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Show WHAT THEY WILL DO. Senator WIUou Talks on tlia Money Uue-. Uue-. tloa. . . Washington; D. C, April 20. Tho statement is mndo by the gold standard men to the effect that the silver men do not insist upou the legal tender capacity of the silver .certificates proposed to bo issued m ith tho same intensity and earnestness as the proposition to keep the bulliou in the treasury after it has been deposited. While the silver men do not want the secretary to have the power to pay out bullion atter it has once been deposited in tho treasury, it is not truo that they make this secondary concession to tho legal tender clause. Ou the contrary, they demand primarily that the certificates certifi-cates or treasury notes shall be made full legal tender ' and bo redeemed iu ' lawful money and without these provisions ne silver bill will be satisfactory to them. Senator Wilson of Iowa, who is a member of tho caucus silver committee, stated without reserve, that the silver bill must make all money issued by the government gov-ernment a full legal teudfj' for all debts and dues, public and privrto, thus providing pro-viding secure, reliable money for circulation, circu-lation, having for its basis the double standard. This would benefit! he pooplo of tho whole country, as no other measure could possibly do because it would enable the people in romote sec-tions sec-tions to feel just as strong with this money iu their pockets as they would were they located along side of the treasury aud eouvenieut to the place of redemption. Senator Wikon further says that in tho light of tho decision of the supreme court of tho United Slates in 18S3, ho believed that all money issued by the government ought to have a full legal tender capacity. |