, 1890-07-31

THE CONGRESS.
A Free Coinage Bill in
the Senate.
THE TARIFF QUESTION
Reciprocity and Free Wool
and Hides.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE
n.t.otA THAT VIII In
PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE
interesting Debate That Will In.
terest the Farmers Of
Washington.
souator Morgan Introduces a Bill for
Free Coin age.

Free Cola age.
wAsHISeros, July 2I--To-day in the
senate Mr.. Morgan, of Alabama, intro
duccd bill to fix the limit of value and
provide Tor the free coinage OF silver. IL
recites that the market value of silver
bullion is rapidly approaching the value
of gold on the standard fixed by the laws
of the United States; that there Is no
provision of law for the coinage of stand
ard silver dollars or the purchase of sill
yer bullion by the government when the
value of silver bullion exceeds one dollar
for 37lX grains Of pure silver. 1t there
fore provides that the unit OF value in
the United States be q dollar of 3l2H
grains, standard silver, or IS s-10 grains
of gold; that these coins shall DO legal
tender for all debts, public and private:
end that any owner of silver or gold
bullion may deposit it at any mint TO be
formed into dollars or bars ior his bene-
fit without charge.
He called the special attention of the
finance committee to the bill, which he
said was the same as had already re-
ceived a majority OF seventeen in the
senate. He had introduced 1t because
convinced that in the rapid advance Of
the price of silver bullion in the markets
of the world the time was not now far
distant, to say the least, when silver and
gold bullion would DO on par with
each other. When that time did arrive,
the law, as IL now stood, would
not permit the government to buy
silver bullion, IL there was
any shade of appreciation in its
price beyond the price of gold.
~. we" sPP
ar rs weli as on ianu anu on sea, III re-
gard to the Immediate future OF the
country, he thought IL would be well
10 make provision so that silver or gold
huIi;on ,,o,,d no, he withdrawn from
H. IYr,,.', S,a,o. ~, o,har ,n,.r.s,ad
'S o'~" S'"' ~
governments and hoarucu up IN their
great banking institutions.
The discussion on the Indian appro-
priation hill waS then resumed
rho .r,.,dr,.,, y,,,ob ,rovoLsd ,h.
,,, ,
most discussion was oho increasing the
appropriation OF SlOO, OOO for the support
of the Indian schools to $3.50, 900, includ-
ing the construction of the school build
;,, ~ th. RIs,Lco,t aoa,cv Non.
-s o~Si
'es' opposes Wv ","e"o"e"s as
the introuuction oil system intended
W abSboh SNhSahob
among the Indians. He smoke of the
visit ho made to an Indian agency seven
o. .;,,h, 80. 60 .,d - ~. .k.a.,..
s. 49,. cN.t..,, I.,
''on Vi 'ne "oiN Va .ne oa'nono o"urc"
IN the euucatioh OF INC ihuiahs' ihe
school building which had been erected
by the Catholic church was standing
unoccupiod because the apcnt wouldn't
a-,.,,, I...,t... a. 80. 80, I.,s,,a. 80,
~ 'sa.u "'y i"
4 u'eh' Ahe 1usui's i"u sucoeeu oe.ter
than ony other people living IN the edu-
cation oil the Indians. Whatever pref
udice he might have against the society
of the Jesnits he had 10 sav that n,nch
,,I,,a.,,,, p.o,..,..,
ment, and spoke Of the efforts of the
Catholic missionaries at the Black foot
agency. These good people had ant,lied
10 ,hoee ,h;lanthronic Misses Dre,eI a,
ph,,.,.Is,,s,'.. "a t,.,t,so1, zoo 80
pnia' anu oo'a'"ea $500
Which thcy eApehueu III school oulo-
Ing. recently completed. II was in
formed by the agent at st. Paul that a
Government school was To be nut on that
r.sorv.,;on a. ce,un.,;,ioo I'm -,
-, -. -.
W. ."a' s"ey "s'' W ha'e "o oo"'inc'
Whatever Tor tho education oil the In
dians as had been plainly implied in
the correspondence between the commis-
sioner ON Indian affairs and persons In
authori,v In the a,,ernr,son
~ V,'i..s.It r.. .,.,
", 'es' eNP'n'"eu His posi'ioh 10 ne
thai IL the Cathoics were doing better in
educating the Indians than the other
denominations he was in favor of the
Baptists were doing better he was in
favor pt tbqm. buf he WAS convinced