Year: 1878

bullion certificates


If the Senate does not accede to
this measure, the silver leaders say
that they will


GARRY THE WAR INTO AFRICA"


during the next campaign, Mr..
Springer contends that free coinage
means putting silver into circulation
among the people, while the coinage
authorized by tho law which has
jnst passed the two houses simply
enablos the secretary of the treasury
to proceed to specie payments in
january next BY the terms of the
resumption act he can issue bonds
of the United States and borrow
money for the purpose of enabling
him to prepare for resumption of
specie payments. Under the silver
bill he can use this money to pur-
chase silver bullion, and he can coin
this bullion into silver dollars, which
he will hoard until January 1, 1879.
and thus be enabled to resume spe-
clio payments at that time with silver.
He can retain every dollar of silver
coin in the treasury for the purpose
of resumption without exhausting
any of the revenues derived from
taxation to meet the ordinary ex-
penscs of the government. The bill
does not put silver in circulation,
and Secretary Sherman being op..
posed to it, there is no likelihood
that he will put it out.


General Ewing (Democrat) does
not say positively what he will do,
as he does not expect veto. He
does not think the President will
veto the bill, rs it would be mere
madness on his part to do so when
it can be safely and truthfully said
that nineteen-twentieths of the
American people-taking in the
whole country wost of the Allegha-
nics, exclusive of strip on the
Pacific coast and inclusive of the
country lying south of Maryland,
leaving only q little corner in the
east--aro all in favor of it. He
cannot want his administration to
bo hostile to them. General Ewing
will not declare what he will do, but
the silver bill he is positive will be
passed. over the Presidents veto.
General Ewing does not favor any
additional Legislation on the silver
question. He thinks it better to
put on end at once now to all dis.
cussion. The opportunity has been
lost for q stronger bill. It was
thrown away when the Bland bill was
surrendered. There will not be any
moro Legislation on the silver bill to
get anything additional this session.
1t is folly to talk about putting
clauses on the appropriation bill is
said to be suggested by Messrs.
Stephens and Springer.


IL think" said he, finally, ''that
the bill with the Senate amend
ments will become law, aud there
is an end of it. One thing I de-
plore is that the idea has got abroad
that the silver bill is going to


AFFORD RELIEF TO THE POOR


people or is going to make better
times in business. The repeal Of
the specie resumption act is to do
this, and that is to be brought up
next, perhaps within week, and
it will pass the Senate It is the
main cause of all the suffering and
hard times"


General B. F. Butler does not yet
know whether he will support the
bill or not until he ascertains the
ground of tho Presidents veto,
should he send in one. 1t struck
him that in the vote given by many
of tho members affirmatively for the
Senate bill when they stated that
they did not approve Of it, but took
it as the best that could be had, the
President will find some ground for,
vetoing It, General Butler finds
some objection to the manner in
which the bill was rushed through
without allowing ample time for O.
full and free discussion. That will
be had when the veto comes to be
considered.


CONSUMPTION CURED.---An old
physician, retired from practice,
having had placed in his hands by
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