| Show BY TELEGRAPH KORTY SIXTO CONGRESS EXTRA SESSION SENATE washington 23 the senate took up the bill making subsidiary colus coins exchangeable for lawful money of the united states and to make buch such coins a legal tender in sums up to 20 the committee amendment amend ment mont to 10 for 20 was discussed the bill was supported by bayard booth ferry and thurman Thu rolan roian the tho morning hour having expired the bill went over without action and the senate took up the contagious disease bill an amend ment meat providing that the act shall ahall not remain in force over four years was adopted jones florida amendment substituting sti the words any merc merchant haht nhip ship or vessel vess voss sl for the words s any vessel engaged in the tho trans transportation porta tion of goods gooda or persons was adopted on motion of harris the penal penni penalty ty was reduced from to 1000 A motion to strike out the j clause ia se making a fine a lien lieu upon a vossel was rejected acted edmunds opposed the bill on constitutional grounds the democrats demo crata were in jn now putting violation of state laws within federal jurisdiction juris juria diction He think the supervision of health a government vern ment business bud buc a state bu business lamar declared that the law of 1799 was waa a precedent for this bill blaine thought the government ought to exercise its power to protect the general health A discussion as to the duty and power of the government in the matter ensued between blaine blaino and edward after which the bill was reported to the cenate and the amendments agreed to the bill passed yeas 34 31 nays the senate took up the senate bill relative to the transportation of animals without tailing taking action thereupon the senate went into executive aud and adjourned till monday washington 21 As special order the silver bill was then thon taken up the question being on the fourth section yesterday yesterdays as amended on the motion of marsh amended as follows the charge of converting gold and silver bullion into irto coin shall be the difference between the market value in new york city of bullion nad aad legal tender value of the coin A vote was taken on the section the friends ot of tho the bill voting against and the opponents of the bill for the tho section the section as amend ed was adopt adopted eds yeas nays naya seventeen democrats and one greenbacker jones joness of texas supporting p n g it and one republican ehll kellye y opposing it A vote was then taken en on the motion to reconsider and lay on the table rhe the rho motion to lay jay on the table the motion to reconsider the vote adopting the fourth section of the silver bill as amended was carried yeas nays this thia vote keeps heeps the fourth section in the bill thus defeating oue one of the main objects of its supporters at ane last moment springer who had bad sustained the marsh amendment changed his vote from aye to no which left it in the speaker power to defeat ufa motion by making a tie tle vote but bat he did nol not exercise his constitutional privilege the bec see section tion therefore remains irrevocably in the bill the fifth section which directs the payment of small sliver coins to any extent they may ba be required in exchange for gold coin or for standard eliver dol doi dollars lars larB or for united states notes at par in sums of not les lec s than 21 20 was wits agreed to warner demanded the previous provi oua question tion on the sixth section which makes gold coin and standard silver dollars legal tender in all payments tho The previous question was seconded keeon ded weaver moved to amend the oath section by adding a clause directing the secretary of the treasury to cause caliso to bo be paid out without discrimination standard hilver milver dollars belonging to the government the same as gold coin in liquidation of all kinds of coin obligations ligat ions against the government agreed to yea nays nass 75 the seventh section providing that silver colna coina of smaller denorn denora inactions than one dollar shall be legal tender for any amount not exceeding 20 in any one payment was agreed to the eighth section requires the secretary bf the treasury to receive deposit rf of gold or silver coin and bullion in sums of not less leas than 20 and to issue certificates therefore in denominations of not less than 20 and it provides pr ovidea that certificates representing coin in the treasury may be issued in payment of interest on the public debt and that certificates for coin and bullion in the treasury shall be received at par in payment borall for all ail dues to the united states including duties on imports consideration was then resumed of the warner silver bill and the house agreed to the committee amendment to the bill which provides thelt that certificates of deposit ceball bein be in denominations of not less than 65 5 instead ot of 10 as originally provided jn the bili bill the question recurred upon the commit committees teela amendment P providing i I 1 that certia certificates of deposits may as part of the lawful money reserve of the national banks it was decided a debate be allowed on the eighth section conger opposed the amendment and called attention to the danger dinger of allowing national banks to count as part of their