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Show SHERMAN'S TURN. Senator Iiernian Makes home 1'oInlcJ KrmarLs on the Mltcr IIIII. THE DILL GOES OYER WITHOUT ACTION In tie House, Conger Offers tbe tanent Hill ai a Substitute. Substi-tute. PROVISIONS OF THE SEVERAL SECTIONS The IrotKcJ JIfttlnsorihe VorlilN I air i ommUileatn at Clilcajo. By Tclesrwi- to U Mw 1 MAlTr 1MI IIOllL. Tlir KIlT-r IIIII ia Itio One Vborb IncToplr. Washington, Juue 5 In the SeimU. on tin. ailvir bill, feluruiau adUrceHsJ tho Stnate He had, lit. saiii, comeultd to the lucrvaiu ot circulation propuMnl in the I III $51,-000,000 $51,-000,000 a 3 car Ho belie vi-d tlut Tri-iUrj uotey, ba.il on rilver bul-liou, bul-liou, ouM Lt as ifo a suLtitate for taper money as could U. concxivetl HetiM not fear to (,ivo lo thofe Tre-sur uotiii everj tau.llun anil valnu that tin United btatra tvul 1 confer llodiduot oljext lo thiir being uiade lehol tenden for nil dtbt, public and rivaie Hnt as far I rtferablt to the free eoluagu of tihir, Ucausc, tritii all eiriru to Kit Mlver dollars into tircuLition, tilt rt as nut one of thtm in tircuLition tircu-Lition fur ctut inhabitanL l'as nig to tin. question of tho di uiouLtl ttiou of Mirer in 1ST!, hlicrnian declared tlut at that time ti i silvtrdul irnasanimagt.of tlie It, lot to fight and memory and igtiortti b two gtueratious --! t as a convcukiict. for Hie ixjoittiou of silvtr bullion It was no womkr that the -inator from Nevada (bttwirt)uid uut know fiatfihir tras demonetized tvhtu lie otcd for tin Mil, tliLonl wonUir was tliat hi knew of I la t-xi'ti nee The bill nns put Inly dlM.u.".cU for two or three jeai and lb) oijetU were ULllku ran enrsago Nobillws etrmon.full dL-cu!ed than that, ant.et liUftltnd Morrill hli--all tliat lie hi'l jliti aiptiutt it Ucau-. it dUcuntiuued the charges for coin jge Wo were continually de-iibunced de-iibunced as con irator", while tin. aeiiators from tlie i'-icific Coa-t (all of whom oted for it) poed at tlie i lit i ms. Ho had thought it iietes-t-irj, lie fuld in tloeins that sub-jet sub-jet to TItAtl. DOWN Tilt LII, not onli for himself Ixit for all ollitrs engat;ed in that legislation Com mi, back tn the question of thL bill he taid the result of the free coinage v, ould be to demonetize go! 1 and cau'c gold to l hoarded ur ixjiortid I reo coinage of ellvcr would be a reversal of the established estab-lished jwllcy of tl o (,oiriiuiLiit from the Uainniug It would limit coiuitiL, to triui,Ie metal, and that of rilxer, as Hire as fate bilver roulJ with free coinage la, tlie onl btauJnrd of mont, in the Uui'ed btatt-s Tlie pound sterling woul i be worti 5, Instiad of SI 2, and tlie Amencnu eollar Mould lie. as in colonial lime-, worth three Lnft.h shilling, or fctir francs In comlu.-ion haermaii rail he e-ull ote fo- nu meaure that would ill hii judgment eeturcand maintain a bi metallic standard, one tint would not It moralize gold nor cause It to be hoarded or exported but tlut would (.tabllsli b-jtli gold uhI sllvt r n. a cummoii ttaiiuanJ, it a tlx-d taUo n t only in the Uultoi States, but in all the nations of the worlJ Telir congratulated hiinstlfanl tliecouuto that tho mask was otr the faesof t'leso-callcd tilvtr -arty, liiilt h id iota led Lefort tho Sen ate finance committee's bill If there uereanv ijueftlon as to the attitude ef the distil .uisiied be uator from Ulilo before he (,ot u , no one who II tenedtolilra could doubl it now He (shcrman) uasforn high tan lard nnd lluit standard gold 1 It was for nu AnANDONlITO. SILElt as a mont metal, leaving it to lie usidoulyasa sulsidlar coin He (Teller) nclcomed IhT I'sue bteart gave, from iiisiintof view, a resume o' the Icgi'latlvt inctetlii(,s width icsulted in tht demonetization of the silver dollar in 1S71. He declared tliat tlie anietiJim nt that demonetized tilvcr was Leter read In either house bhiruiaii j roductnl the original bill of 1ST3 from the bills of the Senate to show that not only was the amendment read and voted on In the benati but Has amended on his (sherman'?) motion, airj when the couftrence committee consider ed