Evening star., 1877-11-24

Inc ApebdisstbIs tO the S1iNer BiIf
The Senate amendments to the Bland sill
Vcr bill are being made the texts of numerous
newspaper discourses, cOngratuIatOry or
COLdemnatory. AS a general thing the silver
men dislike them, while the anti-silver men
are Inclined to count them as point gained.
But TIE y. y. HeT0ld. which opposes the sill
yer bill, denies that il has received any es-
sential Improvement in the Senate commit
tee. II IL be true, as stated, that the capsc-
iiy of the mint To coin dollars is only al the
rate OF two million "A month, then 1t is per-
fectly evident thst fhe first amendment, by
TelE;TtHg the mirt 10 work TO the full extent
OF this capacity, and dlI0lCing the coming OF
twice the amount, is no restriction whatever
On silver imitation. But 1t is not, perhaps, so
every plain" as the Herald would make II
appear that there will be no gain to the gov
errment in the other amendm providing
the silver bin becomes law. By buying the
bullion al its market value and coming il,
the government makes eight hundred
thousand dollars On every ten million.
According to the uaamended bill, this
profit, arising from the difference between
the value of the silver as bullion and its
value in the form of coined dollars, would go
to the owners OF bullion. When IL is consid-
cred that the consequences enumerated by
the Herald as neutTalizing this gain by the
government are just as likely 10 happen
whether the SSO0,0O0 go 10 the United States
or TO private indi viduals, one is not necessa-
rily "verdant" who holds that the govern
ment is the gamer by the amount of
profit in the original transaction. II the
gain OF large sum in the coming, and the
loss by The payment Of silver for custom
duties, constitute, in respect to the govern
ment, 1.-THE taking of money out OF one
trousers pocket and putting L into the other"
the same loss AT the crstorn house, ,Cithow
the gain Ii. coming, would involve the emp
tying Of one lOc'Ie; Without the filling oft
other an even slower process of getting rich
than the first. Thus whether the argument
that the government loses by receiving an
c-ervalued money OF its own issuing at the
'-Stom-house be sound or not, the United
States still gains sSO1,OOO on every ten mil
lion coined. 1t may be said, In addition.
That II Is not plain that the government does
lose by receiving such money, since 1t pays
II out again al the same valuation at which
II was taken. The final resting-place of the
money is not the government Golfers
The love between ST. Louis and Chicago is
considerably passing that OF one woman for
another. The 81. Louis Globe Democrat OF
Thursday has column dispatch from Chi
cago, with jOb-type headings, of the follow
ing afecdonate nature: "a Bankrup. City,
"Chicago's Moueyed Institutions Contiru1a
to Smash,'" "The Third National Bank
Tumbles 10 Pieces..!'' and so on. f. titorialIy
that paper states, with perfec. good feeling,
OF course. TO the rival city, that "the recent
failures in Chicago OF several agents for the
loaning OF eastern funds has called forth
homilies on the dangers and uncertainties of
western loans, but that If the investments
had been made in the solid city OF St. Louis
al would have been lovely.
Discoursing upon the situation In the SEN
ale, the Baltimore Sun thinks the people are
less concerned about which party shall have
control Of that body than that the majority |
sbal! be found or the side of truth and hon |
esiy. and in favor OF wise legislation. Thai
paper adds:
Meanwhile IL is certainly premature To I
speak OF the Senate as at last democratic or
Ikeiy 10 remain so through the uncertain
and not over creditable alliance OF two such /
men as COnOver and Patterson. Supremacy
acquired and maintained through such agen-
cies Is not 10 be proud of, nothing TO rejoice .
over" :
NOT FOR Mr.. PULIrZER-we hear tba,
hr. fuiitZer very positively denies the state
nent current, and referred 10 by us yester-
Gay, mat he is about TO take part in tbe
puohcatlon OF a daily democratic newrna-
Der IN washington. Messrs Hutcbfns ana
AerlII are the brave men who will UNDER
H~~ anna, whose checkered ana ax
t!tLDg career with It's ms and a.,