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Show STICKING TO IT. Senate and Houc of Rqirrscntatires Continue trilli the .Silver Bill. SENATOR PLUMB HAS THE FLOOR. A Tonth or Eighteen Sboots Hl$ Ilrothrr In Mistake ror a Bar;Ur. I INDIAN UPRISING ON MENOMINEE MENO-MINEE RESERVATION. Hu,Inrs? Trausactfd at th ffro Conftrracc. National Efn- tlTeSIIrerCouimllteo. ByTelenailitelbe5eir.j . Tiii:sn.t i:it niLi. llt'onllnura to Run Il t'oiirve in IlieTaotlMuibfn. TVashingto.v, .unu 0. In the Seuatv, JlitchtH morexl to rvci)nslJ-er rvci)nslJ-er the vote by which the Senate passed ye!inlay the bill authorizing the construction of a railway bridge acrofs the Columbia nivi-r, near Vancouver. The motion was entrred. The silver bill ab taken nn, and I'luinb nJJrif-M-.! the Senate, lie believed it was the all lait unanimous unani-mous opinion of the lieoiile that a very considerable increase In the volume of currency was neceary. The circulation today was $JI0,OiW,. 000 lets Uiau the trainers of the financial legislation of 1S7G antlci-Jiated, antlci-Jiated, although the commercial Ui'iniss of the country had doubled w ithin that thne. Tlio total nmouut of money which tlie ivople o the United Htatw Iisd for Uie transaction transac-tion of "dally business not to exceed ex-ceed JiWiVlW.flilO. lie I ellevd it was less than 5500,000,00.), and u-on u-on tliat mi row foundation ther naa built au enormous etruttuic of credit, propned up here and there ty devices of various kinds, and it keji swelling and strumitis:, while theleAj on which it res-ted did not crow in proportion to thei-tructure. ITieSeuator from New York ( Ills-cock) Ills-cock) had yesterday dctcribed the great projTity of thecoULtry, but if his picture w ere true, why was it that the Senator and his committee (the finance committee) were piling up protective duties? His ( TlumbV) idea was that not onlv should the vacancy er rvAlIO.VAL UM, lIKCflJlTION be made up, but there ought to be added to that at least as much as would result from the frte coinage of silver. He was williii" to nliau-dou nliau-dou his idea in favor of Cat money and to widen the ba-eof the credit structure by additi- to It all the i-ilver that the United Slates niuts could turn out. Accordltis: it UiD lot data, there was less than Srtj.OOH.u-JO wortli of silver mined every ji-ar in tlie United States. Or that rum, $30,-OOJ.000 $30,-OOJ.000 was coined, $5,01.000 used in the arts, and only $17,000,000 could be ufed in free coinase. It wa? to l reniimbeml that the National Na-tional InnU circulation was lvlug retired, tbeanjouut to be n'tired U113 yearfctiag '10,000,000. Dumb wi ut on to i-pcak of the silver sil-ver bill In connection w ith the ijues-tion ijues-tion of protection. Tlie Senate w as apjUed to ycr-tenlay by the Mrnatcr from New York (liiscock) aj-aliif-t the bill, In the sicivd name of protection. pro-tection. Silver was an American I nxluct.a much larger product than many ethers that were to be protected protect-ed by duties of 00 or 300 jur cent, uudtrthc tariirbill. He would like to ak the senator from Ncr York, who wres w aasloua AUorT IXJltFJGN COMMHtCl, what he Intended to do with the tariil bill, which would prevent the United States from linvim- any foreign for-eign commcrec lie- tiopnl he might interpret the senator's remarks re-marks ou that uiut as a hopeful augury au-gury to the action of that ecuator In liulting his knife into th- bill jaw-before jaw-before the flnnnc-V.nmltlee a bill hlch SoSiid ralw; tlie rice of nearly near-ly everythlngused by the masses of the people. The silver bill was then laid aside, and the senate took up the bill to authorize Marijsxa county, Arizona, Arizo-na, to ist-ue bonds in aid of railroad construction. The bill was jweil yeas, .!6; najs, K,. It is a Huum-bill, Huum-bill, and was latrsed without any amendment. A meKsagc from the rrt-idcnl. relating re-lating to tlie landing of an armed force from a revenuecutterat Cedar Key, Fla., was read and referred to the committee on judiciary. Wasiiixoton, June 0. In the House the rilvir M-at-j Ta- n sumed. 1-aceytla.) said the country was met by a contraction of the currency. curren-cy. The lending bill proposed to give the country au increase to offset off-set the contraction, and even more. It was practically a free coinage bill. The outit of the mints was !,. 000,000. The fiee coinage of cVery dollar of Araerlcnn silver would be about JJl.OOJ.noo, yet this bill proposed pro-posed to yive $51,000,000 a year o' legal tender treasury iicte". 'twas a free coinage mi-sire, because it provided tl.-i when silver was at par, .he mints mould 1 oi-u to free coinage. Tlie country needed an ixpaiuion to the currency In a safe way, and this bill provided forlL Walker 1 J!a.j spoke against free coinige. He asserted Uiat the demonetization of silver was not tlie caue of the decrease In prices. I rices had been going down for a hundred years. Mure money meant more misery. Perkins I Kas.