Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-11
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be made by tn. friends Of repeal and OF
silver. there is nothing tangible ppsoa
which 10 haag these ramors- TIE friends
# repesl say with much emphasis ina.
thes are rot ready 70 offer anything. and
thas Gney still insist upon thr uneondi-
tional repeal Of the purchasing clause Of
the sherman act, and the silver men them
selves admit that nothing looking ike a
compromise or a suggestion OF such pol
iey has apTeared hefore them
Apromiuent silver leader. when asked
wha. eomprbuise would be acceptable. re-
piled Uatn vizoxous brevity: Nothing
short OF free e,inage" He said that lille
the silver naen had not considered the idea
% haxinx "a compromise offered them. be
cauid say ;ar himself. speaking for one of
the largest pro- aei4g states in the coan-
try, that he would accept law that would
give the owner Of silver the right to take
il 20 the mint, where the government
should be required To purchase 1t al Its
market price per ounce, paying therefor
ia treasury notes The differences between
the market, price and the coinage value
would accrue as
Profit to the Government
This he thought would be fair aud equit-
able, for if the price Of silver remained as
it WAS Row there would be but little of IL
mined, and the government would have
but little to buy, while if it went up, then
the government, being large purchaser.
would be benefited by the raise in price,
This, he sad, was the only ground upon
which the silver men will meet the re-
pealers for conference
Ms. Fauskuer's proposition on Friday.
which was substantially that the United
States should undertake to raaintain an
ultimate coinage Of 500. ,0oo ia silver
on Ia parity with gold, attracts attentioc
from the intimate rrlatioas known to
exist between the West Virginia senator
and Mr. German, chairman of the Demo-
cratic steering committee. II, however,
Mr.. Fauikner's proposition was in any
way inspired OF approved by the Mary land
senator, BE has gwen M ia,Iiaatioa TO that
efT-cs. Close observers arr al the opinion
that eompto,nise talk is Talk only, and
that he matter VIII resolve itself iato a
fight To a finish on unconditional repeal,
with possibly declaratory resolution
attached to the repeal bill favorlns some
further action at some future time in the
interest OF the increased money use OF
silver,
TariH Ellis introduced.
Among the njlls introduced in the house
of representa- ves quite numbsr are de
voted to peusi1ns ami the tariff. Among
the tariff bills are the following:
BY Mr. Tracy-To put coal tar on the
free list.
BY Mr. Martin oi.Indiana-ro repeal the
reciprocity clause Of the Mckinley law.
by Mr. Tucker-Tu place binding Irvine
On the free list.
By Mr.. luuc3s Of Ohio-fo place filter
ing medium riturfra,nr from earth pro
ducts, the formula for the compromising OF
which is protected by letters patent granted
to citizen of foreign country, upon the
Zee list. f4a- ..-...-..
By Mr.. Wheeler of Alabsma--To plac c
cotton tagging on the free list
By Mr.. Geary-Fixing the tariff on i'm
ported wines.
By MIR Tucker-To place sulphuric acid!
or oil OF VT, oil on the free list.
The Pension Ellis Are ms Follows:
BY Mr.. Houck of Tennessee Awarding
pensions to residents of insurrpcttnnary
army, but We're prevented from joining
their commands by arrest or imprison-
ment, and who suffer from Vi und "a
ceived or disease contracted whiie thus
under arrest or imprisonment; and to
those persons who, because they remained
loyal to the United States, were impris
oned and incurred disease theretrom
which permanently disabled them.
BY Mr. Herman-To pension soldiers OF
the Indian wars as Mexican war soldiers
are pensioned.
BY Mr. Mallory-To restore to the pen
sion rolls Of the United States the names
of all persons who were drawing pc nsions
at the beginning of the late rebellion by
reason of their services in the Indian wars
Of Florida, and whose names were stricken
from the pension roll by reason of theiI
participation i'll or sympathy with said
rebellion.
BY Mr.. McCaig-To Increase to $50 &
month the pension for total deafness.
BY Mr. Martin Chairman committee on
invalid pensions)-To enable applicants
for pensions under the general disability
act OF 1890, To prosecute the same in the
absence of an honorable discharge; also to
abolish distinction rs to weight of evi
dence between privates and officers.
BY Mr. Wheeler of AlabaTa-To fix thu
pension of soldier who did not engage in
battle nor incur disability while in the
service. and who served less than three
years at three quarters the rate fixed by
law; to the solIier who served less than
two wears, one-h alf and to the soldier who
served less than one year one-fourth.
BY Mr. Curtis of New York--To make
the pension for total blindaess 500
month.
By Mr.. PicklelTo prohibit the suspen
sion or stoppage of payment of any pen
sion until after Il full hearing aud exam
ination and determination by the secre
tary of the interior of charges filed in con
nsctiGn Herewith
by Mr., Grout-To increase the pen sof
for total disability from s72 to 800 ,
month-the increas, to take effect Feb. l2
1889, also to increase the pensions of So Z
month, granted under act of J une IL, 1874
to S12 month, the increase to take effecl
from that date; also to give pensioners
who were confined in Confederate PRISONS
s. additional for livery SC days of such con
Hrement.
Trying to Oil the Wheels.
Secretary Carlisle is trying to oil ths
wheels Of legislation SO that bill can bt
put through the house at an early day T.,
authorize him to issue certificates against
the seigniorage or profit that would accrue
to the government on the coinage of tn
silver bullion now in the treasury. Thi
profit would amount to about S5l 600 900
Inquiry was made Saturday Of Senator
Allison Uaar sherman and othe+A 80 IL
49, Fl ',,t, NJ" Nv u rne p'opss