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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
News Ab out the Lawmakers and
Departments at Washington.
The Stewart Free Silver Bill
Passes the Senate.

Passes the Senate.
The Stewart Free Coinage bill, amended
so as to include in its operation all the bull
lion now held by the United States treasury
Department has passed the Senate oy a vote
Of twenty nine to twenty-five.
The result was received with applause in
the galleries and much demonstration OF
pleasure among the silver Senators on the
floor. The contest lasted from o'clock until
4:3O. and was witnessed by many members
of the House. who stood patiently IN the
in the spaces in the rear of the seats.
At 9 o'clock, the hour fixed BY the
unanimous consent agreement for the TAX
ing of the vote; Senator Gormau came 10
the front as one Of the opponents OF Iree
silver. and virtually took the lead IN tna1
direction.
TIE Senate refused to recommlt the Silver
bill to the Finance Committee by vote OF
thirty-one to twenty eight. This was test
vote and victory for the silver men.
Dilatorv motions Of various kinds were
for a time resorted to, and after some hllous-
ternr the bill was reported from the Com
mittee of the Whole to the Senate with the
following amendment ATTACHED to 1t, on
motion OF Senator Morgan: THAT the Sec
retary Of the Treasury shall proceed to have
coined all the silver bullion in the Treasury
purchased with silver coin certificates.
Mr.. Morgan explained that as the bill re.
pealed the act OF 1890, there would be no
provision for coinage of silver dollars unless
this amendment was adopted. The bill was
ordered to third reading and passed,
30 to Is. 80,
The final vote on the adoption of the bill
was, in detail, as follows: 4eas-Demo-
Gratis: Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Blodsett
Busler. Cockrell, Faulkner. George. hsrr,s' M:ns'
Hill, Kenna Kyle Farmers Alliancel, Mills,
Morgan. Ransom, Turpie and Vest, II; Re-
puoiicans: Allen, cameron, Duoois, Jones
tNev y. Mitchell, PETER Farmers Alliancel,
Sanders, Shoup Squire, Stewart.
Teller and Wolcott 12: total, 20. Nays
Democrats: Brice. Carlisle, German, Gray,
Mcpherson. Palmer AMI White, z; Repuo-
licaus: Allison, Carey Cu!lom, DAVIS,
Dawes, Dixon, Dolph. FELTON, Gallinger,
Hale Hawlev, Manderson, Perkins Proctor,
Sawyer. Stockbridge, Warren, Washourn'
IS: total. 25. ,.u :.
The text Of the amended silver bill, as 1t
went to the House for concurrence, was as
follows:
THAT the owner of silver bullion may de.
posit the same at any mint of the United
States to be coined tor his benefit, and it
shall be the duty of the proper officers upon
the terms and conditions which are
provided by law for the deposit and
Coinage of gold, to coin such silver
bullion into the standard dollars
authorized by the act of February %, 1875,
entitled: An act to authorize the coinage
of the standard silver dollar, and to restore
its legal tender character and such COINS
shall be legal tender for all debts and
dues. public and private. :,
THAT the Secretary Of the Treasury saall
proceed to have coined all the silver bullion
in the Treasury purchased with silver certl-
'sThe act of July IA, 1890, entitled An act
directing the purchase of silver bullion and
the issue of Treasury notes there con, and for
other purposes is hereby repealed"
The Government Finances.
The monthly public debt statement, just
issued from the United States Treasury De-
partment shows a reduction in the debt
during last month Of s.. .S26, gO3, and during
the fiscal year just closed of S1l, 1886. 299. The
total debt, less Sl26, 692, 377 gold reserve and
net cash balance, is SS4l, 526, 1863, and of this
amount 1856, 029, 800 is interest bearing debt,
made up OF 1858, ,664, $50 four per cent. and
S25, 364. 500 two per cent. bonds.
The surplus in the Treasury, including the
500 900. 900 gold greenback redemption fund,
is sl26, 692 81, against aoout Sl54, ,000, O0O on
July a year ago. OF the surplus in the
Treasury, National bank deposiatories hold
sl7, 1886, $50, against s2s 7OO.4l9 on July ],
1881
Government receipts from all sources dur
ing June aggregated S31, ,219, III, or half a
million more than in June, 1891; customs
receipts were Sl4, 6lS 495, against Sl4, l6S-
745 in June year ago. and internal revenue
receipts were S14, I79, ,922, or nearly million
more than in June year ago.
The receipts for the fiscal year just closed
aggregate S35a, 935.30,, against s40l, ,976, 152
during the preceding year.
Customs receipts during the year just
closed aggregated slT, ,sss, oa4, or forty-one
and a half millions less than during the pre-
ceding year; internal revenue receipts were
Sl53, 543, 255, or nearly eight millions more
than in the preceding year, and receipts
from miscellaneous sources were 81, 529,li5,
or about five millions less than during the
preceding year.
While the revenues of the Government for
the last fiscal year were S45, OU, OOo less than
during the previous year, the expenditures
aggregated 1851, 34s, $50. or twenty-eight
millions less than during the preceding
year.
General Johnston, Commissioner.
The President sent to the Senate the name
of George D. Johnston, of Louisiana, to be
a Civil Service Commissioner, vice Hugh S.
Thompson. resigned. Mr.. Johnston was a
Brigauier-General In the Confederate Army,
serving from Alabama. After the war he
went to Louisiana, and remained several
years, returning to Alabama to take charge
of the Agricultural College at Tuscaloosa.
Thence he went to South Carolina, where
also he was at the head of State institution
of learning.
About a a year ago Mr.. Johnston took up
his residence second time in Louisiana and
became active in the anti-lottery campaign
then being waged. He visited the North
as an agent of the anti-lottery organization.
His appointment was urged by the Louisiana
and Mississippi Senators especially. Senator
White speaks Of him as an excellent man,
and the appointment as admirable. General
Johnston is about ffty-fve years old.
The Treaty Violated.
The President has just sent a message to
the Senate in which he states that the posi-
ton taken by this Government, as expressed
in his previous communication to the
Senate, that the canal tolls and regulations
L. or, rn,>lo int haS