Show PHILIPPINE DOLLARS DOLLAR-S nte Committee Finally Decides Upon Coin Archipelago Washlngt6n March 28The Republican Repub-lican members of the Senate Committee on Philippines held a meeting today and passed finally upon the provisions of the Philippine Government bill The currency question was the principal topic of conversation today and tho provision for supplying the Philippines with a circulating medium as prepared by the subcommittee composed of Senators Sen-ators Allison Beveridge and Dubois was finally passed upon This proVision as has been heretofore hereto-fore stated lb that there shall be coined a Philippine dollar of the same weight and fineness as the Mexican dollar and ths a3dtlflhdollar I is to be a bullion dollar btHPthe volume istCbe limited only by i tho demands of business The coin will carry an American device on one side and an oriental design on tho other and H Is calculated that It will In time h a very popular coin throughout through-out the Eastern world The amendment also provides for subsIdiary sub-sIdiary coinage sufficient to meet the wants of the Philippine people The coinage of this slyer will be done both In Ameilca and In the Philippines The full committee will meet on Monday and It la the hope of the Republican member that the authority will be given to report tho bill to the Senate The provision In regard to mintage Is that the Philippine currency shall be coned in the Philippines as soon as facilities fa-cilities are provided but that in the imeantlme it may bp coined in the vUnltecI Stales mint tr Francisco This dolfar provided Is made alocal tender ten-der In the Philippines but not In the United Slates Republican members at their confer con-fer nce also considered the question of aythorlrilng a legislative l assembly fbr the Philippines but cOn luded to omit all legislation l of that character and also to make no provision for delegates or1 commissioners In Congress from the I Philippines Povlslon for complete census of the Islands Is I however to bo Included In the bill This Is not to be a mere numbering num-bering of the people but an Inquiry Into their educational atialnments and property prop-erty acquirements wIth the view of securing se-curing Information of n character which may Mot use In future legislation l for the islands |