The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-21
WASHINGTON.

-, WAsHHoTos, D. C., November 2O.-
The Senate Finance Committee to-day
reaumed confederation Of the House bilI
for the reconciliation otsilver. Amend.
menta were proposed and In succession
rejected by q vote OF 4 against 3, pro.
viding for the Limitation Of The legal len.
der power of silver dollars 10 The
amounts Of SO, $50 or $50 in any one
payment An amendment providing that
silver dollars shall be legal tender only
Tor the same purposes as United States
notes and greenbackS, was also voted
An amendment was offered by Mr.. AL.
lison which was adopted, providing that
fund Of i've million dollars Of United
States legal teudsr notes slnll be set apart
by the Secretary Of the Treasury for the
purpose Of purchasing bullion and
getting new coin into circulation, "a fol.
lows: The Department is by terms Of
this amendment required to purchase
silver bullion 10 an amount not Teas than
s2,0OOr0O0 and not exceeding $4,000, 900
each month, and coin the same into silver
dollars, which are 10 be exchanged for an
equal amount Of legal tender notes, The
notes thus received by the Treasury are
to 60 into the special fund above de.
scfibed, and the coinage Of bullion Is to
be continued in this way indefinitely.
Another amendment was offered pro-
viding that, after the enactment Of the
bill, commission shall be appointed to
confer with any similar commission that
may be appointed by other nations using
the double metallic standard for the pur.
pose Of recommending the adoption byy ! all
such nations OF some uniform relation OF
value between metals.
The hour Of the assembling Of the Sem
ate arrived before action could be taken
upon this amendment, but the indications
are that it will be adopted Tomorrow,
and that majority Of the committee will |
then order the bill reported without any
additional amendment Of importance.
The committee were divided upon the |
main questions at issue as follows:
In favor Of the amendments restricting |
the legal tender power Of the proposed |
silver dollar, Morrill,, Dawes and Bayard;
against them, Howe, Jones, Allison and
Wallace. Herman and Terry were absent
and paired.
Mr. AlliSons amendment Is understood |
to have been agreed to by all present ex.
cept by Mr.. Jones, who contended that Il
would not, practically, effect operations
oil the bill in any way or make il more
acceptable to either OF the two parties on
the subject.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re.
lations to-day had under consideration
the nominations Of Sanford, OF Florida,
to be MiniSter TO Belgium, and Hilliard,
OF Georgia, 10 be Minister TO Brazil,
The committee were OF the opinion that
there were questions involved in the re.
spectiye cases which required deliberate
consideration, and, after some discussion,
definite action was postponed.
NOMINATIONS.
The President has nominated VIM. ].
Hunter for Receiver OF Public Moneys At
Hayes CITY, Kansas; VIM. W. Bellsar for
y. :. Attorney for Montana, and Robert
N. McLarans for Us. Marshal for Min.
nesota.
CONFIRMED.
The Senate in executive session con.
tirmed Sullivan McCutcheon "a U. s.
Attorney for the Eastern District OF Mich
igan, and Charles G. Allen as U. s. Mar
shal for the Western District Of Tennes.
see. Collectors OF Internal Revenue
Jewett Palmer, for the 18th District Of
Ohio; VIM. NJ. Woodcock, for the 9th
District Of Tennessee.
A WORD TO THE WEE.
General Sherman has lssued general
order from the headquarters Of the army
in which he says that the President Is
much concerned to find before him for
action the proceedings Of Court Martials
in several cases where officers have been
tried for q violation OF the SSth 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 he
can't be led to underrate the evil which
the crime alluded to is likely to produce
in the public service. Nopersonindicted
Tor 1t can be expected to be trusted with
any responsible duties, and person who
cannot be trusted had better not be con-
tinued in office. It must therefore be un.
derstood that any clemency which may
have been heretofore extended by mitiga-
ton or commutation Of sentence cannot
hereafter be relied upon "a basis Of
hope for like favorable action. After
this solemn warning vigorous execution
Of sentences imposed in due course by
courts martial may be expected.
The President has signed the army and
navy deficiency bills.