CONGKESS, UNITED STATES. 



197 



ABSENT Messrs. Buckingham, Cameron, Cattell, 

 Chandler, Cole, Davis, Edmunds, Fessenden, Fow- 

 ler, Harlan, Howard, Howe, McCreery, Pomeroy, 

 Pool, Eice, Kobertson, Saulsbury, Spencer, Thayer, 

 Willey, and Yates 22. 



Mr. Morton, of Indiana, moved to strike out 

 the words " authorizing the issue of any such ob- 

 ligation," which was rejected yeas 14, nays 32. 



In the House, on March 12th, the original 

 bill was taken up, and the second section struck 

 out, and the bill passed by the followiDg vote : 



YEAS Messrs. Allison, Ambler, Ames, Armstrong, 



Cook, Conger, Cowles, Cullom, Dawes, Donley, 

 Duvall, Dyer, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Ferry, Finkel- 

 burg, Fisher, Fitch, Garfield, Gilfillan, Hale, Hawley, 

 Heaton, Hoar, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Jenckes, Alexan- 

 der H. Jones, Judd, Julian, Kelsey, Ketcham, Knapp, 

 Laflin, Lash, Lawrence, Lynch, Maynard ; McCrary, 

 McGrew, Mercur. Jesse H. Moore, "William Moore, 

 Samuel P. Morrill, Negley , O'Neill, Packard, Paine, 

 Palmer, Phelps, Poland, Pomeroy, Prosser, Eoots, 

 Sandford, Sargent, Sawyer, Schenck, Scpfield, Shel- 

 don, John A. Smith, Worthington C. Smith, William 

 Smyth, Stokes, Stoughton, Strickland, Tanner, Till- 

 man, Twichell, Upson, Van Horn, Ward, Cadwala- 

 der C. Washburu, William B. Washburn, Welker, 

 Wheeler, Whittemore, Wilkinson, Willard, Williams, 

 and Winans 98. 



NATS Messrs. Archer, Beatty, Beck, Biggs, Bird, 

 Burr, Benjamin F. Butler, Roderick E. Butler, 

 Amasa Cobb, Coburn, Crebs, Deweese, Dickinson, 

 Eldridge, Getz, Golladay, Hawkins, Holman, Hop- 

 kins, Johnson, Thomas L. Jones, Kerr, Knott, Mar- 

 shall, Mayham, McCormick, McNeely, Moffett. Mun- 

 gen, Niblack, Orth, Eeading Beeves, Eice, Shanks, 

 Joseph S. Smith, Stiles, Stone, Strader, Sweeney, 

 Taffe, Trimble, Tvner, Van Trump, John T. Wilson, 

 Winchester, and Woodward 47. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Adams, Boutwell, Bowen, 

 Brooks, Cake, Calkin, Clarke, Cleveland, Davis, 

 Dickey, .Dixon, Dockery, Fox, Greene, Griswold, 

 Haight, Haldeman, Hamblcton, Hamill, Hamilton, 

 Hay, Hill, Hoag, Ingersoll, Keiley, Logan, Lough- 

 ridge, McCarthy, Eliakim H. Moore, Morgan, Daniel 

 J. Morrell, Morrissey, Packer, Peters, Potter, Ean- 

 dall, Eogers, Eoots, Schumaker, Slocum, William J. 

 Smith, Stevenson, Swann, Townsend, Van Auken, 

 Voorhees, Wells, Eugene M. Wilson, Witcher, and 

 Wood 49. 



On motion of Mr. Schenck, of Ohio, the title 

 was amended so as to read, " An act to strength- 

 en the public credit of the United States." 



On March 15th, the above-mentioned bill 

 was taken up in the Senate, and substituted 

 for the Senate bill. 



Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, offered the follow- 

 ing amendment, which was, to strike out all after 

 the enacting clause of the bill, and to insert : 

 > That the just and equitable measure of the obliga- 

 tion of the United States upon their outstanding 

 bonds, which were issued and sold as a means of bor- 

 rowing money, is the value at the time in gold and 

 silver coin of the paper currency advanced and paid 

 to the Government on those bonds. 



It was rejected. 



Mr. Vickers, of Maryland, offered the follow- 

 ing proviso : 



Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be 

 considered as binding 'the Government to purchase 

 coin to pay the bonds of the Government not ex- 

 pressly provided by law to be paid in coin, if there 



shall not be coin or its equivalent in the Treasury 

 with which to discharge the said obligations. 



