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Show TI1U SII.VKK lSII.I.N. Thoro is a probability of tho appointment appoint-ment of a conference committoo in connection con-nection with the so-called Windom silver bill of tho houso committee and the somite silver bill fathered, it is understood, under-stood, by Senator Jones of Nevada. The Washington correspondent of tho Omaha Hoe of tho 18th inst., says: Tho Windom bill originally provided for tho coinugo of 91,500,000 per month, with discretionary discretion-ary powor lodged in the secretary of tho treasury, to suspend coinage whenever he deemed that the interest of tho government gov-ernment required it. This power of tho secretary is stricken out and it iB provided pro-vided that whonover and as long oa 371 tf grains of pure silver are worth $1 in tlio open market, the U. S. mints of the country shall bo open to free and unlimited un-limited coinage Senators Jones and Stowart of Nevada, Nev-ada, Teller of Colorado, and other ndvo-cntes ndvo-cntes of silver coinage in the senate, and Mr. Carter of Montana in tho house, say this measure will bo entirely satisfactory to the silver interest, according to this correspondent. On tho other hand tolegrams by tho San Piancisco Chronicle series, dated Washington, March 19, say that at a dinner party at tho white houso on the 13th inst. Senators Aldrich and Jonos nssertod that tho senate bill, materially differing from tho Windom bill, waa much more satisfactory to tho silver men and that sonators would adhoro to it. Tho president intimated his preference for the Windom bill, and was anxious for tho passage of some sort of a monuure covering tlio question. Tho president cannot bo more anxious anx-ious than tho people nre, for tho speedy settlement of tho Bilver quoction in n wny that shall soouro its eventual oqunl ity with gold, and givo to tho suffering producers of tho nation, relief from impending bankruptcy. For nearly twenty years tho. suicidal hands of American legislators have tightened their hold on tho financial lifo of tho nation. Enduranco has ceased to bo a virtue, and the Buffering body politio waits in exhaustion for a heroic treatment nt the hands of tho consulting physicians. Doctor Jonos, of the rago-brush state is the most reliable of them all. |