The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-24

most of whom never saw eacl
other before, hc did not think II should
be called guide for Senators in the per
formance of their public duty. II,
thought 10 an extraordinary spectacle
that II should bo attempted to make 10 q
guide. Ilo had as much respect ny any
body for the opinion of his party, but II
was the Congress of the United States
that, under the constitution, must pre-
scribe tho laws for our country Our
Democratic friends would be In ~ very
sorry predicamcnt II he should present
TO them their party platform for the last
twenty-four years as guide for action.
In fact they were In sorry predicame
any way, but II senator must have
some better guide than hastily ar.
ranged platform, he tSherman) would
not be afraid to go before any crowd Of
ment he had made to-dny. He believed
that the Judgment Of the prudent, sensi-
bic, candid and fair men among thcm
would he with him.
Mr.. Ingalls, amendment was voted
down-Yeas, 10; nays, 30.
Mr.. Mitchell offered an amcndment.to
the Pension bill introduced by Cullom
valid soldiers and sailors who have been
discarded from the army or navy of the
| United States after three months service
in q rebellion, and for widows and de-
pendent parents of deceased pensioners.
Adopted-ycas, ~; nays, q.
Before this was agreed to, Mr.. Morgan
moved To postpone consideration Of the
bill until December. ~, he said, the
Mexican soldiers could not get fair
chance while this bill was being treated
as political measure. The motion was
lost.
Mr.. Vest said the object of the ma
jority of the Senate was evidently to
but by loading il down with amend
mcnts. He could not vote for IL
as amended, feeling the majority were
influenced that the war with Mexico,
which had shed so much glory on the
American army, was Democratic war.
Mr.. Congcr supposed IL then followed
that the war for the Union had been a
Republican war.
Mr.. Vest said that he had not said so.
Mr.. Conger remarked that he would
then say so on his own account.
After some further discussion IL was
agreed upon.
The suggestion of Mr.. Allison to adopt
the ten-minutc rule for speeches to-mor-
row and come to vote on the bill and
amendment nj 3 o'clock was agreed 10.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Hancock introduced bill authorizing
the funding of the entire bonded debt
of the United States in > per cent. fifty
year bonds. Referred.
| Randall, Chairman of the Committee
on Appropriations, said he was directed
by the unanimous voice of that commit
mittcc to move to suspend the rules and
pass the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill.
He wished first To give the House an
opportunity to vote upon few amend
ments, most important of which was
that reported by the Committee on EN-
pendtures of the department of justice,
relative to salaries of United States
marshals and district attorneys. Some
opposition was manifested to the prop
osition TO pass the bill under Il suspcn-
sion of the rules.
Morrison asked unanimous consent to
4 be allowed to introduce an amendment
directing the Secretary of the Treasury
To apply the surplus revenue ut any time
I'm the Treasury in excess of SlOO,OOO,OO,
and not otherwise appropriated re,
dcmption of United States bonds, and
when any Of the said bonds are redeem.
able ut the pleasure of the Government
IL shall not be lawful to apply any por-
tion of the surplus to the purchase OF
bonds at premium.
Randall joined Morrison in this re-
quest, but Hiscock objected.
Reading of the bill was then proceeded
with, and when concluded the. thirty
minutes debate permitted under the
rules was entered upon.
Hiscock briefly explained the reason
why he had objected to Morrison y
amendment. There were about $l3S, ,OOO,-
900 unappropriated in the treasury; of
this t75, 900 was in silver coin or frac-
tional currency. The result of such
treasury, in gold, all available sums in
excess of sl0,OOo000, leaving in the
treasury and as reserve, S75,OO0,000 in
silver, and so, ,000,0O0 in gold. He OBJ
jccted most emphatically TO putting
ms Il ryder upon appropriation bill
legislation which might be so serious
in its consequences. At this
Morrison said the object of the amend
ment was simply TO reach what was
called the "surplus" i'm the treasury.
! The money in the treasury for the pur-
pose of redeeming gold or silver certifi-
Gates, or notes of banks which had gone
into liquidation, and other funds i'm the
treasury for specific purposes was not
counted in ms "surplus." AS to the in
terfering with banks there was no such
proposition contained in this amcnd-
! inent. 1t simply said money, which was
not needed I'm the treasury, should be
applied to the payment of the public
debt, and that in. paying this
should not go into the market and buy
bonds ut n large premium while $500
100000 bonds were payable at the option
| of the Government.
Randall said the present Secretary of
the Treasury had never gone into the
market and bought bonds at premium
when he could buy them at par, and his
conduct was living approval of the
proposition of the gentleman from llli-
nois.
Potter protested against the clause of
the bill appropriating S5OO,OW to enable
the Departments of the government to
U n Al h.I.
position, and denied that there was any
necessity of this vast expenditure of
money.
Randall defended the appropriation,
declaring that the exposition was u
great one, which celebrated the centen-
nial of the first expectation of cotton.
lie hoped the appropriation would meet
with the appreciation of the people of the
United States.
Randall then offered an amendment
directing the Secretary of War to sell at
public auction tho following arscnals:
Allegheny arsenal, in Pennsylvania;
Augusta arsenal, in Georgia; lndianapo-
lis arsenal, in Indiana; kennebec
arsenal, in Maine, and Watcrtown
arsenal, in Massachusetts. Adopted.
Also, granting one months extra pay To
Rouse employees. Adopted. Also, to
strike out the proposition that no speech
be printed in the Record which had not
been delivered upon the floor of Con-
gress. Adopted--l62 to IL. Also, an
amendment appropriating $1,000 for the
heirs of the late a. j. Heron, of Louis
lana, member-elcct to the Forty-eighth
Congress, and like sum for the heirs of
the late j. II. Updegrafi, of Ohio, which
was ruled out on a point of order.
Springer then offered an amendment.
framed by the Committee on Expendi-
lures of the Department of Justice, pro-
viding that United States marshals and