Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-09
IT MAY BECOME LAW.
General Warner Thinks the McC0mas
Bill Most Likely to Pass.
HE DOES NOT OBJECT TO IT.
As He Believes Congress Should Have Con-
troll of Such Matters.
STILL TALKING FOR FREE SILVER

General A. j. Warner, of Marietta, O..
was in the city on business yesterday and
stopped at the Seventh Avenue Hotel.
General Warner for several terms served
the Fifteenth Congressional district at
Washington. He is an ardent Democrat,
and well known as an advocate of the free
coinage of silver. In 1886 he was defeated
by General Grosvenor, OF Athens, and since
then has been devoting his attention to pro-
fessional affairs.
General Warner is a tall, straight, broad
shouldered man, with strong face and
gray hair and full beard, a man of striking
individuality and OF clean-cut speech. His
county, Washington, has been placed in a
strongly Democratic district, and he is
talked of as a candidate again. He said
yesterday that he was not a candidate; that
his business engagements will not permit
him to take any longer an active interest in
political affairs. He continues to be close
observer OF party matters and the course of
legislative affairs. To reporter for The
DISPATCH ne said yesterday:
THINKS TWILL BECOME LAW.
II think the McComas bill will be passed
gressional elections in Ohio this fall will be
held in the old districts. I think there is
no question about the right OF Congress to
make or alter the rules for the election of
members of Congress at any time. The
States can hx the rules for the election of
Legislators, but the right seems to be re-
served to Congress to make regulations re-
specting the time, place and manner of
electing members CT Congress. Should the
McComas bill pass, the elections will un-
doubtedly be thrown back into the old dis
tricts. l think there is 10 disagreement
among constitutional lawyers as to this
power of Congress. 1 say nothing of the
policy of such measure, further than that
something should be done to stop this ever
lasting gerrymandering for partisan ends
solely.
Really, as Democrat, see no hurt to
come from this bill to the Democratic party.
This same Legislature would redistrict
under the new apportionment, and while it
would be compelled to make compact dis
tricts, as it ought to do anyway, it would
secure fair representation to the Demo
Gratis for the ten years to come.
OF FAR MORE IMPORTANCE.
1.-THE question of most importance to the
country just now," continued General War
ner, sis the passage of the silver bill by
Congress. The Jones bill is satisfactory
bill. and while not free coinage, would un-
doubtedly lead 10 free coinage. The tariff
bill will not stop the all of prices, for while
it is doubtless true that under free trade the
prices of most products would fall, still
tariff will not raise or even maintain the
present level of prices. Prices depend on
money volume, and as long as there is
shrinkage in money volume relatively to
population and wealth prices will continue
to fall. There is no way to prevent that but
to provide Tor adequate money supply to
meet the needs OF growing population,
and that must be done by restoring silver"