Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-07
XLLT. CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, January 6, 1856.

Senate.
The Char laid before the Senate
letter from he Secretary Of War trans
hitting plans and estimates for per-
manent wharf at Fort Monroe, Va.
Also, letter from the Postmaster
General complying with the call Of the
recent Sensle resolution in respect TO
the appointment Of postmasters in
Maine sllel ed to have been procured
through the influence Of :. 5. Brown,
chairman VI the Democratic committee
OF that State.
This communication caused sharp
political debate between Messrs. Hale,
Vest, and voorhees, /; at the conclusion
Of which il vas, on motion Of Mr. Hale,
referred TO The Committee on Civil.Ser-
vice Reform.
Among the bills introduced and APP
propristely referred were the follow
ing:
by Mr.. uoar To fix the time for the
meeting Of Congress. 1t fixes the time
of the meeting Of Congress in 1856 and
every second year thereafter on the
first Monday in October, and in 1887
and every second year thereafter on the
second Monday in November. In in
PRODUCING the bill Mr.. Hear said that
all must cOnoede that the business of
the country was increasing so fast that
longer sessions Of Congress were ne
ceSsAry.
BY Mr.. Malone To appropriate $50
600 for the completion of the public
building at Harrisonburg, Va.
BY MIR. George TO prevent the con-
traction 10 currency and to increase the
circulation of silver and silver certih-
Gates, IL is copy of the bill intro
duced by him in the last Congress pro-
vidiDg for the withdrawal from circula-
ton Of gold coin and Treasury and
national-bank notes ofless denomination
than ten dollars. The notes Withdrawn
are to be replaced by gold coin and notes
OF greater denomination than sl0 and
by silver dollars and silver certificates
of 81, ~, and %, the certificates to be
issued upon the deposit Of an equal
amount Of silver dollars or bullion. Ii
also prohibits the Secretary of the
Treasury from making any discrimina-
ton against silver or silver certificates
in the payment of any debt against the
United States, except when the con-
tract under which the debt arises ex-
pressly provides otherwise.
By Mr.. Cockrell: To authorize the
settlement Of the claim of Presiden,
Monroe for half pay due him as lieu
tenant-eoloDel Of infantry from Noyem-
Der 3, l7s3, the close Of the Reyolu-
nonary war, to July 4, 1881, the time
Of his death. and for the payment of
the amount found due to his legal rep
resentatiyes.
Mr. Cockrell said he introduced the
bill by request. but that bis OWE vote
had always been against such bills and
always would be.
Mir. Logan remarked that President
Monroe never was 8 colonel and never
vas in the army at all.
Dir. Morrill, said that Monroe had
gone home TO raise . regiment, but
gave il up and went TO studying Law
with Thomas Jefferson.
Dir. Gray called up Mr.. Beck's re-
cent resolution Of inquiry regarding the
payment Of customs duties in coin and
the application Of that coin 70 the par-
poses Of sinking fund, e,c.
The resolution having been read, Mr..
Cray said be would vote for it, but for
rsssons very different from those which
acsusted Mr.. Beck and those who
thought with him. Reviswing the his
Tory Of our coin legislation act Of 1873,
hr. Gray said il MAS tentative. Il was
based or the idea that silver would
saortly reachan international ratio with /
soid. u was the attAinrnsnt Of this IN
transitional ratio that actastsd many
= ss,eafhsiul neE in voting for that bill.
shis heps had been disappointed. Ths
ssset Of the bill had been defeated, and I