The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-22

ing Of the committees plan. says:
Whsn the repor. bad been read through
the Secretary said it WAS signed by
snemb hers Of the con mittee. "Reai the
,ames," insisted At leas, score Of re-
.nrters 10 one breath They were real.
when i. was found that Morton's name
va. not there OF the fourteen MEN,
her. of III. joint committee. every one
had signe4 il excerpt the Indi~na Sens-
,or. All eyes were :urned towards him
bu, be offered no minority report, and
.sid nothing A buzz Ut relief from the
suppressed excitement that bad pre-
Valid. ran through the galleries. ssr-
gut, who came in sft-r the bill had
t4en rad. insisted on . second reading
Thi. over, Bogy proceeded to sdmin's-
,er q seiative in the form Of . tedious
speech.
Morton stated to one If the House
members of the committee this morn
ing. that al,houah be did not sign the
report. he should say nothing in the
Senate 10 oppose the passage IF the
bill. He took strong grounds last s,s-
sion Against the constitutional power Of
Congress to throw settlement Of the
disputed questions growing out Of the
Presidential election into the Supreme
Court. or int any tribunal outside OF
the Houses.
NEW YORK. Jan 10 In the House.
Hurd. Wallace. Southland, Bell and
others oppose the bill. some saying it
ia an outrage on the Democratic party.
others that it is uncnns,itusiona.
Douglass. Of Virginia. profanely says,
II will SEE it in - beflU | vote for
it."
Watterson is not pleased with it. but
viii not make night
Tarbor says: NO department OF
the government can abrogats any OF it,
proper functions in favor OF anybody
Iprefer Hayes should he counted in
and Let the Republican party take the
responsibility Of their fraudulent
count. than that Congress should stul
tisy itself by delegating any Of 1T
powers to any one"
Cox elegantly says. II want to le
the matter soak till morning before
express decided opinion, for ! would
like 10 consider whether We can give
any Of our powers to any other fellows
and who these fellows are"
/ Almost m univ ersal belief in Vast,
ington political circles tonight is tina
the committee plan will be adopted il
DO tn Houses by overwhelming major
tiles
| New York, Jan. l9.-The Tribune
Washington special speaking Of the
committees plans. says it is . curiou
/ fact. ext RENE partisans on both sides il
the House Of Representatives.. express
nelief that this bill by its opera
,ion will give the election to their op
ponent.
The Worlds Washington special o.
the committees plans says Banks op
poses. Crittendon supports it. Con
gressmen from New York city favor tn
o.ll almost with unanimity. as do many
it not all. Democratic Congressman fror
the State. Indications are from . sur
face glance at the opinion Of Senator
such rs has been made in the House
that the bill will probably command i
the Senate relatively larger vote tina
in the House.
New ORLEANS, Jan l9.-The Senat
committee has virtually coml'let ed i.
labors. and leaves Tomorrow tor Wash
invton.
No choice in either legislature to-da
for Senator.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O--Allard, direc
tor Of the Belgian royal mint. write
DR.. Lindernan, sketchiog al ingeniou
plan for rendering the market vslu
Of silver moro uniform. and keeping
always nearly at par with gold. Hi
leading idea is to establish a coinsg
Ut American dollars and subsidiar,
coins in Europe The consequences h
thinks. would furnish steady marke
for silver in that quarter OF the world
since il could never fall below the pric
paid for j. at the mint where it 10 re
ceived for coinage, whereas at presen,
srsa, quantity is poured into tn
market whenever there is tenporar,
demand, and glus Immediately ensue.
which depresse. the price Of silver ia
below its average value. Allard say
the royal mint at Brussels il ready I,
change silver into American coins a
cheaper rate than it could 1t our owl
mints
New YORK, Jan so Comments o
the morning papers on the committee
plan The Tmes says II is . oompro-