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Show CONGKKSSIOXAI-SENATE. CONGKKSSIOXAI-SENATE. Washington. July 24. Morgan introduced in-troduced a bill to fix the limit value aud provide for tho free coinage of silver. sil-ver. Kefcrred to the committee of li-nanee. li-nanee. It recites that t lie market value of silver bullion is rapidly approaching the value of gold on the staudard relation rela-tion lixed by the laws of the United States, and that there is no provision of law for the coinage of standard silver dollars ol the purchase of silver bullion by tho government. When the value of silver bullion exceeds one dollar for grains pure silver, it therefore provides a unit of value in the United States shall be a dollar of 412 grains staudard silver or 23 8-10 grains of gold; that those coins shall be legal tender for all debts, public and private, and that any owner of silver or gold bullion may des deposit it at any mint to be formed into dollars or bars for his benefit without charge, lie called special attention of ihe finance committee com-mittee to- a bill which he said was the same as had already received a majority major-ity in the senate, lie had introduced it because he was convinced that, in the-rapid the-rapid advance of price of silver bullion in the markets of the world, the time was not far distant (to say the least) when silver and gold bullion would bo on par with eaeh other. When that time did arrive tho law, as it now stood, would not permit tho goverment to buy silver bullion if there was any shade of appreciation ap-preciation in its price beyond the price of gold, aud there was no provision of law for the coinage of any silver except ex-cept that purchased before silver reached reach-ed that point. In view of what appeared appear-ed to be in tho air as well as on land and on sea in regard to the immediate future of the country he thought it would be well enough to make a provision so that silver or gold bullion would not bo withdrawn from the United States by other interested governments and hoarded up in their great banking in-dilutions. in-dilutions. HOUSK. Washington, July 24. The houso proceeded, after a short parliamentary wrangle, to vote upon the committee amendments to the bankruptcy bill. These amendments are principally verbal, verb-al, in view of the fact that the bill has never been read in the house. McMillan McMil-lan of Teuncssee demanded a separate vote on each amendment. Much time was thus consumed, and the committee amendments having been disposed of an amendment was adopted enforcing the laws of stales, giving wages for labor the preference |