New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-30
RICKNER AND BLAND.
WHAT THEIR FINANCIAL VIEWS ARE.
sucKyEg TO ATTACK THE NATIONAL BANKS-SLAND
FOR FREE COINAGE OF SILVER

srcKSER TO ATTACK THE NATIONAL BANhs-olA4>D
FOR FREE COINAGE OF SILVER
lsr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNBI
w.surxcroS Dec 29.-Speaker Carllsle's tax
svitb Messrs Buokner and Bland before ne decluou
90 Give them charge of the Committees OF Banking
and Currency and of Coinage, Welghts anu
Measures respectively. seems not to have Oeeh pro-
ductiye of enduring good results. lie appears "
have been mistaken when, IN his apOlogeuc uo-
fence of their appointment, he said he knew nov
+bey feel on financial subjects" and that they wiz
do nothing hostile to the financial interests Vi Sno
countrv.o So sure did the Speaker seem to be that
he declared that BANDS appointment "does not
necessarily mean the continued coinage OF silver"
PINT Nessrs Buckner and Bland are not men VINO
ASSEMBLE. If they made the Speaker any promises
of good behavior they do not mean TO be bound oy
them. -, n,,,ze
Mr. Bnokner is using his time during the holiday
recess 10 prepare bills which look TO the early de
struction of the National banking system-whloh
he frankly comedies is the best the country mas
ever had. The measures he proposes, II auopteu'
will virtually declare 1.-The National banks must
COZ and the chairman of the Banking and Our
rency Committee viii view their departure with no
regrets. His measures will also mean that clipped
dollars are to be forced upon the people, and ne
does not care to try to conceal the fact.
Nov, comes Chairman Bland, the father OF the
"bnzzard0 dollars, with equal frankness. lie was
asked today it, In his opinion any act for the re-
striction of silver coinage will be passed this ses-
sion. With hearty emphasis he replied: NO. SIR
not much. suppose efforts will DO made in that
direction, but when the enemies of silver see that
thew can neither stop nor restrict its coinage below
the existing law, perhaps they will consent to the
sensible solution of the whole question-unlimIted
coinage. Silver only suffers in comparison with
gold now because it is restricted, debarrod' DIS
credited and kicked about by law. Provide for I'M
limited coinage aud 1t will then be equal to gold IN
all respects We must come TO that eyentu-
ally. and the sooner the better" This Is
o1ain talk. The wonder is how the Speaker
fell into so gross an error respecting Mr.
BANDS views as TO suppOse-n he did-that
that stateman would ever consent to restriction
of the coinage of unnecessary dollars.
BLAND AND THE TRADE DOLLAR,
Chairman Bland "supposes" the trade dollars
will have to be redeemed and recoined, =" If we can
get them without paving too much for them" On
This point he is sensitive for he says; III partles
have bought them up at bullion value ana want 10
sell them to the Government at par would say let
them keep the trade dollars. If we can get them IN
Them over Mr.. Bland did not say what he would
regard as reasonable figures" or whether nc
would consider trade dollar with bullion value
of gS or 90 cents equivalent to "buZzard doIiaI
with a bullion value of considerably less thah 6O
cents.