Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-28

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4 By Senator Edmunds: To prevent anC
= punish counterfeiting within the United
States of notes, bonds and other securities o.
? foreign governments. The bill is the one
, introduced by Senator Davis [IlL1 in the
, last Congress, specifying the penalties, etc.
; By Senator Beck: To provide for the
: erection of public building at Lexington
Kentucky.
; Senator Morrill,, from the Committee or
Education and Labor, reported favorably
! with amendments perfecting it in minor de
tails, the bill to establish an educationa
: fund, and to apply portion of the proceed.
! OF the public lands to public education, and
to provide Tor more complete endowment
, and support of colleges for the advancement
OF scientific and industrial education.
, The latter PORTION of the morning hour
was occupied in a discussion of the proposed
new order OF business, and at / o'clock the
consideration of the Sherman three per cent
bond bill was resumed
After discussion of the amendment of SEN
ator Davis w. Va. !, striking out the time
feature of new bonds and making them pay
able at any time at the option of the govern
ment, it was carried; yeas SO, nays 26.
The amendment offered by Senator Sher-
man, allowing subscriptions for new bonds to
be made at postal money-order offices upon
the postmaters giving additional bonds, was
agreed to.
Senator Sherman then moved to amend so
as to make the bonds redeemable at the
pleasure of the government at any time after
January /, 1887.
stantially the same proposition which had
been voted upon.
Senator Edmunds denied this, claiming the
single question as to time bonds had not been
brought to a vote.
Senator Harris moved to amend the amend
ment so as to lessen the period for the bond
| to three years. Agreed to-yeas 33, NAYS %
Senator Teller said he voted for the Davis
amendment in order to make the bill OBJ
noxious as possible.
Senator Sherman, in reply to Senator
| Teller, ridiculed the assumption of his own
efforts to reduce the public debt could he
distorted into special concern for banking
and money kings. He thought, perhaps, the
| fallacy OF that gentleman's argument was to
be found in the fact, of which he (Teller)
seemed to boast, that he did once belong to
| the Democratic party. Laughter.
Senator Shermans amendment, as amend
ed, to provide for three years bond, was
then lost-yeas %, nays So.
| The Senate then took up Senator Vests
amendment, which makes the proposed issue
| OF 500, 100000 of three per cents the same
basis for an increase of circulation by any
national bank now in existence or for the
circulation of any national bank hereafter
established.
Senator Pugh submitted amendments as
follows: First-making a more emphatic
provision that it shall apply only to banks
hereafter organizing or increasing their cap
ital; second, striking out the proviso which
forfeits the charter of a national bank if it
keeps bonds on deposit after they have ceased
to bear interest; third, making sections 5l59
and 5160 of the Revised Statutes (which
Vests amendment re-enacts) apply only to
the new three per cents.
discussion followed, in which Senators
Hill [Ga. l. Pugh, Beck and Hawley partici-
pated, when it was agreed to defer the vote
until the amendment proposed to be
amended, together with the sections repealed
and re-enacted thereby, could be printed
I Upon this agreement the bill was informally
laid aside.
Pending the motion for an executive ses-
sion, Senator Butler introduced bill for
public building at Greenville, South Caro-
lima.
Senator Ferry introduced bill grantiog
pensions to certain Union soldiers and sailors
of the war of the rebellion who were con-
fined in so-called. Confederate prisons.
Messages from the President were received
transmitting, in further response to the Sem
ate resolution in December, report from
the secretary of state embodying the purport
of recent telegram from the special envoy of
the United States setting forth the condition
of peace presented by Chill; also further re-
spouse to the Senate resolution calling for
the correspondence touching a modification
of the Ciayton-Bulwer treaty. Referred to
the Committee On Foreign Relations.
Adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Townshend [Ill. offered resolution
reciting charges that certain residents of Ter
tories known as Mormons, are melting the
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breaks and lawlessness, and calling UPON the
secretary OF the interior for any information
on the subject on file in his department..
Mr.. Orth asked that further consideration
of the resolution reported by him from the
Committee on Foreign. Affairs, requesting the
President to obtain list of American citi-
zens confined in English prisons. be post
poned until Tuesday next
Mr.. Robinson n. Y at first objected, de- |
claring the resolution was humbug, and he |
would move to lay it on the table, but sub |
sequently agreed 10 postponement, which |
was ordered.
A few private bills were reported and |
placed on the calendar, and the House went !
INTO committee of the whole, Mr. Townsend I
LO.l in The chair, on the private calendar.
At O'Clock the committee rose and the |
House passed several private bills.
The bill for the relief of the children of |
General james II. Carleton was lost-yeas |
81, nays 88.
Mr.. Caswell Wis ], from the Committee
on Appropriations, reported the postoffice
appropriation bill, and said he would call it
up Wednesday.
Mr.. Prescott N. ", from the Committee
on the Census, reported an superintendent
bill, and Mr.. Colerick presented a minority
report. The bill was made the special order
for Tuesday.
The Speaker laid before the House mes
sage from the President transmitting in fur
Their response to the House resolution of the
24th instant the report OF the secretary of
state on CHILEAN affairs, also communica-
ton from the secretary of the navy in an
swer to the resolution of the House calling |
for information relative to certain lands and
hsrbors known as the Chiriqui grant, which
was referred; also, a communication from
the secretary of the treasury in answer to the
House resolution asking for information as
to national banks. Referred.
Adjourned until Monday.