The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-06-22

conceded, Was nf 40 possible vaiur Oh
Significance, Tor nothing MAS more
common Than. To send 10 u witness an
affidavit or depOsition fully prepared
for him 81 sign, aud this was IHe Ut
Hlast extent thai had been suggested
To Caldwell II il were sought 70 con
ueet BiaiBe's name in any way With
the dispatches 70 Caldwell, il was evil
IDENTIFY a failure, for not d particle of
proof ia support of that suppositjon
had been adduced, Frye Insisted that
the main thing was to find out whether
Caldwell had actually sent the dis
patch TO Knott, aud that, he under
stood, was now fully conceded, and
denied 10y no one.
Currency Notes.
The committee on banking and cur
rency had under consideration to-day
the bill for the repeal of the specie re-
sumption act. Two amendments will
lie allowed To be offered in The House,
one for the accumulation of coin in the
treasury preparatory to the resump-
ton OF specie Payments, and the other
providing for the funding OF green
backs. The committee were evenly
divided as to reporting to-day, one
member being absent. Another meet
ing will be held tomorrow.
In The course Of the debate on the
silver bill to-day, Sargent said the
trade dollar was at q greater discount
IN California than ordinary subsidiary
silver coin. The trade dollar was
worth out 50 cents on the dollar, while
the subsidiary silver coin was worth
VI and 50 cents. There was a general
protest in his section against his trade
dollar.
Sherman said he thought $40, O0O, 600
IN silver coin hould be Issued Instead
of SIC. o0O, 0u0. though he did not want
to endanger the passage OF the bill by
Offering That amendment ii il would
cause debate. Ii The Senate should
unanimously pass such an amendment
he had no doubt the House would
agree 10 it. He hen submitted an
amendment 10 strike out So, OO0, 900
aud inser- in lieu thereof S2O, OU0, 900,
but Sargent objected, and Sherman
Withdrew the amendment. In doing
50, he said he hud NO DOUBT the senator
from California would regret having
made the objection, us ia his (Sher-
man's) opinion, there would be d
want OF change in the country before
the next session of Congress, and il
would be a mistake for Congress TO I'D
journ this session without providing
tor the demand for small change.
Sargent said ii the anIounL should
be increased 10 S2D.000 900 the result
would be that an enormous quantity
of silver would he sent To the Pacinc
coast and would drown out all other
currency. Morton said he would moi
oppose the bill, but he had grave
doubts about the propris.y OF it. Sill
yer was worth only 81 .~nls on the
dollar, and this bill looked like saving
to the world that our greenbacks are
worth only "a cents anu we are going
to redeem them with silver.
I" Scaosorn Blaine.
1t is thought here that Blaine will
be appointed 10 fill Morrili's unex-
pired term in the Senate, If he will ac-
cept.
Ioft on John.
Senator Sargent and Representative
Page have called on Attorney General
TAFT, with reference TO the published
report that he Is preparing an opinion
adverse to the Pacific coast sentiment
n the propositions on the Chinese
question. MIR. Taft assured them that
this Is untrue, and that on the con
trary his impressions, SO far as he has
formed any, are all in favor Of the
movement.