New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-04


Subsequently Legislative bill was passed b
both houses, entirely free from politica FEATURES
ard approved June q, 1873.
| The passage OF the two appropriation biils az
not. however. end the Democratic campaig
against the laws for the protection OF the right
Of voters in Congress elections. Frantic owe
the defeat recorded above they passed thre
other bills to repeal portions OF those laws.
! One was a short bill to forbid the use OF tn
Army to preserve peace at the polls in elections
It was passed by the House, 125 to 80. and b.
the Senate, 80 to %, a strict party vote in bot
cases. Vetoed by the President on the sam
grounds as before, the bill then failed in tn
House, 12S yeas to 81 nays, strict party vote
| not two-thirds IN the affirmative.
The second measure was bill making appro
priations for expenses Of the courts. 1t failed t
provide for marshals in elections and prohibited
the Government from mourning any liability TO
such marshals 1t was passed In both houses b!
a strict party vote, Democrats in the affirma
tive, Republicans opposed. IT was vetoed on tn
grounds set forth in previous vetoes and faile'
to become a law, the.vote in the House on tn
veto being 1O2 to rs not two-thirds in its favor
The bill subsequently passed, without tn
Object ionabe features, and became-a law.
The Democrats now passed third bill appro
priating 100000 for marshas, but containin'
the same political features as in the previou
measure. 1t was passed by both houses, eXclu
sively by Democratic ;otes, bur failed 10 become
q law
MORE SILVER BILLS.
An act providing that subsidiary silver coli
could be exchanged in sums Of $40, or multiple!
thereof. for lawful money at the Treasury or it.
branches, and that subsidiary silver should b
a legal tender to the amount Of So was ap
proved June 13. 1879
A silver bill was introduced in the House By
A. J. Warner Dem. Ohio and supported by
|. General Weaver Dem.. Iowa. and the whole
company Of rank inflationists, which proposed
the unlimited free coinage Of standard silver
dollars which were to be legal tender, discOn'
tinuance of the trade dollar. repeal of the unit
Of value" quality Of the gold dollar. and the pur
chase Of bullion and coinage OF at least $1,000,
600 month by the Treasury, whenever volun-
tary offerings OF silver did not reach that
amount per month, subsidiary silver to be a
legal-tender to the amount OF $50
This bill brought on another long and passion
ate debate on the whole subject of silver coin
age. 1t now suited the convenience Of the Dem
ocrats and inhationists TO denounce the de-
none tizaton Of the silver dollar by the coinage
act Of 1873 as a trick and conspiracy an act
done for a covert purpose, and deserving the CEN
sure Of the whole country. This utterly unjus,
and outrageous charge was handsomely an
swered by the Republicans of the House, especi-
ally by Mr.. Haskell Qsep, Kan.). Mr.. Haskell
proved by the record that the coinage act OF
1873 had been prepared by Mr.. Knox, then Con-
troller Of the Currency; had been submitted by
him to twenty -fve monetary experts; and had
been publicly approved both by them and by
the New-York Chamber Of Commerce and New
York Board of Trade. 1t had been introduced
at Congress and debated. 1t had been in
troduced at another Congress and debated. 1t
had been by Congress ordered to be and was
printed thirteen times. The decentralization OF
TIE standard silver dollar had been referred to
by Mr.. Knox. the twenty-five experts the New
York Chamber of Commerce and the New-York
Board Of Trade, and during the debates by three
Representatives and two Senator'S in Congress
Eighty columns in The Congressional Record
had been devoted TO these debates.
No arguments could stop the passage Of the
bill. however. 1t passed the House May "a.
1879. by ia yeas @ Republicans l05 Democrats)
to - nays go Republicans. Democrats Mr.
Carlisle (since Democratic Secretary Of the
Treasury voted for the bill.
The Senate took no action on the measure at
this session.
A bill to revive the income tax. introduced in
the House by Mr.. Gibson Dem. La was put to
vote on May II. on motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill. but failed by III yeas to
81 nays. not two-thirds.
A FAVORABLE OUTLOOK.
The XLVIth Congress met for its second ses.
sion first regular annuaD December |, 1879. ad-
journing sine die June 16. 1880 The roll:
neutrality-suspicious. 80: Democrats. AZ: In
dependent. l. Total. &c
House-Samuel J. Randall. Dem, Penny
Speaker Republicans. 100; Democrats 149: RE-
publican Nationals, D: Democratic Nationals. Z.
Nationals, = Total. 293 -
President Hayes, in his annual Message. con-