Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-05-30


Tie Warner silver bill passed tha House,
Saturday afternoon, 10y a vote oi III to y,
and now goes to to the Senate. ~ ameniet
it fixes the weight Of standard silver dollars
at Il2 IL grains aaI authorizes owners ci
silver bullion to deposit the same 1t any
mint, t. be formed iato bars or standard
dollars, the charges Tor coming such bullion II
be the difference between its market value lii
New York and the legal tender value OF
coin. Subsidiary silver coin l. to be ex-
ehangeable at the Treasury for legal tender
money to the amount Of twenty dollars, and
standard silver dollars are made legal tender
in all piymen.s at their nominl! value The
Treasury i. to pay cut silver coin in li4uida-
tion Of all kinds D; ella obligIii,li agIinSt
the Government and may i>suc Ger
ti6eatsS To depOSitors of gold Or silver
clin or builiOl and ecrtih .a:eS NepIe-
s.ating com in treasury il payment
of interest on the ;'abiic debt. bO;h c!I>>e-
of certificates to he receivable in payment OF
duties. OGrtlNtdtt> lOF DuIALJu utl l'J'l'Nu "4'
to b, for its average market value il coin ot
like metal during the prcceii1I week in New
York anl San Franci-cJ Odd and silver
| bullion i to he coine u the tail capacity OF
the mints lin connectiJa with other cJInase)
| and if the bullion deposited for coinage dos
not amount to S2oO,OOO per month, the
treasury Is to purchase sufficient silver bul-
| lion to coin that amount. The act is not To
be construed as authorizing the coinage Of
silver except iuto standard dollars.
This remarkable piece OF patchwork
(which bears bat little resemblance TO the
bill originally introiuc,i by Mr. WaTner)
was pa ,ScI after an ail-nisht session. chsrac-
t,rizeI bY the usual undisnifed proceed
inss TO put It miltly) Of such legislative
yigiIs Thus, the sorgsant-a;-arms, being
tcputei to bring in the abSentces, halei in
| Mr.. McCock at an early hour in the morn
ing, who pleasantly remarked that he had
SIT there Tor over twO weeks listening to
/ wild and insaue propositions. many OF which
had been iuc3rporat,i in the silver bill,
and that hc bad nlt Thought 1t necessary
! to stay up all night euSlscd in any move
ment either toward ol9tructins legislation
or aiding in the passage oi the biil. lie
had therefore gone home AMI to bed. lie
admitted that he might be, technically, IN
contempt 1f tine House, AID he confessed
that he had good deal OF contempt Tor 1t,
and thought that that contempt waS il
dulged by the whole country. This not
pIrtieuItrly complimentary speech di-gustcd
the Democrats very much, and one oi them
proposed that Mr.. McCoOk be fined 80
for contempt. while another, with higher
appreciation oi the Houses dignity, moved
that tic tine be : 100 Finally Mr. MeCook
sid that he hal right to lccl just injig-
nation at being dragged from his bed
at such an early hour when there was no
necessity Tor it. OIcOurse, lie went on, he
hid not meant to he understood as saying
h, had any contempt for the House. CA
the contrary he had regarded his election u
it is the proudcst event Of his life. Bat II
the House were to adiudgc him in contempt
/. would be very natural for ham to have
Iittlc coatcmpt for it. lie concluded by
Withdrawing the oGen~iga remark, saying
that he had used it only in Pickwicklan
Sen-c. This arolrgy being licemeI satisfactory,
Nj. M,Crok Wa. excused and discharged
islm custldy.
Another fanny Sctue va, When MIR. thit-
nlen. # New York, rose to per5>Tl 6X-
planatiou and arolasizri Tor having u+,i the
wnrd damned" in drnouncing the silver
bill. Like Captain Corcorau, Mr.. thitteGicl
neycr-hlrily ever, that s-uses the b.,
hs u. lie said he had been mombcr q,
the orthodox church for sixteen YEAR,, and
that he wi-hi it understood tbIt he used
the word in theological sense The word
cane Violently forth. lt wlS vulGIr AMI
he regretted 1t, but he wanted some strong
vafd ;o express his Indignation aui the
harsh word came without consideration.
member interrupted with the suggestion
that the charhin he allowed to Trly iar him
,;iieon Coob. CalYiu Baptist preacher
| ,y.s a man very eccentric IN speech. EVEN T.
his last catthly moments. \ lew lrur pre-
| vIous tn hIs death. hIs brother, also "a Vtstr'-
rr came to his bedside ard uIui;,t. "lH
| You think You ARE dying, Gideon AuI iI'
| reply. sharp and quick, came, Don Aii,"
can't tell never diei