the di-iUed section,!! was again amended iu conferfiirf S e vtrt persisted iu his as- rt on that tlie amendment had Lot been read and aigued AT Irieh said that not onl ha I btewrtvoid on tho ameudmtnt. but that h hal equally sjiokcn about two sections of the mil, one o' which ruhibiied an silver coin age I ut half dollars quarters nnd dimes, and the other of wliieli tro-ided tro-ided that no deposits 'hould be received fi r silver coinage How could tho benator s tliat he did not knjw slit er was lo be demonetized" demone-tized" T s lver bill then went over without action The Senate I ills grauting tensions of$d0a month to the widow if Itenr dmiril Donaldson nnd to the wiJow of C inuiacdtr lnslow of the "KearMrge" wc-o )t.ed, also the Senate I ill to authorize the con strucliun of a bridge across the Columbia Co-lumbia rher ly the Oregon Itail-way Itail-way Extension Cumrant Adjourned It WtsillNcTON, Juno 5 The ill ver till haviiiL, betu rtad, Conger oflered t'ie caucus bill as a subtil lute It is substantially as fullons The b-crebiry of tlie treamrj la is directed to uahast fnra time to time silver bullion to the amount of $ dOuil 0OJ w ortli of fine silver each mouth at the market t rice not ft ceullngonodollir for 571 o grain of pure slher, and to Issue Treosurj notes, to lie jrepared by the secretary secre-tary of the treaurj, and a sum sunlcicnt to carri into effect the provisions of this act Is hereby ap propriatedoutofany money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated appropri-ated Section provides that the Tre. u- no'es be rcdccmal le on demand in coin, and when no redeeme ma be rek sued, but no gieater or les amount of uch note-s sliall bo cut standing at any time than the cost of the silver bullion then held In the Treasury turchased by such notes feuch Treasurj no es hali I legal tenders In payment of all deMs, iiulllc and private, except whereothcrwlst expressly stipuhtetl In a contract, and sliall be recel va le for cstom, taxes and all public dues, nnd when so received mav be rtlued Such notes held by any National oanktngassociatlonmaybe counted as pnrt of its lawful reserve. Upon demand of any liolderof such notts tho faccretary of tho Treasury ma at his dlscrttlou exchange for them an amount of silver bullion equal In value at tbo market trice thereof on the day of exchan e to the amount of such jintes presented 8FCT10N 1 i-BOWDES tliat the Secretary of tlie Treasury shall coin such portion of thebulllon po-chased as may bo necessarj to provide for the redemption of the Treasury notes provided for Section 4 provides that the sliver trillion pircliaml under this act shall be subject td the requirements of the existing law and the regula tions of the mint service Section 5 provides tliat so much of the act of I ebruary 9, V)7S, s required re-quired the monthly liurchaso and coinage of not less than two mil lion nor more than four million dollars worth of silver bullion bore-pealed bore-pealed Section 0 provides that whenever the market price of silver, as deter mined in pursuance of section I, Is t715 grains, j ure silver, It shall be lawful for the owner of any silver bullionto deposit tho same at any coinage mint of the United 8tates,to be coined in'o sliver dollars for his benefit, as i rcvided in the act of January, 1S73 bectlon 7 provides that upon the passage of the act the balances sta nd ing u Ith the treasurer to the credit of National hanks for deposits thereafter there-after received for like purice shall be covered Into the Treasury as miscellaneous mis-cellaneous receipts, an I tho Treasurer Treas-urer shall redeem from the geniral cash the circulating notes of Lauks whleli come into Ills possesion, tub-cct tub-cct to redemption, upon certificate iiftheComitroIItrof ( urrenc. tuch Norrssii vll isr destroy eo and no new ones issued in their lace, reimbursement of theamount talvimie to the Treasurer from the appropriation hereby created, to be known as tbe 'National bank redemption re-demption account," but this irovi ion tdiall not apj li to tho deposits received undir section 3 of the ait of