Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-04
DOM ESTlC.
United states senate.

United States Senate.
WASHINGTON, February 31.-Teller, from
the Committee on Pensions. reported the orig
inal bill as a substitute for the one on the
subject of granting Lncretia IL. Garheid,
Sarah G. Polk and Julia Gardner Tyler,
widows of ex Presidents. life pensions OF
SIS 600 Der year from the 10Th Of September,
1881. Mrs. Tyler's is to be IN lieu OF the
pension heretofore granted her.
cred. and Voorhees, continued his speech.
He preferred the bill of Lass winter TO this,
which Disseminated Ia favor of banks.
Hawley's amendment was adopted, limit
ing the Withdrawals Of bank circulation, I'M
der the fourth section OF the Act OF 1874, to
s.. 000. 600 per month. and requiring thirty
daysi notice. Adopted. f's'- E'a,sse
Morgan's amendment, fcrfeiting the char
ter of a national bank which fails to with.
draw its circulation after It's thirty days
notice have expired. was defeated-27 to 70.
A vote was then taken, and the bill passed
-3S to 49,
Ayes-Aldrich, Anthony, Beck, Blair,
Cal. Camden, Cameron of Wisconsin, Cock,
rel. Coke, Conger, Davis Of Illinois, Davis
of West Virginia, Dawes, Farley. Ferry,
George. German. Hale, Harrison, Hill oil
Colorado, Hoar, jackson. Jones of Florida,
Lamar, McDill, Malone, Massey, Miller OF
California, Mitchell, Morrell. Pendleton,
Plumb Ransom, Rollins, Salisbury, Sanders,
Sawyer, Sherman-S6.
Nays-Bayard, Fair, Garland, Groome.
Hampton, Hawley, Iugalls, johnson, lap
ham. Morgan, Piat., Pugh, Slater, Vest,
voorhees,, Walker, Williams. Wiudom-1S.
Allison, Harrison and Van WICK, in favor
of the bill, paired with Msssrs. Brown. Tel
Ter and Grover.
Butler, Frye, Jones and Vance, against
thu biz. paired with Cameron of Pennsyl-
vania, Hill Of Georgia, Mcmillan and Kel-
logz, respectively.
Sewell, against the bill. was also paired.
On motion of Ingalls,. his resolution de-
clariug that the pension arrears law ought not
to be repealed, was taken up and laid over as
unfinished business for Monday, Butler hav-
inc amended to it an amendment declaring
in favor of pensions to soldiers OF the Next
can war.
Adjourned to Monday.
House OF Representatives.
WASHINGTON, February 3d-The House
went into Committee of the Whole on the
private calendar.
The FIRST bill was one reported by Kelley o!
Pennsylvania from the Committee on Ways
and Means. releasing the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad Company from the tax as
sessed on wages certificates heretofore issued
by the company.
The bin was advocated and defended by
Hewitt of New York, Dunneli of Minnesota
and Kelley, Ward and Beyne of Pennsyl.
vanis.
Springer opposed the bill, and argued that
it was for the benefit OF the stockholders Of
thu railroad, aud as William ID. Vanderbilt
owned majority of the stock, the bill wa;
really for the relief of William HI. Wander
ht,E of ff NpU
York. [Lauehter.]
Finally Kelley moved that the bill be iale
aside, to be reported favorably.
Camp of New York moved as an amend
mendment that the bill he laid aside to bt
reported unfavorably.
The latter motion was agreed to-lO9 to 40
The committee then rose. the bill was re
ported back unfsvorably, and was laid on the
tahle-that is, defeated.
Adjourned TIL tO-morr1w.
Text of the FcndtnG BiiI.
WAsaNeroE. February Sd Following il
the fuli xt of the three per cent funding
bill passed to-day:
BE ii enacted, etc-That the Secretary OF tn
Treasury is hereby authorized to receive at tn
Treasury, and at the Office of any Assistant Treas
urer OF United States. and at any postal money
order Office lawful money OF the United states, u
the amount Of $50 and any multiple of that sum
or any bonds Of the United States bearing 81 pc
oent,irn interest, which are hereby declared
valid, and to issue in exchange
therefor an equal amount of registered OF
coupon bonds of the United St'tes, OF the denoni
nations of SO, 500, $500. 1000 and $4,000. o.
