Show washington WHIPS I 1 I 1 itlie the smooth work of or the coinage committee Com mitlee FREE 11 IBE THE THROES what they propose to do with thi the re I 1 u a t 0 bill what kill will lh lite dot do hork odthe two houses SILVER bomse question qUEST IOL what the politicians and lobb ire doin pro and con washington feb 18 before the coinage committee commit teo warner of ohio called attention to the charge that the advocates of fre free coinage e were not willing to be quest questioned and stated that be he was willing to answer any in queries which might be made walker asked if he be were not the bead of the national elver executive committee and when warner responded in the affirmative walker inquired how bow much money had been expended to promote silver legislation newlands interrupted with the remark that he had given a statement of the expenditures to the silver pool investigating committee and head warner not to answer the question warner declined to give the amount but declared five dollars had been expended by the gold pool anil and the bank pool for every dollar spent by the silver men warner declared he represented no pool and eaid said he had been advocating the tile cause of silver ever since be he bad had learned of its walker several times pressed warner for information as to hia his knowledge of the existence of any gold pool or bank pool poo warners War nere response tee ponee was in effect that be he had no knowledge except that which was in the public press the acting secretary 0 of 1 the treasury in answer to the senate sana te resolution says the basis on which he lie estimates the maket price of silver is daily quotations of silver in london new york and san francisco the mark market at price the secretary estimates from a comparison of these prices and the prices at wb lab silver is offered for sale to the government the rule being to accept the lowest joffere kofl ers provided they do not materially exceed the highest market price in the three named cities nettleton further that no silver bullion has been purchased by the government outside of the united states but undoubtedly lare large quantities of foreign silver bullion lave been delivered to the government on purchases made from parties residing in the united states washington feb 18 if the pro gramme agreed upon today to day bythe by the framme house louse coinage coinage committee to govern I 1 its is action upon the 8 nate bill is carried out 1 it will make it impossible to pass that tha t bill the lima time it the president declines either to ap approve rove or disapprove if the period of time between I 1 friday I 1 and 1 d noon march ath is just one hour 1 less ess than the period lod of ten days exclusive af sun sunday ay that tho the president will be permitted to retain the bill without returning it to Con congress grese THE smie 0 W washington feb IS 18 A number of pension pen ion bills passed including bills bill increasing in real ng the pensions of the widows of general ouster cueter admiral wilkes and general daniel ullman to a month the copyright bill was then taken up and the sherman amendment to admit copyrighted books etc printed in foreign countries on payment of the tariff duties s was agreed to as was also the amendment by frye requiring t that hat maps dramatic or musical c compositions om positions engravings cuts prints photographs chiomos ch romos or lithographs be printed from plates executed in the united states and the amendment by ingalls exempting newspapers and periodicals from the prohibition of importation the bill then passed yeas 36 nays days 14 the senate then proceeded r to a co consideration ration of a an substitute at I 1 uto for the house bill providing for the adjudication and payment of claims arising from indian depredations depredation on abote a vote being taken on edmunds edmund motion to strike out section 3 no quorum voted and the sonata took a recess until U t p in TUE THE HOUSE E washington feb 18 in the general debate today toay to day belmont emont of 0 beor gia argued against the shipping bill an and kerr of iowa tor for it cummings of new York advocated bis his resolutions protesting proto prot eting eating against the persecution of the jews in russia oferrall oferral I 1 of virginia argued against the abi shipping n g bill I 1 11 in course of bis his r remarks omar gi he touched upon the silver question aw declared duc lured grover cleveland was deeper down in the hearts of tile democracy odthe of the country than any other living man whatever might be his life position today on the oliver silver coinage when the national convention spoke in 1803 1892 he would endorse the principles of the platform whatever they might be without disposing of the bill the committee arose and the route adjourned jour ned representative clinio from the committee on public buildings and grounds today to day ilay reported report dd to the ahouee the senate bill increasing the limit of the cost for the site of the tile public buildings building ein in san francisco by MO with an amendment increasing the limit to what remains after the tile site 1 la purchased is to be used to commence the construction of the building this bill is similar in effort to the tile bill reported from the same committee january h sweer of idaho today to day il tl a resolution the pream preamble tle of 0 which eels sets forth that certain national banks are refusing to loan money axce t upon contracts payable in gold which tends 40 the discredit of the currency of the country the resolution thero therodore th roro fore provides that any national bank attempting to degrade dethe ithe currency of the country by demanding idius other than lawful money shall forfeit its chir chute tei the pr president eident approved the joint resolution to correct an error of punctuation in he the tariff act relating to binding twine etc the census office haa his in press a bulletin showing tho general enrollment in the public schools be tools 0 of arizona a california connecticut district of columbia maine blaine maryland massachusetts chu chua ette Mo montana utana north Caro carolina llna ohio oklahoma couth routh dakota vermont virginia wyoming and 83 I 1 x I 1 1 I I 1 cities M es the moat most striking showing of t the he bulletin is the comparative gr growth 0 ath of population and public school enrollment in BOW now hampshire maine and vermont however t there here has been a slight decline in t the he fab public lle school enrollment the relative gain n is generally the greatest in the south but the phenomenal extreme ot of gain ala in population and school enrollment ment ia is shown in south bakata acting secretary nettleton has a amended mended the treasurer regulations relating to the free entry of sugar a 83 as to require semples represented ia in the shade bade of color known as 14 D S instead of 16 15 D S si to be furnished to the examiners of sugar for use in determining ter inz the dividing lines between sugars which may be delivered free upon examination at the tile warf and those which shall be held for further examination |