Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-21
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sfxcrAL TO THE EUREKA DAILY SENTINEL.
Mr.. wrigbs's Great speech.

WASHINGTON, December 20.
Yesterday, n Of the curiosities OF the
debate on the Indian Appropriation bill in
the House, was . speech from Mr.. Wright,
Of Pennsylvania. The old man, who likes
TO be called q demagogue, in which he OPP
posed the appropriation Of five million
dollars for the non-tax paying Indians,
while not . cent was appropriated for the
workingmen. Mr.. Wright calls the In
dams tax-eaters, and estimates that Of the
twenty dollars per Indian that IL appropri-
ated every year by the United States. the
Indian gets two dollars, and the officials
81 the Indian Bureau get eighteen dollars.
During Mr.. Wright's remarks the men,
hers Of the House stood in breathless at
tention, aud upon his conclusion, . Con-
gresham with no respect for age or dema-
gogues, shouted "bully for the old man."
Csnments ON silver Quotations.
NEW YORK, December 20.
The Times comments that silver was
quoted in London yesterday at 49k pence,
: lower rate than has been reached since
July, 1876, when the price touched 46k.
and the bullion value Of 412k grains Of
silver was less than so cents. Yesterday
10 value Of the silver dollar was q fraction
under 81 cents. At the present rate Of
decline the price Of silver is likely to touch,
before long, the lowest point which ii
reached before reconciliation, and the
friends Of this much-abused metal will be
driven. in self-defense, to adopt tho advice
81 the ingenious Cernuschi, to repeal the
Hand bll, coin NO more silver, and pre-
sipitate such q crisis in the price Of the
metal that the Indian rupee will be depre-
ciated 70 : point where England, weary Of
war1Ass, wils sue for negotiation on .
basin Of international bi-metalism; that
would, ct least, be wiser and more patriotic
than to continue making the United States
: sort Of junk shop for the rejected silver
Of Europe.
Embrts - select the, Blaine Cons
mittee.
New YoRK, December 30.
The Worlds Washington correspondent
has the following details Of the efforts to
select the Republican members Of tbs
Blaine committee: As soon a. the list was
read to the Senate, Messrs. Mitchell and
Plumb arose and declined to serve. None
II The original i've, except Mr.. Cameron,
have any especial merits IS Investigators,
and the refusal Of two Of the poorest Of the
lOt 70 nerve must have been humiliating be-
yond Measure to the Republicans. Finally,
Gessrs. Hoar and Mcmillan were literally
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= YORK., December ~:
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srn Pacinc ltaiload VIII De IL workin6
order toa point loO miles west q bismarck,
on me Missouri river: ms VIII s've easy
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sh~rs Trhers -ara Sortv~e;ght h;1s, ahout
ens-haN being for the iirst loo miles west