Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-23
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
LATEST FROM WASH
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ALL ABOUT THE SILVER BILL
The President has Concluded to
Approve it.
Secretary Sherman Will Enforce the Law
in Letter and Spirit.
WASHINGTON. Feb. %.

WASHINGTON, Feb. %.
The House Committee on Territories
having agreed to report unfavorably
upon the bill for the admission Of Utah,
proceeded yesterday to the further con-
sideration of the bill to regulate the
elective franchise in Utah. The senti-
ment of the committee is avowedly in
favor of the secret ballot feature, but it
is apprehended hat nothing will be
done TO exclude women from the exer
else of suffrage, and the retention of this
right by Mormon women, will, Cen
tiles fear, weaken the effect OF other
parts of the bill.
An interview with General Grant,
in Egypt, revives the controversy
about sumner and Motley. The Gen.
eral says of the discussion Of the ques
ton: 'If respect is due to the dead,
truth and justice are due to the living,
and ! only spoke in self defense and
after many wears of silent submission
to assaults from Mr.. Sumner and his
friends, and only in the interest of
truth and justice. Mr.. Jay, as no
one knows as well as Governor Fish
and myself, makes a pretext of eulo-
giving the dead to attack Governor
Il iSbs obO hoNSo ~
was Jay. At the time OF the appoint
ment of Motley as Minister to England,
jaw wanted to go to England, and was
sorely disappointed ttat a change
would not be made in his favor, even
after Motley had been fully assured of
his appointment. Jay most probably
forgave Sumner before the Senator's
death, but he blamed him tor his
failure to go to London.
The passage OF the Silver bill by the
House yesterday as it was returned
from the Senate was the chief feature
of the proceedings of that body. The
main question having been ordered by
lSl to Al, the House proceeded to vote
upon the Senate amendments. The
first amendment, providing that silver
shall be a legal tender, except where
otherwise expressly stipulated in the
contract, was concurred in-l76 to 50.
The second amendment was that
which strikes out the free coinage fea-
ture of the House bill and inserts a
provision limiting the coinage of the
silver dollar. and providing that any
gain arising from that coinage shall be
paid into the Treasury, was c%oncurred
in by yeas. 203; nays, IL.
The next was on the third amend
ment, providing for an international
Silver Conference, and was agreed 10.
Yeas, 1875; nays, IL.
The mex vote was on the fourth SEN
ate amendment, authorizing the isstl-
ing OF certificates in exchange for sill
yer coin. 1t was agreed to without a
division. The other amendments were
simply formal and were agreed 10
! without division.
1t is reported that the President has
changed his mind about the Silver bill
and will sign it. 1t is said on the same
high authority that orders have al
ready been sent, privately, TO the
Minis, to prepare at once to begin
the coinage of silver dollars with the
utmost force at their command. This
information comes from such sources
that il is entitled to credit. Senator
Allison, who was in charge of the bill
in the Senate, had a conversation
with Secretary Sherman yesterday
in regard to the issue. The Secretary
said: eff the bill becomes a law, l
shall execute it promptly and thor
oughly, and in the spirit in which it
had been passed." He could not un
derstand why the question a. to his
conduct could be even suggested in the
| Senate.
The Secretary of the Treasury issued
instructions to-day for disseminating
receipts at the San Francisco and Car
son MINIS of deposits for returns in
trade dollars, and that deposits here
after made be settled for in hat coin
on satisfactory evidence being fur
| nished that the same will be exported
or, il preferred by depositors, they
may receive their silver back in fine
mint bars.
Ben. Wade's Recovery Doubtful.
CLEVELAND, o.. Feb. %.
Ben. Wade has now been in bed 20
days, and most Of that time he has
been very sick. He has had a slow,
consuming fever. All the while his
appetite has been very poor, and he
has wasted away to a wonderful ex-
tent. The doctors now regard his re.
covery as doubtful.
Death from Poisonous Wafer.
RICHFoRD, VT, Feb. %.
Walter d. Estes, a lawyer, and a
special correspondent of the Boston
| Journal. died to-day from the use OF
poisonous well water, which makes
three death thus far. Several others
| are not ex pected to recover.