New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-05
IN FAVOR OF UNLIMITED SILVER.
TIE FRIENDS OF A SAFE AND STABLE CURRENCY IN
A MINORITY ON TIE COMMITTEE on COINAGE
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

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A MINORITY ON THE COMMITTEES On N0iNAOA'
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE tribune
WASHINGTON. Feb 3-When Messrs. kciter ana
Robson made up the Committee on Coinage
WEIGHTS and Measures they so constituted 1t as 10
give the friends OF the "buzzard" dollar and OF uil-
limited silver coinage clear majority OF three. III
Is not asserted tn At the committee was Intentionally
so constituted "a TO place the friends of sale ana
stable currency in the minority, although, strange
as il nav appear Mr. Robson has for several years
leaned to extreme iberaty in the matter OF silver
coins &C. and has always been ready to vote lot
more vaults and bigger in which 10 store silver
coin which the people will not use.
OF the SIX Republican members of the committee
it appears from the proceedings Saturdays meet
ing that only three-fisher, Lacey and WashDurh
can be counted OH to support wise and prudent,
not ito say necessary, measure Us
one TO suspend even temporarily inc
purchase Of silver and the coinage OF
dollars for which there is no demand. A PROPOSE
ton to suspend the coinage until the addltionM
vaults needed could be built received no more
votes. One Republican member of the committee,
Nh Mcclure, votes with the three members named
against some of the wild propositions made In
the committee while another member, Mr. Bedford,
IS a rabid silver man who would like to have the
Secretary Of tho Treasury compelled to buy the en-
tire output of all the silver mines In the country
and coin it into "buzzard" dollars.
AS for the remaining Republican member OF
the committee Mr.. PaysOn. his position
will be well enough understood when II
IA known that he offered on Saturday resolution
recurring tie Secretary of the Treasury to nay out
in the purchase OF bonds all the specie III the treas
uTy except the amount necessary TO redeem OUT
standing gold and silver certificates, and
also an amount equal to 20 per cent
of the legal tender circulation. That resolution
was not adopted. only because Mr.. Lacey made
the point of order that the hour having arrived Tor
the daily sitting of toe House TO begin the Commit
tee must adjourn. So
As for the minority Of the Committee,
il is sufficient TO say that il comprises Mr..
Bland the father of the "buzzsrd" dollar; MI.
Hazletine Missouri Greenbacker who above all
things Graves cheap money the cheaper the bet
those of Mt. Bedford and Messrs. Singleton, OF Mis-,
sissippi and Reese, between either OF whom and
Mr.. Bland there is no room for choice.
Mr.. Burchard, the Director OF tn Mint, who APP
peared before the House Committee Oh Coinage,
Weights and Measures yesterday, did not recon-
mend the continuance of the silver coinage as was
enormously ststed. He was present by invitation
OF the chairman of the committee TO give, II op-
portun ty Offered, his views and hls reasons Tor
fayOrlng the suspens sion Of the silver coinage as
recommended in his annual report aud as proposed
by Mr. Fishers bill. Before the formal meeting OF
the committee the proposition to issue Tor the pur-
poses of money bullion certificates upon SILVER
bullion deposited at the minis ana suD-treasu1es
was discussed and Mir Burchard stated his objections
thereto but he ud not give his Vows with regard
TO suspendmg the coinage ofsilyeR