Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-17
MONEY QUESTION.
Necessary Financial Legislation
the Leading Subject.
Additional Purchase OF Silver Bullion
Looked Upon as the Panacea.
Silver Conference.
Bids for the Tort Wor.h Tu,laing Not Yet
Opened Pam marican Transpor-
tation Company.
The Next Issue.

Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON. Dec. l6.-The dreary
debate on the election bill still continues,
dead duck. The president is in despair
over It's death. The next step on the
taps is the financial question. From the
drift of discussion it is probable the
bill will provide for the purchase of
II 600 900 ounces of silver bullion now
on the market, at the rate o! S3 200. 000
worth of bullion month, in addition 10
the 81 500 ,00Q now required to be bought
bv the law, and the additional
purchase of enough bullion TO
make up for the retirement OF
national bank notes whenever they fall
below SlSJ 900 900, treasury notes based
on the bullion to be issued in their stead
or ordinary treasury notes. The 2 per
cent bond scheme will not be udopt ed.
No MORE BONDS.
A prominent Republican said this
morning: 81 am opposed TO the issuance
OF bonds III times OF peace. In times OF
war they ure necessary to raise money,
but there il neither necessity nor excuse
for them ut this time. shall vote against
| am willing TO vote for an Issue of
treasury notes equal in umout to the
proposed bond issue, these notes to re-
main i'll the TREASURY I'LL absorbed in the
usual way in the channels of trade. -
SILVER CONFERENCE.
A propOs. { OIL is uuders ood to be under
consideration. said to einanate from
Senator Sherman, calling for silver
conference after congress aliourns. This
is significant and shows the siivermeu
are strengthening their position. Blaine
liz also said 10 he Iii favor OF such cyu-
ference.
MIR. WALTER Gresham
ss6 Galveston appeared before the COM
sfaittee on commerce to-day and made
IL forvil IL argument i'll tavor OF MIR.
Mason's bill to Incorporate the Pan
American transportation company.
The same committee recommended
:avorbly to-day Mr.. Grains bill for the
construction of IL bridge oyer the Rio
Grande by the Laredo and Rio Grunde
railroad company.
FORT WORTH PUBLIC BUILDING.
The bids for the Fort Worth public
building have not yet been opened, but
IL is expected the contract will be let
euriy In the coming yenr. Previous to
that dute an Inspector will be seat to
Texas to look into the question of site.
San Sa!vadur's Representative.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. lG.-Gen. B.
Molina Guerrilla, san Salvador's first
envoy extraordinary aud minister plenl-
potentiary to the United States. and IL
large family and retiuue of servants and
Interpreters, is in this city on his way to
Washington. Hitherto San Salvndor
has been systematically represented at
Washington by special ENJOYS, but from
now Oh she will have lsga-
ton at our capital. Gen. Guerrilla
WAS at the head of San Salvador's
army during the late Central American
outbreaks. Speaking through an inter-
prefer, he said to-day: ''The chief
matter that ] shall bring before Score.
tary Blame will he Information that Sal
vador is extremely anxious TO market
her valuable products in the line of in
digo, coffee, sugar, balsnm peruvin and
mahogany in the United States, aud tina,
if the United States will furnish
certain sum of money the Salvadorau
government Will advance like amount
tn be used as subsidy tor line of
steamers TO ply between our ports and
the United States. This is u plan of our
president, Don Carlos Ezeta.''
Continuing, the minister said that all
of Central American states had signed
treaties of peace, but so far the pro-
posed union of states had not materiuI-
izrd, and there was no immediate hopes
of ainalgainaiion. Costa Rica ,Nicuruugua
and Guatensia were insurmouutable OBJ
jecis in the path of peaceful union.