Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-02-14

with nothing very new at the
National Capital worthy Of special
note. The able Senator and Mem
bers of the House Of Representatives
are still discussing the financial
issues, and the struggle seems to be
not so much to reach final vote on
the question as to see who can pro-
duce the heaviest arguments and the
soundest logic for and against the
movement to remonetize silver. We
cannot find fault with them for this.
The country wants all the light it can
get upon the all absorbing topic-the
money problem-how to bring about
better times-how to start the wheels
Of business and give employment to
the thousands who are asking for
work. Senator Blaine addressed the
Senate yesterday on the silver bill.
He advocated the coinage Of a silver
dollar Of 425 grains. The floor and
the galleries Of the chamber were
crowded with spectators. Over fifty
members Of the House occupied seats
in the rear OF the Senator's desk.
Secretary Sherman and General
Sherman occupied seats on the
floor. Mr.. Blaine's speech was
listened to with close attention. He
said that il silver had been demone-
tized he is in favor of remopetizing
it; IL the coinage has been discon-
tinued he is in favor of resuming it,
or If coinage has been restricted he
is in favor OF enlarging it. He added
that the public creditors can afford
to be paid In any coin the govern
ment can afford to coin." That is
certainly golden sentence, and will
surely find approval with the MAORI
ty Of the people Of the country. At
the conclusion Of his speech he was
greeted with great applause. and the
President of the Senate was COM
PEELED to rap with his gavel for
sometime before the galleries would
cease their clatter. Mr.. Blaine's
speech is warmly criticised by the
gold men and they assert 1t is an ef-
fort Of the Il told you so" stripe in
asmuch as it will bear q construction
favorable to either single or double
money standard. Dom PiaH adj
dressed the Workingmen on Tuesday
evening, large audience OF work
ingmen and others assembled at
Fords Opera House to hear a lecture
by Dom Piatt. editor OF the @Capi-
tal." The speaker gave an interest
ing and eloquent statement OF the
contest between Capital and Labor,
froW his standpoint, during the
course of which he incideItly re-
ferred to the democratic party as the
organized ignorance OF the land"
and the republican party as the
friend OF monopolies counselling the
workingmen to cut loose from both.
Throughout the speaker enlivened it
with his characteristic throwing of
bricks at every body who didn't
agree with Dom Piatt.
General Butler introduced bill in
the House authorizing the Public
Printer to publish a weekly paper to
be called THE Official Advertiser of
the United States" to be uniform In
size and topography with the Con-
gressional Record. The bill provides
that this paper shall contain the
proclamation and executive orders OF
the President, all acts and joint
resolutions of Congress, and all
orders, circulars and advertisements
of the several Departments hereto
fore officially published in certain
specified newspapers. and all other
matter which the heads Of the sever
al departments consider to the inter-
est of the public service to be made
public. The bill provides for distri-
button and subscription and that
any copy Of said Official Advertiser
may be read in any legal proceeding
as primd fdcie evidence of matter
therein contained, whenever the
same may be matter to be proven.
The passage of tho act would effect
great saving to the government, and
it will likely become a law. In the
House Committee on Banking and
Currency we are having the annual
contest between the government
Buraeu Of Engraving and Printing
and the private Bank Note Com
panics of New York in regard to the
Printing of government money and
stamps. Mr.. Mcpherson the head Of
the Government Bureau made a
most clear and convincing argument
to prove that the government would
save at least $500. 900 year by doing
its own printing, besides reducing
the dangers of counterfeiting to a
minimum point in contrast with the
private Companies. or this there
can be no question and the argu-
ments made by the attorneys for
these private concerns when Invested
of mere statement and defamation
indisputably prove the correctness
OF the position assumed by Mr.. Nc
pherson. The division of the Prit