Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-02-20
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-After adj
iournment of the House yesterday
about sixty members in favor
of the reconciliation of silver
convened in the room of the Com
mittee on Judiciary, under the
name of the Silver Union. Repre-
sentative Eden offered the follow.
ing: "Resolved that tomorrow
Immediately after the morning
hour, a motion be made by Buck.
ner to proceed with the business on
the Speakers table and, on reach.
Ing the bill to remonetize silver
the previous question shall bt
called, on eoncurring in the senate
amendments, and that there be nc
debate"
Bright thought there were seri-
Gus objections to the bill as return.
ed. One was as to the Limitation OF
coinage and another striking out
the feature of full coinage from the
House bill. He wanted to make
some protest for this was discrimi-
nation against both persons and
metal. Holders of gold were privi-
legged to have their gold bullion
coined free and citizens and foreign
ers could thus benefit alike.
Wright offered a resolution that
the bill be reported as it came from
the Senate. 1T lad been long
time under discussion. The Presi-
dent would certainly veto it and by
adopting the Senate bill, which
was substantially as good and
about the same as the other, they
might make sure of its passing the
Senate over the veto.
Hanna, although favoring free
coinage, wanted the Senate bill
passed. He did not believe the
President would dare veto the bill.
Ewing said this bill gave the
Secretary of the Treasury the
power to sell bonds to buy bullion
in order to resume specie pay
ments and the country, which is
now suffering, would have no re-
lief. The Secretary would buy up
and hoard every dollar of the two
millions coined monthly.
Haskell said he did not admire
Secretary Sherman's policy, but he
and Director Linderman had prom
ised that the people should have as
much money as they desired.
Butler would take the bill if
nothing better was obtainable; lie
favored debate and deliberation lest
the President should refuse to sign
it because not carefully considered.
Io oritioi sod tho cootinn IF tho h; |
which provides that the silver dol
lar shall be u legal tender except
where otherwise stipulated in con-
tract. This would allow anybody
Which the French court G had he'd held
not permissible. He thought the
Banking and Currency Committee
should have the bill for amend
ment.
Phillips said the bill re-
monetized silver and made it
a legal tender He favored
it, and additional legislation now
pending would carry out the rest.
Finally the conference agreed to
submit the bill to the Banking and
Currency Committee and then adj
journed.
J. Madison Fights Back.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-J. Madison
Wells publishes, in the Times, this
morning, a column and a half let
ter, describing the men who are
prosecuting him; showing the
character of the Judge and prose.
cutting officers, and giving sketches
of special witnesses and jurymen.
He insists that the suit of the State
of Louisiana versus j. Madison
Wells ct al, ought to be called the
case of Samuel j. Tilden versu s
Rutherford Is. Hayes, and that it
is really contest for the Office of
President of the United States and
the patronage of the Federal Gov
eminent. He alleges that money
is sent from New York to help
forward the prosecution of the
Returning Board; that the Machi-
aveliau David Dudley Field stands
behind the scenes managing the
puppets, and that nearly all con.
cerned on the Democratic side are
stained with crimes of one sort or
another, including treason, muder,
larceny, perjury, subornation of
perjury, libel, etc. More specific
ally, Mr.. Wells reviews Sherman's
charges against Judge Whitaker,
shows the animus which he dis
played on the trial of Anderson,
and declares that during the great
part of that trial, he was in beast
ly state of intoxication. He
charges the Acknowledgement
with having speculated with tn e
collection of taxes; with being cog
INFANT of the packing of the jury in
Anderson's case; with bullying and
threatening witnesses before the
Grand Jury in order to force indict-
ments against members of the Re-
turning Board, and with keeping
Littlefield concealed in his room
lest he should repeat the testimony
in which he declared Anderson to
be innocent of all knowledge of
the Vernon parish returns. The
Assistant Attorney General is said
to have been indicted for murder
in his own parish. One of the chief
witnesses against Anderson is
stamped as a habitual liar, another
as thief and third as a fugitive
from his own native town in ILL
nois.