Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-18
UNLOCK THAT DOOR"
The Doorkeeper Wouldn't and Kill
gore Of Texas Kicked 1t Open.
EXCITEMENT in THE HOUSE.
Secretary WINDOWS Policy Crit
icized in the Senate.
Mr.. PLUMB CALLS FOR INFORMATION.
SENATE.

Mr.. Voorhees, introduced q bill to retire the
circulation of the national banks, to issue legal
tender notes in lieu thereof and to reduce the
interest-bearing debt Referred to the COM
mittee on finance.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr.
Plumb to recommit the bankruptcy bill to the
judiciary committee with instructions to amend
it SO as to provide for voluntary bankruptcy
only was taken up and at the suggestion of
MIR. Hoar went over till tomorrow.
INFORMATION WANTED OF SECRETARY WINDOW
Mr.. Plumb offered resolution directing the
Secretary Of the Treasury to inform the Sem
ate whether the rule or policy Of his depart
ment which requires the payment OF checks of
silver bullion over the counter of the SUBJ
treasury instead of through the proper clear
ing house does not result in paying out notes
Of the larger denominations instead of those
suited FOR circulation and use in ordinary busi-
ness transactions, and whether such method of
payment does not result in the payment of
gold instead Of Treasury notes.
AS REASON FOR oFFEHISa THE RESOLUTION
Mr.. Plumb sent to the clerks desk and had
read a letter from q member Of New York
banking house stating facts as to the payment
of such checks and venturing the prediction
that the silver question is not finally settled
and that New York speculation and accum ula-
tions OF silver threaten TO arouse it. Bank
Withdrawals OF Treasury gold (the writer says)
will be seized upon by certain influential jour
mails here unscrupulously. break in the mar
ket price of silver (and that threatens) at
such a time will equal proof of holy writ in
support of fears"
In the course of a discussion on the resolu-
tion MIR. Plumb spoke of the conspicuous il
lustration that had taken place within the last
few weeks of the impolicy of allowing the
Treasury Department. to obstruct or accelerate
the business of the country. For years the
Treasury Department, he said. had boarded
money and during all that time the volume of
currency had been constantly decreasing on
account OF the withdrawal of national bank
notes.
CRITIcIsINa SECRETARY WINDOWS POLICY.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has seen the
business of the county hampered on account
Of that lack of money, but he had waited until
panic was impending-not a stock-broker
panic. but a stringency Of money that affected
the banks OF all the cities and seriously inter-
fered with the operations Of ordinary business
And then what had the Secretary done? He
government bonds under such circumstances
as to enable them land not him) to control
the money supply of the country during their
pleasure. The money which few days ago
had been in the Treasury and which coulG have
been put out ut the will of the Secretary was
bonds to the amount OF S20O00 0O0 And it
was perfectly safe to say that those men having
that money would use it to benefit themselves
and not In the interest Of the people Nothing
but an overwhelming calamity would divorce
the Treasury from such malicious Interference
with the business Of the country.
Mr. Stewart said that he could not conceive
any reason why checks given for the purchase
Of silver bullion should not 60 through the or
binary channels OF trade in the same way as
other checks did
Mr.. Allison said that as he understood the
law for the purchase Of silver bullion 1t re-
CURED the Secretary Of the Treasury to pay
Treasury notes for it and not checks
MR.. SHERMAN SAID
that, while he had no objection to the resolu-
tion, that which had been done had been done
in strict execution Of the law. The Secretary
OF the Treasury had no right to pay for SILVER
bullion IN anything but Treasury notes. Those
treasury notes had been issued in large de-
nominations.
There had been only q very short time to
prepare for the execution of the law and
sufficient amount of Treasury notes of small
denominations could not be prepared. Those
large notes necessarily did not enter into the
general circulation OF the country. lie CHr.
Sherman) doubted the policy of paying years
interest on bonds in advance.
The financial scare was
MANUFACTURED SCARE,
1t had been got up brokers, by bulls and
BEARS and various kinds of animals who prac-
ticed their trade on the exchange of New York.
There was, he admitted, a great demand for
money now for moving the cotton and grain
crops and perhaps to pay for an Increased
quantity OF foreign goods imported in order to
evnde higher duties under the new tariff law.
Merchants had. to use vulgar expression
bitten off more than they could chew" and
were skinnng around to borrow money
All these things Mr.. Sherman said, would
settle themselves in a little while. There was
no real serious financial disturbance In the
country 1t was confined to the citv of New
York. He thought that things should be let
go on they were and that the Secretary of
the Treasury should be permitted to use his
discretion.
MR.. PLUMBs RESOLUTION AGREED TO.
After further discussion Mr.. Plumb's resolu-
ton was agreed to.
The Vice President announced his having
signed the river and harbor bill.
BILLS PASSED.
The calendar was then taken ND for an
hour and. the following bills among others
were passed.
Senate bill to provide for the sale of certain
New York Indian lands in Kansas.
Senate bill to extend the jurisdiction of the
Supreme Court OF the United States, as the
same Is defined in section TOO of the Revised
Statutes, to include the Judgment and DEGREES
OF the highest courts Of The Cherokee, Creek.
Seminole, Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of
Indians. respectively.
Senate bill appropriating $4,000 for public
building at Nevada, No.
House bill to amend the articles of war rela-
tive to punishment on conviction by courts
martial.
Senate bill to provide for the inspection of
iive cattle, hogs and the carcasses and products
thereof which are the subjects of interstate
commerce.
Senate bill referring to the Court of Claims
the claim OF the Washington iron works for
an increase Of cost in building the monitor
Lenapee.
The hour assigned to the calendar having
expired the bill TO establish United States
land court was taken up. but owing to the alb
sence Qhrough sickness) of Mr.. Edmunds, who
has charge Of the bill, it went over till tomor-
row.
PROPOSED STATUE TO ROBERT DALE OWEN.
MT. Voorhees, introduced q bill (which was
referred to the library committee) appropriat-
ing $4,000 for statue to Robert Dale Owen
in the grounds OF the Smithsonian institution
Mr.. Owen having introduced and secured the
enactment OF the law to establish the institu-
tion, having been the chairman OF its first
board OF regents and having devoted many
years OF has life to its organization and success
TO REVIVE THE GRADE OF LIKurExANr GENERAL.
day having been assigned to unobjected
cases on the calendar, the following bills were
(among others) passed:
30, a. - l. a.