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Show CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. The Senate Considering the Silver Bill . , With Teller on the Floor. WE HOUSE TALKS TABLTF. Vacnne Still Working on His Storage ' Backet Other Capital ( News. senate. ' Washington, May 14. After unimportant unim-portant business, the senate resumed consideration of the silver bill, with Jeller on the floor. house. Washington, May 14. On motion ef Morrill of Kansas, the house insisted on its amendment to the senate depend- , nt pension bill and a conference was Mrioved. - - - ,- - The bouse then weut into committee of the whole on the tariff bill. ' Macune, representing the farmers' alliance, this morning continued his argument before the ways and ineaus committee for a bill to establish sub-treasuries sub-treasuries for the receipt of agricultural products. To his mindf no fixed volume ' of currency, no matter how great, would meet tho needs of agriculture i It wanted an elastic medium. The Jarmer hold crops in the fall when prices are the lowest and bought his uppljes before harvest, when prices wore the highest. The crops were marketed in two or three months. This annually caused a great strin- i ency in money. ' Flower feared the plan would lead to banking on live stock, iron, lead and j ilver ore. They were getting along ! pow in tho latter direction at tho other end of tho capital. Truo, the remedy of the farmers of Illinois was tho man- I iifacturers plan. They should have S jegnlated production. Raise only enough produce to meet the people's ; ivanta and thereby get fair prices. 1 Macune proceeded to explain the pro-; pro-; cess proposed to regulate the issue of ) produce certificates. He said the necessity ne-cessity for excluding imports of agricultural agri-cultural products is obvious. If tho quality of certificates was . to be preserved the certificates would i onstitute the best currency in the world. Probably not one-half of tho I flfty million dollars appropriation asked ior'to put the new machinery in action would be required, but the sum should j not bo absolutely fixed at a minimum as in time it would be necessary to ex-i ex-i tend tho system to includo all products I of labor not covered by patents. Tho i Shearing will bo continued to-morrow. |