Mr. Randolph, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 97) authorizing the Secretary of War to grant permission to the proprietors of the salmon-fisheries now located on Three Tree Point military reservation, on the Columbia River, in Washinton Territory, to remain on said reservation, reported it with an amendment, and submitted a report (No. 98) thereon. Mr. Dennis, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 1928) to change the name of the steam-tug C. M. Whittaker to Caroline, reported it without amendment. Mr. Windom, from the Committee on Railroads, to whom was referred the bill (S. 528) to authorize the Worthington and Sioux Falls Railroad Company to extend its road into the Territory of Dakota to the village of Sioux Falls, reported it with an amendment. Leave having been obtained, bills were introduced, read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as follows: By Mr. Voorhees : A bill (S. 748) to amend an act approved March 3, 1873, entitled "An act authorizing the award to the Vincennes University of certain vacant and abandoned lands in Knox County, Indiana, to the Committee on Public Lands. By Mr. Voorhees: A bill (S. 749) to enable the Secretary of the Interior to make final settlement with the Pottawatomie Indians of Michigan and Indiana, under treaty stipulations existing with them; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. McPherson: A bill (S. 750) to provide for experiments and the purchase of movable torpedoes for military and naval defense; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Davis, of Illinois: A bill (S. 751) for the relief of John Charles Black; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. Conkling: A bill (S. 752) for the relief of W. H. Newman and L. A. Van Hoffman; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. Ingalls: A bill (S. 753) to confirm a certain private land claim in New Mexico; to the Committee on Private Land-Claims. By Mr. Butler: A bill (S. 754) granting a pension to Richard O'Neale; to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. Sargent submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be requested to forward for the use of the Senate the communication of Rear-Admiral John Rodgers, superintendent of the Naval Observatory, addressed to the Secretary of the Navy, upon the uses of observatories. Mr. Hamlin submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Printing: Resolved by the Senate of the United States (the House of Representatires concurring), That ten thousand five hundred copies of the Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1877 be printed, one thousand copies of which shall be for the use of the Senate, three thousand copies of which shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, and six thousand five hundred copies for the use of the Smithsonian Institution: Provided, That the aggregate number of pages shall not exceed five hundred, and that there be no illustrations except those furnished by the Smithsonian Institution. Mr. Anthony submitted the following resolution, which was referred to the Committee on Printing Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That there be printed one thousand copies of the second edition of the report of Chief Engineer King on European Ships of War, for the use of the Navy Department. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Adams, its Clerk: Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: H. R. 2561. An act to remove the political disabilities of D. M. W. Nash, of Virginia. H. R. 2842. An act to remove the political disabilities of John P. McCown, of the State of Arkansas. H. R. 3146. An act to remove the political disabilities of Charles F. M. Spottswood, of Virginia. H. R. 3276. An act to remove the political disabilities of William C. Whittle, of Virginia. H. R. 3277. An act to remove the political disabilities of John D. Simms, of Virginia. H. R. 3278. An act to remove the political disabilities of C. H. Kennedy, of Virginia. H. R. 3279. An act to remove the political disabilities of C. H. Williamson, of New York. H. R. 3280. An act to remove the political disabilities of William Sharp, of Virginia. H. R. 3281. An act to remove the political disabilities of Thomas Jefferson Page, of Virginia. H. R. 3282. An act to remove the political disabilities of Virginius Freeman, of Virginia. The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill (H. R. 119) and an enrolled joint resolution (H. R. 90), I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of its President. Mr. Conover reported from the committee that they had examined and found duly enrolled the following bill and joint resolution: H. R. 119. An act to remove the charges against Lieutenant Charles Wilkinson, late of Company K, One hundred and second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, on file in the War Department. H. R. 90. Joint resolution declaring that a reduction of the tax on distilled spirits is inexpedient. The