The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-08-31
Washington Letter.
ular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, d. c., August 25;
lS93.-In addition to the silver de,
hatc in the House this week, which
has been unusually interesting, two
great financial speeches were made bv
democratic Senators, one by Senator
Voorhees,, on Tuesday, and the other
by Senator Hill, to-day. Both of
these Senators are friends of silver
and both Of them favor the repeal OF
the purchasing clause Of the Shcr,
man silver law as Tie best method OF
preparing the way for other lcgisla
ton dealing with silver as money
There Was sharp debate in til,
Senate this week, for few minutes
over the question Of whether q rcso
luton offered by Senator Pcfltr, cn.
qmrlnG of the Secretary of the Treas
. ury as to the action Of national banks
III large cities in refusing to cash,
uIon presentation, checks uf dcposi
t"!S, SnOuld be disposed Of at once or
be re i'rrCd to the Finance committee.
Ir"uhl" was avoided Ivy demand
for the irregular ordrr," which sent
tHc Resolution to the foot Of tho cal
cnd"r, Whprc it VIII have to await its
turn, unless sooner taken up bv u
vote OF the Senate. 1t is perfectly
we'll known in Congress- tEat the nn -
tlonal banks Of New York and other
cltlrS have been refusing to cash
cheeks i"r their dcp"siturs, for one
member OF the House cJuhnSun, Of
oh'"O Was refused the cash for n
check for 5000 ut Few York banl;
III which LIS balance Was more than
&2o,o'N, although it was Given hill
alter an Interview with the president.
Hints E"vc also been received here
that certain New York national banks
hav" been pr"titimG largely hy the
%'lc "l currency at " l:rrmi'lm, which
las been going on in that city. 1t
VIII h"t lr surprising if there is some
very PLATA talk IN Congress about the
math"r,l banking syst, III as at present
r"n"E"t' t'd l'c!"r, hrn&. >c..ator Nnr-
hrrS !cN"t"d Il part Of his speech t.
t" 1t, AHd th"ru will be others heard
i.'m is soon as E,%ucc.: H,t Il little
IL a,;irr.
Nith"nt iisparagcmrMt to the dem
"rrnt' who hcId important committee
rhalrn"nHhlra in l#ol House. il can
y" ";'li !hat Speaker (IiSp has IN til"
N"w r!lalimcn selected men who are
%"ErmIIv r'ditrd with being pccu.
Early we'll lifted to perform Tie duties
with which Hey have been intrustrI
Hon. W. Il. Wilson, of West Vir
%lnia, the new chairman Of the Wav.,
anu M>arS committee, nas been a
and Huvncatc OF tariff reform
mot Only Hlnrc he HAS been Il m+ini:rr
- TIA" House hut also long before ne en-
tered lullic lie. He is Thoroughly
ma:Arr Of Tic subject, and the turiil'
hill, upon which his committee will
at one" get TO work, promises to be a
m"lri Of It's k'mI. Hon. Joseph S.
HaNrrS, Of Texas, the chairman of
the committee" ON Appropriations, las
been prominent member of that
committee for many years, and 10
hI%h"r praise can be given his abili
ties than t" SAY that he has long been
%I"kcn "i as the Sam. iani,n!l uf hat
r"lnmnt'rc, III Lis methods uf wuik
and Instantaneous nrnSpin% of the
Salllant points of all subjects that
come before the committee. Mr.. |
Springer, OF Illinois, who WAS chair.
nan Of the Ways and Means com.
n'ttrc in last House, is new nt the
i.;II of lI, ,,,,p,it,,, 80, I,,1;