the basis of its currency that it needs only a formal agreement between the two houses of Congress: on an unimportant detail to pass a bill which establishes this standard. Following that, only the siguature of the President is needed to have the measure become law, ai that will be quickly given, The vote in the Senate which recently passed the bill shows that it received the support of every Republican save one. It fixed unalterably the position of the Republican party on the money question and it marks the end of the division within the party on the question, a division that has previously marked off the. men who for themselves or their constituents are interested in silver mines—ns supporters of at least a bimetallic standard, The House passed a bill that differs from that of the Senate only in minor detail. The usual conference committee from both houses was. appointed nnd the final bill as it issued from this committee is to be voted upon by the Senate to-morrow.
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