Year: 1878




Anticipated.


FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT


WAsHrSGroS, Feb. %, 1S78
The veto message met with but scant courtesy In
either house to-day The silver men were in a hurry
TO pass the bill, and In the House Mr. Stephens moved
the previous question and called the without
debate, although = number Of members wished to
be heard In the Senate effort made
to print the message and take IL up to-
morrow was summarily rejected and the Senate
voted at to pass tho bill tho veto. The
trsms silver men felt assured OF their victory and
were IN haste 10 complete II.


OPINIONS MESSAGE


The message is highly spoken OF by the opponents
Of she bill, and che opinion expressed that side
generally that II will raise the President In the es-
OF the best part OF the country That he does
discuss tho general question OF tho use place 4
silver but confines himself remarks on the manner
In which the bill affects the national and honor
10 thought to have boen wise on his part


gYYEcr BILL.


The spirit in which the Silver bill has been advo-
Gated and the unconoeaed determination of it's most
conspicuous and Jealous supporters to
tion merely as one means toward paper money





effect upon thoughtful members in both houses.
These that the bill which to-day became law
will only increase the Industrial paralysis the suf
fering throughout the country Such condition
promises to give the demagogues an uncommon
chance in the fall election and the almost toal dsor-
ganizaton OF parties and the timdy VI candidates ill.,.
tensines these threatening evils.


rHE INYLArIoyIsrs.


The innationists have not much more chance In the
present Congress Tho moderate silver mon declare
that they have gone far they mean TO 20 In
their direction and that they will join tho
men to resist any further demonstrations by Messrs
Ewing, Bland and Butler. But the ant.silver men in
tho House, who deluded themselves into the belief
shat II they helped to pass the present law the sub
ject would be removed from the fall canvass begin
to their Their votes would have sufced to
kill the bill II they had in body gone against the
Senate amendments. and then a harmless and sutTi.
cently satisfying bill could have been passed which
would have quieed the demand for silver without inur-
ing the public crcdt shaking confidence further.
This. 1t Is known, was for some tmc the hope and
expectation Of the President. but the antsivsr re-
publicans had not courage enough to carry sueh
. plan. Indeed they lacked organization.


THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE


The President already considering the names
of persons to be Commissioners to tho proposed
international conference aod tho Secretary OF State
will. without delay, give notice to European govern.
mcnts OF proposition for such conference. It Is
believed that the American Commissioners will be
bnetallIsts, and the names OF Professor Walker of
Yale, General Cox OF Ohio. ex-senator Fenton, Gen.
sral Walker OF Massachusetts, Mr. Horton, OF Cncin-
natl, and others are mentioned.


how THE MESSAGE Is REGARDKD-INrBREsTrNG
SCENE IN THE sBNATE-PREPARArIoN FOR
THE NEW COINAGE.


FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.


WASHINGTON. Feb. %, 1873
The opinion was very generally expressed among
republican members Of the House to-day who voted
for the Silver bill that the Presidents veto Message
was admirable State paper and as strong docu-
ment and arguments had been put forth by the op
ponets of tho measure. Mr. Monroe. of Ohio who
voted for tne BILL praised tho Message, but remarked
that he thought the President would have been wiser
had he allowed tho measure to have become
law without interposing veto He said that was the
general opinion expressed among advocates OF tho
bill on the republican side of tho House. 1t was safe
bill, aud he beloved good results would follow It's
enactmcnt


General Garfield voted to sustain tho veto and
tersey put his opinion that the message was very
good, very clear and well put





able State paper highly credable TO the adminissra.
ton and very forcibly presenting the for the
veto.


SCENE IN TUE SENATE CHAMBER.


Immediately after the action OF the House noary
one-half of tho members walked to the Senate Cham
ber witness the proceedings body The bill
- it passed the House taken to Mr. King, the en-
crossing clerk, who engrossed thereon the requisite
statement that It bad received two-thiras vote in
the House, and at ten minutes past three ho
appeared in the Senate Chamber with the Message
and tho BILL reading In clear voice the action OF tho
House as It was engrossed in accordance with the
4 uirsments Of the constitution and finally handed the
documents 10 the representative OF the Senate.
The scene was an impressive 'one. The mpor-
tant message was then takon TO the President OF
tho Senate, and after short delay 1t was read and
the bill passed. II now goes to the President, who
viii transmit 1t to the State Department. and is there
retained, certified copies being made at for the
use Of the Treasury Department


GENERAL BUTLER on THE VETO.


General Butler says that he does not think any
thing about the veto, there anything to be said
about It, 1t Is tho FIRST time, however, the history
ofthe country that veto Of the President has been
acted on at once In both houses without being printed
and referred He adds that tho intention of the silver
advocates 10 put the silver dollar exactly where It
belongs and make 1t to be orth all It should be- 70
that end he thinks that a measure providing FREQ
coinage will DO recommended, and that the repeal of
The specie resumption clause will be adopted at once
Nr. Ewing will, ts believed, encourage tho inser-
Non OF clause in the Appropriation bill directing the
Secretary OF tho Treasury to pay the silver in his
possession under tho bill which will accumulate
silver at the rate Of 81, 600. 900 per month.


COINAGE OF THE SILVER DOLLAR.


Now that the Silver bill has become a law it is nm
open that the Secretary Of the Treasury has
been anticipating such an evcnt Tor nearly two
weeks past The Bureau Of Engraving ana
Printing has nearly completed It's design for
tho certificates authorized IN denominations
Of ten dollars and upwards, correspond
with the denominations OF United States notes. The
dies for the new dollar have been approved, and q