The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-04
The Alabama Representative Says if the Pres
ident Ignores the Chicago Platform His
Party Will Part Company with Him.
Henry Cabot Lodge Thinks the Silver
Purchase Act Should Be Repealed.
Tom Johnson's Interconyertible Bond Scheme
Working Committees of the Bimetallic
League-Silver Discussion In England.


Springer and Others Tell What They Be
lieve Congress Will Shouid Do.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 3.eRepresentative
Springer. of Illinois. chairman of the ways
and means committee in the last Con gress.
was at the Capitol to-day. In brief. his
opinion is that Congress will not be In ses-
sion for more than a week or ten days In
August. In that time the hopeful Mr.
Springer thought the silver purchase clause
of the Sherman act could be repealed and
the ways and means committee could be
empowered to draft q tariff bill for submis-
sion to Congress when 1t reconvened, which
should be sometime in October. As to the
tariff. IL would be impossible for the ways
and means committee to do Justice to the
subject while the House was in
constant session. There were too
many disturbing elements, and the
surroundings were not favorable for
wise end safe legislation. But if the COM
mittee was empowered to prepare bill.
and W as allows ed to go to some quiet place
on the seashOre or elsew here, and pursue
It's La bors unmolested. the result would be
a satisfactory bill. Touching the course
OF the ways and means committee In deal.
ing with the tariff, Mr.. Springer SAID 1t
would doubtless report one general tariff
bill, instead OF series or speol1o Ollls.
That policy had done good service last
Congress, but that the time was now at
hand when the Democratic party must
redeem its pledge, and reform the
entire tariff system. To do this would
not involve any radical changes of the
rules of the House. for Mr.. Springer be-
heves the majority can always reach ON
expression of it's will through the commit
tee on rules, which can bring In q special
vnt fn
Springer had not seen Mr.. Crisp. 80 he did
not say any thing respecting the compost
tion of the committees or his own place
upon them.
Chicago platform 1 believe his party will
part company with him." were the siRnih-
cant words uttered by Representative
Oates tins afternoon as he discussed the
which he was nominated and which the
people Endorsed In such laundering
tones last November. calls for the
repeal of the Sherman law and the
msintenance of gold and silver as money
upon parity. Any scheme which contein-
plates the abandonment of the use of silver
ls antag0nistic to that declaration of prin-
ciple. and will not be supported by the
Congress which istO convene next week.
There can, In my opinion. be no uncon-
dftitn al repeal of the Sherman law. If the
President has set out to repeal the Sherman
act without offering anything in Its place
he has set mp a platform not In accord with
that upon which he went before the
people, Mr.. Oates looks for the repeal of
the Sherman law, with q condition that
will provide for the free coinage of silly er
at an increased ratio.
Senator George came IN to-day from
Georgia. and takes rather cheerful view
of the situation in the South. He believes
there will be money for his people to move
their crops. and with the movement OF cot
ton easier times Will result. During the
hoh hn. I'm fsn t.t
matter of the investigation into the causes
for the existing depression In agricultural
pursuits among the people of the South.
But few responses have been received to
which he is chairman. and the report of
that committee Will not be made TO the
Senate until late In the year SO far as the
silver question is concerned. the Senator
plants himself on the platform hc has up,
held in all his speeches in the Senate and
says he is q friend of silver and has not
changed his views one whit.
senator Squire, of Washington is one OF
the few Western Senators who takes the
ground that the President should be al
lowed TO deal with the silver question in
his own discretion. He believes that IL
would be good policy for Congress to pass
q Joint resolution permitting the President
TO suspend the operation of the silver pur-
chase section of tho Sherman law in his dis
cretion. He also thinks we'll of the inter.
convertible bond scheme suggested by Rep
resentatiye Tom johnson, of Ohio. and
feels that it would add much elasticity to
the currency.
Mr. Bland, the champion of free coinage.
arrived to-day. and was seen In c0nsults-
tion with three mem bers of his faith who
are In the city. He said the friends of sill
YER had agreed upon no plan of campaign
other than that they were opposed to the
repeal of the Sherman law unless they were
first given free coinage of silver. MIR. Bland.
In speaking of the ratio, said he saw no
reason TO change that now In force. So far
rs the possibility of repeal was concerned.
Mr.. Bland was emphatic in his declaration
that the unconditional repeal of the pur-
chasing aot could not be accomplished in
eifher