, 1877-11-10

wero 1926, ,0lU,00. OF which sc, ,000,000 wcrc
from the United States. The con:ul speaks
spinte, wAtch, and su,e trade.
TIE CURRENCY.
TIE M10tfT1 DOLLAR.
IfspateA to Cincinnati EAquirfr.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 8.-To-day Senator
jones waa A. the Treasury Department., and had
q short cross.gre Of words with secrctary eher-
man concerning the bill. About the first sa1uta-
tiou Jones received WAS as follows:
Secretary" Well Jones, sec you arc going
| ahead with your plans. Do you know that you
| hare got tue people across the water very badly
| scaredl"
Hcnatur-H1lad 10 hear It. We scared them
In The Revolutionary War, and again In 1919;
and ia good thing to know re tao Acare
! them again. / never lid see any scnac tn
letting the bankers and capitalists Of Europe
tell the people Of America how to- manage
thsmseIyssi then ssoss That las been going on about
Secretary" But don't you sec, Jones. wlnt
. powsf this will excrrise 10 iniute the Govern.
| 1nentfh
Senator" How is It going to hurt the Gov
| erutIentf Every dollar gou owe you eau nay III
Silver, and the money you collect is also Feee'V-
Secretary" hut you can't get 1t in c1rcula.
tIoa. becanse Importers will want 1t to pny thcF
Scna.or-"WeII, md what becomes Of It
tlicn1 When silver is paid ut thu Cus.om.flousc
does + become the property of the Colicctor*l
No; 1t Is carried at once lntu the Treasury; and
whcn you get It there they can keep II, aud 80
what happcnsf Don't you know TINT rou have
already announced that the revenues arc hardly
a pcnsesi I'd like TO 70 Know, pow now, low you
can arrange to shut up lot of circulating inc
iium when things are In that condition. You
eau never do It. and fou wuula not care to tEy
tho experiment. You will bs glad enough ~
ply 1t right out as fast as It comes lutte tue
Treasury, to ayoid any conflict With CongEess." !"
Here the Interview cnded, both realizing TINT
| neither could convince the other.
subsequently senator Jones said that II he
lind llis way he would favor un amendment
louktng TO change Of subsidiary coln; such, TOR
Instance. a. ordering the Secretary Of tns
to send them to tl,c mint to be coined over
aRain and raised To- tile exact standard
Of half the sl,ser, dollar in weight. They
mike tho coinage uiiorin. liz. wou1d tlen
i.nit tue lcgal-tener qualities oi the subsidiary
roir, from uuar.era down to one dollar. i!e
hc:s H. .sas lgofanss H. ~ thf fapse
Ltndernun's statement, they cannot turn out
mosu tban s3o,oo ooo annually, and, al that
rate, 1t would require frona Ore to
ton years to place In circulation ~ much Of tle
silver dollar coinage ss the country requires
There could poa&lbIY be no overflow Of silver
| dollars. lie also volunteered the statement
, that when the bill became la~, and The coun'
try saw that prosperity un1 not ruln followed -
q consequence, that tie hastl-moncJ men would
; be ut loss to conjure up m explanation of tho
I | rea8uls.
As IMPERATIVE Hkso1urlos.
| WAAHtxoToN, D. e., Nov. IA resolution
, passed the llouse yesterday which appears to
, neut. It was offered by slr. Rice, OF Ohio aud
calls upon tue Ssecss;ary Of tue TFesa
formation which ~ va: dcsiKnea i snon'a bs
4 financial debate. i empbulically lirrcts tht
b. rctary Of tho Treasury TO report to. ttt
Huuss with!n ten days FROM tue passage Of ttt
/ gold coiu md gold bullion now in the Treasury
The kind and amount tu detail Of all uutstnnl
luz obligations payable on demand IL gold th'
kttd ela1actcr 1nd smpant Ia astai! o 81! stem
, tht public debt statement for Nuv. 1877 Will
= thu smouut Of actual gold owned by thu 0ov
crllmcnt available for the resumption Of sncci'
G itgations, together with the accrued tutcres
: iaa tIe date o. whIe6 .asn 5spuIt !.
s aStor Se S s"s Ssss iss
q was Inserted iu the resolution ss passed. Il Ina
d hitherto been the custom, to- respectfully se
quest heads Of Departments to furntsl, tnlorna
not considered partial 10 the rcpealcta, eapo
J., chilly to those from Ohio, the Democratic ueu
/ 41,1 tnIn inn fr.r, fhnf Efnfn
Hcfs o. VIC oe.egAaon asS E,,at r.,
pea. 10 aaaAc te, ~. ~ wv. ~,
a TIE sESAFa eoAA''s1h IT,, AN" "'"~"" '','
q vn.. r.,.. .,,, tt.'.inx tint hva mamh,r.
senator 'ones e.; eaM J ,aJ tnat Mte nn.s
u MINORITY " tan ~ sfx.e iii ,,n.s.d hv u,
favor u ieponanE tne Snsst w. raitssa ~ ~
iouie 10 ne aena.e wanIut ths san",' IT, r.
ne tne ~ .aIt ~ :. ' ~, ~ .,.a H.,
o9eet Q! aoH tn..,h's tu s,'d t;v
9! tno .a hs. ~ n puii"c, ~ tn.,I =,
the nenH!e t's n .us ~ H. fi. ="
hppfopriation ns ~ a!s rE E;'son3 ~ n'ntst..
sen9to1 nelaam h. Js 'ns ~ s,ns ,,it ~, .1vs
!" sAfs toat inS.S I, .N,iG II h ,.s,i ~ rtsh.r.
J. e1uaxs sS ~ ,,,L .wa +n,r irs.n ,entiers and NJ
r tttsuo v ~ n."t n,tns. and substitute III enun
amount In aIiycr, which would feiu2tn In ctrcu
!. | IstIOn n freely ii the subsidiary cusnage ha
- sincn the withdrawal OF fragtIupal currency. uu
~ go tl.{.,l, /, .,,,t nut &ttxsr