when the majority
shall agree on any number, to have the bill,
with the second and thili sections of the
original bill, put On It's passage without de
bate or diilatory MOtIonS.
Conger raised IA point OF order against the
proposition, and Cox modified it by striking
out the words .'or 1illatory motions,' Conger
reserying the right for himself and friends to
refuse to vote. Tue vote upon 81 was re-
iecIed.
WA~ulNGruN, March 3.-Ihe apportion-
! mrnt Gill WAS under consideration. The
number of representatives (3l9) was agreed
upon, Yeas 1871, nays 1Z3.
The result was received wiki some ap-
plause on the republican side.
killiuscr was the only republicans who vot-
ed negatively, while a number of democrats
voted in the Affirmative.
Cox then stated he intended TO abide by
the will Of the majority, and, though he Vot-
ed against the bill, he would perform his du-
ty and present it in proper shape.
The bill then passed, yeas 10, nays III,
and provides as follows:
|. That from and after the third OF March,
1883, the house Of representatives shall be
composed OF 80 members. to be appOltioneu
among the several states as follows:
Alabama ............. ) MiSsiSsippi...... ..
Arkansas. ............ , Missouri. .... 1t
California;. ....... u Neblaskt &. ........ .
Colorado. ............ ! Nevada. |
Connecticut........... 1 New Hampshirc..... :
Delaware.... ..... l New Jersey....... II
FlCrida....... =. go. = New YORK -. .......33
Gporria .l 10 North Carolina, .