The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-06-29

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bill to extend the charters OF national banks
was taken up the pending question being the
issue Of gold certificates. After an argument
on a double standard, tho Senate went into
| executive session and confirmed the nomination
to the Tariff Commission by 80 to %. The
House passed the Senate bill authorizing re-
port on the amounts due tho States and Terri.
tories for suppressing Indian hostilAies. Mr..
Young introduced bill providing that the tax
on distilled splrlts be reduced to 50 cents per
gallon, aud the tax on beer and ale be fixed AZ
80 cents per barrel, with 4 deduction Of ~
per cent on stamps sold to brewers A
bill was passed appropratns 100000
Mr.. Updegraf reported ! substitute for the
Senate bill to fix day for the meeting OF Elect
ors Of President and Vice President and to
regulate the counting OF votes, on which .
spirited interchange Of sentiment took place.
The substitute was rejected snd the Senate bill
was recommtted. sixty Republican members
OF the House held . caucus on the Internal
Revenue bill. It was resolved that the provis-
ions IN regard to the tax on bank capital and to
| special taxes on liquor-dealeis be eliminated,
and that the bill be called ND for consideration.
| A bill authorizing public buildings 1t Lyncn-
burg, Abingdon and Harrisonburg, Va, was
passed by the Senate on June 20. Mr.. Nor
gans resolution to investigate the cause Of the
labor strikes was referred to the Committee on
Education and Labor, to report withina week.
banks was taken up. The pending amend
ment for the issue Of silver certificates was
| adopted. A proposition was carried that
the issue OF gold certificates
be suspended whenever the avail
| able treasury stock OF that metal
fall IxnIn kkxnt
| no national bank shall belong to clearing.
house in which silver certincates are not re-
eclved in settlement OF balances. Mr.. Beck
offered a provision requiring national banks to
receive and pay ont silver dollars and certif-
icates on Tao same terms as gold, but it vas
| voted down. A clause was adopted punis.in
the unlawful ccrtifi:atlon OF checks by = fine
OF $4,000 or imprisonment for i've years.
MIR. Allison gave notice that he would
offer the Hennipen Canal bill as an amendment
to the River and Harbor bill. In the House,
the bill for the erection Of Congressional
Library building was taken mp. Mr.. Towns
hcnd charged that the measure embodied
Job Of Eastern partios, against which remark
McRsrs. Reed and Humphrey entered i hot pro-
test, and the bill was postponed to Dec. II. An
act was passed to authorize the Rock Island and
Southwestern railway to bridge the Mississippi
at New Boston, I'LL The bill to reduce internal
revenue taxation was considered in committee
OF the whole. Mr.. Kelley estimated the reven-
ues Of the Government for this year at s4OO,-
OOO, 600, and said the bill proposed reduction
OF only e23, 100000. Mr.. Thompson spoke for
On hour III opposition to the measure. when I
large number OF amendments were submitted.
The committee rose without having taken
action.
Mr.. Van wyck offered resolution in the
Senate, Juno q, which was adopted. calling for
correspondence with the Spanish Government
in relation to tho claim of Pedro do Buzz, .
naturazed citizen bill was passed granting
the right OF way through Indian Territory to
the Mississippi. Albuquerque aud Inter-o ocean
railway. Chairman Davis presented 4 copy OF
the proposed constitution for the State Of Utah.
joint resolution was passed appropriating
$4,000 to continue Arctic explorations. The
petition and bill Of Mrs. Jessie Benton Free
mont, in relation to property in San Francisco,
was placed on the calendar. resolution
granting permission for the erection OF q statue
TO Garlbali Il in the National Cemetery at vcks-
burg was referred to the Military Committee.
The bill to extend the charter OF national banks
wasthen taken up. Mr.. Vest offered substitute
forbidding the creation OF new national banks
and authorizing an issue OF treasury notes in
| place OF bank notes. Mr.. Morgan proposed to
| force banks aud their depositors to receive sill
yer certificates. Mr. Allison said be had never
heard Of an instance outside Of New York where
banks refused silver certificates. Mr.. Voorhees,
remarked that bank officers were hostile to what
Ihcv tcIuicu o0-ceut money. MT. sherman dep
rccated any attempt by Congress to regulate
the value OF the two CONS the Gov
ernment itself had deprecated silver, which
should stand - eighteen to ono in pro-
portion to gold. Mr.. Allison thought the
ratio should be 151 to I, - in France and Ger
many many: The propositions by % Me.srs. !s Vest and
passed by 81 to Is. The House went into COM
mittee on the bill to reduce internal revenue
taxation. Mr.. White gave notice Of an
amendment to repeal the internal revenue
system SO far - it affected tobacco.
Chairman OF the Committee Of Ways and
Means was striving to empty the treasury with
ont relieving the burdens Of the people, Messra
Page, Aiken. and Reagan announced that they
would vote against the BILL and the committee
rose. communication from navy officers was
read, asking that the age for retirement be not
changed. The Democrats Of the House held
caucus after adjournment, at which there were
nifty two members present The substance OF
their action WAS that, 30 far as they were con-
cerned, they would support the tobacco provi-
sions OF the Internal-lsuvenue bill, and, those
failed, move to rccommit.
The House bill to ratify the agree ment with
the Shoshones and Bannocks for right Of
way for the Utah and Northern road was passed
by the Sena te June %, as also the Senate bill
creating the Oregon Short-I4ine Railroad Com.
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President pro tenn, when emporarily absent, to
designate in writing senator TO perform the du-
ties Of the chair. which was debated and referred.
Condemned cannon were granted to organiz-
ations at Nincennes, mi Marshalltown. Iowa:
lronton, OHIO; Dauviiie, ILL.,, and Council
Bluffs. A bill WAS passed to pay for the use Of
the orphan-asylum property at Natchez during
| the war. The House resolution commem-
orative Of the late Thomas Allen, Of Missouri,
called out several tributes of respect.
s..AS -
on the bill to reduce internal taxation. Mr..
kasson expressed the hore that tho Govern
ment would not become permanently depend
ent upon whisky shops Tor its revenue. Mr..
Wilson gave notice Of an amendment to forbid
national banks from receiving interest exceed
Mr.. Dunnell thought it too early to
begin to repeal internal-revenue laws.
1 Mr.. Hewitt alluded to the strik es in progress,
and remarked that Congress should speedily
abolish levies on the products Of industry.
whereas the Republican party offered the work.
ingman the abolition OF the tax on matches.
! Mr.. Sparks attacked the entire internal-rey-
enue system, AZ did also Mr.. Springer. The
committee then rose, when culogies were de-
| liyered upon the life Of the late Thomas Allen.
A resolution for final adjournment OF Con-
gress on the 10th Of July was adopted by the
House on tho oath. A bill was passed author
| izing the construction Of pontoon railway
bridge across the Mississippi river at the mouth
| Of the Upper Iowa river. Tho bill TO reduce IN
| ternal-revenue taxation was taken up Ill COM
mi.tee Of the whole. Mr.. Eobeson moved an
amendment striking ont the tax on bank capi-
tai. as agreed to by the Republican party.
| After considerable debate it was rejected. MIR.
| ksndalrs proposition to relieve tobacco and
/ cigars from internal-rcvenue taxation was lost.
! A score Of other amendments were voted down.
| The Senate was not III session.
state Fairs.
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