The Hazlehurst signal., 1885-10-29
Representative Barksdale's Views on
Lave National Questions.

Mn. O. q. SrEALEr:
DEAR SIN: | will answer your i'll
auirics briefly, M follows:
|. Under the present rules OF the
House of Representative the nppr0-
pria,ion bills very properly have prcce-
dcncc, hut the Chairman of the Com
mit;cc on Appropriations can, nj lls
discretion, exercise the power mus
conferred 80 ns To Obsiriict legislation
mon measures to which lac may he OPP
,.oscd. ltisan extraordinary pcrosi-
tive, Of which he should bc divesicd.
In nv Judgment, the rules should be
amended so az TO provide TINT the
rcucral appropriation bills Except Tie
sundrv Civil and Deficiency biils),
should be controlled by the Standing
COMMITTEES apport,inias to the several
drpartmcnts, which arc presumably
mere conpctrut to deal with them.
z | am not in favor of the suspen-
sion CT the coinage Of the silver dollar.
Whatever may bc the motive of :hosc
who propose il, such step would be
construed by Other nations ~ an ad-
mission by this government That bi,
mctalism- tic use Of both gold ana
silver II, morcy-is failure. Nor
car $50 any sufficient reason why the
INV rrOviding for the issuance o' sli-
yer certificates should bc changed.
Silver coin Is an essential part Of the
Constitutional currency Of the country;
Experience has abundan.ly nticstch
the wisdom Of tire farmers OF The Gov.
crnmcnt in requiring tie coinage y!
of boil, metals. An obstacle To me
addition Of more bullion, ~ som"
propose, To the existing silver dollar,
is dat il is II fixture ~ the contract
between the government and It's crcdi-
tors. To add more grains To IL,
would bc To Increase the burden VI
debt upon the shoulders Of the ,aX-
paycrs. Notwithstanding the unfri"nd-
iy treatment Of 'hc silver dollar ny
those who lave been entrusted with
the executions Oi laws, II has ne. de-
prcciatrd. II the commercial valu" of
The two mctals has widcncd 10y She
apprcciniion of gold. il j. because OF
this uniricndly treatment. Shou'u "
nc found necessary to cqualizc tlcT
values, il might bc done by reducing
the gold dollar. There arc no classca
except these who haze paid iaro'nc',
or whose capital consists OF money,
or un;axcd g0vcramct securities, VINO
would bc benefited by contracting the
currency, and relying upon II gold
basis exclusively. Ii has been wei
sniI that bimctoli,m i, a tradition of
the law of the United States, inter-
woven with all the interests OF the
pcoplc. and am not willing to take
any step, which will lead toa depart
urc from this policy. Honest
money. consisting oi gold AMI silver, y
/. n well settled article of the Dcm-
ocratc creed.
=. am in favor OF such Il change
Of tariffla ~ will CONFORM To thc
Gy,trinc of Il tariff revenue To dciray
tbc cypcn,c Of the government cco-
nomically Administered. Incidental
protection To home industries aSa!"s-
icuI consequence of such -ysicn:
I'm, revenue. ard not protection,
should he the object of the change.
4. The Internal Revenue laws, IN
nv judgment. need no change except
10 economic and simplify the ro.'rc-
lion ofthc tax. The Internal l.cyonln
taN--,!,c tax OH spirits and tobacco
.ir,ds Il revenue Of mere than SlOO,-
10A 600 ,,r annuin. IL repeal Will
render n,cccsSa, - continuation oi .,
the oppressive tax imposed, IA '"''ii
ON the nrrc,>nric, ot life. Tie tax on
the !uxur,c. embraced in the l!tcrnai
Revenue system should bc continued.
The tx on the articles OF necessity
imposed by virtue of the tariff, should
be- reduced.
). Hon. j. e.. Carlisle j. my choice
Tor Speaker. Ills administration ot
the office durin. the i0rty-cighth Con.
rrcss fully met the high expectation ot
the political friends by whom hc was
chosen. and al the CLOSE oi his term n
resolution bearing testimony to the
able and iaithiul manner in which he
had performed the trust, was intro.
duccd by u Republican member ana
was adopted by acclamation. His re-
election should bc II matter Of course.
Yours respectfully,
H.. BARKsDALE.