The sun., 1890-09-21
THE FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
KJeBTr-FITS PENSION BILLS PAsskD
BT IHB SENATE ~ 80 MINUTES.

BIT IBE SENATE ~ 80 HINUrka
Tn. A-sudnsats 90 che National na.h,ur
Act D'-eSssea-sesstorE EsEsl,s Progresses
% divide the eupreno Csurt tate Three
ouorums-No ouoruU In tAs Houss.
yAsHrSoroS sept 9o-The Senate to-day
r..nred consideration of the Senate bill 10 10.
Suoe tho amount Of United States bonds to bo
reauired OF national banKs, and to restore to
The channels OF trade the excessive accumula-
Nons OF lawful money. the pending question
belna on the amendment offered yesterday By
Mr. Power to strike out the first section. which
r.duces to 81, 600 the amount OF bonds required
N be deposited By national banks for their
charters.
MI. sherman (Rep., ohio), who has charge OF
.be bill expressed his willinRness to accept the
amendment and TO let tho bill pass with the
second section only. which would alloS, ma
tonal banks to issue notes TO the full face value
Of tho bonds deposited to secure circulation.
Mr.. Cockrell tDom.. MOI did not believe that
the mode proposed In the bill was the proper
way 10 increase tho circulating medium OF the
country When the bill should be before the
eenate he would offer an amendment reouir-
ing tho withdrawal Of all bank circulation and
the substitution OF Treasury notes.-the best
paper currency that any country had ever had.
That would prevent any contraction OF the
ourrency and would take the control OF the
finances out of the hands OF combination and
nonoroly What had been seen within the
last few weeks was not oreditable to the coun-
tn. Tho Secretary OF the Treasury had been
seen. drawn on by speoulators In stocks and
Rrain in New York. to pay out every dollar OF
eurpus In the Treasury In order to save them
and to save their imaginary profits in speculn-
Ion don to the present con- liberation OF the bill.
The bill was laid astde without ACTION, The
calendar was then taken pP and the BIZ aI
Sioux 81 W City and Pacific Railroad Company was
The Senate, resumed confederation OF the
House bill to define and regulate the jurisdic-
@ eS SnTs 81 n1 A M fd yars S
from the Judiciary Committee.
An amendns1t 9ffeEed i91 By NJ ippgalls Ing tReG.
SRteG Rs G from the SeosieSs of the Upted stStes
ST IL ths . IPdsn ns sTsTrtSry sTrsa to thS spRTsms
court Of Appeals In the Eighth circuit. in the
same manner and under the Same regulations
g from the Circuit or District Courts OF the
Mr.; pOlph Rep. Ore offered an amendment
Gases in which the judgement is made finai.
shall have the same appellate jurisdiction, by
writ Of error or appeal. 20 review the judG-
courts Of the several territories. as by this act
they may have to review the judgments orders,
and and HSSS for that purposs the several Terfitore:
maze made @%s5s tfSn tine e lime sI@ss b assigned to par r
Mr.InGalls, who had offered an amendment to
rearrange the circuits, gave If as bis opinion
the division of the Supreme Court into QUO
runs OF three. to whom should be assigned,
from time to. time, the ,consideration Of the
great mass of cases which came before that
tribunal and which. as o matter Of fact, could
be decided ntelliRsntly by any ordinary JUS
that were brought before the Supreme Court
had been determinsd by the precedents OF a
thSnsHnd lhs years They were trivial they were
En1Wiedse geo q prscedsnts that had been DECIDED
Thousand times, from the days Of the horn
to w s saAs sO@as
S6G It's CAVITY mTfs NJ It all sit on the Supreme en-
fee. when a little case, involving o patent or
fore that tribunaL He would not say that on
1ons, questions Involving vast amounts,
On which a Soncurrence OF opinion might
Sae emb1as. bsrs ha ali S BE- s%
b decided BY one d. The auorans Of three g
him, the entire mass Of arrears Of business
Sd sl eS be I dsSs ma of En h wS could pPs Sd
the dignity Of that tribunal, no loss Of prestige
or power. NO sacrifice OF privilege or preroga.
tive. and no dimunition Of the riRhts Of the
Mr.. Spooner rep, Wis declared himself in
favor OF the ;plan reported from the Judi
Sss1 r. Eyars
that II would afford the necessary relief. and
afford it absolutely. He was not in favor OF
Mr.. Ingalls, amendment. the effect OF which
would be the establishment substantially OF
three Supreme Courts, and therefore viola
MIR. Daniel (Dem.. va offered an amendment
extending the right Of appeals to the Supreme
Court to all cases of conviction Of felony and to
all cases where the matter in dispute is the
right Ito personal liberty or the right to the
custody Of child
Without action on Mr. Daniels amendment
the bill was laid aside Informally. and the pri-
vate pension bills ON the calendar were taken
up and dpassed-eiRhty-dve of them In fifty min
day.