Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-16
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Text Of the Senate's Free
Coinage Bill.
It is Received in the House
With Cheers.
It's Enactment Into Law Almost a
ForegOne Conclusion.
Senator Evarts Speaks on the Elections
Bill-Other Doings at the Ma
tional Capital.
Associated Press Dispatches.

free coinage of gold and silver bullion,
and other purposes" and provides SUBJ
stantially as follows:
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 of 41211s
grains of standard silver, or 25 $40
grains of standard gold; and said coins
shall be legal tender for all debts, public
and private.
That hereafter any owner of silver or
gold bullion may deposit the same at any
mint of the United States, to be formed
into standard dollars or bars for his BEN
eft, and without charge; but it shall be
lawful to refuse any deposit OF less value
than 500, or any bullion so base as to
be unsuitable for the operations of the
mint.
Section 2-The provision of section
No. 3 of an act to authorize the coinage
of standard silver dollar, and to restore
its legal tender character, which became
a law February %, 1878, is hereby made
applicable to the coinage in this act pro-
vided for
Section 3-That the certificates pro-
vided for in the second section of this
act. shall be denominations of not less
than 81 nor more than 500, and such
certificates shall be redeemable in coin
of the standard value. A sufficient sum
to carry out the provisions of this act is
hereby appropriated out of any
money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated. So much of
the act of July Il, $780, entitled: !:
san act directing the purchase of silver
bullion and the issue of treasury notes,
and for other purposes" as requires the
purchase of 4,500,000 ounces of silver
bullion per month, be, and the same is,
hereby repealed.
Section 4-The certificates provided
for in this act, and all silver and gold
certificates already issued, shall be re-
ceivable for all taxes and duties to the
United States, of every description, and
shall be legal tender for the payment OF
all debts, public and private.
Section 5.-The owners of bullion de-
posted for coinage shall have the option
to receive coin or it's equivalent in the
certificates provided for in this act,
and such bullion shall be subsequently
coined.
WILL PASS THE HOUSE.
The silver bill has been, under the
rules of the house, referred to the COM
mittee on coinage, weights and meas
ures, of which Wickham, of Ohio, is
chairman. The silver men in the house
have been actively engaged in mission
ary work in the interest of free coinage.
They are sanguine of it's ultimate sue
cess, and are certain the bill cannot be
kept Indefinitely in the committee, and
that within q reasonable time the coin
age committee will order a report mady.
Notwithstanding all the Efforts to pre-
vent the bill from having an opportunity
for consideration.
Bartine, of Nevada, one of the out
spoken Republican advocates for free
coinage, on the committee, said today,
he was confident of getting the silver
bill back to the house. He thought the
sentiment towards silver had grown
much more favorable than it was last
session, and that good many Repub-
licans were not inclined to underrate the
influence silver had on the recent cleo
tion.
IRRESISTIBLE POPULAR DEMAND.
The Star says: From the general
tenor of the conversation among the
silver majority, it was apparent they
regarded their victory as merely due to
the force of an irresistible pop
ular demand, which they believe
will make itself felt in similar manner
in the house, and ultimately in the
executive mansion. The more cautious
and conservative friends of silver are
inclined to think that the action of yes
terday will prove TO be fortunate thing
for the country. 1t may serve to satisfy
the strong craving of the west and south
for financial relief, and thus prevent
recourse to more extreme measures in
the way OF sub treasury schemes and fiat
money, which are meditated seriously
by the Farmers alliance and rural po-
litical agitators in the interior of the
country. The defeated party takes the
matter calmly, but rather gloomily.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the senate, today, Dawes, from the
committee on Indian affairs, reported
resolution, which was referred to the
committee on contingent expenses, di-
recting an exhaustive inquiry into the
condition of the Indians of North and
South Dakota, Montana and elsewhere.
Manderson introduced bill to estab-
]ish branch mint at Omaha, Neb., and
Mcconnell one for mint at Boise City,
Idaho.
Morgan offered a preamble and con-
current resolution on the subject of the
recent proceedings in the supreme court,
in connection with the Bering sea dis
pute. The resolution declares that such
proceeding is without precedent preju-
dicial to the comfy of nations, and to
the usual and amcable conduct of in
ternational relations, and not in conso-
nance with the dignity of the govern
ment and people, or with the respect
due to the president OF the United
States. Referred.
The elections bill was taken up, and
Evarts spoke at length in advocacy of it.
He particularly scored the new consti-
tuition Of Mississippi in so far as it re-
lated to elections and suffrage.
Pasco obtained the floor, and the bill
was laid aside, informally.
Hoar gave notice that tomorrow he
should ask the senate to remain in ses-
sion until the bill was finished.
Sanders offered resolution, which
was agreed to, directing the secretary of
the interior to inquire into the claims OF
settlers within the bounds OF Yellow
stone park, on the 1st of March, 1872.
The conference report on the bill for
public building at Portland, Oregon, was
presented and agreed to-