legal reserve the certificates provided for in the eighth section 20 per cent of which might be beyond coin and bullion in the treasury he characterized them assiat as fiat certificates buckner asked conger whether he would have any objection to the proy provision islon if that pare part as to the 20 per cent additional were stricken out conger replied that if there was an opportunity unity to amend the section he would remove that objection warner expressed his to vote ote for the amendment to strike out the 20 percent per cent provI provision elon tion conger expressed his satisfaction at witnessing some returning sense of j justice on the part of warner he ht was still in favor of bimetallic metallic bi bl currency 4 of or having silver coin issued sufficient for the wants of the people and of having hands paid in botn both gold and silver claflin opposed the whole section and would move at the proper time to strike it out buckner disapproved of the ath section and hoped it would be materially teri terl ally alJy amended he would amend it so aa as to provide that bullion might be deposited in branch mints instead of having it bent sent to new york or philadelphia he opposed the amendment of the committee in regard to the reserve of the national banks springer referring to the deprecating remarks made madg about the silver dollar being inconvenient recalled the fact that chittenden lad bad had bad demanded last year from the clerks desk gold for his ten dollar bill had that gentleman gone for his gold now that he could get it he springer 8 thought not when the gentleman knew know that he could ob tain gold he does not want it atthe at the conclusion of springers remarks chittenden amid a good deal of laughter crossed the aisle and showed springer an eagle to prove that he had obtained gold for his ten dollar bill hawley expressed his dl dissatisfaction with the whole bill A discussion ensued on the old question whether bonds ought or ought not to be paid indiscriminately in gold or silver springer contended that they might properly and legally bo be paid in silver chittenden condemned the foll folly y and audacity of this inflation measure ho he continued As an executor I 1 own in 41 4 per percent cent bonds for which I 1 paid to the government vern ment gold last year bearr r knew f ahr tahe interest is payable in e coin eoin oin oln but i I 1 also knew know that the government had never not hardly ever I 1 i but never s loud laug laughter offered its creditors ul a dollar in r in payment of interest on its bonds if I 1 borrow a good horse from a gentleman from illinois springer and offer him a bad nuie nule in return he will say that I 1 am a damned scoundrel shouts of laughter and so I 1 say that the government is a damned scoundrel eco undrel if it pays me in depreciated precia ted silver the interest on the bonds which I 1 hold for a widow this proposition of issuing certificates is the greatest monstrosity st ever proposed in a civilized 1 legislature e g i s there is not a member of t the h p ho house who votes for this bill th that tt will not re repent of it in dust and ashes provided he la Is subject to the honest bense of the american people I 1 thank the great god who made this country that there Is no more chance of this bill passing than there is of the country sinking into the bottomless pit of degradation 11 laughter warner argued that the provision about the 20 per cent was an existing law as applying to gold and the only object of the committee on coinage was to extend the provision to silver he had no objection jec tion however to its being stricken out cannon reminded the gentleman from new york chittenden who had grown eloquent over the bonds of his widows that there were other widows and orphans in the country besides his who had to pay taxes and he hoped that equal and exact juanico would be done applause the amendment that certificates should be computed as part of the lawful money reserve of national banks was rejected warner wamer an amendment providing that gold or silver bullion lion ilon which shall become the property of the government by return of the certificates to the treasury in payment of dues shall ishall be coined and paid out the same as other money adopted buckner offered an au amendment to the section sections making minimum denomination certificates of instead of 5 striking out the provision that the amount of certificates shall not exceed by more than 20 pe per r cent the amount of coin and bullion in the treasury and adding a provision that all certificates for gold and silver sliver bullion shall be issued at ut the market value of such bullion at the city of new york at time deposit garfield said that the law JAW in reference to gold certificates should have been at a time when the government was anxious to get by every beaus means it could all gold possible into the treasury it had bad invited people who had bad gold bullion to come into the treasury and deposit in order to strengthen the government the 20 per cent arrangement ran gement bad had been made in consequence of the necessities of the government at a time when there had been a very small outstanding volume of paper money now when there was a vast volume of that money and when khen the financial affairs of tho the country were