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Show Washinglon, 14. The comoais-siouer comoais-siouer of Indian aflaira lo-day received a telegram from Fort Sill saying there was not the slightest fouudanon for tbe report of the Cheyenne outbreak. The following bills were filed, under head of petitions, iu tho nouse. By Vauce, providing for tbo free coinage ot standard silver dollars, 412 grains troy, of standard value, the same to be legal tender, at its nominal value, for all debts aud dues, public and private, except where otherwise provided pro-vided by oonlr. ct; and further, that any owner ot silver bullion may de-poait de-poait tho same at any United titates coinage, mint or awsay otlice, to bg coined into such bullion, as deposit! d under the existing laws, Bj Spriuger, authorizing and requiring tho secretary secre-tary of the treasury to purchase, Irom time to time, silver bullion at the market price thereof to tbo amount of such bullion as may be oflered, pro vided such bullion is the product of 1 any mine within Ihe jurisdiction ol the United States. He shall cause tho bullion so purchased to be coined into standard silver dollars to the capacity of the mints, in connection with other coins. Ho is also required to iss'ua Bilver certificates in denominations denomi-nations corresponding with the do-i do-i ominationa of the United Stales treasury noteB, to the amount of silver bullion purchased as provided by the bill; such certificates ehall be da-1 posited in the treasury and shall be deemed a part of the current revenue o: the United Stales aud shall bo legal tender at their nominal value. They shall be redeemed bj tho United Stales on demand in 6ilver bullion, cr Btaudard silver dollars, at ibe option of government govern-ment and an amount of euob bullion and coin, equal to the outstanding silver certificiles, shall be retained in the treasury for such redemption, it authorized the secretary cf the treasury arid tbe director of tbe mint to make such regulations for Oirrying thij act into efiect ns will best protect thu interests in-terests of the United States, and a mi m sufficient to purchase the bullion authorized is appropriated. A petition signed by Warner, Athcrlon andGiddeaof Ohio, Manning, Man-ning, Morey and Muldrow of Mississippi, Missis-sippi, Ladd of Maine, Steele of North Carolina, Spier of Georgia, and Young of Tennessee, was filed, embracing a bill authorizing the owners of silver bullion to have it coined into Btandard silver dollars, the provisions of which are substantially the same as those contained in the petition ol Springer. A petition embracing a bill was presented by A. J. Warner of Ohio asking that the Revised Statutes relating to coinage be amended so an to admit silver to coinage on tbe same conditions con-ditions as gold. All the abave measures meas-ures were referred to the committee on coinage, which, under the rules receutly adopted by the houee, have leave to report at any time. Among other petitions fiied to day by Representative Reagan, embracing bills, were the following: Tu regulate inter slate commerce and prohibit u trust discrimination by common carriers; to amend tbe Revised Statutes concerning commercwand navigation and the regulation of steam vessels. WiLh the exception of the committee commit-tee on cuiuHge and foreign affaire committee, the house committees have not yet formally organiztd. The two mentioned organized this morning. morn-ing. The committees on appropriations appropria-tions and agriculture expect to or ganizf to-morrow morniuE- Referring to Representative Buck-iht's Buck-iht's proposed bill for tbe coinage of ;:ij,Oi0,000 of silver bullion monthly. Tne director of mint pays that this amount is not enly beyond the present capacity of the mint but largely in excess of the pri-duction of the minea of the country, which arc est mated at $50,000, 0U0 annually, Irom which shou'd be deducted the $3, 000,000 used in arts and manufactures which would leave $-5,1 .00,000 lo be imported under 1 Buckuer's bill. To ihe great i-urprieo of most persons nearly ail the members ol congress included, the tact was developed today, to-day, tha'. the hou-ie committees under the rules of that body, can just as properly frame and report legislative mpasure? upon the bais of petitions, f upoa l.lm formally introduced in the house aud formally rclerred to them. Members are at liberty to present petition at any time when the bouse is in session by simply dropping drop-ping them into a bos kept for their reception at the clerk's desk, endorsed en-dorsed with names of tho member and committee to which he desires them referred. They are thereupon sent to the appropriate committees under a standing rule of the house' and the legislation prayed for can be recommouded by tho committees in tbe form of the original billB and thus reported, il thought proper, or the petitions themselves may be reported back adversely and laid on tho table. It thuB appears that all the etlbrls to secure or to prevent opportunities for tbe introduction intro-duction of bills in tho house of representatives rep-resentatives this session havo been equally unnecessary and fruitless of practical advantage. As usual when Blaine speaks, the galleries and floor of the Benate were crowded to day with deeply interested auditors. His speech was even more than commonly brilliant and original, both in it? points of argument and in the vivid style in whicn he illustrated aud enlorced them. Among the mast effective passages may be especially es-pecially mentioned his graphic contrast con-trast of the vastnese ol extent and , population of our country with the insignificant number of troops who are supposed to threaten us; his historic his-toric reminiscencee ol tiie attitude of the old whig party, when Clay and i Webster were its lenders, toward 'Jackson and Tyler when they exer-jcised exer-jcised their veto power; his striking : delineation of tho multilarious i branches uf tha public service whose operations would bo stopped ; by carry irg out thu programmed coercion against tho president; his eloquent demonstration of tho thoroughness thor-oughness with which Alexander H. Stephens' prediction of the return ol the south lo power has been already fulfilled, and his adroit but powerful peroration in which ho placed the president before the country in a po -eition where a failure to veto the (pending bills will seem, at least in I parly point of view, to be simply : cowardice and a want uf person ul and official respact. Blaino was ! frequently appluudi d, and at tho con ; olusion of his speech cousiderable time elapsed before order could be restored re-stored either on tho lljor or in the galleries. Wallace, who followed him., delivered de-livered a clear and logical argument, which, however, had bean prepared in manuscript beforehand, and traveled much the eame ground of some of tbe democratic speeches in the house of representative. For these reasons, and owing to his lack of powers of oratory, it failed to produce pro-duce any great immediate eflect, but will read much better than it Bounded. |