The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-04-15
MIR. BUM INTERVIEWED.
HE GIVES A GOOD DIAGNOSIS OF
TIE SITUATION,
The Republicans Will Do All They Can
To Pave Their Way to Future Con.
troll OF fCongress--Tryingt to Humiliate
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WASHINGTON, D. c. April 12.-Hon.
II. Bum, the member from the 4th
District, is rapidly gaining the conf
tence and esteem Of the wisest of his
colleagues and ''learning the ropes"
here. Experience is one of the main
requisites OF Congressman, and when
North Carolina sends man here of Mr..
Bunn's ability. his constituents owe it TO
themselves and to him to send him here |
a sufficient number of terms to get the |
required experience. Speaking of Con-
gressional life, and other matters ger
name to that subject, Mr. Bum said to
your correspondent
There are many things connected with |
1t that are pleasant. We meet the rep
resentative men from all over the Uni |
ted States, and form the closest ties of
friendship, which will in after wears. be |
among the happy memories of the past;
but situated as we are now, it is most
trying. Under our code of rules, we
have no individual rights. The auto
crat, who occupies the chair, will recog-
nlze no one unless he knows what he
wants, and if he is not sure, he will
ask: "What does the gentleman rise for?'
And upon his response depends his right
to proceed. If it be some matter, to
which the speaker is opposed, be is
passed by, and some one else recognized,
and our rights are absolutely trampled
under foot The individual representa-
tive has left him only the
right to vote. Even the poor
privilege of refusing to take part in leg
islation to which he is opposed, is for
the first time in the history of Congress
sioral legislation denied him. This is
humiliation which | do not care to
stand but have no remedy.
The Humiliation of the South.
Again, my constituents will expect
| more from me than | can Sc cure-for
| they do not realize as | do, that the es-
pecial mission of the present admins
| tration from the President down, is the
| humiliation of the South. II is their
purpose to force US to bend the plant
| knee at their dictation"
No Tariff Reduction.
|
ducti0ns
need not repeat n detail what has
been SO often and we'll said about the
Fiftieth Congress, that lit will set
tie the vexed question of how shall W,
dispose of the surplus" They will vote
the Treasury dry by vast appro priations
The Mckinley tariff bill is drawn will
much tsffy, and absolutely no reliet t
our section. stand quarely on the dem
ocratic platform ana believe that w
should levy tariff for revenue only
with incidental protectection; and whei
this bill comes before the House | shall
do everything in my power to amend it
SO as to relieve my )ple as far as posi-
ble, but | cannot fatter them with tn
hope OF success. may say therefore that
in my opinion. there is no hope of relief
J and as to the tobacco tax, nOtWithstand
ing the promises of the Republican party
it is doubtful whether they will do any
thing in this direction.
The Currency Question.
What are your views of the currenc
question and what will be the prObabl
legislation on that subject?
81 think the volume of currency shoul
4 be increased by the free and unlimite
coinage of silver and the issue by th
g Government Of legal tender notes, CON
monty called greenbacks, to supply th
I IpIace of National bank notes, when n
/ deemed, and that the last vestige {
II the National banking system shout
] be wiped out when their charters eXpr.
9 and that the government should, liz a.
dition, issue a sufficient amount of OF
. money to relieve the wants Of our RAJ
idly increasing population, instead {
:, constantly contracting the currency ye;
after year. These matters are all be:o
y Congress, and shall use my most ca
nest effort to secure their passage, but
can I tell with what success they W
meet
The Sub-TTeasury Plan.
"What are your views on the su
:. treasury plan z
81 ~s'Some relief seems imperatively
'e manded by, and absolutely necessary f
r our great agricultural interests, al
ID without going fully into details as
esd the merits of any Of the various bi
er offered, | shall only say that shall
to | vor the passage of any bill that W
grant relief to the tolllng millions e
gagged in agriculture.
et The Federal Election Law.
ut What will be done as to the Fedel
10 election law
r. My idea is that everything is bel
ds done by the majority to pave the way
d, it's passage. We had been in session
,e. two months before code of rules v
"a, adopted, and the reason for this long
IL lay is found in the fact that Speal
as Reed could not get his party up to
point of passing the rules, and hel
they were delayed till they couldr
81. drilled and made to believe tnat the c
gencies of party overrode constitutio
precedents Or patriotism; and when
''doubting Thomases' had been whipl
lal into line, they were promptly presen
ug and passed. 1t was necessary, thereto
ne to strengthen the Republican side Of
ow House, for it was known that some OF
Republicans were opposed to many
the radical changes TO be propo-
hence the systimatic turning out
Democrats and seating Republics
which is now, and has been going
since the location Of the Worlds Fai
der Chicago. ct IS significant fact
and only one of these cases was pressed
ned fore the first vote on the question Of
is cation for the fair When they s