Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-21
Washington Notes.
FIGHTING THE SILVER BILL.


house silver BILL now pending in the
senate. had an interview this morning
with the president. There were also
present Secretaries Sherman, Evarts
and Shuz. Messrs. Babcock, Ellis,
stewart and Law, of New York, several
" addressed the president, their re-
marks being to the effect that there
would be depreciation of the public
credit. if silver were made legal tender
and the national debt authorized to be
paid in it, and further that the passage
of the bill would be injurious to all
kinds of industry the views of the
speakers being similar to those presented
last night, by "A committee delegation
and asked the president to exercise his
. power to protect the integrity of the
country as to its credit before the
world. The President said that
while, as they knew, there would
bemanifest improperly in now express
inc his views upon this subject, he
would do what they had requested him
to do, namely, give to it due, full and
candid consideration, whenever the
question should be presented to him in
an official form for his determination.
THE ARMY BILL BEFORE THE SENATE COM
MIrrEE
The army bill was reported to the
senate to-day from the committee on
appropriations as amended by the en-
tire omission of the clause inserted
10y the house which provided that four
cavalry regiments shonld be recruited
to the full force of 1900 men each and
kept in service on the Texas frontier
but that the total number of men on
the army rolls should be limited to
10000 The senate committee recon-
mend the insertion in the place of the
mandatory provision concerning the use
oftroops nTeXas, of the following clause:
the cavalry regiments may be recruited
to 100 men in each company and kept
as near rs practicable to that number
and a sufficient force of cavalry shall
be employed in defense of the Mexican
and Indian frontier ofTexas. The com
mittee do not recommend any increase
in the amount voted by the house but
on the contrary propose reductions of
$4,000 in the item for the conversion
Of smooth bores to rifed cannon $780,
600 in the amount for hospitals; $500 in
appropriations for the Office of the com
handing general.
THE PACIFIC RAILROADS.
Washington dispatches of the 18th
state that the senate Judiciary commit
tee heard arguments to-day from ex-
Senator Trumbull, representing the
Central Pacific railroad, and S. S. Shell
LII. IL,
in opposition to Senator Humans
sinking fund bill Sidney Dillon, prcsi-
dent of the Union Pacific, and c. p
Huntington, vice president Of the Cen
trail Pacific, were present, to submit Il
proposition for the repayment of gov
eminent advances of interest on the
bonds of the companies, but the argu-
ments of counsel We're long and pre-
vented their submission. 1t is I'M
derstood the two companies offer,
1irSt, to reconvcy to the
government about 100000 acres Of
lands, which they propyc credited
at the rate of$1.25 per acre. Secondly,
to pay into the treasury, semi-annually,
$1,000 600 each per annum, also such
amounts added to the foregoing and to
earnings for government transportation
as will create Il sinking fund sufficient,
with its accumulations of compound
interest, to liquidate the total amounts
advanced or to be advanced by the gov
eminent for interest on bonds by the
year 1905, or about five years subse-
quent, to the average date of the ma
turity of the bonds. The committee
expect to make Il report upon the sub
ject at an early date.
NOMINATIONS.
The following nominations were sent
to the senate by the president on the
Nth inst. Manuel Gown, of Florida,
consul at Leghorn; Efiingham Law
New Orleans; Chauncey |. Filley, post
master at st. Louis, Missouri. Post
masters Alex. Reed, Toledo, Ohio;
James Nellis, Kendallyille, Indiana
c. Wright, dillingham;, Illinois; Dale
Wallace, Hoopestown, Illinois; John
7. Hayward, Hannibal, Missouri. In
dian agents Samuel 5. Ely, Otoe Agen-
cy. Nebraska; Isaiah Lightner, Santee
Agency, Nebraska; John +. Pyle, Ma
yajo Agency, Nebraska; w. II. Daniel
son, Fort Hall Agency, Idaho; Edwin
A. Howard, Ponca Agency, Indian Ter
ritory; f. A. Weaver, South Ute Agen-
cy, Colorado.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
The senate confirmed Roswell H..
Mason to be surveyor general of the
territory of Montana. Postmasters !:
+. NJ Cassidy. Winterset, Iowa; Lata-
yette Combs, Bedford, Iowa; Albert
Parker, Sedalia, Missouri; also, all the
army promotions and appointments