June-U, IS7I rtiiulrlng Natleual loiiks to keep wilii the Treasurer a rum equal In flvo per cent of their circulation, to bo held and used for tbo rcderui Hon of circulating note-, and tho lakince rennlniug of the di lodts so covered shall, at theclbso of each moutli, bo reporteil on the monthly ublic debt statement as debt lieariug no interest." section b providi- that the att shall take cITect thlrtj dais after liassO(,e Mct-omas mocd to a Id tobi-ction 0, "and thu purcliase of silver bullion ! sus4.ndeI while it ia bulugsodtiw-ited for coinage " Taylor (111". ollired an rmeiul inent to the original I ill, providing that if tlie net amount of silver I ulliou received be less than ,000,- 000 in an one month, the becrttarj of tlie Treasurj shall make up thu deficiency in the next month O'Dotimll (MIth ) moved to nnu n I the amendment It making the amount SVWOOO Tills ex-linu ex-linu ted all tlie amen iuicnts wliith eouIJ lw offereil under tho rules, and although Itland demanded recognition, re-cognition, lie was IGSOItl II m Till SIMIU. ( onger (la.) said tliat tho 1 III before be-fore the House wasnotciitirck satisfactory satis-factory to himst If, liitituas a bill themsjoritj believed wool I gre Hi improve tlio resent status and make a long stride in the direc lion tin govirunii.it ought to go JIcU.lkAt.-il In silver aul that tlie countrysiiould have free, coinage at a fixeil ratio at the carlict ussible da, but it should be reached under safe and permanent conditions. This 1 ill was a long step toward free. coinage He spuk-u of tht lobly contained iu the mine owners' In tirots, demanding fret coinage of sihtr Immedialtlj ThLs was not in tin interest of the 1 1 mitallKI-, but in the interestof a single silver standsrd, which woul I "Mexicauize this couutrv Williams (Ills.) spoke In fivorof freetvlnageof sihtr He liad nu doubt but tho corn burnt rs of Knu sa, who wire iu fat or of free coin age of silver woul 1 raihtr ask the aid of democratic ott", than from this unsound nier-un, fresh from the hands of tbe npul lit-au caucus He liad some curiosity to see whether wheth-er those members on cithers) Ic w iio it) resented constituencies in favor of free coinage hail a t.reattrdtvo tion for Hit ir ik.-o.Ic than fir thu secretary of the Treasurj and lib administration Tav lor ( I1U.) spoko in favor of tlie bill, and I-tuham (Texas) ol Iiosed it rending furtlurdebale,tht Houe adjourred Tiin vioui ns i ttrt leellnr -r Its. lommlssl.nr- lu Crilcs;o this manlti Washington Juneo Secretary Ill-line has notified the W orld's hair eomuiKslonr s that the first meeting meet-ing will be held at thetinud I'-i tific hotel, Chicago, oiithcJbth of June for tht purjiost of organlz lug ttc Clikf Clirk Itrown, of thtSUte Dijaitineiit, IiasUtnapioIiitednii-n-st nUtlvo of tlio State Depaitmi ut in the selection n juration and safe keej ing of govirnmeiit exhibits attiitexusitiou ripresentative Mile, from the committee on I'arillc roals, toJnv njiorted to tho House Hie I ill agreed tijsm ly the committee for refun ding Hit government In lebtcduws of the Union anl Cen'ral lcillc roads. TLt report says a settlement should It nrvic wi 'i refirnct to the consi k ration Tliat tiny should lit ofsutii a ch-iraeter ns not to de-stroj de-stroj tht alucof tht sUick Second, that toa lar.eixtent p.ijnuntmu'-t lio derivtsl from tlie io,iIt living along tht JIM. U THL K0AU5 and third, the government shou'd oi tain fur itself such further ad ditional securitj ns the coaitanks' might bt able to give Tho report iioiiitseut the iiiHtrtnfcs Utivetn Hie 1 ious" and St uate biiU and says the billsagrtt in fixlnktlhtrateuf intt in-tt i-stat 3 ter cent fur tho Union 1-tifIt and ier cent, fur the Central Pacific, nnd nil adjustment alseventj two ears fur tht Central Ia-lfic and fifty jeani for the Union I acilic Tie njn-rt says these thart,esnru demanded I J the diUeriucesintho situation and earn ing cnpacitj of the )roterly and fliantial alllity of Hi companies, and in ordt r to secure au adjustment which caih conqnnv rraj rcaxin ablj expect aud be falrij txp ected to carry out. |