Show IladA A Report in Favor of Free Coinage WASHINGTON Feb 2SRepresentative Bartine of Nevada l behalf of the minority members of the House coinage committee today submitted a report In favor of the passage of the silver free coinage bilL The report begins with an expression of regret that the majority de layed its report so long as to render it practically impossible for the House to consider the bill during the present Congress Con-gress The minority report says We have no doubt of the ability of the United States t establish and maintain a double standard even without European cooperation co-operation and predict that if tbe United States adopted free coinage it would receive re-ceive support from the principal nations of tho old world In conclusion the report admits the difficulty of forecasting the actual result of financial legislation but says We firmly believe the complete restoration of silver will inure to the best interests of the country We do not pretend to entertain enter-tain tho belief that the question of free coinage involves any such alternative as national prosperity or national ruin We believe under any system of finance at all likely to be adopted tho American republic re-public will move steadily forward and our people will continue the happiest and most prosperous upon the face of the earth It Is only a question of what is best to pursue and we feel assured that the double standard promises more of prosperity than the maintenance of the single standard I |