New-York tribune., 1882-02-19
AT THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
THE URGENCY DEFICIENCY BILL PASSED.
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lBf TELEGRAIH TO TIE lRlhINtJ
WAsmSGraN, Feb. 18.-By careful aud excellent
management to-day Chairman liiscock succeeded in
getting the House to consider and pass the Uren-
cy ID ticiency BILL which appropnates about
81 5000 of money lnuch needed to carry on the
pub IL business in several OF the Executive Depart
mcns Three items in the bill provoked considerable
discussion before they were adopted. One was an
item of 800 900 for the Government Printing Office.
Mr. Iii cock showed that this sncoes'ary because
the Democrats cut down the estimates 5000, 900
at he last session. and then gave almost nm limited
orders for printing This statement gave ). ). Cox
Mr.. Springer and other Demo rats an opportunity
to talk about the necessity of reform AMI econ
omy in the Office of the PublicPrlnter-a necessity
which quite pressing at any time during the
six years that the Democrats controlled Congress s
it is now.
An item of S75, 900 for ext tending the storage ca
plcily OF the Treasury. in order to provide for ths
safe keeping of the silver dollars, threatened to
evoke general financial d,bata-1 calamity which
was at last avcrtcd by the prompt action OF Mr..
IIiscocl and other Republicans. This was not done
until Messrs Bland Bucllncr Springer and other
eminent financial statesmen had Informed the
House why tho silver dollars do not go into cir
culation. Alexander H. Stephens made few re-
marks IN favor of coin certificates against bullion
certificates and as this was his first speech Of the
session. the new members who never before heard
him speak clustered around him 10 hear his words.
Mr. Kelley said that the tendency of the commercial
world is toward the of representative money,
and he dcplored the Withdrawal from
circulation of the fractional paper currency and the
substitution therefor OF subsidiary silver. Mr.
Springer embodied his financial wisdom in the form
of an amendment providing for the deposit OF sill
yer bullion aud the Issue therefor of certificates re-
dcemahl in silver coin, the certificates to ne re-
cevable for customs and other ddtieS and to be
subject TO Reissue. The amendment also provided
for unlimited silver coinage. Il was ruled out of
order. Abram = Hewitt mIde short, pl'hy
speech. in which he said in substance: There are
two dollars by law in this country-a gold
dollar and a silver dollar. the latter worth only
s7I2 per cent as much as the dollar which is current
in the markets of the world Commerce, wiser
than Congress, rejects the inferior dollar. and the
consequence is that the dishonest, cheating dollars
continue to pile up in the Treasury. There Is only
one standard of valuc-the gold dollar-and the
present silver dollar is hat money in its worst
shape
Mr. Hcwtts speech raised tempest and a dozen
members were on their feet at once, seek
ing an opportunity to reply. Mr. Marsh,
of Illinois was recognized and in the course of five
minutes he ass rte that the Coinage act OF 1913
was fraudulently" carried through Congress. and
declared tnat " 1t is time the country should un cr
stand that this cry, that the standard silver
dollar is not an honest dollar is false III fact and
in prnciplcn Mir. Marsh said this if he meant it,
small item TO hep rebuild a Schoo! house
in Wa ,hngton. winch was burned 4 fortnight AGO.
gave = =. Cox. Mr. flolnan and MIR. Reagan
an opportunity to inveigh ag unst Ihe outrage" of
app ppopratiug money from the National Treasury TO
educate the children of the Di tlict of Co umbi1
tonsi Teri lg that the public schools OF Washing
educate the children of Congress men and of the
army OF Government clerks IL Washington, w 40.
while they live here, have legal residence else
where, the "0utr ige" Is not so apparent.
Abram y Hewitt and MIR. Robinson. OF MasSachu-
setts made excellent speeches in favor of the
scnu0lhouse lie II, and it was adopted. The vote Oh
the nassage of tine bill was l51 % 26.