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Senate and House battle over 1878 currency acts and investigations
The report covers Senate actions debating the repeal of the specie resumption act and the exchange of notes on United States coin and bonds. It details Potter committee sessions, Matthews and Anderson testimony, and House fights over Civil Appropriation and sundry civil bills with related political maneuvering and resignations.
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Washington
Matthews
Potter Committee
Anderson
Potter Investigating Committee
Morrison
Darrall
Louisiana
Cox
Potter
Witness
Senate
Kellogg
White House
Darrell
Gen. Butler
Butler
United States
James E. Anderson
Edmunds
Committee On Finance
House
Voorhees
Ferry
Finance Committee
Eden
Atkins
N. Y
Hooker
Kenna
Spearker
Sayler
Ilayden
Powell
Wigginton
Wiggington
United States Surveyors General
Page
Williamson
California
Oregon
Nevada
Washington Territory
Pacific
General Land Office
Sargent
Reuben E. Fenton
New York
Groesbeck
Ohio
Francis A. Walker
Cincinnati
Hayden Edwards
District of Columbia
St. Petersburg
Philip Teare
Crown Prince
Germany
Florida
Hoar
Windom
Committee On Appropriations
Secretary of the Treasury
McDonald
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Congress
United States Treasury
Judiciary Committee
Committee On Pensions
Commissioner of Pensions
J. A. Dahlgren
Hartridge
Kimmel
J Forty-fourth Congress
Rutherford B. Hayes
Wm.a. Wheeler
Knott
Frye
Conger
Lapham
Lynde
West Point
Cannon
Burchard
R. B. Hayes
W. A. Wheeler
House of Congress
Massachusetts
Republican Party
South