The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-18
Silver Men Threaten to Resort to Filibuster-
ing if Legislation Is introduced for the
Purpose of Stopping Coinage.
The House Thinks the Liquor Traffic a
Matter for State Regulation.
The Charges of Inhuman Treatment in the
Case of Jerome j. Collins Not Sustained
Other Washington News.
THE SILVER QUESTION.
How the Bill Introduced by Representative
DorsheiIner Is Received.

How the Bill Introduced by Representative
Dorsheiner Is Received.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE solution of the
silver question proposed in the bill introduced by
Mr.. Dorshemer to-day meets with very little
favor among Congressman The extreme
silver men oppose it because they say it proposes
to make the silver dollars still heavier and there
5y more Objectionable Those who are regarded
as the ablest fnanciers in the House condemn
the measure as an absurd proposition, calculated
to still further complicate the already tangled
silver question. ''The BILL" said a member of
the ways and means committee to your
correspondent, lis of the worst of
the very bad financial measures proposed by
members of the present House. It gives prac
| tically unlimited silver coinage, virtually repu
dates the Bland dollar at the end of year,
and increases the burdens of the poor by taxing
the silver money brought into the country by
the emigrant. 1t is said that this bill carries
| out Mr.. Cleveland's idea of the silver question
If that is true, and Mr.. Cleveland really holds
the views entertained by the framer Of this
BILL it is an extremely bad outlook for the coun-
| try"
| An official of the Treasury Department, in
commenting upon the bill tonight, said:
1T is difficult to imagine how such
man as Governor Dorsheimer could
be SO foolish as TO father such q
| proposition. There are to-day in circulation no
less than five separate species of dollars in paper
and coin this bill proposes still another dollar,
and one that would certainly complicate the al
ready serious situation, At the end of the year
the Bland dollar would be worth not more than
eighty five cents and would not be legal tender
! for even that amount"
1t is said that the bill will be considered in
committee tomorrow The composition of the
coinage committee is such that to predict its
possible action in advance is impossible. The
bill may possibly pass the House during the last
days of the session; its chances in the Senate,
however, are exceedingly slim.
| Mr.. Dorsheimer's bill provides that, as soon as
/; practicable the Secretary of tho Treasury shall
cause to be engraved notes of the denominations,
| 81 So, $40, $40 and $50, and printed in such
quantities may be necessary to carry out the
provisions of this act; said notes, when issued,
shall be payable on demand in silver dollars of
present standard ineness 480 grains Troy
weight, or, if the holder prefer, he may receive
standard silver bars stamped by the United
States, at the rate of 4SO grains to the dollar
The second section provides for deposit with
the government of standard dollars or bullion,
for which notes proportionate to such deposit
shall be given, redeemable in silver bars or dol
lars. the standard value in both cases to be 480
grains to the dollar
The third section provides that the coinage of
gold, silver and silver bullion, the product of the
United States, shall be free; but no silver coin
shall be made at any of the United States mints
from foreign silver, and foreign silver shall
be admitted to the United States without pay
ing the highest rate of duty imposed on manu-.
factured silver.
The fourth section provides for exchange of
silver dollars and the certificates issued under
the former act for notes authorized by this act
The fifth section authorizes the Secretary of
the Treasury to cause to be coined, at any time,
out of silver in the Treasury standard dollars of
480 grains, to such amount as he may think
silver bars, so much silver he may deem
necessary to meet the demand for silver in that
| form.
| The sixth section makes the notes hereby au-
thorized legal tender at their nominal value for
| all debts, public or private, except when other
wise expressly stipulated
| The seventh section repeals the act of Feb %,
| 1873.