The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-03-02
WASHINGTON JOTTINGS.
,sR FROM Our CORREsPoN-
Lh DENT.
y.,,-rhrough the House Rnd
i,yb i"e The senate-stoytes
preparing for the Coinage
of silver Dollars Pa
eide Railroads.
,,ondepce OF the Register.


Have, hss just been read in the House.
:, ys, not q very long document and
-, .,,sn,ively listened to. He thought
.,s. silver bill fraud, and therefore ne
,,ed Il That is the substance OF 1t.
:, ,op want silver dollars, make them
,,n,l 10 the gold dollars, by the increase
-, liver in each dollar. That WAS bis
suggestion.
The skeleton from Georgia, moved i'm
rras,s,ely that the bill should be passed
oya, the veto, and upon his motion
o.,ad for the ayes and noes and cut OF
All 5ebste. The vote WAS taken.
A, soon as the clerk had finished read
inc the veto there was a large gathering
.,9pnd little Aleck Stephens, who had
u,1ertsken TO run the Bland bill
through Hayes blockade. Consplcu-
oa.y snd appropriately there was the
.lIvery top-knot OF Virginls's ubiquitous
,sp,e:entstive, Gilbert Z. Walker Con-
30, interrupted the conference by
demanding that every one should be
.s,,ed This was done. The roll call
proceeded.
Old Ben came into the House just as
the clerk was reading the name OF Ruth
s,.ord b. Hayes. He cooked his eye,
p,icked his ears, and snyed over 10 MS
Eat, no doubt to gather bricks from his
desk, as he Immediately commet ced dlV-
ias into its inmost depths. The roll was
coocluded and result ed, 1876 IN favor OF
The bil! 10 70 against 1t.
The SensLe was engaged IN the dis
c9.lon of the bill known as Hooker. log
hU, which got = speech from Blaine IN
Il, favor. Alter very little fighting
mon the part of Edmunds, who was
souous to postpone the inevitable, and
on that OF ConklIng, who was ready tor
the execution, the bill was reached.
Conkhpg tried 10 dispense with the read
ing of the bill, but some one objected
and the SLOW routine OF reading the bill
snd the veto proceeded. The House was
cIssred OF its representatives. snd the
members gathered three or four columns
Is.p behind the seats Of the Senators.
Then followed the reading Of the veto |
massage. which was listened 10, Il. N the /
House, with profound attention. IhuF' !
ma, and Conkling drew close t2 the !
reader. thst Il sentence might not escape /
them The vote was taken immediately /
SITTER the reading and resulted IN more .
signal triumph for the cause OF silver than
any O, it friends hsd sntcl lpsted. There
were but nineteen votes favorable 20
sl,,sning the veto. Ben. HILL voted for
the bill, sDd requested that he might ex-
plain his vote, bat this was not granted.
P-obsbly the resi- explanation Is that
Hill has Just returned from Georgia,
where be learned what his constituents
ll.uk sbou:it.
Tax ou StOgies.
To return, now, to tobacco. failed to
mention 10 my ast that au effort Is being
made TO reduce the tax on stcgies. Col.
Wilson has represented 10 the Commit
lee thsi Il Is uuialr 20 tax segar, II So
/, may be called. that cells for 4 little
over one cent n piece, retail, the same rs
ygu ,s1 y segAr that retsils tor ten cents.
The presen; tax on segsrs is six dOllsrs q
thousand. b. courtesy sIOgles are IN
cuded IN the category OF segars-whst
success he VII. hsye | do not know,
hl! would suggest that 1t
would be capita psn, II he found the
Ways sud Mesu- Committee deaf TO his
syren voice, - brIng the ms,ter up in
the House. /. De would send on for q
sample snd told one 1 these Wheeling
HaJIHdS Up 70 the gszs OF the members
OF the House an sure the argument
would De conclusive against classifying
such thing IS S seGsr Il would not
10, however, 10 allow sny OF the men,
bers - Try one, FOR then, 10 the behalf OF /
hamsnty, the temptation would be TO /
taI the stoge cut OF existence.
Preparations for the Coinage OF Sill /
yer Dollars.
Acting under the Instructions OF the |
Secretary Of the Treasury, and IN sntici- |
pa!lon Of the silver bill becoming 8 law,
tie d!r.ctcr O; the minis hiss been engag-
ei 10: several days making the necessary |
arrangements for the running OF the !
'a'nu 70 their full capacity on the new !
silver dollar, in connection with which |
gct only will for some time be coined. !
4'E probable lhst supply Of working (.
dies VII. Dc ready in about ten days, snd /
70 The meantime the silver bullion will !
pass through sll the processes Of putting I
;! 10 shape Tor coinirg INTO dollars, e1-
c7P. ihi Of stamping, snd for which par. 7.
i!cl.sr operation the capacity OF the mint |
IS 10 excess o: other operations, so that
10 'es.,y but little delay in coinage
would be occaaoned by the dies not be-
ing now ready. 1t is thought that by
lie middle Of April, tie coinage OF the
SILVER to,lsr will be ST the rate of 3,5OO,-
Uo per month. The supply of fractional
s..Ver coins S. the mint and different !
NoAsury offices is sufficient 10 meet any !
CenSnc likely 10 arise for several months !
= come. The mints are sll IN excellent
condition, with skilled force o. work
Ael, And everything in shape 10 meet
!ae .srge amount of coInsge devolved on
'hem BY the new lsw.
The Cabinet to-day discussed the neces-
A'y Acilon 10 be taken 10 carry out the /
PROVISIONS OF the silver lsw. Secretary f.
Sherman is 10 put the mints 81 work
Promptly and industriously, and Seere. (
Hfy Eysr,s will 81 once open = cores
P0acence with the governments Of the
'S' SOAI tOs'us bsAu SHtSp' auH VI
s4eo other European nations IS tie Pres
dent may deem advisable, inviting them
70 loin the United States in onierence
70 adopts common rstio between gold !
Aad SILVER for the purpose OF establishing
'ee use Of bi.metsilic money. and secur-
!osA aIity of tie relAiive value between
I1sse metals.
Postal Savings Bonds.
he ball authorizing the issue Of postal /
savings bonds, and for other purposes
introduced by Senator Phillips, has re-
ISlEed The approval Of s msjority Of the
nome BANKING and Currency Commit
zee and will be finally acted on BY the
"mnli!ee next Tuesday. Prominent
members say the report IN favor OF its
passage Will be nearly unanimous.
TIE Tariff BiiI.
Ihe Committee on Ways and Means
las pass the clause OF the tariff bill relst.
ing 70 spices without alteration and "a