- remarked that In that connection we all love mlety. Walkeraddwlthat he was goin-to goin-to vote ror the pending bill, U-cau-S the members of the House from ISGS up to the present time, for th. pur-ox; of getting lack here, had IV :? lid cnturaK"l the ple in ther folly until they bad conie to such a stale of mind that something must be done or they would r.RKAK THE JIEJILER3 Cf. Ijughter. It was pure poUUe; that was all there was about It. ' lllount (Ga.) contended that sll- verdemonetliatlou had cost a blicht- capltalUts. To Increase the volume of circulation wras the onlv way to relieve not only the agricultural in-terest, in-terest, but every other Interest in the country. He criticized the treasury bill, declaring that It was intended to stop further coinage of silver. It was a Wall Street measure. meas-ure. He also criticized the caucus bill and advocated a free coinage measure. ill.tnd said he could only defecd the right of a member of the minority minor-ity to offer an amendment. The gag law was placed uyen the minority minor-ity for the purpose of passing a bill through the Hou-e, the effect of which was to demonetize silver. Tlie bill was a Wall street scheme, ami a -old bugschemetocliangethe ratio hetneen gold and allver. It recognized Ulver bullion according to its old value. Fllvtr was being raunlerr-J In Ihe Jfoii-e by lU frlnjiK He specially criticised the bullion redemption clause, arguing that It would prevent any appreciable expansion ex-pansion of the currency. It would bold out a teaipuition to the secretary secre-tary of the treasury to make a million dollars out of speculation In Wall street. The free colnageofsilvcr would not only appreciate silver bullion, but DEPRECIATE (KJUI J1CU.ION and bring the two metaUtoa parity. The government must either Issue Gat money or give unlimited use to gold and silver. Kerr(Ia.) advocated the bill as a long step in the right direction. It would result in the rcmouetizatloir of silver and in the two metals ul timately going hand in hand. Townsend (Cain.) Mid prosperity would not return and the downward course of prices, would not lie arrested ar-rested until silver was returned to Its proper place. The only complete and j-rfecl remedy was to'reverse the action of 1S73 and go back to the free cciuage and unlimited coinage of silver. -Darsey (Neb.) said that If Secretary Secre-tary Windoin had purchased and carried the maximum of silver allowed al-lowed under the existing laws (four millions per mouth) there would liavc been no need ot this discussion and he would liave strengthened the admini-tratloiiofrresidi-ntHarrison. To that section of the f-ubsitute which provides for bullion ree!em-tiou ree!em-tiou Dorsey empliatically ol-jected. Would It not be better to cover the redemption fund with the treasury and use It ac a art of tli'j CIKCUJATIXCi MCMt si, and In case a United States note were presented for redeui tiou and there was no money t 'J meet the demand, de-mand, allow the Secretary to sell bon.Is to meet the demand? The Imllion redemf tion feature should be stricken cut, and heap-ice'cd his side of the House to allow n vote ou the proposition. Mcttae (Ark.) ap-alcd to the gentlemen ou the other side who believed In free coinage to restore silver to its jms-r jilace, not step by step, but as it was destroyed, in oiiejnnip. The House at 5 o'clock took a re cess until evening. At tlie evening cs!ou of the House 'he silver debate was continued. con-tinued. Among the speikcrs were llarnes, Iane (Ills.), Shlvcly and Holman. Till. Illltl'll.s. Kr-olulinns Aitoplnl at Itie Nrsro I'ouferenee TeMrrdny. Lake MoiiawI.-, N. Y., June f. At the oj iiIuk of tlm pjornlng sccslon of Ihe negro roliference the eAecutlvc conimittee presented a series of re-solutions urging education educa-tion as the keynote of the situation. Judge Tourgcc poko on -'The nfrm"s v!iu- nf 111., mi-., .mrttnn ' aud - resented a series of resolutions much more radicnl thin thee of the committee. Hon. Andrew 1). Wiiitcsaid that he believed in a j-eaceful solution of the race probhan, atnl rntel tho defect of the lilack bill. Ottier address's ad-dress's were by John Olenn, of I'tltim ire, Ciencral Ilriukerhoff, of Hhio, Cieueral t). O. Howard, of New York, aud Kdna U. Cheney.of Ito-ten. At the closing session tonight a lengthy set of resolutions was adopted. They recite tlie encourag-iugprogrcsoof encourag-iugprogrcsoof the ii"gro race, and ssy that lib ot.ier race ever made mii.1i industrial progresi, in twenty-live twenty-live j cars. Much remains to v done, but there is ready material and mental imi rovcuicnt in the race, and a growing tendency to self-help on tlnir iart gho hope. "We tvlievt: the. welfare ol the country rcqulns that the negro live in relations of -rood will and mutual confidence with his white neighbors, neigh-bors, and only on principles of justice jus-tice n such, relations be maintained." main-tained." To this end, Till: CONIKHIO r.ECOMMlLNlW: First Increased facilities for industrial in-dustrial training, not only in the trades, but