The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-21
GREEDY SILVER MIN.
They Would Better Accept !
Liberal Compromise.
FREE COINAGE -. IMPOSSIBLE.
-
NeKinley's Anfi-silver Efforts Nay
Beat the Tariff Bia.
Nero Msasy for Rssts0ss Clerks ana
AIiswasss fer Nsv LanA Oaces ssA
AgrseaItasal Ceiisgs-Fsusil Lfksly
- wia Irrigss1sa s1ruGEas-
FREE colnAog .. IMPOSSIBLE.

wAmrsSrox Crry. June M.-Reprssen-
tstise Carter Of Montana. Who has voted
with the free coinage man every time. said
today that there wss possibility that the
silver men we're forcing IL Rght too far.
We have" he said. ~an agreement now
with the cosna&<, weiehu and measures
committee that they viii report the silver
bill bAek again 80 . 70 provide for the
purchase Of four and . hslf million ounces
month and the issuo of ieeaI tender certi-
ficates for the same, redeemable in lawful
money. without any bullion re-
passed BY the Sennte, would prob
ably b signed. and IL would b better
than what the silver men expected when
they came down here. Now It We pass .
free coinage silver bill Il i almoss sure 70
be vetoed BY The president. and in that
case Ne would Be very unlikely to get any
legislation at all In cases Of this kind
compromise IL good thing"
The silver syndicats b not quite so jubi-
liant tonight. and thers b possibility that
they will accept . conpromise tomorrow.
There ID rumor that tbs fres coinage Re-
puhlicans Of the Senate have served notice
on Mckinley that II he oppcsed free COIN
age any further they would knock out his
tariff bill. Mckinley fought the bill harder
than ever in the Houss today. and it Is
owing partly to his shrewd lesdership that
II remains whore Il did Iast night
In the consular and diplomatic appropri-
alton bill . number Of amendments are
made in the bill - Il passed the House.
The missions to the Argentine Republic
and the United Htates uf Colombia are
raised from $500 20 10000, and the
Danish mission from 5000 % 1850. The
committee also incorporated in the bill the
suggestions made BY secondary Blaine, 70
enable the president to carry into effect the
Recommendation of The Pan-Amcrican
congreaa They are: $1a.760 for compen-
sati0n Of employees, miscellaneous expenses
and printing and distfibutiOn Of proceed
ings and reports of the e0nlssencs; $4,000
for compensation Of III commissioners
and expenees OF the commiG1iou = meet ct
Washington City IN January. 1871, TO con-
slider the establishments of international
commerce.; s66.00O for payment OF the
share Of the unised SaAtes IN the prslim-
mary survey for IN fnteeco0tinsntal rail-
way: $4,000 for the orga1sisafjcu and
estahlishment of the internatonal union Of
American republics loe prompt cnllecticn
and diasrsbufion q ces.lkSFcial iulerna-
lion, end 310,0D for tie compfl.xfou and
publication IN English. Spanish and Por-
stnguese Of uniform nomenclature Of i'm
ported and exported articles.
The postofssce appropriation biIl reported
to the senate today. appropfiates $72, ,46l,-
60. an increase Of $473 900 over the amount
appropriated by the bin as it passed the
House. There is an increase OF $39U. 600 for
compensation of postofiics clerks and $4s.-
0o0 for transportation of foreign mails.
This last increased appropriation is inn
portant, Is II will, II incorporated into law.
mark departure in the postal policy Of
tie country. A provision in the bill au-
thorizes the postmaster general to expend
this $is.000 in covering one-half the cost of
transportation, compensation and expenses
OF clerks to be employed in asserting mails
in transit on steamships between the
United States and other countries In the
international postal union.
Senator squire's amendment to the aeri-
cultural bill will no doubt be agreed to-
The amount was not placed in the original
bull because there was no evidence with the
agricultural department that Washington
had an agricultural department. When
senator Squire ascertained that fact he
wrote for copy OF RE bill that passed the
last legislature. Upon receipt OF this the
secretary Of agriculture recommended
that $is.o0o be appropriated ior the Wash
ington college.
The secretary Of war has informed Sena-
tor Doiph that he has no money avail
able to carry out the provisions Of his bill
70 restore TO the state OF Washington arms
in return for those borrowed during the
war. senator Doiph today introduced an
amendment to the sundry civil bill appro-
priating SIC .3os 10 enable the secretary to
carry out the provisions of bis bill, which
has become law.
Representative Dalxell today reported 10
the House from the committee on Pacific
railroads the bill agreed upon BY the COM
miitee, authorizing the secretary of the
treasury 70 negotiate with the Sioux CITY &
Pacific Railroad Company for the settle
ment of its Indebtedness to the United
States.
The House committee on pos;offices and
post roads has postponed further consider
alton of the vsossaI telegraph bull unril mart