The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-08-02

WASHINGTON, July 3O-The ad-
vance guard of members of the fifty
third congress, coming to attend the
special session which will begin a week
from tomorrow, are at the capital There
are not many of them, and the proba-
bilities are that but few congressman
will be in the city before next Satur-
day. Among those who have arrived the
opinion seems to be unanimous that the
Sherman law will and must be repealed.
or at least the silver-purchasing clause,
but what shall follow is an unknown
quantity.
One Of the early arrivals is Represen-
tative Geary of California, known to
fame in connection with the Chinese ex-
clusion and registration act, which
bears his name. He said: "I am op-
posed to the so-called Sherman act. I
have always been. 1t is vicious, and
time does not improve it. The sooner
it is repealed the better for the whole
country. OF course some subsequent
legislation will be necessary, but 1 am
not prepared to say what it will be, be-
cause at this time L do not know. 1 am
satisfied, however, that the Sherman
law will so and that In its stead we will
have something of benefit instead of
harm. 1 could not tell you how my col
leagues individually stand, for l have
had no very extended talks with them
on the subject. In place of the present
law the chances are that we will have
one that is new from top to bottom.
There will be very radical changes in
the schedule. The country expects this
The declarations of the democratic plat
form are so plain that there is no
chance to misunderstood them. 1 do not
think that action upon the silver ques-
tion or the tariff will be so long de-
layed as some papers and persons seem
TO have imagined. The session will nat
urally be lengthy, as we have many
other things to do. The democracy will
come out all right, 1 guess. 1t has a
fair working majority. and 1 think both
sides-the silver and single-standard
men-are disposed to be reasonable"
Another equally interesting and i'm
portant congressional character is Sen
ator Quay of Pennsylvania, who said in
reply to a question on the prevailing
topic: Il think the silver-purchasing
clause of the Sherman act should be re-
sus of opinion from those who know
most about the financial situation.
would be satisfied to have congress ad-
journ, after that having been done, until
the regular time of meeting"
Ex-Speal1er Crisp arrived in Washing
ton this evening from Georgia and took
up his old quarters in the Metropolitan
hotel.
Mr.. Crisp is not inclined to talk freely
upon the probability of the repeal of the
Sherman law and does not say whether
ne believes it will be repealed or not,
foiling a question i'm that direction by
the statement that he had not been here
long enough 10 talk with 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 il was true that the democratic
party was opposed TO the law and de-
manded its repeal in the platform, 1t
was not known TO what extent condi-
tiOns would be insisted upon.
OF one thing Mr.. Crisp was confident.
and that was the coming session would
not be a brief one. He was of the opin-
ion that the settlement Of the silver
question would consume some time and
that after 1t had been disposed of the
tariff would be taken up, the members
preferring rather to stay after they We're
here than adjourn and run the chance
of a protracted session later on.