Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-02-27

Congressional.
FRIDAY, Feb. 15.--Senate. tn,
senate the entire day was spent in
contest over the Bland silver bill, and /.
dispatch received dated at $50 A. NJ
on the morning of the 18th, said thu
senate was still! ia session.
FRIDAY, Feb. 15-House. -The house
held but short session which was givel
to the consideration of bills in commit
tee of the whole; nothing of importance
was done.
SATURDAY, Feb. 16th,-Senate.
Senate. after twenty hours ses
sion, at 5 o'clock this morning
by vote of yeas As. noes 81
passed the bill to authorize thu
coinage of standard silver dollar, an(
to restore its legal tender character
The vote was as follows:
Yeas-senators Allison. Armstrong, Bailey
Beck, Booth. Bruce. Cameron pa, Cameron
Eustis. Ferry, Garland. Gordon, Grover, Here
ford Howe, ingalls,. Johnston, Jones Ella J
Jones (Nev Z; Kellogg; kirkwo9d: Mccreery. Nc
Morgan, Ogesby, Paddock Plumb, salisbury
Saunders Spencer, Teller, Thurman, Voorhees,
Wallace. Window and Withers---is.
N1ys.-Senators Anthony, Barnum, Bavard
Blaine, Burnside, Christiancy Conkling, Dawes
Edmunds, Hamlin, loar, Herman. Lamar Nc
Pherson. Mitchell Morrill,, Randolph, Rollins
Sergeant, Wadleigh ald Whte-2l.
Messrs. Harris and Patterson who
would have voted in the affirmative,
were paired with Messrs. Hill and But
Ter, who would have voted in the mega
tive. Mr.. Ransom, who would have
voted in the affirmative, was absent on
account of sickness.
Following is the full text of the bill,
as passed:
Be ii enacted by the senate and house of
representatives Of the Unied Stutee of
Anerica, IN congress assembled, That there
shall be coined at the several minis of
the United States, silver dollars of the
weight of 4124 grains, Troy, of the
standard silver, as provided in act of
January Is, 1887; on which shall be the
devices and superscription provided by
said act, which coins together with all
silver dollars heretofore coined by the
United States oflike weight and iineness,
shall be legal tender at the national
value for all debts and dues, public and
private, except where otherwise en-
pressed and stipulated to the contrary,
and the secretary of the treasury is au-
thorized and directed to purchase from
time to time silver bullion at the price
thereof, not less than two million dol
lars worth per month, nor more than
four million dollars worth per month
and cause the same to be coined month
ly as fast as SO purchased with such
dollars. and sum sufficient to carly
out the foregoing provisions Of this act
is hereby appropriated out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated and any gain and shrink.
age arising from this coinage shall be
accounted for and paid into the treas
ury rs provided under the existing laws
relative to subsidiary coinage; provided,
that the amount of money at any one
time invested in such silver bullion, ex-
elusive of such resulting coin, shall
not exceed five million dollars; and
pro,iHed further, that nothing in this act
shall be construed to authorize the
payment in silver of certificates Of de-
post issued under the provisions of sec
ton 254 of the revised statutes.
Section ,. All acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with the provisions of this
act are hereby repealed.
Section $. That Immediately after
the passage of this act, the president
shall invite the governments of coun-
tries comprising the Latin Union, So
called, and of such other European ma
tons as he may deem advisable, to join
the United States in conference, to
adopt a common ratio between gold and
silver, for the purpose of establishing
an International alloy. the use of BIZ
metallic money and securing tixity of
relative value between those metals
such conference to be held in Europe,
or in the United States, at
such time, within six months,
as may De mutually agreed
upon by the executives of tbs govern
ments, joining in the same. Whenever
the governments so invited, or any
three of them, shall have signitied their
willingness to unite in the same, the
president shall, by and with the adj
vice and consent of the senate, appoint
three commissioners, who shall attend
such conference on behalf Of the
United States, and shall report the
doings thereof to the president, who
shall transmit the same to congress.
Said commissioners shall each receive
the sum of two thousand five hundred
dollars and their reasonable expenses,
to be approved by the secretary OF
state, and the amount necessary to pay
such CONDENSATION is hereby annrO.