The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-16
Senator Coke Puts in a Lick
for Silver Coinage.
LOWER HOUSE BUSY
Several More Committees Appointed. l.
A Lively Day in the
House.

sisted, had not boon tpeated tatrly eather1g
our rus, ie officers on By tee Nh, ,nus - 3
held up Well II ofteq q tae Mttsaosef
silver gets thesaine treatment as gold under
the natural laws Of supply and demand, i
then f should not hold it's own he would
deem the controversy settled. But he had
no doubt that silver would come out rlght
in any,case. Pugh expressed willingness
to support any change in the existing law
that you'd withdraw a paper currency
under $40 or over $50, SO as to give the
entire field for the use ofsmall bills OF small
chaneefor silver and silver certificates. He
advocated the passage Of the bill hereto
fore introduced by Mr.. George, which he
said, would give National banks better
opportunity of becoming acquainted with
silver.
Mr.Vance followed. He said the present at
tempt Of the moneyed men OF the world to
depreciate silver, was one OF the grandest
conspiracies ever seen. 1t was tyrannlc
and cruel blow directed at the common
people of all lands. The banner OF the
ATTACKING party should bear in plain let
ters the words of Holy Writ. ITO him that
hath shall be given, and from him that
hath not shall be taken away. even the
little that he hath" After considering the
question OF the whole amount OF money in
the world, Mr.. Vance went on to show that
growing commerce and increasing popula-
ton required increased money facilities.
The increase of our population. he said,
was 4 per cent. per anuum. and our manu-
factures 2h per cent.
The mines of the world were yielding only
TX per cent. increase of the present money
supply. yet we are told that We must oblit-
crate "a per cent. OF the money supply.
that being the ratio OF silver in the worlds
stock Of coin. The success of efforts against
silver would result in the greatest indus
trial calamities. Every species OF property
would shrink, the only receptions to that
result being gold and debts, which would
he increased to the extent to which prop
erty would have shrunk. Every public
creditor, Vance said, takes our silver dol
lar gladly, except only the class that dis
tinctly and solemly agreed in writing not to
take it. But we are told that silver had
zone down. This was not so much true
that gold had gone up. Vance read from
the late financial reports of Havana mark
cts to show that American silver dollars
we're at premium over the silver coins OF
England and France. In the course OF all
economic readings, from Moses to Sunset
Cox" Qaughter) he had never met a case
20 weak as that made now by the enemies
Of silver.
! Mr.. Manderson offered q resolution which
sas agreed to, calling on the Post Master
Ss;ls.,ccs the so-callea fast mai! was trans
ported from Chicago to points in Colorado,
Utah and Idaho, and what advantage
was gained by the Government by trans
porting such mail over roads other than
the Union Pacific; also as to the cost OF
such service, and why it is paid for out OF
the Treasury; if the fact be that it is SO
paid, to other companies, instead OF hav-
ing the service performed by the Union Pa
cidc Company.
Mr. Hawley presided over the Senate TO-
day, in the absence OF Mr.. Sherman.
Mr.. Ingalls, offered the following, which,
present:
Resolved, That, in the opinion OF the
Senate, the compulsory coinage OF silver
dollars, direcIed by the law of February
2S, 1873, should not be suspended until
the aggregate reaches the sum OF $500, ,OOO,-
900.
Mr.. Eustis gave notice that on Monday
next, at q o'clock, he would call up Mr..
Beck's silver resolution, with view OF
making some remarks on 1T.
The President sent to the Senate the
nomination OF Russell Chapman to be
Postmaster at San Rafael, California.
line OGudU6 Ill cAcCutASC oOooAOA W. -NUJ
confirmed large number OF nominations
including George A. jerks, Assistant-Secre-
tary OF the Interior: Henry T. Muldrow,
First MISUNDERSTANDING of the Interior;
William E, Mclean, First Deputy Com
missioner of Pensions; Joseph j. Bartlett,
Second Deputy C Commissioner OF Pensions;
Robert B. Vance, Assistant-C Commissions
of Patents; James w. Wheelpley, Of New
York, Assistant Treasurer OF the United
States: William E. Smith, OF New York,
Assistant-Secretary Of the Treasury; N
J Jordan, OF New Jersey, Treasurer OF the
United States; Col. John Gibbon
to be Brigadier-General; Col: Absalom
Baird, to be Inspector-General, with the
| rank of Brigadier, General; Capt. Henry j
Farnsworth, to be Inspector-General with
| the rank of Major; First-Lieut. Francis b
Jones, to be Assistant. Quartermaster with
the rank of Captain; Second-Lieut. Sidney
| r. Stewart, to be st-Lieutenant in the
| Ordinance Department; &. A. Doughtery
| of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary OF Lega
| tion at Rome; Postmaster Albert Snyder
Cheyenne.
The President to-day transmitted tt
the Senate letters from the Secretary OF th'
Interior and Commissioner OF the Lane
Office, transmitting a draft OF bill in
tended to amend the act of March 3, 1885
l fcldClUS 10 luc UIAdI ebAu PuAiohAASho VI -
dians for murder, arson, rape, larceny ant
other crimes. The Commissioner says h
does not concur with those who believ
the Indians should non be punished 10
crime the same as white men. and says h
believes a step in the right direction, bu
thinks the expenses attending arrest, con
yiction and punishment of the Indians
who bear no portion of the public burden
should be betrayed by the general govern
ment, not by the people OF the Territories
He says the Indians are not at presen
tried for offenses committed against eac
other, because the Territories refuse to bea
the expense.
The Appropriations Committee wa
called together to-day by Mr.. Randall. an
arranged to meet Wednesdays. Sub-con
| mittees were formed as follows:
On the Sundry Civil appropriation Bill
Messrs Randall, Forney, Burns, Ryan ant
Long.
legislative, Executive and Judicial Bill
Messrs. Holman, Townshend, Cabell, Car
ron and Butterworth.
Deficiency Bill.-Messrs. Burns, Adams
Lefevre, McComas and Cannon.
Fertilization Bill.-Messrs. Forney, Ran
dali, Holman, Butterworth and Ryan.
Pension Bill.-Messrs. Townshend. Ca
bell, Wilson, Long and Henderson.
The Committee on Military Affairs ar
pointed the following subcommittee:
On General Army Appropriations
Chairman, Gen. Bragg and Messrs. Veil
and Steel.
On Military Academy Bill-Messri
Wheeler, Bermentrout and Negley.
The Committee on Rivers and Harbor
has extended cordial invitation to a
Senators and Representatives to appea
before the committee, when their State
are reached in consideration of the appr'
priation bill, and set forth the needs I
their sections. The committee will meet Q
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. II
committee has made arrangements pr
. !, paratory to the formal consideration
the appropriation bill, and discussed Il
practicability Of disposing at one time
the rivers and harbors in each State i
' stead of separating the two subjects.
was finally decided to follow that course.
On motion of Mr.. Harrison, the Sena
concurred in the House amendments to Il