The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-06-08


dark gray.
If Comptroller Eckels keeps up
his present gait the Zimri Dwiggins
system of banking will soon be I'M
dermined.
Extra Session Postponed.
There is a good deal in the re-
port that President Cleveland had
concluded not to call Congress to-
gether in extra session before the
the middle of October. 1t had been
all along understood that the lst of
September would witness the as
sembling of the law-making branch.
Doubtless the administration is con-
WINGED that this postponement will
be a good thing. The country
does not require an extra session
unless it were clearly shown that
the meeting could marshall MAORI
ties in favor OF desirable legislation.
Such is, unfortunately, not vet the
case; in the silver question it is
still claimed that majority of the
House favors the present law.
Some missionary work among
congressman, while they are home,
would really seem to promise to do
good. They can listen to argument
whilst they are at home; the mo-
ment they get to Washington all
chance to study or learn is gone
amid the thousand distractions
lawmakers are subject to. If half
hundred congressman were now
taken in hand, separately and indi-
vidually; by men furnished with the
incontrovertible arguments in favor
of the cessation of silver purchases,
good would be accomplished in the
direction desired.
These arguments need not at all
be OF an alarming nature. Calam-
ity howlers are not needed. Rea-
soning can simply and effectively
be based upon the desirabihty of
giving the American people the best
money possible. Inferior money is
drawback to trade; it is some
thing of a load, which hampers
those most, and first, who attend to
the sale of our exportable merchan-
disc.
The United States. in the opin-
ion of some financiers, requlrs more
currency; if so, it should be of the
best quality-namely gold. Per-
haps Congress could be made to
agree to amend the Sherman law,
substituting a monthly purchase of
gold, in lieu of silver. The effect Of
such an amendment would be in
Simultaneous.
The administration is positively
against the sale of bonds in order
to raise funds to buy silver with:
the Judgment of the people har-
monies perfectly with this position
Of MIR. Carlisle and Mr.. Cleveland.
1t seems, likewise, rs if the imposl-
ton of new taxes would not find
favor with the administration.
The suggestion to tax the poor
mans breakfast table, by means Of
exactions on the consumers of
sugar, coffee and tea, has not many
advocates outside certain class of
doetrinares unembarrassed with
considerations that are chief in the
eyes of politicians or statesmen.
An income tax is deemed offensive,
inqulsitoral, easily evaded, or
shifted on the shoulders of the
masses.
None of the measures have the
ghost of a chance of being enacted.
Fiscal legislation will probably
first be dill ected to the domain of
economies, and the severe amount
Of thinking which is now done by
the people, will apparently not be
disturbed by doubtful acts such as
the repeal the tax on State bank
circulation, and the consequent let
ting loose of flood of wild cat"
money. Logic clearly points to
legitimate means of deepening the
confidence of the commercial world
in our requirements of the best
money than can be devised.
Nobody wants Congress called
until there is a reasonable assur-
ance of its acting in an acceptable
way. The regular day for meeting
is early enough, considering that
time works in favor of intelligence,
of conservatism financial legitimacy
and equality with the rest of the
commercial world. - Pittsburg
Chronicle Telegraph.
Claims Damages For Bad Roads.
Harvey NJ. Sigafoos, a milkman
residing near Carpenterville, N. Y,
while driving on the public high
ways leading to Phllllpsburg re-
Gently had his arm broken by the
upsetting of his wagon, which he
alleges was caused by the had com