adjusted on a dasis basl of maintaining hat that bat volume at par it was proposed to reenact reenact re to enact that old clause of 1863 injecting into it silver bliver bullion and coin what were the certificates to be issued foi the bill did not say they should be called gold certificates or silver certificates or even coin certificates it was absolutely and hopelessly indefinite and uncertain it did not say whether a man depositing silver bliver bullion could get certificates at 41 grains to the dollar and be he hoped that his bis colleague warner warners would not demand the previous question until he be had taken three or four days to explain his great financial views the amendment of buckner made the section less absolutely and nd utterly bad but the only bate sate thing to be done with the section was to strike it out entirely warner said the law now provided that gold and bullion deposited I 1 for or representing certificates of deposit should be rela lela retained ined in the treasury for payment ent of the same on demand any man who had any sense knew know that it meant that bullion was represented by certificate for which he had deposited silver his colleague Garfield had better work at the jaw before he went off in a rage about the insanity of the section belford offered an amendment for the reception of bullion at the branch mint at denver and the issue of certificates adopted ewing offered an amendment to buckners buckness Buck ners amendment amendments providing that certificates of deposit shall be issued at the average market value of bull buil ionin lonin standard silver stiver dollars in new now york and san Franch francisco co the week preceding such deposit this was accepted by buckner and incorporate a in his ids amendment the previous question was then seconded on the section and pending amendment ther etc the first amendment was that offered by buckner as amended by buckner and it was adopted the next amendment was one offered by Claf liu ilu to strike out that portion of or t the he bill providing that certificates shall be issued in payment of int interest etea on public oe debt bt rejected ejected J the next amendment was one offered some time ago by lounsbury striking out the whole section this was waa rejected yeas yela 99 nays ewing asked leave to amend the section as amended by beckier buckner Buc kier by inserting ns erting in lieu of the words standard silver dollars althey aa they occur part of the amendment which was incorporated on his motion standard coin of like metal metai this objection was made and ewi ewing n g moved to reconsider the vote tote by which buckness buckners Buck ners ame amendment nd was adopted for the purpose as he stated of making the change he had indicated conger moved to lay jay that motion on the table and yeas and nays were ordered pending which on motion of beed reed the house took a vote yeas nays adjourned AMERICAN CHICAGO ao 21 the tribunes washington special has haa the following which is published here and indicates an advanced state of progress of the establishment Q of f the new system of telegraph lines the independent lines between boston new york philadelphia and baltimore are under actual construction and the poles are now being delivered between these points several lines connecting thebe these bentres centres with various points inNe in new england and canada have been purchased or eased leased and several are in process of construction st Bt the wabash railroad sy s term tern ia 18 in full operation cooperation co with the new telegraph schemes mess these lines being controlled by cyrus W field soloman humphreys sydney dillon dillons jay gould Goul dand and other new york parties it is also understood der stood the pacific roads are making arrangements under the leadership of gould to effect a connection with the baltimore and ohio system at chicago bt st louis and intermediate points SUTRO BUTKO nov 21 good progress is being made on the sub drain of the butro sutro tunnel which is intended to carry oft off the hot water fr from frog on the comstock mines over half alig th drain or two miles thereof la Is already with 1200 men and 12 20 mules working day and it is the calculation to turn the he w water ater aten into it on the ath of july next lext this event is looked for with eight eagerness by the mining tion on for it will mark a new era of prosperity for the tle bonanza and other mines embraced within this district millions of tomi tona of lower grade ores ore passed by in former times will be made available and it is expected that 1000 additional stamps at the mouth of the butro tunnel may be kept going for half halt a century to come in anticipation of the near completion of the drain and the opening of the tho tunnel for traffic the town of sutro butro is rapidly building up over buildings having been erected within the past month last night the sutro butro opera house was opened with a concert by mrs martha porteous the new prima donna donnas a nevada lady who will shortly appear in the eastern states and promises rom faes iaea to prove quite a star NEW 22 yesterday was the warmest of tho season the thermometer reaching reach lug ug 83 degrees ma maximum there was one case of sunstroke and a person in the vicinity was killed by 11 lightning during |
