Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-19
WASHINGTON.
Window Gives His Views on the Silver
Question Before the Senate
Committee.
The Senate Drops Its Inquiry as to How Ex-
ecutive Session secrets Get to the
Newspapers.
senate executive Session Secrets.


WASHINGTON, April 1S.-The execu-
tive session of the senate this afternoon
disposed of the report and recommended
ions of the Dolph special committee,
appointed two months ago to investigate
and locate, If possible the leaks by which
the proceedings of the executive sessionsor
the senate became public. a. j. Hal
ford of the Associated Press; George u.
Balm of the United Press, U. l.. Sacken-
dorf of the New York Tribune,
F. A Dupey of the Ne"
York Times, and Jules Guthrldge
Of the New York Herald declined to tell
the committee anything as to their
sources of information respecting execu-
tive session matters. AFTERWARDS
the committee called all the mem
bers and employees of the senate, private
| and executive secretaries OF the president
| and the employees in the diplomatic ou-
reaus of the state department, ana ques-
| toned them of their knowledge of the
| manner in which the proceedings or the
senate in executive session and cop
les of treaties pending before 1t
reached the newspapers. but still
| the committee learned nothing and the
active prosecution of the inquiry was then
| dropped. The testimony was printed ana
| later the report of the committee was
| prepared. This recited the failure OF the
| INQUIRY to establish the compllclty
of any one with the newspaper men ana
| il was recommended that the latter Dc
cited before the senate to be dealt Win
for contempt. Since that time the COM
mittee has been practically ignored Dy
the senate, the senators, generally
having become weary of the SUBJECT,
but Mr. Dolph was determlueu
TO be heard and it is said made an effort
to secure place for the conslueratlon y.
his report on the line of business adopted
| NV the Renublican committee, but failed I,
although he was a member of the COM
mittee: and afterward, upon the
assurance that the matter could be
| disDosed of in Few hours ,
he succeeded in securing q MAORI
ty of the senators to consider 1t.
The report was discussed nearly hVe
hours and at the close the recommends
ton of the committee was rejected by
vote of So to %. This, it is supposed /,
ends the latest farce in connection Will
executive sessions of the senate.
H. Whitaker has been appointed
inspector of customs at New Orleans.
Window Before the Silver Committee.
WASHINGTON, April 18.-The senats
Republican silver committee held meet
ing this morning at which Secretary
Window was present and expressed nj
views. He said the reason for his adVo'
eating the redemption in bullion OF GER
tifcates issued for the purchase
bullion was that it would make the Ger
ti6cates more valuable. To requlr
their redemption in silver dollar
would be, in his opinion, L
| discredit them, while to requlr
their redemption in gold coin might Sc
riously embarass the government. ID
was willing, however, as a measure
compromise, to give the holder or certln
Gates an option on currency, IN Wnlon
should be redeemed. After the seoreta
~ had given his views upon the DILL
discussion, rather desultory in its nature
g took place on the subject of sufticiencV
circulation. Secretary Window ha
stated to the committee that the totH
circulation was 81 ,346 900 600, an aver
age of sol 10 per capita on the basis OF %
900 900 population; actually, however
this sum was subject to dlmhutloh
several amounts that are tled up III va
rious WAYS, reserves held for the reoenp
ton of the notes, etc., so that the pe
It caDita amount of the circulation wa
= considerably less than SCI 10. Inc ser
Rotary agreed with the senators, rs
s' had with the representatives, tnat
). addition to the circulation was nece'
/, sary but in the conference to-day u
r. definite sum was named by any one.