Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-10
ON THE HOUSE CALENDAR
The Senate Silver Bill Favor
ably Reported.
A Rule for Its Early COnsidera-
tiOn Adopted.
The ClOture May Be Employed to
Effect Its Passage.
Senator Quay Wants the
Worlds Fair Closed on Sunday.
sanctimonious Senator Quay Wants the
Worlds Fair Closed on Sunday.
The Senate Acts on Mrs.
Fremont's Claim.

| By the Associated Press
WASHINGTON, July Gin the house
today the silver bill was reported and
placed on the calendar. The probabili
ties are that it will be taken up next
week. ..
The naval appropriation bill came up
but was sent back to conference. The
postoffice appropriation bill and pension
appropriation bill were passed. The
house then adjourned, leaving the legis-
lative appropriation bill unfinished.
During the afternoon the committee
on rules adopted the following resolu-
tion, which will be reported to the'house
next Wednesday:
Resolved, That immediately upon the
adoption Of this resolution, the house
proceed to the consideration of senate
bill 81 (the free coinage billy, and if said
bill shall not be disposed of on said day,
then consideration thereof shall be con-
tinued during the next legislative day.
Should the rule for the consideration
Of the bill be voted down, the advocates
Of the measure will surrender. Should
it be adopted, they will expect the op-
ponents to move that the whole question
be postponed until September. If the
motion to postpone is defeated, the anti
silver men will resort to filibustering,
and then the good offices of the com
mittee on rules will be again invoked to
bring in a cloture rule. All the Demo-
Gratis of the committee are adverse to
bringing in such rule. and will only
do so when they are absolutely COM
PEELED by force Of circumstances, such
as request from majority of the total
Democratic membership OF the house.
The Republicans are still reticent,
and their position On the question is an
unknown quantity. If they see chance
of defeating the bill they will do it, but
they will not agree in advance to help
either faction OF the Democrats.
A careful poll made OF the house made
today by Williams of mississippi } con-
.vinces him that il the bin comes to a
rairect vote on it's merits, it will be de-
ieated by majority of from four to
eight, but arrival sof absentees may
change the estimate, The opponents OF
the bill believe, however, that there will
be a much larger majority against its
consideration.
Kilgore, member of the coinage
committee, voted in committee against
the demand for the previous question on
the motion to report the bill az it came
from the senate. He did 30, he says,
because he believes the bill is defective
in at least three particulars and ought
to be amended. The most important
defect is that it repeals The law making
about 500 ,000, 900 of treasury notes re-
deemable in coin and legal tender as
we'll.
In the house Bland presented re-
port to accompany the silver bill, in
which the committee says that what
ever may be the effect of the bill as it
relates to the treasury notes issued
under the act of July IA, 1890, which act
is repealed by this bill, there is no
diverse opinion that the notes are re-
deemable in coin derived from the coin.
age of bullion purchased under the re-
pealed act. The bill reported compels
this coinage, the notes being, therefore,
redeemable in coin necessarily as good
as gold COIN"
"The bill," SAYS the report, "pre-
scribes as the sole requirement
upon the part OF the owner of
silver bullion that he shall
deposit the same at any mint, and de-
fines the whole duty of the proper officer
as to his deposit for coinage, which shall
be upon the terms and conditions
which are provided by law for
the deposit and coinage of gold.
These officers are to coin the silver into
the standard dollors authorized by the
act OF February %, 1878. II this bill
should pass, silver bullion would be
paid for at the mints on deposit of the
same, in money appropriated by con-
gress and kept there by the secretary of
the treasury, as now provided for gold
The capacity of mints is limited
practically by the appropriations.
The mints at Philadelphia, New Or
leans, San Francisco and Carson City,
run to their full capacity, and with
changes of wrokmen or shifts per day,
can coin largely in excess of all the bull
lion silver produced from the mines
from year to year. The silver certifi-
Gates, authorized by the act of 1875 and
subsequent legislation, can be Issued on
coins provided for the act of October
11th.
The vote on reporting the bill favor
ably was to 5, as follows
Yeas-Bland, j. r. Williams, Kilgore,
Robertson. Pierce, Epes, McKeighan
and Bartine.
Nays-Trscey. G. F. Williams, Abner
Taylor, Stone and Johnson.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.