, 1890-06-26

Tho sii,or Men Alarmed nj tho Sit
untiun.

untiOn.
WAsmSdToN, June 93.-Now that the
house committee on coinage weights
and measures have the free coinage bill
in ils possessi, u, by reference of the
speaker anti sustained 10y the house, the
question arises as To what they will do
with II. should IL DO reported back
amended so as to provide for the pur-
chase OF four and hall million ounces
ot bullion per month, legal tender certi.
iicntes TO be issued for the same, aud
free coinage when gold and silver are at
par there Is doub, about the Eastern re
publiCunE OF the house accepting It,
They claim that 1t is going too
FAR. The plan now is to report
back non.concurrence in tho senate
amendments, and send tue bill to con
ference. with an understanding as to
just what the conference will do. In
order TO do this, the silver republicans OF
tho house must be brought into line,
and there must be an agreement TO
stand by the party, or all will be lost.
The silver senators arc willing II shall
go to the conference, with the under.
standing that It shall come back rs
above described. The silver men in the
house are somewhat afraid to send II to
the conference. There nrc men oil tho
committee who are sure to ho conferrees
who firmly believe in the bullion re-
demption clause, and there Is a fear that
they will insist upon 1t.
1t is understood that Mr.. Mckinley
made proposition To the silver senators
to-day that the above agreement should
be made, and that the house committee
should report back non concurrence.
The silver men should stand by II. and
after the conference the bill would be
put through both houses, ns IL is believed
ii could lc with venture. The silvcrscn.
ators were favorahly impressed with the
proposition, and 1t is believed that they
will urge the house members to assist in
such an agreement Before they do So,
however, they will have the bona tidc
pledge that the conferroos will agreet y
satisfactory bill withou, any bullion
clause.
a Victory for the New states.
The new states won victory to-day
and secured the approval of the commit
tee on public lands to an amendment to
tho sundry civil bill, increasing the
amount appropriated for surveys from
500, coo to S7UO, ,OOO with tacit under
standing that the increased amount
shall bc used In tho new states. Senator
Allen, of Washington, Is chairman of
tho subcommittee having the matter In
charge, but all have taken an active part
In the matter Of securing the increase.
Senator Casey says that tho increp sed
amount will allow the lands granted
by the enabling act to be
surveyed ind selected. He told the
committee that the principle OF waiting
for a settlement before surveys had been
made had lost to North Dakota many
valuable school sections, MS the state was
now compelled to elect other bonds In
lieu of those taken. This was the fact
In other states, and considerable OBJ
lection had developed to the clause
which said that the lands surveyed must
be settled upon. and 1t will probably be
changed.
There are also, develop
ments which indicated that
tho democrats are getting very weary
Of MIR. Powell and the geological survey,
and that In order to keep down the APP
propriations they will cut tho large sum
allowed for n Typographical survey under
tho gliise of irrigation.
An cndeayor will also be made to In
crease tho rates for surveying In the
heavily timbcred and mountainous sec.
tions, and it is believed that it will be
granted.
saiaric. OF tho Now Senators.