| Show I 1 the fiher bill in committee Commit let washington mar 10 the ilou inoue e committee on coinage weights and measures arain had under consideration the windom silver bill aud and bufor in mally ally caf eed upon it four members of the committee absent A number of amendments were offered but only two were adopted one was the addition of a provision to section sect ion five thia this section makes it the duty of the se so detary of the treasury to refuse deposits of silver when the market price shall exceed one dollar tor for 25 grains of pure silver the amendment provides the tree free coinage of silver whenever the price of silver reaches the price mentioned above the other amendment added to section 2 provides that nothing in the act ct shall be construed to change th the 0 legal tender quality of the standard silver dollar final action was postponed butil monday |