such form he NAV prescribe, bearing interest al
the rate OF per centum per annum: payable eithel
quarterly or semi annually, Mt the Treasury Of the
United Sites. Such bonds shall be exempt iron
all taxation under State authority, aud be pay
able at the pleasure OF the United st ties providing
that the bonds herein authorized shall not be called
in and paid so long as any bonds of the United
States heretofore issued at higher rate OF interest
than per certum. and which shall be redeemablt
at the pleasure of the Unit d States, shall De out
standing and uncaled. The last OF SAID bonds orig
inally issued and their substitutes under this Act
shall be FIRST called in, and this order OF payment
shall be followed until all SHALL have been paid The
money deposited under this Act shall be promptly
applied solely to the redemption OF bonds Of
the United States bearing 81 per centum inter
est and the aggregate amount of the deposits
made and bonds issued under this Act shall not
coed the sum Of 500, 000, 000 The amount OF law
full money so received on deposit, as aforesaid shall
not exceed at any time the sum Of S25 10000. Be.
fore any deposits are received at any postal money
order Office under this Act, the Postmaster at such
Office shall file with the Secretary OF the Treasury
his bond, with satisfactory security, that he viii
promptly transmit to the Treasurer OF the United
States the money received by him in conformity
with the regulations TO be prescribed by such Score
tary and the deposit with any Postmaster shall not
at any time exceed the amount of his bond.
Sec . Any national banking association now or
ganized or hereafter organized, desiring to with
draw its circulating notes, upon the deposit Of law
full money Nth the Treasurer of the United States
as provided In Section of the Act OF June 90 1874
entitled - An Act fixing the amount of United States
n)te7, provid g for the redistribution OF bank cur
rslcy am for other1purposes, shall b. required tC
give thirty DAYS notice 60 the Comptroller of Cur
rencv of the United States OF is intention to deposit
lawful money and withdraw its circulating notes
provided, that not IRE than IS. 900 900 in lawful
for this purpose and provided. further, that the
provisions Of this section shall not apply to bond;
called for redemption by tho Secretary Of the Treas
ury.
see 8. That nothing in this Act shall be SO con
strued as to authorize an increase of the public
dzbt.
Blaine 10 the President.
WASHINGTON, February Si.-The follow.
irg letter was sent to President Arthur to.
day By ex-Secretary Blaine:
wAsHIsGToS. February 5, 1882.
To the President OF the United States: The sug.
gestion of Congress of all the American nations,
70 assemble in the city OF Washington for the pur.
pose OF agreeing on such basis OF arbitration for
international troubles would remove all possibil
ity Of war on the Western Hemisphere, was warmly
approved by your predecessor. His assassination
July ID prevented his issuing invitations to
the American States. Alter your accession to
the Presidency, / acquainted you with the
project and submitted to you draft for such inyi-
tatiOn You received the suggestion with mos
apprecative consideration. and after carefully exam
hing the form OF invitation, directed il TO be sent
II wns accordingly dispatched in November TO the
independent Governments OF America, North and
South Guiding all. from the Empire Of Brazil to
the smallest Replblic. In the communication ad
dressed BY the present Sscretlry OF State the 9th
of last month TO Mr.. Prescott, recently sent to the
Senate was greatly surprised to find proposition
looking the annulmert OF these invitations, and
was still more surprised when / read the reasons
assigned. Iquote Freiinghuysens nguage: " The
United States is at peace with all nations OF the
earth, and the President wishes hereafter to de-
termine whether it will conduce to the general
peace whiIhfhe would cherish aud promote, for the
Government to enter into negotiations and con
sutatian for the promotion OF peace with selected
friendly nationalities wi bout extending line of
confidence to other people with whom the United
States is on equally friendly terms. such partial
confidence would create jealousy, and it will, the
peace object sought by such consultation would not
be promoted. The principles controlling the rela-
tons Of the republics OF the hemisphere with other
natonel ties may, investigation, be found to be
SO well established that little would be gained at
this time by reopening the subject, which
meaning Of these words, 1t is that we
might offed some European powers if
We should hold in the United st1tes Congress of
selected nationslities of America This is rtauly
new position for the United Stltes to assume and
one which earnestly beg you will not permit this
Government u occupy. Foreign powers assemble
IN Congress whenever object seems to them Of
sufficient importance t, justify It. ! have never
hesrd of their consulting the Government Of the
United states in regard to the propraty Of their 90
assembling nor have known Of their inviting an
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