The morning call., 1893-11-11
SPEAKS OF THE SESSION
He Is Skeptical as to the Sher-
man Act.
PROBABLE TARIFF LEGISLATION.
Says the Monetary Lack of the Nc
Creary Law Will Be Supplied
Within Sixty Days.

Senator Stephen NJ. White arrived direct
from Washington. d. c., yesterday in COM
pany with Horace w. Carpenter, B. D..
Murphy and others. He made pleasant
aud uneventful trip from the seat of gov
eminent
Speaking of the session just closed Sena-
tor White said:
1.-The most important measure enacted at
the extra session was that which accom-
panied the repeal of the purchasing clause
of the Sherman act. While was in favor of
the repeal of the provision. as the result of
the passage of legislation giving silver IFS
true position in our monetary system. l did
not believe in unconditional repeal.
"Mr. Sherman has already stated that
the exigencies of the occasion necesstated
the issuance of Government bonds-i. e.,
the borrowing of money by the Govern
ment. 1t appears to me peculiar that we
should render our silver product valueess
for standard-money purposes and at the
same time go abroad to borrow gold, yet
the position of Congress seems to render
this course logical.
There is not much further to be said
with reference to the extra session. A
number of bills have passed each house of
more or less importance to different Sec
lions of the country, and these measures
Will be in an advaG tageous position when
the regular session conveneS. might cite
an example: There are nineteen public
land States, eighteen Of which have re-
ceived per cent of the net proceeds of the
sales of public lands. The ninete TIL
California-has not been similarly favored.
During the last session Senator FELTON,
procured the passage of the necessary bill
by the Senate. but it failed for want Of
time in the House.
Senator Perkins and l have already
managed TO press the same bill through the
Senate. and our efficient delegation will
undoubtedly force it to a favorable issue
| in the House.
1.-THE Ways and Means Committee of
the House will be prepared 10 report a
tariff bill about the time the regular ses-
sion opens, and for these reasons | think
that mnch good will follow from The pre-
| liminary work of the late extra session.
| "As TO the general tenor OF the comm &
! session, l cannot speak authoritatively.
| Personally, / favor its Immediate consid-
Grafton of the tariff. The Democratic
| party has made contract with the people
TO reform the tariff, and its failure to carry
out this obligation could not but be disas-
| trous. / have no Idea that any bill APP
proximating closely TO free trade will be
enacted or attempted. Nor do / think that
| the Democratic mem bers of Congress will
| be frightened in the discharge of their
duty by the result OF the late elections"
What have you TO say in reference TO
the McCreary bill ?'
''The sentimentin Congress and through
out the East appears to be hostile u anti
Chinese legislation, and the want of
knowledge on this subject is startling.
| The Congressional delegation was con-
| fr0nted with situation which presented
the necessity of acceding to an extension
4 1,
to the repeal of all effective measures.
For these reasons the delegates in the
! House determined to support the Nc
| Creary bill. provided that certain amend
ments were adopted. In this our Con-
gressmen to a marked degree succeeded,
the most important amendment being that
known as the Photographic clause.
"W hen the bill reached the Senate I felt
disposed to amend ii. because | thought
and think still that the definition of
! "labOrer" is very vague and unsatisfac-
| tory, but found that the delegation had
attempted to Obviate the difficulty in the
House, but had failed to do so, and as but
few hours Of the session remained the
Senate was forced to accept the bill as II
stood or procure its defeat. Senator Da-
Wis of Minnesota made very strong
| speech, to which l attempted to reply,
against all our important anti-Chinese
| laws, and he offered an amendment repeal
Ing the important lectures OF all OF them.
therefore the Senators from this coast
accepted the situation and procured the
passage of the bill.
1--WE were all anxious to incorporate an
| amendment making an appropriation to
carry out the provisions of the measure,
but it was impossible in the expiring mo-
ments remaining to succeed in this. How
ever, the monetary deficiency will be sup
piled within the next sixty days"
O ~ 10 mn i,,o
for Los Angeles.