It was rejected. 



The bill was then passed, without amend- 

 ment, by the following vote : 



YEAS Messrs. Abbott, Anthony, Borem an, Brown- 

 low, Cameron, Cattell, Chandler, Conkling, Corbett, 

 Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Fenton, Ferry, Fessenden, 

 Gilbert, Grimes, Harris, Howard, Kellogg, McDon- 

 ald, Morrill, Nye, Patterson, Pool, Pratt, Eamsey, 

 Eobertson, Sawyer, Schurz, Scott, Sherman, Stewart, 

 Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Warner, Willey, 

 Williams, Wilson, and Yates 42. 



NAYS Messrs. Bayard, Carpenter, Casserly, Cole, 

 Davis, Morton, Osborn, Eice, Eoss, Spencer, Stock- 

 ton, Thurman, and Vickers 13. 



ABSENT Messrs. Buckingham, Fowler, Hamlin, 

 Harlan, Howe, McCreery, Norton, Pomeroy, Sauls 

 bury, and Sprague 10. 



In the House, on March 22d, Mr. Johnson, 

 of California, asked the unanimous consent of 

 the House to offer the following resolution : 



Resolved, That in passing the resolution for the 

 fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the Uni- 

 ted States this House never intended that Chinese 

 or Mongolians should become voters. 



He then moved to suspend the rules, and 

 demanded the yeas and nays, which were as 

 follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Archer, Axtell, Bird, Brooks, Burr, 

 Calkin, Crebs, Dickinson, Eldridge, Fitch, Golladay, 

 Haight, Haldeman, Hambleton, Hamill, Hawkins, 

 Holman, Johnson, Thomas L. Jones, Kerr, Knott, 

 Mayham, McNeely, Potter, Eandall, Eeading, Eeeves, 

 Sargent, Slocum, Joseph S. Smith, William J. Smith, 

 Stiles, Stone, Strader, Swann, Van Auken,. Van 

 Trump, Wells, Eugene M. Wilson,Winchester, Wood, 

 and Woodward 42. 



NAYS Messrs. Allison, Ambler, Arnell, Asper, 

 Bailey, Beaman, Beatty, Benjamin, Benton, Bing- 

 ham, Blair, Bowen, Boyd, Buffinton, Burdett, Ben- 

 jamin F. Butler, Cessna, Churchill, Clarke, Amasa 

 Cobb, Clinton L. Cobb, Cook, Conger, Cowles, Da- 

 vis, Dawes, Dickey, Dixon, Dockery, Duvall, Ferriss, 

 Ferry, Finkelburg, Garfield, Gilfillan, Greene, Haw- 

 ley, Hay, Hoar, Hooper, Hopkins, Hotchkiss, Inger- 

 soll, Jenckes, Alexander H. Jones, Julian, Kelley, 

 Kelsey, Knapp, Laflin., Lash, Lawrence, Loughridge, 

 Lynch. Maynard, McCarthy, McCrary, McGrew ^ Mer- 

 cur, Eliakim H. Moore, Jesse H. Moore, William 

 Moore, Daniel J. Morrell, Samuel P. Morrill, Negley, 

 O'Neill. Orth, Packard, Packer, Paine, Palmer, Pe- 

 ters, Phelps, Poland, Pomeroy, Prosser, Eogers, 

 Eoots, Sandford, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Shanks, 

 Sheldon, John A. Smith, Stevens, Stevenson, Stokes, 

 Stoughton, Strickland, Taff'e,Tanner, Tillman, Town- 

 send, Twichell, Tyner, Ward, Cndwalader C. Wash- 

 burn, William B. Washburn, Welker. Whittemore, 

 Wilkinson, Willard, Williams, John T. Wilson, and 

 Winans 106. 



Donley, Dyer, Ela, Farnsworth, Fisher, Fox, Getz, 

 Griswold, Hale, Hamilton, Heaton, Hill, Hoag, Judd, 

 Ketcham, Logan, Marshall, McCormick, Moffet, 

 Morgan, Morrissey, Mungen, Niblack, Eice, Schu- 

 maker, Worthington C. Smith, William Smyth, 

 Sweeney, Trimble, Upson, Van Horn, Voorhees, 

 Wheeler, and Witcher 48. 



So the House refused to suspend the rules. 



In the House, on April Vth, the following 

 message was received from President Grant : 



