The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-21
NIGHT DISPATCHES!
An Interesting Debate in the
United States Senate.
Outline of New Silver Bill in
the House.
French Movements and Bat
ties in Langson.
A Squabble over the Works
Of Gen. Jackson.
CONGRESSIONAL.
CONGR ESSAONAL.
HOUSE..


WASHINGTON, Feb. II. 49, A bi
providing that as soon as practicab
the secretary Of the treasury sha
cause to be engraved notes OF the d,
nomination of 50, SIS, $40 $50 and S.
and presented In such quantitit
rs may be needed, has bee
Introduced. Said notes when j,
ssued shall be payable on d.
mand in silver dollars of the presen
standard of fine ness. 4sO grains tro
weight, or If the holder prefer he ma,
receive standard silver bars stamped
6y the U0ited States, at the rate o
4sO grains to the dollar.
Section 2 provides for deposl
with the government of standar,
dollars or bullion, for which note
proportionate with such deposit
shall be given, redeemable in silvel
bars or dellars::of standard value. In
both cases there must be $50 grains t.
the dollar.
Section 3 provides that the coinage
of the gold, silver and silver bullion
product of the United States shall b<
free, but no silver coin shall be made
at any Of the United States mints
from foreign silver, and no foreign
silver shall be admitted to the Unlled
States without paying the highest
rate Of duty imposed on manufac.
turt d silver
Section 4 provides for the excha nge
OF silver dollars and certificates issued
under the former act for notes author
Ized by this act.
Section authorizes the secretary
ofthe treasury to cause to have coined
at any time out Of the silver in the
treasury into standard dollars of 48O
grains, AS many as he may think
likely will be needed and to retain
In standard silver bars so much silver
as he may deem necessary to meet
the demand for silver in that form.
Section makes notes, hereby au-
thorized legal tender ut their nomi
nal Value for all debts public and
pl1vate, except when other wise ex-
pressly stipulated.
Section repeals the act of Febru-
ary z5, 1873.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l7.-Miller. of
New York, supported the bill and
opposed the peDding motion. which
would strike out the clauses provid-
ing penalties for a violation of the
law. He was in full sympathy with
the tlil. 1t simply means that white
slavery should not any longer be tol-
Grated III this country. ,Earopean
oountrlts had been for years dumping
their paupers and criminals upon our
shores, and the time was coming
when we would have to pass the
strongest measures to protect our
selves. We could not afford to have
our ports open tu such importatiops.
We should not neglect to inquire a.
10 the Character Of every person COM
ing here.
Morgan did not wish to see a bad
precedrnt established, a precedent
that might tend hereafter to the pas-
sage of law refu sing to colored men
the right to come from the south to
the north IN search of work,
Miller assured Morgan that the
people Of the North would never pass
u law to Interfere with the c0m,nx of
any class of people who should come
OF their own free Will and were not
criminals or Daupers.
Vast - x,ok< e..
he had no doubt Of Its constitution
allty. 1t Was an exercise of power
and OF right to preserve the life of our
institutions and Of our civilization. 1t
was not intended to exclude any self
reliant man from coming 10 the
United States. He Was glad to see
that Sherman and other Republi-
Cans favored this bill. Vest said
Sherm an was himself the father of
the bill to re-establish the office of
G commissioner Of immigration, one
section of which provides that all con- !
tracts made abroad for the repay. |
ment Of passage money by intending
shall be binding here
and be lien on their wages or lands.
A According to newspaper accounts
there We're 10000 men out of employ
ment in the streets of New York;
aud this" Vest exclaimed, latter
twenty foIr years of Republican AS
and protective tariff"
Morrill, said he had never discussed
the tariff when it was not under con.
but Vest should not give
blows without being prepared to take
blows in return. Inc tariff policy
which Vest would pursue, Morrill,
said, would throw very much larger
number OF men out OF employment
than were oat of employment now,
and it may be that much OF the diff
Guilty now experie lced in labor inter-
ests Was due to the fears that have
been entertained of a radical inter-
ference with the tariff Labor was
ln as great trouble in the countries of
Europe as in America, if not in
greater trouble. 10 offset Vests re-
parks about the responsibility of the
Fepublican party aud protective
.arif for the present hard times.
norrill asked Vest to look at the con. ,
altiOn OF industry after the long Lease
'f power by the Democratic party.
Morrill, then read from Presidert
Buchanan's first message statement
hat the ''indusilies of our country
ire in a deplorabIe condition which ,
With all the elements of our national
wealth we find our manufacturers
uspendiDg, our public works retard.
~, our private enterprises abandoned
ND thousands of laborers thrown
lut OF work and reduced to want.U
aorrlll commended this picture 10 {
ne cintemplatiOn Of his friend from
Missouri (vest)