The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-12-15

about the House while the decision Of
the bill Was going on that quotations
in London to-day were IS. pence per
ounce. but the truth is TIA. the reai
quotation was 5st. Thi. brings silver
nearly &c the value Of gold Men who
we're particularly wild las. Summer on
the SILVER que-tion have row no snxi ~
for any law making silver t-nder if i,
is to remain at its present price. They
sieze every opportunity Of high quo
tations. hoping for less opposition to
the measure than when silver was
cheaper, and if they &c. the bill passed
through Congress they expect within a
short time that silver will again go up
70 its recent prices The elias. who are
particularly interested in silver mining
are no. so much Impressed by this view
Of the situation. Initiation silver men
are likely, however, to be mistaken in
the superstition that the price Of silver
is full enough to make it permanently
cheap coin. Experts are OF the opin-
ion that the recent depression was al
most wholly abnormal. and that silver
viii approximate nearly its former
rates 1t should remain permanent as
sufficient percentage Of the difference
below gold to cause it to take the place
Of the latter metal in circulation. If
the double standard were to be adopted
this result would satisfy Senator Jones
and the Pacific Coast, but it would not
be acceptable to the people. who have
been voting for silver currency because
it was cheap. IA could be made plenty
II is not belived that the bill will pass
the Senate and it certainly G.naot pass
without very great notifications. which
would render it much less obnoxi oas
than in it's present form. Ifit ia once
established that the ratio Of gold Ia
silver is 10 remain nearly the same, the
bill will rapidly drop away. both in the
House and Senate, by the loss Of the
greenbsck imitation voters. who will re-
turn 70 their first love.
The Times New Orleans special gives
the following scene before the Con-
gressional committee: Chairman Morri-
son asked Wells. Ct the returning board,
fatty if there was any truth in the ru.
NOR that the Tilden electors had re-
ceived 5000 or 1000 majority in that
State. The question was objected to by
Hubert and Wells himself. 1t was
then put in a new form by the chairman
who wanted to know if the Palmer
Trumbull report. which said the face of
the returns showed Democratic majOri-
ties. was true. Wells said the papers
were there and they would speak for
themselves.
The suit involving the alleged fraud
slent transactions connected with the
Emma silver mine. came up yesterday
in tho Circuit Court The title Of the
suit is the Emma Silver Mining Co.
of London, against Trenor W. Park, II.
w. Baxter, and VIM. NJ. Steward.
AUGUSTA, Maine. Dec. IA fire on
Water street to-day. destroyed property
valued ct $4,000. The loss was COW
cred by insurance t. the amount of $2O.-
600.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec 14.-The libel
suit Of Struthers l. Sons. contractors,
against the Erening Bulletin, resulted
in the verdict for the plaintiff. Of one
cent. They claimed Fifty thousand
dollars damages.
H. Il. Sanford. British Commissioner
to the International Exhibition. sailed
to-day for England.
ST. Louis, Dec. 1.-the great Bre-
men brewery was destroyed by fire last
night. Loss. twenty five thousand dol
lars. fifteen thousand Of which was COW
cred by insurance.
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