Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-10-26

amendments to which we shall be
willing to accede" Mr. L. MYERS.
(of Pa That will be the wisest
course. To this course Mr.. Hooper
aSsented, and the House ordered that
the bill and Us amendments should Be
once more prlnted .Globe, :" y. 742.
On january 23rd. Mr.. Hooper asked
unanimous consent that the bill lie
taken up. the amendments non-eon-
CURED in, and a Committee of Con-
ference upon the amendments asked
for. And il was So ordered. y. Sf5.
On January 18th, Mr.. Hooper. Mr.
Stoughton and Mr. MeNeeley were
appointed as managers of the Confer
ence ON the part Of the House. p. 500
On January 9th notice of this ac-
ton in the House was received by the
Senate, p. SOS and on the some day
on motion of Mr.. sherman. the Senate
insisted upon its amendments, and
agreed to a Committee Of Conference.
the Committee e he appointed by the
Vice President who Immediately
appointed Mr. sherman, Mr. Scott,
(of Pa and Mr.. B1yard, (of Del.) as
Conferees on the part Of the Senate. p.
S1l. And on the same day the House
was duly informed by message, Of this
action Of the Senate. p. S93. On Feb
ruary 9th, 1873, Mr.. Sherman sub
mitted to the Senate report Of the
result reached hy the Committee Of
Conference. which. stated in substance
and as shortly a~ possible, was. that
they advised the House to agree to
fourteen of the amendments which
had been adopted III the senate An
amendment adopted ia the senate
respecting the reeoinage ot gold coins,
which had become too light hv natur-
al wear. and over which as stated
above, there was much discussion in
the Senate when the bill was before
that body. it was agreed should be
modified, and 50 modified. should be
agreed to. The sixth amendment
adopted in the Senate. related to the
manner in which the weights Of silver
coins should be expressed. whether BY
grains. or grams, (.,grammes. d
The Senate amendment. twas agreed,
should be modified. the term gram
gramme'9 adopted. except as to the
..trade dollar, and the Senate ameud-
ment, when SO modified should be
agreed to. The eighth Senate amend-
ment related 10 the inscription upon
the silver half dollars, quarter dollars.
and dimes. and it was agreed that it
should be modified substantially as
Mr.. Casserly desired in the debate
above Areferred to, Ivy leaving the
representation Of the eagle upon all
our coins, except the gold dollar, the
three dollar piece, the dime, five. three
and one cent pieces, and the trade
dollar. And upon the reverse side
Of the last named coin, instead of The
eagle, the weight and tineness Of the
coin should be inscribed And 50
modified the Senate amendment should
be agreed to. The ninth Senate
amendment, il was agreed should be
modified by striking out the words
proposed to be inserted together with
the remainder of the section, (21) and
inserting in their stead the following;
THAT any owner of silver bullion
may deposit the same at any mint to
be formed into bars or into dollars Of
the weight of four hundred and twenty
grains troy. designated in this act as
trade dollars. and no deposits Of stire7
for other c0tndge shall be receiUea but
silver bullion contained in gold de-
posts, and separated thereffom, may
be paid for in silver coin at such val
uation as may be from time to time,
established by the Director Of the
Mint. and when So modified, the
Senate agreed amendment should be
agreed to. There were other amend
ments agreed upon, but the foregoing
are the most important.
The report a. presented to he Sem
ate, bore the signatures Of all the
Conferees in both Houses. except that
Of Mr.. McNeely. It was adopted as
presented, and on the same day.
.Globe, p. 1850 Exactly the same
report was made in the House on
February eth, 1898, and that report
bears the signatures OF all Inc Ton
fcrrees. in both Houses, including that
Of Mr.. McNeely. and it was also
adopted IN that House as presented,
and on the same day. Globe, p.
1889. and in that manner the bill
passed both Houses. On February
9TH, 1873. the Senate notified the
House that il had adopted the report
Of the Committee If Conference,
Globe j. 1ls4 And on February
10th, 1878. the House sent message
notifying THAT body that the report
had been also adopted by the House
Globe. D. 1214 On February 18th,
1872, Mr.. Foster, Of Michigan. report
"a 10 the House, that the Committee
on Enrolled Bills had examined the
bill and found It duly enrolled, and il
vas thereupon signed by the speak
ii. Globe p. 1921 Aud "a the
~ame day tie bin was received IN TIE
senate aud signed by The Vice Presi-
dent 6obe. y. 1872
on February lIth 1875 tile Presi-
dent reported to THE House that ~
had approved and signed the bill,