Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-28
Washington Notes.
THE AMENDED SILVER ELL.

ON finance and reported To the senate.
AN ACT to authorize the free coinage
of the standard silver dollar. and to re-
store its legal tender character.
Be it enacted, etc, that there shall be
coined at theseveral minis ofthe United
States, a silver dollar of the weight Of
four hundred and twelve and half
grains troy, of standard silver,
as provided in the act of january 1887
on which shall be the devices and SUI
prescriptions provided by said act,
which coin, together with the silver dol
lars heretofore coined by the United
States, of like weight and fineness, shall
be a legal tender at their nominal value
for all debts and dues, public and pri-
vate, except where otherwise provided
by contract, and the secretary Of the
treasury is authorized and directed out
Of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to pur-
chase from time to time silver bull
lion at the market price thereof, not
less than s., 100000 per month nor more
than 100000 per month and cause
the same to be coined into such dollars;
and any gam OF shortage arising from
this coinage shall be accounted for and
paid into the treasury as provided I'M
der the existing laws relative to subs-
diary coinage; provided that the amount
of money ut any one time invested in
such silver bullion exclusive Of such re-
sulting coin shall not exceed 5000 900.
Section 2. All acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with the provisions oftbis
act are hereby repealed
GENERAL HARLAN.
Washington dispatches Of November
Goth, state that Gen Harlan's nomina-
ton was considered during the regular
session Of the judiciary committee but
Il o'clock arrived before any decision
was accomplished. As yet nothing in
the shape Of evidence has been brought
before the committee to substantiate
the charges made upon general report.
What delays the report upon Harlan's
nomination IS the antagonistic feeling
against him upon the part Of Judge Ed
munds and his anti-administratiOn as
sociates. II Mr.. Harlan had not been
prominent advocate and exponent Of
the sO-called southern policy Of Presi-
dent Hayes he would have been report
ed TO the senate before this. The com
mittee meets at present only once Il
week, and its adiourning to-day without
any action indicates some delay.
MR.. SANFORD,
the would-be minister resident in Bel
GUM, will also have TO pass an ordeal.
One Plummer Smith, Of Philadelphia,
has stated TO the committee, and will
state it over again, that while he was
government agent abroad to buy mill
tary cloth, during the war, he was APP
preached by Sanford and invited to
DIN him in an enterprise to purchase
at discount old gray cloth, which had
been rejected by the agent Of the con-
federate government, have it dyed blue,
and send it to the United States at II
, high price, spoils to be divided. Smith
, claims to have SanfOrd's original letter
making the proposition, and will file it
with the committee.
SPRINGER WILL GET NOTHING.
Mr. Springer Will receive nothing at
the hands of the house appropriation
committee, as it has asked to be dis
charged from consideration Of his re-
quest to be paid $1,000 for arguing the
; Centennial fund case in the supreme
court.
JUDGE WRIGHT, OF INDIANA,
has been indicted for assault with in
tent to kill by eX-Secretary Delano. The
assault which occurred five weeks ago,
will be remembered.
NO MORE DRrNKABDS IN THE ARMY.
Gen Sherman has issued a general
order from the headquarters of the ar
my, in which he says the president is
! much concerned to find before him for
, action the proceedings OF courts martial
. in several cases where officers have
been tried for Il violation of the 3Sth
article Of war, which provides that any
officer found drunk on duty
shall be dismissed from the service,
The president desires it to be made
known To- the army that ne cannot be
led to undcrrate the magnitude Of the
evil which the crime alluded to is like
~ to produce IN the public service. No
person addicted to 1t can be expected
to be trusted with any responsible duty
and person who cannot toe trusted
, better not be continued in Office
/. 1t must therefore hc understood that
any clcmency which may have been
heretofore extended by mitigation or
r communication Of sentence, can't here
after be relied on a. a basis Of hope for
like favorable action. After this solemn
warning n rigorous execution Of the
sentence imposed in due course by
: court marGalS may be expected.
THE CONTESTED CASES.
The senate committee ON privileges
= and elections held n meeting this after
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