The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-08-03
COMING VERY SLOWLY.
Congressman in No Hurry to
Reach the Capital,
SILVER SENATOR TELLER ON HAND.
Emphatic In the Belief That the Sherman
Law Cannot be Repealed without Some
substitute-Banlters Alone Responsible
for the Tight Money Market.

Law tannOt ne henealed MtthOut some
substitute-Banlters Alone Responsible
for the Tight Money Market.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Members Of con
gress continue to come in very slowly, and
there was some doubt expressed today as
TO whether there would be majority Of
the Democrats in town in time for the eau
Gus, which is set for Saturday night.
There were last night not more than forty
members of the lower house in the city.
and less than a score of senators.
Among the latter Senator Teller is the
most recent arrival, and he comes fresh
from the west ready to take up the fight
forsilver where he dropped it at the close
of last session. He sees no menace to the
country in the existence of the Sherman
law, although he admits that it Is not
what he wanted when it was passed He
is emphatic in his opinion that it cannot
be repealed, at least without some substi-
tute, and says that some months will
elapse before the law is wiped from the
books.
Speaking of the subject generally Mr..
Teller says that the people of this country
are not afraid of the currency, and it is not
that fear that has caused the present CON
dition. That they have full confidence in
the currency is evidenced, he thinks, by
the fact that they are boarding It away
and keeping it in all sorts of safe places,
thus Withdrawing it from circulation.
Were they afraid of the currency, as is ar
gued by the opponents of silver, Mr.. Teller
says the people would show their timidty
by getting rid of it and making invest
ments in something else. But this is not
what they are doing. Mr.. Teller lays the
bnls III ..
who, he says, for the purpose of forcing
an issue Of bonds and creating sentiment
favorable TO the repeal of the Sherman
act, worked up a general scare and sought
to establish "A general feeling of distrust,
Senator Harris said that the senate
finance committee was ready to go to work
on the subject at moments notice. His
personal views as to the result of the at
tempt to repeal the law he refused to give,
but added that everybody knew he was
friend of silver as a money metal.
Mr. Harris and Senator Voorhees,, chair
man of the finance committee, had a long
conference, during which, it is supposed,
they mapped out plan for the work of
that committee. Mr.. Harris believes there
will be a great many measures introduced,
and that the majority of them will proba-
bly, be in the nature of compromises, look
ing to an increase Of the ratio, with pro-
vision for the free coinage of silver.
1t is probable that the Democratic mem
bers of the senate may caucus this week
to determine the distribution of patronage
under the secretary Of the senate and the
sergeant-at-arms but no call for that pur-
pose has yet been issued.
Among the first things to come before
the senate will be the question of the ad-
mission of senator's, the case of Mr.. Lee
Mantle, appointed senator from Montan
to succeed Mr.. Sanders, being now before
the senate and ready to be called up at
any time This is question of the high
est privilege and may take up the time of
the senate for quite a while.
Among western and southwestern con-
gressmen is found tendency to demand
that the repeal of the purchasing clause of
the Sherman act and the substituting for
that clause be contained in one and the
same measure. They state that the presi-
dent will promptly sign any bill repeating
the clause, and will as promptly refuse to
sign subsequent measure providing for
the free coinage of silver at any ratio what
ever. Such course, they argue, would force
them to secure a two-thirds vote for the
passage of the law they want, and they do
not care to take the risk
The call for the Democratic house caucus
on Saturday evening was issued last night
lby Secretary Robertson, acting on instruc-
hions received in telegram from Judge
Holman.