Vice-President signed the enrolled bill (H. R. 119) and the enrolled joint resolution (H. R. 90) last reported to have been examined, and they were delivered to the committee to be presented to the Presi Ident of the United States. The bills last received from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The Vice-President announced that the morning hour had expired, and called up the unfinished business of the Senate at its adjournment yesterday, viz, the bill (H. R. 1093) to authorize the free coinage of the standard silver dollar, and to restore its legal tender character; and The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the said bill; and, The question being on the first amendment reported by the Committee on Finance, After debate, The amendment having been amended, on the motion of Mr. Chaffee, by inserting after the word "dollars," in lines 20 and 21, the word worth, and by inserting after the word "coined," in line 21, the words monthly, as fast as so purchased, On motion by Mr. Morrill to further amend the reported amendment by inserting at the end of line 27 the following words: Provided further, That for the first year after the passage of this act no more than twenty-five per cent., and for the second year not more than fifty per cent., of any payments of duties shall be receivable in the coinage hereby authorized; It was determined in the negative, Yeas.. On motion by Mr. Morrill, Nays 21 46 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Anthony, Barnum, Bayard, Blaine, Burnside, Butler, Conkling, Dawes, Eaton, Hamlin, Hoar, Kernan, Lamar, McPherson, Mitchell, Morrill, Randolph, Rollins, Sargent, Wadleigh, Whyte. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Allison, Armstrong, Bailey, Beck, Booth, Bruce, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, Chaffee, Cockrell, Coke, Conover, Davis of Illinois, Davis of West Virginia, Dennis, Dorsey, Eustis, Ferry, Garland, Grover, Hereford, Howe, Johnston, Jones of Florida, Kellogg, Kirkwood, McCreery, McDonald, McMillan, Matthews, Maxey, Merrimon, Morgan, Oglesby, Paddock, Plumb, Ransom, Saulsbury, Saunders, Spencer, Teller, Thurman, Voorhees, Wallace, Windom, Withers. So the amendment was not agreed to. On motion by Mr. Wallace to further amend the reported amendment by inserting after the word "dollars," in line 22, the following words: And one hundred millions of such dollars shall be coined during three years from this date; and if the average monthly gold price paid for silver bullion during the last twelve months thereof shall be less than ninety-seven one-hundredths of a gold dollar, the Secretary of the Treasury may suspend such coinage until further action by Congress; It was determined in the negative, On motion by Mr. Christiancy, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Anthony, Barnum, Bayard, Blaine, Burnside, Butler, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, Christiancy, Conkling, Dawes, Eaton, Hamlin, Hoar, Kernan, Lamar, McPherson, Mitchell, Morrill, Randolph, Rollins, Sargent, Wadleigh, Wallace, Whyte, Windom. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Allison, Armstrong, Bailey, Beck, Booth, Bruce, Chaffee, Cockrell, Coke, Conover, Davis of Illinois, Davis of West Virginia, Dennis, Dorsey, Eustis, Ferry, Garland, Grover, Hereford, Howe, Johnston, Jones of Florida, Jones of Nevada, Kellogg, Kirkwood, McCreery, McMillan, Matthews, Maxey, Merrimon, Morgan, Oglesby, Plumb, Ransom, Saunders, Spencer, Teller, Thurman, Voorhees, Withers. So the amendment was not agreed to. The question recurring on agreeing to the first-reported amendment as amended, as follows: In line 12, section 1, after the word "contracts," strike out the words "and any owner of silver bullion may deposit the same at any United States coinage mint or assay office, to be coined into such dollars for his benefit, upon the same terms and conditions as gold bullion is deposited for coinage under existing laws," and in lieu thereof insert the following words: And the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to purchase, from time to time, silver bullion, at the market price thereof, not less than two million dollars' worth per month, nor more than four million dollars' worth per month, and cause the same to be coined monthly as far as so purchased into such dollars. And any gain or seigniorage arising from this coinage shall be accounted for and paid into the Treasury, as provided under existing laws relative to the subsidiary coinage: Provided, That the amount of money at any one time invested in such silver bullion, exclusive of such resulting coin, shall not exceed five million dollars; (Yeas. { It was determined in the affirmative, Nays.. The yeas and nays having been heretofore ordered, 49 22 Messrs. Allison, Anthony, Barnum, Bayard, Blaine, Booth, Bruce, Burnside, Butler, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, Chaffee, Christiancy, Conkling, Davis of West Virginia, Dawes, Dorsey, Eaton, Edmunds, Ferry, Hamlin, Hoar, Howe, Ingalls, Johnston, Kellogg, Kernan, Kirkwood, Lamar, McDonald, McMillan, McPherson, Matthews, Merrimon, Mitchell, Morrill, Oglesby, Paddock, Plumb, Randolph, Ransom, Rollins, Sargent, Saulsbury, Teller, Wadleigh, Wallace, Whyte, Windom. