, 1879-06-09

honesty Of the Senate. If Mr.. KE11oao is
unsoatcd upon auy suoh testimony as this, 1t
will only show that the partisan minority In
Washington Ia rs corrupt and eontomptibls
as tho Donrbons IN Louisiana.
THE SILVER BILL In THE sENKrE.
4 Virtual consideration Of tho WARNER
Silver bill, already passed by the House.
Gomez up in the Sonato to-dny Oh D motion |
Of Senator CoKs that the Finance Commit |
too bo discharged from further consideration |
thereof. and TINT the bill DO brought at |
once for nction.. This motion waa called |
out By tho ilecision Of tho Finance Commit
too last Friday to postpone action on the
bill till the regular session next December.
Tile ~ote by which this decision was secured
WEB DA1AnD, KansAN, AnL1sos, and FERRs
in favor Of it, and VooaHsEs, BEcK, and
JONES ngainst It; Senators Monn11L and
WALLACE woro paired, tho latter being nb~
aant. Two Democrats and two Republicans
on tho Committee woro opposed to tho
present consideration of tho bill, Bnd two
Democrats md ono Republican In favor Of
It, The Senatc eau gain control OF 1t now
It 500 At to do 20, md, II It fail to exercise
this powor, tho blame will bo upon tho DOM
ocrats, who are in cloar majority, and who
vii! thus demonstrate tho iustucarity Of
their pretended devotion to tho CAUSE of
silver reconciliation. -, , ->. :,
It haa boon predicted oil along TINT tho
fata Of the bill IN tho Sonata Committee
would turn upon the voto Of Senator FEnns,
Of Michigan, and suoh proved to be tho case.
| Dir. FEaRY, though ho has always profeasod
to bo on tho popular side Of the money qttcs-
tiou, voted to aholve tho bill. Ho undertook
to explain to Washington correspondent Of
| a Western pnper how }io camo to favor this
course. Ho ia reported as saying thnt ho is
in favor of unlimited coinage, but thinks tho
WAnyrn bill bid tona.' Thla is simply
| ridiculous, for all tho WAnNnn bill provides
for Is unlimited ooinngo Of the standard dol
lar. to tho oxtent that the poople mny do
1l,atd it ind the mints may bo nhla to
respond 10 Huch do1nand, md for tho issuing
of silver certificates in tho same manner az
gold certificates arc issued, to supply tho
iucapacity Of tho mints mud the
popular demand for Government safa-
keeping Of coin and bullion. SIr.
FEnnY nlso undertook to giro son,e
roasons for thinking the WARNER bill q bud
ono, mud hs was either inaccurntely reported
or bis so.called reasons nse merely the reflex
Of the money grabbing influonoos that have
been employed to kill this as we'll Us overy
other bill looking TO the practical remouoti
zation Of silver.
Nj, Fxaax is reported aa saying, for in
stance, that s'ho had actively advocated 70
xnonetizotIon uf silver aud VIVA ia favor q
free coinage, but lo did not believe Ia ptacfui
tho Government mud tho publta at tla moro,
Of Wall street Rnd CaliforAla speeulators !,
fixing tho ratea ot valno for bullion" Th'
, intimntion that the WAgNEn bill does any
thing Of thia kind is totally unwnrrantol
Tho bill provides that the charge for cosnag
shall bs tho difference between tho legal
ton.}er value aaA the bullion value in Ne'
, | York, which gives the Government Il.
! profit Oh tho coinage Just as It has nov
). Tho bullion value Of silver In Now Yor
;. will ba goyornol by the London quotation'
since London ~ tle,nasket which supplies til
silver-using countries with their bullion. I
II not oasy to sca how Wall street apacutator
i arc to rot up cornor OIL silver, whorob
/. alone they could fir tho tr0teu Of value 10
IL bullion, so long as thero il danger ESQ wo AZ
N told by oil the opponents Of unlimited COLI
u ago) that the country will bo flooded wit
:, silver to tho excusiou OF all other kinds {
D money. Tho two statomouts clash. I'll
!. faot Ia that no fairor plan can be agroo
y upou, for tho present, than that Of unli,nite
n1,n ftn~nfcn nnnof tn II