Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-30
WHAT CONCRESsMEN SAY.
Comment from Various Points of View on
tho Presidents Action.

comment from various POINTS Of view on
the Presidents Action.
| WASHINGTON. March 2.-Thc veto
message Of President Cleveland has
caused the most intense feeling that can
be imagined among the Democrats in
| Congress. Though professedly antici-
( pating the veto, most of those who were
/ praying for the signing Of the bill enter
/ tanned some faint hope that the veto
| might be avoided. knowing this morn
/ ing that the message was TO be re-
| ceived, they We're in such all excited state
OF mind that 1t was almost impossible 10
! proceed with the business of Congress,
| and on the receipt OF the message, which
came in the middle OF the roll-call, the
! excitement was 80 great that members
sta ling around the Speakers desk failed
! TO hear their names called, and the roll
| call was almost blank.
| Leaving out the eastern men, nearly
! every Democrat in the House Is either a
silver man. or has silver constituency,
! therefore the veto Is "A most serious dis
! turbance to all Of them outside OF the
| East There is so much Of excitement
! and confusion Of mind on the subject
! that II amounts practically to incoheren-
| cy. and Il is almost impossible TO get cool
! and rational expression of opinion. The
| feeling OF resentment on the part OF
southern and western men is manifest.
! and the prediction Of further trouble over
| the question in Congress Is almost uni
| vcrsal.
| The radical silver men who voted for
free coinage are least disturbed, but
| those who represent silver districts and
| voted against the Sherman law ana
| against free coinage are for the most
| part eager for chance To vote on a
| free-coinagc bill The most coherent ana
| general opinion Is that the veto VIII
! seriously affect the tariff legislation, and
! that there will be fight for frrc com
axe during this session In both houses
! Of Congress.
| Hepresentativc Klgorc. who Is conser-
| yative I'm finance and voted for the repeal
of the Sherman law. said that he could
| not be quoted too strongly in opposition
! t. the veto. 1T will cause" n said, AN
| immense amount Of trouble in Congress
and will seriously interfere with tarlI
| LEGISLATION. The future IS altogether too
unsettled TO look into, but il Is certainly
| bad"
MIR BLAND'S OPINION.
REPRESENTATIVE Bland. author Of the
Bland silver segniorage bill vetoed to-
dav. authorized the following statement
concerning the veto and its effect upon
the future of silver:
"The main point Of the veto Is that
| the President does not wish TO infuse INTO
| the currency any more silver until he has
| more bonds and a greater gold reserve.
| He insists on the fight that has been in
| progress for the last year on the one hand
| bv those who wish to increase the bonded
| debt in the interest Of national banks
| bv selling bonds for gold and for money
| to pay the current expenditures OF the
| government. and on the other hand by
| the representatives OF the people who are
opposed 10 bond issues and in favor Of
coming the silver bullion-the assets We
have on hand-and using this money in
| the payment Of current expenditures.
The message criticis"s to some extent
the language OF the bill, but states that
the veto is not based on that but on the
broader ground that the purposes Of the
| bill If carried out. would largely in
| nate the silver currency while providing
no gold basis 10 preserve the parity.
| The first section Of the bill provides
| for the coinage of the bullion held under
| the Sherman act. That act provides that
| the bullion shall be coined into standard
| silver dollars. The Sherman act is not
| repealed and hence the Presidents obser-
| walton that II Is not clear into what kinds
| of coins the bullion shall be struck is
| blll is a mere supplement to the Sherman
| act. and leaves the bullion TO be coined
| under that act. No friend of the bill
| in the House or the Senate has even
| considered it as wanting in certainty or
! requiring any amendment. These crit-
| cisms Of the bin itself We're wholly un-
| necessary on the part of the President
| when h. gives Congress to understand
| that no bill could possibly be drawn com
| pelling the coinage Of the silver bullion
| which would meet his approval.
"a President at all In sympathy with
| the purposes of the bill would have
| signed it. College professors may criticise
| its language. but man who sprung from
| the people like Abraham Lincoln, and re-
| presenting not the money power. but
the interests of the masses. would have
signed the bill. although college professors
might have stigmatized him as a rail-
| splitter"
| Concerning the future Of the silver
| movement. Mr. Bland said: 1T is evident
| that under the single gold standard no.
thing can be done on the currency ques.
tion without consulting the few people
| Who own the gold Of the world. These
| people have dictated the veto OF this bill
The fight from now on will be whether
| the people Of this country shall control
the currency by permitting gold and sill
| Yer TO come tO the mints free. and thus
| supplying themselves with constitutional
| money, or whether We are TO be mere
| slaves of the owners OF gold In Lombard
| street and Wall street.
THE day is fast approaching when the
peoples President will sign coinage bill
| intend to do everything in my power
| 10 present to the President free-coinage
hill. and let him exercise his rules of
Lindley Murray on that"
PREDICTIONS OF TROUBLE.
Mr.. Oates of Alabama, said that he
greatly feared the consequence OF the
veto "It means" he said. trouble
trouble trouble, row. row. endless row
| the outcome of which no one can see"
Mr. Holman said that the political con.
sequences Of the veto would be very Sc.
rious In the South and West. Instead
OF subsidlng." he said. silver is grow.
ing stronger. a veto will be received with
great disfavOr."
Mr.. Tucker, OF Virginia, said that hc
greatly disapproved OF the veto, and
thought that its effect on the party would
be bad. He believed that it would result
in another attempt at free coinage, but
| thought that II would fail
WITH THE PRESIDENT.
Mr.. Cobb. OF Missouri, said that ht
was entirely in accord with the Presl
dent. He believed that the coinage oi
the seigniorage without the proper pro
lection OF the gold reserve would be very
dangerous. He did not think that the
veto would have any effect on legisla
tion relative TO the silver question. "Tht
Veto he said. "will greatly strengthen
Mr. Cleveland's hold on the people. II
less than three weeks people who ar,
now criticising him will be praising him
l most heartily and gladly concur In his
action and believe with him through
out.
ENDANGERs TARIFF BILL.
Mr.. Wise said that the veto did not
suit his people. Most OF the Democrats
In Congress-" he said, II think will be
compelled TO break with Mr. Cleveland
think the veto endangers the tarin bill