The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-31
CRISP IS At THE CAPITAL.
The Speaker NOn-COmmittal On The
Silver Question.


To Be Considered Alone-He Declines
to State How He Stands On The
Proposition of Free Coinage at an
Increased Ratio.
Washington, July 3O.-Ex-Spealzer
Crisp arrived on an Afternoon train to-day
and was assigned to room 1856 at the
Metropolitan hotel, second floor apart
n1ent, with Lavender colored carpet and
hog skin furniture. He looks TO be very
fat, and as he lolled back in an easy chair
in his shirt sleeves, he looked. a bit like
the meditative plaster cast of Napoleon
in the Corcoran art gallery. The speaker
prospective was accompanied to Wash
ington by his son, Charlie, Jr, who is
his desk clerk, when he is presiding in
the house, but who does not bear much
resemblance TO his distinguished father.
The judge was alone when the MORNING
News correspondent called, and apollo
gized in a good-natured way for receiving
the press en- dishabille. He mopped his
broad and very bald brow, and remarked
that the MORNING NEWS was great and
reliable newspaper. Asked about his
domestic matters, the speaker said thal
Mrs. Crisp would not join him here until
there was frost in the ground, and that
1865 was likely to be his quarters until
that time arrived,
THE SHERMAN Law.
He expressed q disincllnation to talk
about political matters. The direct in
quiry, 'Will the Sherman bullion law be
repealed, ~ was answered bya rather short
81 don't know and all inquiries relative
to what might occur, including his views
on closure rule, were Enthusiastically
answered. 1t was plain that the Judge
did not care to commit himself on that
tack, and so another line of inquiries was
yeBtured. He disclaimed that he had
made list of any committees, pnblie re-
port TO the conerary, Notwithstanding.
and said that this sort of
work could not be done
without the co-operat tiOn ana advice of
the members themselves. The reports
published to the contrary were all sensa-
tional and presumably worked up for con-
sumption during the dull season. AS to
what would be done or what might be
done in the future, the speaker declined
most positively to depose.
Asked about the probable length of the
would be spun out and merge into the reg
ular session, but On this point even he
thought that his opinion was of no more
value than the opinion of other members.
THE SITUATION IN THE SOUTH.
Speaking generally of the condition of
affairs in the south, the ex-spealrer says
there is the same feeling of distrust 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 it.
The cotton crop requires the use of a
large amount of money in a short time
and all the paper issued by the growers
is made payable after the cotton crop has
been gathered. Consequently this can
not be counted upon to help out and the
money must be had from other sources.
The banks in the past have got what they
needed from New York institutions, 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.. Cnisp
hopes that some way will be speedily
found by the bankers Of the cotton states
to supply funds to get this staple of the
south TO market.
CAUSE OF THE DIsTRUsT.
When asked whether this distrust was
due to the existence of the Sherman law,
Mr. Crisp replied that it was certainly
due to want of public confidence, but ex
actly what caused that condition he was
not prepared to say. Mr.. Crisp, as al
ready stated. is not inclined TO talk free
ly on the probability of the repeal of the
Sherman law and does not say whether
he believes twill be repealed or not, foil
ing a question in that direction
by statement that he had not
n fa
with the members, and until he
found what the sentiment was he could
not make any predictions. The bare
question of repeal could hardly, Mr., Crisp
thought, be considered alone, for while it
was true that the Democratic party was
opposed to the law and demanded its re-
peal in its platform, it was not known TO
what extent the conditions would be in-
sisted upon.
THE FREE COINAGE ISSUE.
Mr. Crisp would not say how he stood
upon the proposition for free coinage of
American silver a. an increased ratio. 1t
was only after full consideration of the
different propositions that might be made
that Mr. Crisp thought the 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 re-
iterated what he said when he
was in the city on July 3. AT the
close Of the last congress the members
thought there would have to be a change,
SO that those charged with the response
bility might be in a position to assume 1t.
What the change contemplated, however,
he was unable to tell
OF one thing Mr.. Crisp was confident,
and that was that the coming session
would not be a brief one He was of the
opinion that the settlement of the silver
question would consume some time, and
that after it had been disposed of
the tariff would be taken up,
the members preferring rather TO stay
after they were here, than to ad-
iourn and run the chance of protracted
session later on.
MIR. Crisp expects the President to
bring the tariff prominently before con
gress, either coupled with the
question of Gnance or in sub
geauent message bearing directly
upon the subject The ex-speaker
looks forward to a long and arduous ses-
sion of congress, and one that VIII re-
deem the pledges made by the party in
its platform at Chicago.