Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-03
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.

Mr.. Tucker, of Virginia, demanded the
previous question on his motion to concur
| In Senate amendment sixteen to the
funding bill. This is the Kirkwood amend
ment authorizing public subscriptions for
the bonds and notes provided for in the bill.
There being no quorum present, q call of
the House was ordered on motion of Mr..
CoDger, Of Michigan. One hundred and
twenty-five members responded on this call,
which was less than quorum, and then
Mr.. Tucker moved to dispense with further
proceedings under the call.
Mr. Conger demanded the yeas and nays,
/ which resulted yeas 15S, nays 13 So fur
| ther proceedings were dispensed with.
] Mr. Tucker then yielded to Mr.. Mcmahon,
! who reported back from the Appropriation
/ Committee the deficiency appropriation bill,
4 and moved to suspend the rules and put 1t
| upon its passage.
The reading OF the bill was not com
4 pleted until ~ o'clock.
/ Mr.. Hisccck, of New York, a member of
I the Committee on Appropriations, criticised
! the bill, which was chiefly remarkable In
that in which It was deficient The estI-
mates for the Internal Revenue Bureau
were $500, GOO In excess of the amount ap-
proprated in the bill, and the apppropria-
tion for the public printing was 500, ,0oO
1 less than should have been allowed.
! The Attorney General has submitted esti-
mates OF $1,000 TO pay special deputy
msrshals, which had not been allowed by
the committee. He had hoped that the
/ Democratic party would have settled it's
| debts before it went out of power.
Mr.. McMahon replied to the criticisms
upon the bill and some discussion followed,
az the end OF which Mr.. McMahon's motion
! fo fHa Ho.1A
and the deficiency bill, the last of the sppro-
/ priatiOn bills, was passed.
Consideration of the funding bill was i'm
mediately resumed, the question being on
ordering the previous question on the mo-
tiOn to concur in Senate amendment six
teen.
A large majority of the Republicans
refrained from voting, but enough cast
their votes to make quorum, and the main
question was ordered-Yeas 134, nays 25.
The question then REQUIRED on cOncurTfng
in the amendment, and on division the Re-
publicans refrsined from voting, and left
the House without quorum.
After further delay the sixteenth Senate
amendment was concurred in-yeas 146,
nays 16.
The next question was on the twenty fifth
/ Senate amendment, which is to insert the
word "TemporariIy" in the fourth section,
which authorizes the Secretary of the
Treasury to use $50,000,0 coo In coin In the
redemption of five and six per cent. bonds.
The Senate amendment (25thl was then
/ coDcarred in.
The next amendment was that fixing the
time ter which three per cent. bonds shall
be the only bonds receivable as security for
nationa bank circulation, etc., viz, at the
/ 1st of July.
To this Mr.. Conger offered his amend
ment fixing the date at the first of Septem-
f-Sl aarr av1
1 section of the act OF the Both June, 1874.
MIR. Springer, of Illinois, reserved all
/ points OF order, and then one hour was al
lowed fer debate.
a discussion of some length followed as
to the question whether the fifth section of
the pending bill, known as the Carlisle
amendment, had the effect OF repeating the
law under which national banks seeking to
close up their business could deposit lawful
money and withdraw their bonds.
Mr.. Carlisle, the author of the section,
maintained that it did not have such an
effect.
Mr.. Frye insisted that any purport of the
fifieth section should be SO expressed as to
leave no ground for possible doubt as to its
| meaning.
Mr.. Carlisle, In closing the debate, said
the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Frye
would not take the responsibility of ex-
pressing his opinion that the fifth section
took away from the banks desiring to close
up their business the right to do go by
depositing legal money and Withdrawing
their bonds. There were, however, honest
apprehensions to that effect in the minds Of
some people, and he proposed to remove
them by a supplementary bill.
He would move to suspend the rules and
pass the bill making 1t perfectly clear that
the author of the fifth section never intend
cd to interfere with the right OF national
bank that wanted, in good faith, to retire
from business 10 deposit legal money and
withdraw it's bonds. There were now three
ways in which hank could retire its circu-
lation-by buying its own notes; by placing
on deposit with the Treasury reserve
fund TO be used In the redemption of its
notes. aud by depositing legal money! That
right of the banks 1t was not proposed to
touch; II the banks wanted more than that,
| he was not in favor of giving them more.
TApplause on the Democratic side
The debate being closed, Mr.. Springer
| raised the point of order on MIR. Conger's
amendment that 1t applied to matter in
the bill which had not been amended by the
Senate.
After some discussion, however, Mr..
Springer withdrew his point or order, and
vote being taken on Mr.. Conger's amend
ment, was rejected-yeas III, nays 132.
The Senate amendment was then con-
Cured in, fixing the date at July lst
then Mr.. Tucker, under the instructions of
the Committee of Ways and Means, offered
the amendment known as the Mckinley
amendment, providing that nothing in this
| act shall be construed as repeating, modify
ing or affecting sections 5220, 522l, 1922,
5223 and 5224 of the Revised Statutes.
This was rejected-yeas ia, nays "a.
Tits was the last amendment, and the
vote leaves the Senate amendments all con-
Cured in without change. The bill, after
being enrolled and signed by the Speaker,
goes to the President for bis action.
Mr. Carlisle of Kentucky then move to sus-
pend the rules and put on its passage the
| bill amending the funding bill just agreed
to. 1t contains all the amendments pro-
posed by the Committee of Ways and
Means, including the Mckinley amend
ment.
The demand for the suspension of the
| rules was seconded-142 to IL.
After some further discussion the rules
were suspended and the bill passed, no
| division being taken.
The Speaker laid before the House the
| enrolled funding bill and It was signed by
him, The House then adjourned.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate, the credentials of Samuel
Bell MaxeY, reelected Senator from Texas,
1 were presented by Mr.. Coke, which were
read and filed, After dlsposing OF business
OF no special interest the Senate took up the
| sundry civil appropriation bill.
Mr.. Beck, who reported the bill, explained
the items of increase made by the Senate
committee, promising as follows:
The smount of the bill, as passed by the
House. was about so, nc, 900, and the total,
i as now reported to the Senate, sswas $22,
$40 600. the Senate having added s., lis, 600
YThe aggregate of the bill was 1890, 900 less
than the estimates, or 1924, 600 In excess OF
the total of the appropriations Tor the cur
rent fiscal year. Among the items OF In
crease made by the Senate committee are
SIS 600 for a new revenue steamer Tor the
Gulf coast; $50,000 more to the National
Board of Health; $75 900 for the Pensacola
navy ward; $175. 900 for the Arctic search
expedition; s175,OO0 for the purchase OF
lands from the Creek nation for the use OF
the Seminoles, and items for buildings at
Annapolis and Norfolk.
In the committee of the whole the bill
was read and the amendments OF the Senate
committee acted upon as reached.
The amendments having been agreed to
with but few exceptions, on which separate
votes were reserved, and the bin gone
through with, sMr. RAYard, by instruc-
tion OF the Finance Committee, moved TO
amend by adding the following as an sddl-
tional section:
That the Secretary Of the Treasury may,
at any time, apply the surplus money In the
Traasurv not otherwise appropriated, or so
mneh thereof as he may consider proper, to
.L-.,~ohaeo of ITufted States bonds, pro-