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Show AGSIST0F NEWS TlfUSKXATK AMI TIIE SJI.VKU IlirX. TIIE SENATE AND SILVER BILL. Washington, June it. The House silver bill was amended almost out of exisience by the Senate committee on finance this morning. All of the membets of the commitee eie piesent except, Senator Allison, of loua, Republican Senator Vooihees, of Indiana, Democrat, leaving the party division the same as in full committee. Senator Carlisle, of Kentucky, in accordance with the Democratic Dem-ocratic theory of the constitutional powers of Congress, moved to strike out the treasury notes le'.il tender in payment ol ail debts public ami r rivale This was agreed to, 7 to 2 All the Democrats v-.ted for the amendment, 'and Senators Morrill, Aldiich and H;ss -ck ol the Republicans. Re-publicans. Seiutois Siiciman and Jones voted in 1 he negative Senator Harris, of Tennessee, moved-to moved-to strike out the feature providing for bullion ledeinpiiim. This was carried bva vote of 6 to 3, so die - minority consisted of Sherman, Morrell and Mc Phearson. The next portion striken out was the entire sixth section, which provides for free coinage when silver reaches a parity with gold. This was cariied by the vote of four Republicans, with McPhearson, ol New Jersey, agair.st tlievtte of - three Democrats and Senator - Jones, cf Nevada. A provision was then njopled by the same vote, providing that the BCt shall terminate at the expiutiai of ten ye-r-froni its passage. The bill as thus modified was reported to the Senate soon after it wet by Sena tot Morrill. Tiie Senate & not likely to concur with all of the amend;henis made bv the committee. That wikinL' out th 4ntl,ii -rlii ...(wiun ieafrie v('I 'i. -cepted. but the silver men will make a hard fight against tlie other three-changes. three-changes. . , The legal tender pnvision cannot be kept in the bill, howevei.if the Democrat in the Senate vote wilk their colleajnes of the committee; for thev will have enough Republican asiislance to keep it out. The silver men w;ll probably succeed suc-ceed in putting back ihe provision for free coinage when sver reaches as parity with gold, for this is wot seriously objected to by tha eastern Senators and by Secretary Wind m. The ten year limit makes the silver men very angry, and they will probably succeed iustriking it otit nlo. In any event die bill will pass, ihe Senate in a very different form from that in which it passed the House. ' |