The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-16
A FREE COINAGE FURRY
HOUSE DEMOCRATS GREET THE
BILL WITH APPLAUSE.

IL GOeS TO JU6 coinage COInn1lbUe6, Dut
the Democrats Have No Fear That
1t Win be Smothered There-Ths
Text of the Bill in Full.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15-The free coinage
bill was brought over to the House in the
middle Of the afternoon, and was received
with rapturous applause by the silver men
on both sides 1t was laid on the speakers
table, and nothing was done at the mo-
ment, but later on the speaker quietly
referred IL to the committee on coinage. The
silver men will probably not stir
up the matter tomorrow as they did last
year because they feel pretty certain thai
the coinage committee, made up as it is,
ard in tho present political circumstance
will not smother the bill. Two of the seven
republican members of this committee (Mr,
Carter of Montana and Mr.. Bartine Of Me-
vadal are free coinage men.
TIE DEMOCRATS.
The six democrats are Messrs. Bland Of
Missouri. Tracy OF New York. Wilcox OF
Connecticut, Williams Of Illinois, Joseph of
New Mexico and Vaux Of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Joseph, being delegate, has no vote.
but the other democrats will probably vote
70 report the bill without recommendation.
The free coinage men do not care whether
the recommendation is favorable or other
wise. All that they want Is to get the bill
out They are sure they can get it out,
even IL the committee is unwilling to report.
II they can get 1t before the House they
will pass 1t. In their elation the free coin
age mon think the President will have to
yield TO popular pressure, like congress, and
sign the bill. Speaker Reed seems willing
TO let Ii 60 to him. Secretary Window Is
quoted as saying that he has no idea the
bill will become law.
TEXT OF THE BILL
CBR the associated Presa)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.--The silver bill,
as passed by the Senate last night, Is q free
coinage measure pure and simple, free from
all the national bank and bond legislation
contained In the financial bill. with the OK.
ception of slight technical amendments and
the omission of the provision for covering
into the treasury national bank redemption
fund. The bill is like that passed by ths
Senate last year, which was the basis of a
compromise embodied in the present law.
The text is as follows:
AN ACT Co provide for free coinage Of gold
and silver bullion and for other purposes.
That from and after the date of the passage
OF this act the unit OF value in the United States
shall be the dollar. and the same may be coined
grains OF standard gold; and said coins shall be
legal tenders for all debts, public and private.
That hereafter any owner of silver or gold
bullion may deposit the same a. any mint in
the United States TO be forged into standard
dollars or bars for his benefit and without
charge; but it shall be lawful TO refuse any de-
post OF less value than $780, or any bullion so
base AS to be unsuitable for the operations OF
the mint.
SIC 2. That the provisions of section three OF
Fan act to authorize the coinage Of the standard
silver dollar and to restore its legal tender
character" which became law Feb ~, 1875,
is hereby made applicable to the coinage In
this act provided for
SIC. .. That the certificates provided for in
the second section of this act shall be of de-
nominations Of not less than 81 nor more than
500, and such certificates shall be redeenabe
In coin of standard value sufficient gum to
carry out the provisions Of this act is hereby
appropriated out of any money In the treasury
not Otherwise appropriated. So much Of tbs
act Of July ID, 1880, entitled ian act directing
the purchase Of silver bullion and the issue OF
quires the purchase Of 4b0O coo ounces Of silver
bullion per month be, and the same Is hereby
repealed.
SEc l. That the certificates provided for In
this act, and all silver and gold certificates
already issued, shall be receivable for all taxes
and dues to the United States of every descrip-
tion, and shall be legal tender for the paymenn
of all debts, public and private.
Sec. 5. Owners Of bullion deposited for coin.
age shall have the option to receive the coin or
Its equivalent In certificates provided for In this
act, and such bullion shall be subsequently,
coined.
MISSIONARY WORK IN TIE HOUSE.
The silver men in the House were to-day
actively engaged in missionary work In the
interest Of the bill They are sanguiae of
ultimate success, and are certain that the
bill cannot be kept indefinitely Ia committee .
and that within reasonable time the COIN
age committee will order report TO be-
made, Notwithstanding ell the efforts to
prevent the bill having an opportunity for
consideration. There will not be meeting
of the coinage committee until next
Wednesday. At NEE Ing held yesterday
it was ascertained that a comparatively full
attendance could not be obtained earlier
than Wednesday, and when an adjournment
for week was taken it was with the under
standing that an attempt to reach a decisive
vote will not be made on that day, though
it is proposed that almost daily meetings
shall be held thereafter until the final con-
clusion Is reached
BARTINE CONFIDENT.
Mr.. Bartine Of Nevada, one Of the out~
spoken republican advocates OF free coinage
on the committee, said to-day that he was
confident Of getting the silver bill back to
the HouFe. 1t might be necessary to report
back some compromise measure, but the
silver men would not tie themselves so that
they could not move amendments ia
the House. He thought the sentiment
toward silver had grown much mora
favorable than 1t was last session, and that
a good many republicans were not inclined
to underrate the influence silver had on the
recent elections. The action of the Senate
in taking up the elections bill had also re-
moved some Of the feeling on the part of
the republican friends of silver in
the House, because it showed, what he
had known right along, that there was no
agreement between the silver senator's ard
democrats except that silver should receive
consideration. The democrats In the House
to-day insisted on their full parliamentary
rights OF debate on every proposition pre-
sented to the House. the animating motive
being objections to the elections bill.
The bill ha' been. under the rues of the