O'tei.illy lit improved agriculture, and for girls in household house-hold duties. We believe in education, educa-tion, and urge all school authorities to ue industrial training, not In order to r-iaVe the ncgrn a mere. toiler, but to make nobler manhood and womauhood by thediscipliue of Intelligent iaor. Second The family i a good unit ofsociety. The Chrl-tian home Is a great civllizer. Ultimately in the home of the colored people the problem of the colored race will to solved. The girls and women of the race must determine tlie char-aeterortlio char-aeterortlio negro homes. All influences in-fluences which tend to the purltv, iptelllg'ncr; and beauty ol the home and the ennobling of tlie women of the negro race should be systematically systemati-cally fostered. We believe the one-room one-room cabin Is a social cup- of tin-negro tin-negro race, as Utile tcpe-3 of the tn-dlin tn-dlin and the oVcaniwded tenement rojlns of our cllii-s slums. This conference earnestly nrj-f-8 tl'e i'p bulldlnt! rr wholesome, cleanly, Intelligent In-telligent Christian homes, the inculcation incul-cation of sound temperance principles and pmitlce as of the greatest Imiortance to tlie race and to the upbuilding of such homes all friends of the negro in all parts ofthe land arc uracil to use every etrert. Third We rccogniSe most gratfc-fully gratfc-fully the noble irork for the education educa-tion of the race alrtaily done by the people of the States where II vo most of our COIjnED FELLOW-CITIZE-.S. Rut this is only a good beginning. The common schools should lie mide more effective, n greater num l-er of colorcxl teachers must be siill more enirl-n'Iy triliicd taddll!on-ll "normal scliools. Higher education must be Qgen to the most cinoile negroes. Through education Is our hois; fur this raev. as for all races. Fourth To develo-ic the character charac-ter of true manhood and wonnn-liool wonnn-liool Is tho olje-?t alike of education, free government and Christian civilization civ-ilization Weespeelally urire Upon 1! who deal with the negroes that they study to promote self-reliant morality. The credit system, with store jay and a lieu upon the croirs, lia3 hi uulformly showu it to be harmful that we urge its avoidance wherever possible. Fifth To promote those habits of thrift and productive economy which must underlie the acquisition of property and ownership of Ian J.tis well as alt advance In clvlliiition, wo urge tlie establishment by the Unitist Slates Government of a postal savings system. Sixth For the cttalnmentoiibi-se ends we look to tho enlightened Christian reullment of the -roplc of all parts of our country. To the unselfish service of helping the negro to help himself In education educa-tion an I morality and In religion and thus In civilization and in fitness fit-ness of citizenship, vo fraternally Invite all ourfellow-cltizensof what-everrace what-everrace who love thelrcountrvand their Savior. Shot by yiUtnhr. ttJes-City. Mo., JuneC iary Bi-ht E1 IS, last nl-rht i.hi ,mortI1J wounded his brotber Edmund, aged H, misLil. Ins blm for a burglar. mti" Tlie ;ieuotnlnee Trouble. r.7-iV?fCS:- June --The fait rrgardiug the reported uprising of Indians on Menominee reservation ithaSC3.lA8ent J"0"Jigrrefu lOTacafethe ageRCy, Bfiil,,J5 the property lias not been recelpteil fur. lie was, however, suspended by Inspector Chesney. It Is a matter mat-ter of current report that a conspiracy conspir-acy exbts to eject the government oalelals from the reservation; that the Indians will not hesitate to use force, and that there Is a regularly organized plan for a defiance of the government. While Inspector Chesney win not say anything as to tne government's intentions iu tlie event of Jen uiogs' refusal to vacate. it Is understood that troops are alout to be called to assist In expelling tho stubborn agent Later Tonight It is reported that ex-Agent Jennings has vacated the agency, but tlie Indians are still intractable, in-tractable, and serious trouble Is feared if ICebey endeav.Ts to take possession. In aidition to their distaste dis-taste for the new agent, they are enraged en-raged over tho passage In Congress of a bill providing for the sale of the pine on their reservation, claiming that It is an attempt to defraud them. Tbo Mlver Committee Ideas. WABiuseiTOS, June 0. The National Na-tional executive silver committee today adopted a resolution to the effect that In caseacatlsfactory measure mea-sure for a full rctoratloit of silver to its former place as a money metal Is-not Is-not enacted, It will call a national silver convention, in which the Fanners' Alllince and all other in dustrial organizations will be Invited In-vited to join witli the blmetallets everywhere, with a view to sinking politics and making the silver fiues-tlon fiues-tlon the controlling issue in future campaigns, particularly in the Con-greselonal Con-greselonal districts in tne next elec-tiun. elec-tiun. The committee regards with unalterable, disfavor any bulliou rede ui tion revision. |