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Armstrong, Bailey, Beck, Cockrell, Coke, Conover, Davis of Illinois, Dennis, Eustis, Garland, Grover, Hereford, Jones of Florida, Jones of Nevada, McCreery, Maxey, Morgan, Saunders, Spencer, Thurman, Voorhees, Withers. So the amendment was agreed to. On motion by Mr. Edmunds to amend the bill by inserting at the end of line 27 the following words: But nothing in this section contained shall be construed to interfere with the coinage of gold and the subsidiary silver coin as now authorized by law; After debate, Yeas It was determined in the negative, {ays..... On motion by Mr. Edmunds, 23 46 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Anthony, Barnum, Bayard, Burnside, Butler, Christiancy, Conkling, Dawes, Eaton, Edmunds, Hamlin, Hoar, Kernan, Lamar, McPherson, Mitchell, Morrill, Randolph, Rollins, Sargent, Wadleigh, Whyte, Windom. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Allison, Armstrong, Bailey, Beck, Booth, Bruce, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, Chaffee, Cockrell, Coke, Conover, Davis of Illinois, Davis of West Virginia, Dennis, Dorsey, Eustis, Ferry, Garland, Gordon, Grover, Hereford, Howe, Ingalls, Johnston, Jones of Florida, Jones of Nevada, Kellogg, Kirkwood, McCreery, McDonald, Matthews, Maxey, Merrimon, Morgan, Oglesby, Paddock, Plumb, Saulsbury, Saunders, Spencer, Teller, Thurman, Voorhees, Wallace, Withers. So the amendment was not agreed to. On the question to agree to the second amendment reported by the Committee on Finance and modified by Mr. Allison, viz: Insert as an additional section the following: SEC. 2. That immediately after the passage of this act, the President shall invite the governments of the countries composing the Latin Union, so called, and of such other European nations as he may deem advisable, to join the United States in a conference to adopt a common ratio between gold and silver, for the purpose of establishing, internationally, the use of bi-metallic money, and securing fixity of relative value between those metals; such conference to be held at such place, in Europe or in the United States, at such time within six months as may be mutually agreed upon by the executives of the governments joining in the same, whenever the governments so invited, or any three of them, shall have signified their willingness to unite in the same. The President shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint three commissioners, who shall attend such conference on behalf of the United States, and shall report the doings thereof to the President, who shall transmit the same to Congress. Said commissioners shall each receive the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars and their reasonable expenses, to be approved by the Secretary of State; and the amount necessary to pay such compensation and expenses is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; After debate, It was determined in the affirmative, (Yeas 40 30 On motion by Mr. Butler, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Allison, Anthony, Barnum, Bayard, Blaine, Burnside, Butler, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, Chaffee, Christiancy, Conkling, Davis of Illinois, Dawes, Dorsey, Eaton, Ferry, Hamlin, Hoar, Howe, Kellogg, Kernan, Kirkwood, Lamar, McMillan, McPher son, Matthews, Mitchell, Morrill, Oglesby, Paddock, Randolph, Rollins, Sargent, Saunders, Teller, Wadleigh, Wallace, Whyte, Windom. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Armstrong, Bailey, Beck, Booth, Cockrell, Coke, Conover, Davis of West Virginia, Dennis, Edmunds, Eustis, Garland, Gordon, Grover, Hereford, Ingalls, Johnston, Jones of Florida, Jones of Nevada, McCreery, McDonald, Maxey, Merrimon, Morgan, Ransom, Saulsbury, Spencer, Thurman, Voorhees, Withers. So the amendment was agreed to. On motion by Mr. McDonald to amend the bill by striking out in line 12 the words "provided by" and in lieu thereof inserting the words expressly stipulated in the; After debate, It was determined in the affirmative Yeas.. Nays... 37 35 On motion by Mr. McDonald, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Armstrong, Bailey, Beck, Bruce, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cockrell, Coke, Conover, Davis of Illinois, Davis of West Virginia, Dennis, Dorsey, Gordon, Grover, Hereford, Howe, Ingalls, Johnston, Jones of Florida, Jones of Nevada, Kellogg, Kirkwood, McCreery, McDonald, Matthews, Maxey, Merrimon, Oglesby, Ransom, Saulsbury, Saunders, Spencer, Teller, Thurman, Voorhees, Wallace, Withers. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Allison, Anthony, Barnum, Bayard, Blaine, Booth, Burnside, Butler, Cameron of Wisconsin, Chaffee, Christiancy, Conkling, Dawes, |