Omaha daily bee., 1890-12-12
They at Present Occupy the Attention Of
National Legislators.
THE SUCCESSOR TO JUDGE SAVAGE.
A Rumor That Frank Murphy of
Omaha Will be Appointed-The
Original Grccnbacker Dead
miscellaneous.
WASHINGTON BUREAU TIE OMAHA BEE,
5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET,


bill. On the house side the action of the
committee on banking and currency in de-
termining to push the bills giving national
banks the full par value of circulation upon
bonds deposited reducing the minimum of
circulation required for each national bank
to 81, 600 and authorizing the states TO tax
national bank notes, is regarded as evidence
that at least that committee is determined to
have some kind of action upon the national
bank question at this session of congress.
These are all old bills which have been acted
upon favorably by the senate committee and
endorsed by Senator Sherman especially.
There is very little doubt now that
these three bills will become laws
at this session, but just what step will be
taken towards free coinage and what will be
done in any direction to make money more
plentiful is left for the senate. The house
awaits the pleasure of the upper branch of
congress aud expects it to take the initiative.
There is committee of New England mer-
chants in Washington trying to induce Sen
ator Hoar not to press the force bill any
longer, but to give some attention to the
financial legislation pending before congress
on the ground that the situation in the money
centers requires the immediate action of con-
gresS to prevent panic and the ruin of many
merchants and manufacturers who may be
saved If something is done to quiet the
apprehension of the public and settle
values. These gentlemen argue that 1t Is not
so much what congress does as the moral
effect of doing something
Representative Chandler of Massachusetts,
who is an old merchant and is now retired
from business, accompanied the committee
on their call upon the New England senators
and supplemented their remarks by some OBJ
servations of his own to the same effect, that
what the country needed now was not politi
cal legislation but the passage of some meas
ure to relieve the money market.
Today Representative Dorsey of Nebraska,
chairman of the committee on banking and
currency, speaking of the financial situation,
said: "The circulating medium of the coun-
try is too small. Nearly everyone admits
that, but we could get along as we did before
II confidence could be restored, and we hope
to do that and to increase the circulation
somewhat by the bill we will call up. The
banks all have more money, in their
All the western members concur in
that Our little banks have twice
as much money in their vaults as they for
merly carried. The big banks even discount
our bills, and we have to protect ourselves.
Then a great deal of money has been taken
out of banks by people who have become
alarmed at the course of legislation and have
locked their money In safe deposits. A great
deal Of money has been sent abroad to buy
consols. Only the other day man told me
that he had put 81 100000, about all he had,
in English consols. OF course it is foolish,
but people are alarmed"
JUDGE sAvAGE's SUCCESSOR.
1t is rumored tonight in Nebraska circles
that Frank Murphy Of Omaha will be ap-
pointed to the Union Pacific dictatorship
lately occupied by Judge Savage, deceased.
THE ORIGINAL GREENBACKER
Spencer Morton Clark, the man who de-
signed and printed the first greenback, died
at his home near Washington yesterday at
the age of eighty years. He was in the Office
of the supervising architect of the treasury,
when, on August 20, 1862, it was decided to
issue paper money bJ the government. Mr..
Clark suggested the form and design to Secre-
tary Chase and was authorized to organize
the bureau of engraving and printing, which
is now one of the largest establishments
under the government.
FEMALE REFoRMER.
Charlotte Smith, the female labor agitator,
is out with circular, which she was handing
to the senators and representatives today as
the head of the Woman's National league.
She protests against ignoring women on
the worlds fair board and recognizing only
ayers took no part in securing the
representation of women at the
fair except few "parlor meetings."
She gives long list of women such as Helen
Campbell Grace Dodge, Marion Todd and
others distinguished in women's work who
have been ignored to give place to "ladies."
She adds: Gan these women and many
others who represent the industrial women
of the United States have been completely
ignored and only few ladies' of national
reputation have been appointed in cOnSe-
quence of their political influence in the two
leading parties, ignoring completely the great
independent political labor organizations,
such as organized labor, the alliance, the
leagues, the oranges, the knights of Labor,
the federations, the unions, the prohibition
lists, ETC." In conclusion she says that as the
Chicago board Is to be made up Of ''ladies,"
the wage workers will have an industrial
fair of their own, either at Washington or
New York. She appeals to labor leagues,
farmers alliance bodies, ETC., to support this
protest against what she says is an indignity
to working women and u combine for an out
side woman's fair. A "mass meeting" to con-
slider the matter is announced to be held in
New York on January 25. Charlotte Smith
has prepared bill, which Senator Blair will
introduce, providing that % per cent of the
typesetters in the government printing Office
shall be women.
WESTERN BANKS SOUND.
The New York Mail and Express has this
editorial based upon an interview with the
editor of THE BEE: editor Rosewater of
THE OMAHA BEE, as our Washington dis
patches today inform us, treats contemptu-
ously Senator Gorman's wild talk about
financial dangers in the west Mr.. Rose
water says that the western banks are sound
a healthy condition"
IOWA JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
The bill introduced by Representative Kerr
of Iowa, amending the act of July 90 1882
dividing the state of Iowainto two judicial
districts, has been reported from the house
committee on judiciary with favorable recon-
mendation and an amendment. The bill pro-
vides that the counties of Cedar, Johnston
Iowa and Tama shall be transferred to the
northern judicial district and the counties Of
Grundy, Hardin, Butler, Bremen, Black
Hawk, Benton, Lynn, Jones and Clinton shall
| constitute new division in the northern dis
| trict, called the Cedar Rapids division, the
| terms of which shall be held at Cedar Rap
| ids. The amendment provides that all cases
| and proceedings, civil and criminal, from
| other counties named now pending in other
| courts shall be continued to final adjudication
| or settlement in the courts where now pend
ing unless changed by order OF the court.
RECONCILIATION OF THE INFANTRY.
For six years now Senator Manderson has
| been trying hard to secure the passage of IA
| bill for the reorganization of the infantry
| into re iments Of twelve companies each in
| stead of ten. Today he is delighted with the
| prospect Of ultimate success. The status Of
| the case Is just this; The house the latter
| part of last session passed bill to increase
the number of artillery regiments from five
to seven and providing for an increase OF the
! oAcers and men in the artillery, Senator
| l.,