The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-13
SILVER WINS A TRICK
The Senate Finance Committee Reports
a Free Coinage Bill.
1T WAS DONE WITHOUT FUSS
The Plan Is on the Lines Proposed
In the Bill Recently intro
duced by Senator Jones
of Arkansas.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-The meeting OF
the senate committee on finance to-day
resulted in a decision, by a vote of six TO
five, to report a measure for the unre-
strlcted coinage OF silver on the basis OF
the provisions of the ninth section OF the
financial bill introduced BY Senator Jones
OF Arkansas. This section was amended
in several particulars and as agreed to is
as follows:
That from and after the passage or this bill
the secretary of the treasury is authorized and
directed to receive at any United states mint,
from any citizen of the Unite states. silver bul-
lion OF standard ineness aad 10 coin the same
into silver dollars of ii2is grams each. Ihe
seigniorage OF said bullion snali belong 10 the
United States and shall be the difference be-
tween the coming value thereof and the IN trket
price OF the bullion in New YORK on the date
the presentation Is made. and ali expenditures
for coming done under the provisions OF this act
shall be paid out OF said seiyniorage, and the
secretary OF the treasury shall deliver TO the de-
posters of such bullion standard silver dollars,
equal in amount to the price thereof as afore-
said; aud whenever tue said coin herein pro
vided for shall be received into the treasury GER
ttfcates may be issued thereon in the manner
now provided by law.
The vote on the motion to report this
section as amended was as foliows:
Yeas-Voorhees, Harris, Vest, Jones
| (Arkansas). Jones (Nevada), White.
Nays-McPherson, Morrill,, Sherman,
Allison and Aldrlch.
| There was comparatively little discus
sion of the question after the suggestion
for such report was made, an / it soon
became apparent there was an understand
ing among the members of the majority
of the committee as to the line of action
to be pursued and they afterwards stated
that they had held a conference and
| agreed upon their course. Tue republican
| members offered no substitute and no OBJ
| structions in the way of securing vote.
The senate finance committee to-day
authorized a favorable report on the
house concurrent resolution extending
the time for making returns under the in
come tax law from March l, to April /,
with the following additions:
BE Il further resolved, That in computing in
comes under the said act the amounts necessa-
rly paid for fire insurance premiums and for
ordinary repairs upon any real estate shal be
deducted from the rents accrued OF the receiver
from such real estate.
| And also rcsOlped, That In computing the in.
| comes und IT the said act the amounts received,
the dividends upon the stock OF any corpora
| tion, company or association shall not be in
cluded. In case su h dividends are liable to {
tax OF . per cent. on the net profits OF said cor
| poration, the comp my or association viii
. | though such n tax may not have beel actually
paid by said corporation, etc, at the time O
making the returns. be paid by the corporation
or association receiving such dividends.
BE 70 further resolved, That no taxpayer shal
be required in his or her annual return unde
said act 10 answer any interrOgdtories unles:
specifically provided for In said act.
The resolution as amended was after
wards reported to the senate.
The republican senators generally are
not disposed at this time to prevent tn
the passage of the Unrestricted coinag
! bill reported from the finance committe
to-day. When asked what policy the
would pursue, Senator Aldrich said: NV
would probably not oppose the bill to tn
extent of trying to consume the time I
| prevent its passage, though we shoul
want to debate il for the purpose c
placing the matter before the country il
. telligibly."
: Senator Platt coroborated this state
! ment and added that he for one shoul
! not be disposed TO prevent action by SAY
, ing anything on tho financial bill. 81
{ the democrats want to take tho respons
bility of the passage of such bill as r.
ported" he said, ~ am filling the
| should,b