Show CONGRESS EXTRA SESSION SENATE by W to tb washington may 23 abo sa ante took up the bill making ary coina exchangeable for lawful money ofilio united states and to make such coins legal tenders in sums up to twenty dollars the committee amendment to substitute ten for twenty was dig ceased the bill was supported by bayard booth ferry and kornan and opposed by edmunds and thur the morning hour having expired the bill went over without action and the senate took up the contagious disease bill HOUSE atkins from the committee oi appropriations reported back the senate amendments to the legislative appropriation bill and stated that ie was instructed to therein it was hardly necessary ho said to give a reason for that instruction there were some of the amendments in which would not under other circumstances concur such as the increase of salaries of senate officials from 20 to per cent anoro than the salaries of of the corresponding employees of the giouse this increase amounted to over the senate had made no amendments to the political features of the bill the amendments were concur redin alie speaker called tho committees for reports of a private nature at the expiration of tha morning hour the house ret resumed umed consideration of the warner silver bill cannon then his amendment which caruer accepted and thus modified was adopted 97 to 88 the question recurred on alie tenth section providing that alter the passage of this act the to such foreign governments as lie may deem that the united states is ready to co onerato with other nations to establish a common ratio between gold and silver conger moved to strike out tie words after the passage of this act because congress wanted the president to do that very thing some tiro laughter i warner elated that he had tion to striking out those worda bit on motion of reagan the whole section was stricken after more discussion during which warner greatly to the acuto benl of the into saying the would get the from coinage a which ho afterwards baid was a lamfus linguai he said his amendment won so framed that the government gets the profit jobeson IQ you iia cents for bullion worth 85 cents and do you not therefore pay a of ja cents to owners of bullion warner answered in tho negative kobron I put it to the judgment of every reasonable man warner consented to strike out the word rated from the amendment conger why have we to strike out ono by one all cheso words in favor of the jobeson Ko beson if the gentleman wanted to satisfy anybody let him strike out the word rated and the words legal tender value warnar oil that H another thing I have tt ricken out the word a ted cannon proceeded to reduce the he had indicated to writing |