The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-19

authorized by this act; authorizes tae
secretary o the treasury 70 cause 11
have cotnel at any time out Of
silver IN the treasury into standard dollars
Of $50 grains as many as he may think likely
to be needed, AMI to retain in stauIarj
silver bars SO much silver a, be may deem
necessary to meet the demand for silver ia
chat form The notes authorized ARE legal
tender at taeiE u Iuinal value for sill dab,s.
puilic and private. except when o5-a,v.,s
expressly stipulated.
The b.l doe not seem to meet with much
favor The extreme silver mon oppose IL
because they %1y it proposes TO make t.a
silver dol ar still heavier. ana thereby more
ohja, ttcnab.e Tgosa who are regarded as
the s5les. fiHanciers in the house condemn
the measure as shsurJ AMI calculated to still
farther coupucata tho already tangled
silver qEeatiou. In an interview member
Of the ways and means committee said;
The bill Is one OF the very bad financial
measures proposed By members OF tina pres
ent house. Il gives practically uElip-t d
silver coinage, virtually repudiates the
Bland dollar at the end Of a year, and in
CreaseS The bEC.!eDs Of the poor by taxing the
silver muu-y brought into this CUustry by
the immigrants, 1t is said that ta.S bill car
rles out Cievaiaul's i3aa of the silver qGes
tioH.
an official O: the treasury deparam5a;
commenting upon the bill, said;
1t IS difficult to imagine how such n maa
is Nj NOrskeimeF could be SO foolish as
father such Il proposition. There arc to-day
in circGis non no less than FIVE separate sE,s-
cies OK dollars in pspl- aai coin This bill
proposes stu another dollar, AMI ous tina,
would certainly CompIcata the already SER.
ous situation. " The eud OF the yeay the
Bland dollar wJglj be worth not more than
s. cents, sai would not be legal tender for
even that amount.
Hon. Edward Pierrepout was hear,
Wednesday by the house committee on coin
GSc, weights and measures in support %
Darsheimsr's bill He urged that It's passage
wEs necessary 70 give STABILITY 70 the cur
reucy ami SAIL Il hot passed such neglect
would mako Sa extra session necessary, an
If such q session was MOI had there would ba
serious financial disturbances before the
next regular session.
\ representative Of the United Pre-
asked Chairman Bland OF the house com
mites ou coinage, weights and mess
ures il be thought vote would be taken by
the committee up0n the Dorshciiuor silver
bill before tho session closed.
oh, no. he promptly replied. in the
first place We cannot get the committee to-.
gether and il tie second place we would
not try t. taks action if we could. because ii
Is 50 late It would he i:npossj Die % secure
consideration IL the house.
Do you thinEa fas jorit- Of tie committee
favor the biH-7 was asked.
No, i 10 a0t'
Why do tie friends II tie La want il
2sssed:7
Il cannot sag. Il they have any go5I
rca,on, fer it, adoption they do not give
them to the committee, Altogether l tiin5
/ The bill End the remarks Which have beer
submitted upon it, viii only serve as history
for future coH= presses
The senate on Tue5iay passed the bill
authorizing the sale OF t4e Wmae5aEo Ian Is
in Nebraska. On Wednesday it was ll:25 d.
n. before & quorum was present A resolu.
ton from the Maine legislature was Pr.
| scented urging the retirement o.
Con, Grant Lsphem continued Ii,
remarks against the bill TO quiet
| titles to D55 Moines river lands, anl man,
aged u occupy tia whole morning hour by
! Offering several amendments and speaking
| al length on each. Upon the expiration %
/ the hour the foreign contract labor b.I
! came up and Mcpherson made a state.
/ mant which was received with exclamation
| Of surprise By George and other SENATORS.
! He said thls eli representation being made
! thai lab9rers in glass factories wore no,
| sufficiently projected, congress in req ed tue
/ duty On glassware, whcfeUpon tue manu-
facJurer5 Immediately demanded hat Their
| la5Cr.rs should submit to a reduction Of
| per cent in their wages. When the UeE
! refused to submit to this reduction
the manufacturers first imported Belgian.
| to take the place OF those shut out
and when that did not work taer
they imported goods and paid the duay o.,
! them in ord 10 keep their owa men ou5 @
! employment From this h5 ieiugei tina
there were other evils tban those ramsi 81
| tue bill. against which it was neces -ery &
protect the wlrl,;nEm&E. They Should b.
! projected from combinations Of manufaclar
cIswhich prevented their rec jving their fai
share of the bsneft' Of the tariff
Butler, in opposition to the b.ll, LIade
strong FREQ trade speech If, he asked, j
was the purpose Of tie senate to helo th
worlingman, why give him 2 shadow vb,l
be asked for she substance3 Why talk
, $4,000 ono year ont Of Il.
/ pocket in tariff duties on sl
necessari Of life and oder him in exchan@
tais crale. il operative bili3 lie a,ssg-s,
that to carry she principle OF the bill 70 il
logical conclusion, it woEli lie necessary @
punish tho alien aborer who came Ter
under contract. as well as the company @
person who brought him out, and tie move,
as an amendment a substitute fer the bin b
this effect, which was rejected.
Amendments offered by Lapham s.rikiG,
ont from tile bill the provision that one-hai
Of the penalties recovered should so to Il
persons bringing suits for violations OF th
ian, and practieaily limiting the power o
{yo scufsoi under tte act TO IL
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