The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-04
REPEAL THE SHERMAN ACT.
views OF CONGRESSMAN THo HdTE
ARRIYgD IN WASHINGTON.

Bland VIII Insist Free Coinage
| Substitute and Prefers the Re-ennetment
OF tho LAW OF 1897, Which Provided for
| the Free Coinage of Gold and silver.
WASHINGTON Aug. 8 Representative Spring
er OF Illinois, Chairman OF tho Ways and
| Means Committee In the last Congress. was at
tho Capitol to-day His opinion is that Con-
| gross will not be In session for more than q
| week or ten days in August. In that time Mr.
| Springer thought the silver purchase clause
! OF the sherman act could be repealed. and the
! Ways and Means Committee could be empow-
| cred to draft q tariff bill for submission to
| Congress whom 1t reconvened, which should
be some time in October 1t would DO impos-
sible for the Ways and Means Committee
to do justice to the subject OF the tariff
| while the House was in constant session.
| There are too many disturbing elements. and
| the surroundings are not favorable for wise
and safo legislation. But II the committee
was empowered to prepare BILL and was al
lowed to go to some quiet place on the sea-
shore or elsewhere and pursue its labors un-
molested tho result would be n satisfactory
bill. Mr.. Springer said that the committee
would doubtless report ono general tariff bill
instead of series OF specific bills. That policy
had done good service in tho last Congress,
but the time was now at hand when the Demo-
cratic party must redeem its pledges and re-
form the entire tariff system. To do this
would not involve any radical change In the
, rules OF the House. for Mr.. Springer believes
that the majority can always reach IN expres-
sion OF its will through the Committee on
Rules. which can bring in special rule to lit
each case as 1t arises.
IF the President parts company with the
Chicago platform believe his party will part
company with him." were the significant
words uttered by Representative Oates OF
Alabama this afternoon. IA no discussed the
situation. Tho Chicago platform. upon
which he was nominated. and which the peo-
pie endorsed in such laundering tones last
November. calls for the repeal Of the Sherman
law and the maintenance OF gold and silver as
money upon parity. Any scheme which con-
templates the abandonment of the use Of sil-
yer is tagonistic to that declaration OF rrin-
ciples. and will not be supported by tho Con-
gress that is to convene next week. There can.
in my opinion. be no unconditional repeal OF
the Sherman law. II the President has set out
to repeal the Sherman act without Offering
anything in its place. he has set up 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 silver
at an increased ratio.
Representative Bland. tho leader Of the free
silver forces in tho House. arrived here to-day
Mr.. Bland says he is not especially concerned
about the Chairmnnship of tho Coinage Com
mttee. but ho denied tho statement recently
published to the effect that he wrote to Judge
sgahf t o hs s il hs tne
ity FITS members were antaRonistic to his In
divtdual views on the silver question He Is
"nd 10 viii SH rentroduee MS Free silver iii as
ss2ee as cG Passs
the sherman act Internationally. but
and hs et
1873, and to retnast tho Coinage bill Of 1887.
which provided for the free ,t coinage tE. Of both
wiped of the statute books and the old law Of
boasts Of What he proposes to do in his Efforts
to prevent the unconditional repeal Of tho
MAKE coa a hsht for Tree Coinage. In
understood that he is cooked and primed for u
rived from the Vest today: he is the only
the Fifty-thlrd Congress. and he declares him
self in favor Of the repeal of the Sherman law;
he ss It T ss
without the addition Of ANYBODY isms II We
to ems0dy in The sPsa Rsr the
sentatves will come forward and insist on
having their ideas put In the bill. We will
ditional repeal. and that in surprisingly
The Hon. Asher G. Caruth Of Kentucky or
ST a$ss w as;s IT,
tho cause Of ali their troubles. 1 have always
passage. Last session our members were di;
yided on the question. but now | understanid i
vote Tor repeal. The country Is. expecting &C.
tn b wtsn ms9th @ $40 not
country without being hold In check by few.
That majority Will pass bill repeating the
Gen. Tracey Of Albany arrived n tho city to.
coming light over the financial Question gives
him an SEpGrtunity to display again ne ,h talents
the hght with = stock Of ylGor and eIpettience
'He Az h HHs ny s
not yet called on Sneaker Crisp; and accord ,c;,1
nssisned. and What branch OF work viii have
to LEX after VIII do my best in whatever
Senator squire q Washington believes that
It would he good policy fer Congress TO pass a
Joint resEluion permitting the President to
ffsfis o. Gi sH %s IN 81.
hond scheme suggested by Representative
Tom johnson OF Ohio. and feels that 1t would
add much elasticity to tho currency.
Representative Cummings Of New York said
House OF Representatives to pass measure
repeating the Sherman act and IT can be done
Will he very little flibustering. and the repeal
measure will be speedily pushed through. In
conjunction with its passage We may have q
Compromise in the shape OF repeal OF the tax
on State banks. Another thing We might do
Is to coin the silver now 10 the Treasury into
one and two dollar bills. thus making tho
fye dollar bills the smallest denomination.
Democratic rarity. and is as good a plan as I
have yet heard suggested, Gpe thing is Ger;
be passed by the House under tho present
rules within q very short time after the con-
vening OF that body"