The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-21
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
The silver Bill.

WASHINGTON ITEMS.
The silver Bill.
WASHINGTON, November 20-The
/ Finance COMMITTEES to-day resumed the
consideration OF the House bill for the
RECOMMENDATION OF silver. Three amend
ments were proposed and IN succession
rejected by n uniform vote of 4 against
3: Providing Tor limitation o; the legal
tender power OF the silver dollar ~ the
amounts OF so, $40 or $50 in ANY one
payment. Providing that the sill
yer dollar shall be r legal tender
only for the same purposes SIS tho exist
ing United States notes or green backs
was also voted down. In lieu OF III" fee
| CCinage clause heretofore stricken DI'.
an amendment offered by Mr. A..uu
WAS adopted, providing that fund OF
five million dollars in United States legal
tender notes shall be set apart by the
Secretary OF the Treasury for the pu7-
! pose of purchasing bullion and getting
new com into circulation, as follows :
The department is, by the term. OF this
amendment, required to purchase silver
| bullion 20 an amount not less than two
million dollars and not exceeding four
millions each month, and com It into
silver dollars, which are TO be exchanged
| 10, an equal amount OF legsl ten
der notes. The notes thus received by
the treasury are to go INTO the special
fund above described and the purchase
! and coinage of bullion Is TO be continued
10 this way indefinitely Another
amendment was offered, providing that
| after the enactment Of the bill commits
| sion snail be appointed TO confer with
any similar commissions that may be sp-
pointed by other nations using the double
metallic standard, TOR the purpose OF
recommending the adoption by all such
nations of some uniform relation OF value
between metals. The hour of Assem-
| bling OF the Senate arrived before action
could be taken upon this amend
| but the indications are that it will be
adopted tomorrow, and that a majority
OF the committee will then order the bill
to be reported without any additional
amendment of Importance. The com
mIttee were divided upon the main ques-
tons At issue AS follows: In favor o.
the amendment, restricting the legal ter =
der power OF the proposed silver
lollar, Messrs. Morrill,, Dawes and
Bayard, and against them Messrs. Howe,
Jones, Allison and Wallace.
Mr.. AIhson's amendment is under
stood to have been agreed to by all
present except Mr.. Jones who contend
ed that it would not practically y effect the
operations of the bill in any way or make
il more acceptable TO either of the two
parties on the subject.
COmpounding FeIOnies-
Judge Msckey, Of South Carolina, who
ma Ie the famous voyage of discovery IN
search of President 10 Columbus last
December, and represented the Hampton
government here effectively during The
| discussion, last March, of the South Car
| DINA imbroglo, Is new engaged upon An
amnesty scheme which Is of considera.
| bic public interest ut this time. Hsmp-
| ton, Or those VINO represent hlm ~
| Washington pending the removal Of the
troops from the State House. were under
| stood TO give assurance that there would
be no prosecution OF Republican officials
for past criminal ofenses, bu. that
they would be proceeded against on the
| civil side OF the courts. This wAs Ger.
tainly the understanding OF the Presi
| dent, however derived, and OF leading
Republicans. The recent criminal pros
ecutiOns in South Carolina are, therefore,
regarded at Republican headquarters as
breach of faith; while they are viewed
By prominent Democrats IS highly i'm
polite and untImely, although legally
lust as yIndlcatIOn Of law. 1t appears
now that, according TO H report OF the
Acknowledgement OF the United States
for 1872 some eighteen hundred
citizens of South Carolina were
under Indictment tor Ku KluXing, or
warrants were lodged against them
under the enforcement act Proceedings
were simply suspended until further or
ders, and the prosecutions may be re-
vived at any term OF Court. There are,
in addition 10 these, some three hundred
and fifty under the same act, growing
out OF the election and Hamburg riots.
Judge Mackey advocates the passage Of
sn act OF smnes.y and oblivion by the
Legislature of South Carolina, which
convenes on the 18th OF this month COY.
erjng the cases OF all State, county and
municipal officers, from July !, 1868, %
May /, 1877, inclusive, upon tae passage
o, which the President is 10 extend
amnesty TO a.. persons charged with
crime IN South Carolina under the
ku-kIux Act 1t is understood that this
| plan meets with the Openl y expressed
approval OF Mr.. Stephens, OF GeOrgIs,
and Senators Gordon, Lamar, Bay srd,
I Garland, MerrImon, Morgan, snd other
/ .e ding Democrats. The Judge states
that large number of prominent clti-
/ H.. Of his Circuit are now in enforced
exile because Of their indictment VI der
/ the enforcement set, knowing That trIs!
means conviction before the negro jurIes
| Of the United States Court 81 Columbia,
presided over by Judge Bond Il may
be added that, 30 tsr ss the President l.
. concerned, De will decline - issue the
/ proclamation suggested.
Butler, OF South Carolina.
The Democratic mem ysrs Of the Senst
! met in caucus this morning 20 exa alau e
views as 10 the best policy ~ b. taken /
sest Butler, OF South CsrOlIls. Il i
known That while there are keyub cal
mem bers Of the Senate who will vote iJ'
Buffers sdnl.sion, when 8 direct vote
IL reached as between the Gains OF Lhs
gentleman and Corbin, the Republican
contestant, still they will not vote with
the Democrats to discharge the EleciIol
Committee, which has no" the mat.sr
before if. The trouble comes IN Ius'
here: Its undoubtedly the purpose o
the Election Committee 10 withhold the
report, and for the very reason that II
one Is made the danger Is that Butler
will be seated Hence, while severs
Republicans do not feel they san con