Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-04-07
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Retribution.
New York. April IA City OF
Mexico dispatch says that six OF the
as.assins Of Rev. Mr.. Stephens have
been condemned to death. The case
Of the priest Oacha anu Others impll-
Gated Is still pending.
The Imitation hill.
A Washington special says that tho
financial bill passed by the Senate last
night goes to the House, where It can
not DO reached under the rules by any
means whatever before next Monday,
and then will require q two'thirds
vote either to take 1t up for action or
refer It to a committee. Meanwhile
the House will have voted on the bill
before 1t for free banking aud sent itto
the Senate ; therefore, the final pass
ago Of the financial bill Is yet distant.
The same dispatch says the President
deems the free banking law with re-
demption and o provision for retention
by banks Of 4 portion Of their coin In
t%erest, to be applied to coin redemption
at solno future time, to be tho best
measure attainable at this session, un'
der all circumstances. A measure OF
that kind he will approve OF and that
passed by the Senate, II over reached
by the President for his action, would
be very carefully scrutlnlzed.
Municipal Elections in Western
states.
CHICAGO, April Municipal cleo
tisns were held In Illinois, Michigan
and Iowa yesterday. The temperance
question entered into tho contest In
most places, and except in Ohio tenn
perance tickets mot with little success.
Cincinnati elected a Democratic city
ticket with = majority OF the council
by over 1000 majority. Both parties
had license platforms. In Iowa the
anti.monopoly, anti-tsmperaDce tick
cts were generally successful. In Ohio
the antl.temperance people carried
Washington Courthouse, where the
womcn's crusade began. and also Day
ton, Sidney, Pomcroy, Bucyrus, Shell
by, Cleveland, Chillicothe. while tenn
pcrance tickets were elected In Lims,
Mansfield, Dennlson, kentsn aud
Batavia.
Massachusetts scnatorsi,ip.
Bosros, April THE twelfth bal
lot for Senator to-day resulted as fol-
lows: 260 votes cast. Dawes. o.;
Hoar. IS; Curtis, ~; Adams, l6;
Banks, 3; scattering 3. Thirteenth
ballot-Dawes, 90; Hoar, 81 ; Curtis,
Il; Adams, l6 scattering, o.
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, April = Senate
Sherman, from tho Finance Commit
tee, reported back a number Of bills
and petitions OH the subject Of finance
aud asked that the committee be dis.
charged from further consideration.
SO ordered Morrill,, OF Vermont, from
the same committee ; regretted to re-
port u~nfavorably N the Senate bill
for the resumption Of specie puyment
and for free banking. 1t Is understood
The committee stood three for and three
against, aud n undecided.
House-various bills Of minor inter-
est were reported. Houghton, from
on Coinage, reported a bill
to establish assay offices at st. Louis.
Chicago, and Helena, N. Il. Referred
under q point OF order to Committee
Of the Whole. The House then re-
sumed consideration Of the Currency
Act.
Gov. Dix ON specie Resumption.
ALBANY, N. Y, April 7.-Governor
Dix has sent a message to the Legls-
strongly %deprecatlng the pro-
posed increase Of legal tender notes,
national bank paper, aud the abandon.
me mt Of all attempts to resume specie
In his opinion 1t Is fraught
with wide spread ruin and disaster to
the Industries Of the country, aud In
sokes the Legislature to do all In their
power to prevent Its adoption.
A Tough Witness.
w~AsmSGToS, April THE Com
on Ways and Means cross ex-
lmincd Sanborn at great length with
out elicitlng anything Of importance.
lie still refuses to give q detailed state
seut OF his expenditures, and all sf-
Iorts failed to make him admit any
hing connecting General Butler or
my other member Of Congress with
his contracts, either denying that
had given him advice or influ-
,nce or else, saying he could not re-