St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-31
CRISP SAWS WOOD.
BUT DOESN'T COMMIT HIMSELF on
SILVER.
PUBLIC DIsTRUsT EXISTS.

FOhLAC DASThOST EA1S4Ss
But MIR. Crisp Isn't Willing to
Place the Blame for the
Trouble He Thinks Cotton
Growers May Have Trouble in
Moving the Crop-AIoney Is
Scarce.
WASHINGTON. July 31.-Ex-Speaker
Crisp arrived in Washington this even
ing from Georgia, and took up his old
quarters i'll the Metropolitan hotel.
The eX-speaker came direct from his
home. where. as hesays, he has been
enjoying himself, and paying little at
tentiOn to politics. He looks like a robust
man, and will enter upon the duties OF
his second term blessed with the best OF
health. Speaking generally of the con-
dition of affairs in the South, the eX-
speaker says there is the feeling of dis
trust and the same hard times that
characterize the whole country. The
cotton crop has just begun to cOme in,
but the fear of the people is that they
will have trouble in securing the
necessary money to move 1t,
The COTTON crop quires the use of
large amount of money in short time,
and all the paper issued by the growers
is made payable after the cotton crop
has been gathered. Consequently this
cannot be counted upon to help, and
money must be had from other sources.
The banks in the past have got what
they needed from the New York insti-
tunons, but now the New York banks
say they
Cannot Let the Money Go.
Just what the result will be cannot
now be told, but Mr.. Crisp hopes that
some way will. be speedily found by the
bankers of the cotton states TO supply
the funds to get this staple of the South
to the market.
When asked whether this distrusl
was due to the existence OF the Sher-
man law, Mr.. Crisp replied that it was
certainly due to want OF public con-
fidence, but exactly what caused that
condition he was not prepared to say.
MIR. Crisp is not inclined TO talk freely
on the probability of the repeal of
the Sherman law and does not
say whether he believes it viii be re-
Dealed or not, fOiiing question in that
direction by the statement that he had
not been here lOhg enough to talk with
members, and until he found what the
sentiment was he could not make any
| predictions. Inc bare question of re-
peal could hardly, Mr. Crisp thought, be
! considered alone, Tor while 1t was true
that the Democratic party was opposed
to the law and demanded It's repeal IN
the platform. 1t was not known to
what extent conditions would be in
sisted upon. Mr.. Crisp would not say
how he stood upon the proposition to
repeal the law and enact substitute
providing for the free coinage of Amer
icab silver.
At an Increased Ratio.
It was only after a full consideration
| of the different propositions that might
| be made that Mr.. Crisp thought a final
result would be reached, but what that
result would be he would not venture to
/ predict. In regard to the rules, the ex-
| speaker reiterated what he said when he
was III the city July 3. Al the close of
| the last congress members thought
| there would have TO be a change so that
! those charged with responsibility might
be in a position to assume it. What the
congress contemplated, however, he was
! unable TO tell. Vi one thing Mr.. Crisp
was confident, and that was that the
coming session would not be brief one.
He was of the opinion that the settle
ment of the silver question would con-
sumo some time, and that after it had
been disposed Of the tariff would be
taken up,th members preferring rather
10 stay after they were here than to
adjourn and run the chance of
prOtTacted session later on. While the
speaker has given the subject of the
composition Of the committees more or
less attention, he said that ne would
not announce them for two weeks after
the congress began. for. in the
( meantime, he desired to confer
with memSrs as to their wishes.
Any other course, he said, would be
! manifestly unfair. Mr.. Crisp expects
! the president to bring the tariff
promptly before congress, either
coupled with the question of finance or
in subsequent message bearing dI-
rectly upon the subject.