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Show THE SILVER FIGHT COMMENCES. Several Bills I'nder Committee Fire Bland's Bill Adversely Reported, Re-ported, 1 to 5. Washington, February 16. The silver fight was renewed in the House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures yesterday. The bill entitled "An act to maintain the purity of silver and gold," was introduced as a substitute for all other bills on the silver sil-ver question. It provides that as the faith of the United States is pledged to the restoration of silver On an equality with gold, that the President be authorized to make treaties with foreign powers to open their mints to the free coinage coin-age of stiveretc, and appoint commissioners commission-ers to make negotiations. After a warm discussion, the. bill was defeated by a vote of nine to four. Those voting in the affirmative affirma-tive were: Messrs. James, Hemphill, Rockwell Rock-well and Scott. Those voting in the negative nega-tive were: Messrs. Bland, Lanham, Seymour, Norwood, McCreary, Bynum, Little, Felton, and Fuller. ' - Mr. Hemphill, in order, to discover the sense of the committee, aud at the same time disclaiming sympathy with the object of the bill, moved to report favorably Representative Repre-sentative Regan's bill to provide for the free and ' . UNLIMITED COINAGE OF SILVER. - - The motion was lost yeas i, nays 8. The votes in the affirmative were cast by Messrs. Lanham, McCreary, Bynum and Bland, and those in the negative by Seymour, Hemphill, Hemp-hill, Norwood, Scott, James, Rockwell, Little Lit-tle and Fuller. Representative Bynum then moved to report re-port adversely Representative "Waite's bill to suspend, until further legislative action, so ! much of the act of February 23, 1878, as provided for the coinage of standard silver dollars. Mr. Bynum's motion was lost-yeas lost-yeas 6, nays 6. Those voting in the affirmative affirma-tive were Messrs. Lanham, Norwood, McCreary, Mc-Creary, Bynum, Fuller and Bland. ' Those voting in the negative were Messrs. Seymour, Sey-mour, Hemphill, Scott, James, Rockwell and Little; Representative Felton, of California, Cali-fornia, not present. Representative James then moved to report re-port adversely the bill introduced by Representative Repre-sentative Bland yesterday morning, entitled "A bill for the free coinage of silver, and for other purposes". It provides that the holders of silver bullion shall be entitled to have it coined upon like terms with gold, and that the silver dollars so coined shall be legal tender, etc. It also provides for the repeal of the act authorizing the purchase of silver bullion to be coined monthly into standard silver dollars. Mr. James' motion to report the bill adversely ad-versely was carried yeas 7, nays 5. The detailed de-tailed vote was as follows: Yeas Seymour, Hemphill, Norwood, Scott, James, Rockwell and Little. Nays Lanham, McCreary, Bynum, Fuller and Bland. Representative James will make a majority report, and Representative Bland will make a minority - report recommending the passage pas-sage of the bill. |