The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-08-10
LEADERS, VIEWS.
Congressmeu Burns, Sperry and sayers
Favor Repeal of the Sherman Lt.w.


Favor Repeal of the Sherman L1w.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-Representa
tive Sayers, of Texas, has arrived il
Washington and is stopping at viii
lard's. Gov. Sayers is the man to whom
I Speaker Crisp is expected to offer tn.
Craftsmanship of the committee on ap
preparations. When seen Friday n yht
he declined to express himself at all Oh
the matter of appropriations
You are never sure of anything un
til you get 1t, he said, ''and do not like
to talk about the work of the commit
tee on appropriations until | know ]
will be on that committee.
When asked as to the position of the
people in his state on the money cues.
tion, he said: From what have seen
and heard in Texas during the past
summer, think | am safe in saying
that the people of Texas want the re-
peal OF the Sherman law. but thev do
not want the law repealed until they
are assured they will get some salts
factory substitute. They all want to
stand squarely on the democratic plat
form. They do not want to see silver
demonetized as they are of the opinion
that there is not enough gold to supply
the currency of this country"
Gov. Sayers does not believe the extra
session will be long one. 'It will not
take long, said he, Ito dispose of the
financial question awaiting considera-
tion, and we can take breathing sr,ell
until the time for the regular session.
"As to the form legislation will take"
- hn1
ure will be passed early in the session,
providing for the continued coinage of
silver and establishing its equality with
that of gold The determining of a
ratio between the two metals will be a
matter of detail, and to my mind is not
a vital matter.
Representative Sperry. of Connecti-
cut, who was second in the majority of
the banking and currency committee in
the last house, has arrived in Washing
ton, and spent some time in the COM
mittee room at the capitol In discuss
ing the probable action of congress he
stated he was very uncertain about
what might be accomplished by this
congress in the way of financial legisla-
tlon, and was apprehensive that what
ever was done might not be done speed
lily enough.
His own opinion was, he said, that
the Sherman act should be repealed m
He did not know
it it would be done or not, burt
was in hopes it might. Speaking gem
orally, the financial legislation to fol-
low this should be, he thought, in the
line of increasing the national bank
currency and retiring the treasury
notes. He does not believe in any pro-
vision for the use Of silver except as a
currency. He would do
away entirely with all purchase of sill
7er at all times, except that of such
currency as the government |
ound there was need of. He said he |
vas opposed to the repeal of tax on
ranks unless it was done with some
'ort of reservation or condition.
Representative Burnes, of Missouri.
s also at Willards. He advocates the |
'epeal of the Sherman law, provided a
suitable substitute be adopted He |
tated that the entire Missouri delega-
ion, except Representative Cobb, of
IT. Louis, and the two republican men,
'ers from that city, Messrs Bartholdt
md Joy, are in favor of a substitute for
he Sherman law