Show REPEAL MEANS FREE COINAGE washington D 0 oct 2 somo some of the silver advocates abo haye have boon been studying the repeal bills proposed in iii the senate by and in tho the house of willson will son have reached the conclusion that from ane silver stand point tho the o of either of those these bills instead of proving nn unmixed evil evi may bo be a real bono benefit fit they claim that tho enactment of either of these bills into a law will have tho the effect of restoring the free coinage coi nago of silver their reasoning is Is to tho the fol low ilig effect both the vorhees and wilson bills repeal only to so much of the slier man act as dire directs etti the secretary of the treasury to purchase from froin time to time silver bullion to the agg aggregate regato amount of ounces of silver 1 or so much thereof ag may be offered each month but leaves untouched the fifth section of the sherman act which repeals the purchasing sino g clause of the bland allson act this they argue leaves the bland allison act in full effect except where it requires tho the purchase of from two to four nii million illion in silver per month the part of act which is is provides for the free coinage 0 of silver dollars in accor accordance danco with the provisions of the act of january 1837 this act established a government mint provided for tho the coinage of both gold and silver in sums greater than at the request of the deposits of silver the silver senators do not shon any great disposition to discus the probabilities bili ties they admits that the matter has bas boon been canvassed among them but say tho the reasoning and the law of 1837 would un question unquestionably ably bo be left in force by the passa passage te of either the senate or house bill the enforcement of it would depend upon the administration tra tion and with an administration unfriendly as it now ig they could not hope for a favor favorable ablo interpretation of the law salt bako tribune |