The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-01-27
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WASHINGTON, January 19.-SEN-
ATE-The bill reported favorably
from Judiciary Committee by Gar
land to relieve Richard Fatherly
of Arkansas, from political disabili-
ties, gave rise to a.discussion upon
criticism by Hoar and Edmunds
that Fatherly's petition did not set
forth any offense, bringing him
within the scope of constitutional
prohibition but merely set forth
that he had resigned the office
of military storekeeper ut the open
ing of the rebellion. Edmunds
characterized such a reputation as
trifiing with Congress. Garland, =,
replying to the strictness of Ed
munds, who, he SAID, seemed to be
the censor of the Senate, replied that
the storekeeper's stores were seized
in the hands of Fatherly at the ar
seual at Little Rock, and that under
the political bonds upon the country
under the hell-broth of reconstruc-
ton, he had not been allowed to
vote. The petitioner supposed
the cause of this was some political
disability, and therefore sought any
thing to offend the sensibilities of
the Senator from Arkansas. Gar
land did not suppose that the Sena-
tor was responsible for the peculiari-
ties of the petition or the third
reading of the bill. Edmunds de-
manded the yeas and nays, which
resulted, 81 to 16. On the final
passage of the bill he repeated his
demand, when the bill was. defeated,
80 to 16. Not two-thirds in the af-
firmative.
HoUsE-After a short personal
explanation by Price of Iowa, the
funding bill came up as unfinished
business for further consideration.
The bill as adopted in committee
of the whole, authorizes the Secreta-
ry of theTreasury to issue$400, 100000
ofbonds redeemable after five years,
and payable ten years from date of
issue, bearing interest at the rate of
per cent. per annum; and also 8
per cent. certificates TO the amount
of $300,O00,000 in denominations of
$40, 800 and $50, either registered
or coupons, redeemable after one
year, and payable in ten years from
the date of issue. Before any of
these bonds or certificates are
signed, it shall be the duty
of the Secretary of the Treasury to
pay on bonds accruing during 1881,
all standard silver dollars and all
gold over and above the fifty million
now held in the treasury, for re-
demption purposes. The interest on
six per cent. boEds, refunded, shall
cease at the expiration of thirty
days after notice by the Secretary
of the Treasury. The expense of
issuing and disposing of the bonds
and certificates at par is limited to
one fourth of one per cent, from
and after May /. The three per
cent. bonds shall be the only ones
receivable as security for national
bank circulation. No bonds on
which interest has ceased shall be
continued on deposit as security for
circulation.
Gillett of Iowa, rose to point of
of order and argued that mas
much as Newberry of Michigan had
openly stated that he had gone to
the national bank, of which he was
q director, to inquire how he should
vote on this question, and did not
make the point of order out of any
i'll will TO the gentleman, but as a
matter of duty. If there had been
anything developed by the recent
debate it had been the fact that the
bill was so closely allied to the ma
tional bank system that it might
with propriety be called national
bank bill.
Newberry said that he was very
glad that the point of order had
been raised. The point involved
nearly every member, not only on
this vote, but on every vote under
the rule of the House if construed
as the gentleman from Iowa con-
strued it; no member who used
tobacco in any form could vote up-
on a proposition to take the tax of
tobacco. He said that no rule of
the House could deprive any men,
Der of his vote; the foundation of
the right to vote lay with mans
own conscience, with no rule.
Weaver of Iowa. said that he
would broaden the point of order,
so as to include every member who
was a national bank stockholder.
Haskell of Kentucky suggested
that all Greenback members should