Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-06
THE SAME OLD STORY.
Repeal Bills Being Discussed in Both
Senate and House
silver tho Subject in tho Upper and
Federal Elections in the
Lower Branch.
THE SENATE.

A communication from the Secretary OF
the Treasury was presented. increasing an
estimate heretofore submitted as to the
cost Of deportation Of Chinese. The com
munication states that the steamship com
panies have increased their rates for steer
age passengers from $35 to $51, SO that the
total cost Of deporting Chinese would bs
H.360. 900. and the sum required for the cuI
rent fiscal year would be $S60.OOO.
Mr.. German (Md) presented a petition
signed by all the leading merchants of Bal
timore praying for speedy action on the
silver purchase repeal bill.
Mr.. Allen (Neb) offered a resolution
which went over till tomorrow, calling on
tion as to the government borrowing money
since March, 1875.
Mr. Peters, Resolution.
The resolution offered Wednesday by Mr.
PETER Kan.) for the appointment Of a Sc.
lect committee to inquire what legislation
Is necessary to improve the banking sys-
tenn of the country was laid before the Sen
ate, and Mr.. Stewart (Nev) spoke upon It
His remarks, however, were entirely in the
direction of criticism Of the Treasury De-
partment for Its noncompliance with the
law recurring the monthly purchase of foul
and a half million ounces of silver.
Shortly after he began speaking ex-Sen-
ator Edmunds Of Vermont appeared on the
republican side Of the chamber, where he
was Immediately surrounded by many OF
his former associates of both parties.
Mr.. Stewart denied the right of the Treas
ury Department to be governed by the
London market for silver bullion as a cri-
terion for the price to be paid for 1t here.
Market price," he asserted, was the
price or the article In the place Of pur-
chase" He quoted extensively from the
reports of judicial decisions sustaining his
views OF the question.
He did not believe that Secretary Carlisle
could have written the communication that
was published yesterday. He could not
have gone SO far wrong in the law 1t was
probably written by a clerk in the mint
office and sent to the Secretary for his sig
nature.
Sent to the Finance Committee.
After remarks by Mr.. PETER a motion
was made by Mr.. Mcpherson On. j. to
refer the resolution to the finance commit
tee. The motion was advocated by Mr..
Hill IN. " and it was agreed to-yeas, IS;
nays. &
The negative votes were given by Messrs.
Allen. Dubois. Pefrer, Perkins, Stewart,
Teller, Vance and Wolcott.
The resolution offered on Wednesday by
Mr.. Morgan (Ala.) instructing the judiciary
committee to inquire as to whether any
and what provisions Of the law of 1887 (the
free coinage law) are still in force was
iaid before the Senate and was agreed to
without discussion and without division.
The silver purchase repeal bill was then,
at l2:4O. taken up. and Mr.. Mcpherson gave
notice that he would, on Monday next
Shealth and voice permitting, address the
senate on one or two points that had been
presented in the discussion.
Mr.. Blackburn Qky) sent to the clerks
desk and had read the amendment to the
repeal bill which he had given notice of In
ms speech on wednesday. 1t strikes out
the VOORHEES, amendment to the House bill
ana substitutes for II six additional Sec
tions. 1t authorizes the free coinage of sill
yer from United States mines. except as to
selgnlorage; the rate of which is to be es-
tablished by the Secretary of the Treasury
on the first Of each month. The seigniorage
Is to be the difference between the market
price or the silver and its minted value after
but is to be sold for gold (either at home or
abroad; and the gold received for II is to
be held In the treasury and used only for
the purpose Of maintaining parity between
the two metals.
Mr.. Call Fla.) took the floor and contin-
ued the argument against the bill which he
began on Wednesday. He spoke of the
great Importance Of the debate and Of the
great public interest felt in it. The whole
people, he said. were listening to it with a
degree of acumen SURPRISING anything in
history. However much Senators might be
Indifferent. the great public thought Of the
people was given to 1t. In every school
house, In every community, the people were
considering and discussing the financial
question. discussing 1t intelligently and
reading the Senate debates with more at
tentfon than Senators gave to them.
MIR. Call argued at much length in sup
port of the amendment suggested by him
on the 4th instant requiring all the silver
bullion in the treasury to be coined into
dollars half dollars and quarters at the
ratio OF 16 to l. He also favored the amend
ment of which Mr.. Blackburn gave notice
today. and got into a long discussion with
Mr.. Dolph (Ore.) as to what the effect of
those amendments would ho h,tf
Senator appeared to understand the other
or to make the half dozen Senators present
understand, either.
THE HOUSE,