The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-08


The Warner bill to remove the 10 per
cent. tax on state bank circulation, which
has Just been introduced into the House,
and which, according to our dispatches
yesterday, is favored by a majority of the
members of that body, differs radically
from the bill repeating the state bank tax
that was killed in the banking and cur
rency committee day or two ago.
The Warner bill does not repeal the
state bank tax Internationally. 1t repeats
it only as to those banks which comply
with certain conditions. These conditions
are such that the state banks will stand
uIon very nearly the same footing as ma
tional banks. The notes will have to be
registered by the controller of the cur
rency, and ample provision will have to
be made for their redemption under the
direction of the controller. The stock
holders will be liable in double the
amount of their shares, for the protection
Of the note holders. The state banks is
suing notes will be under the inspection
and supervision of the government, Just
as national banks are.
AS matter Of fact, state banks under
the Warner bill will be virtually national
banks. They will not be required to have
government bonds as a basis for their cir
culation, but they will be required TO have
other bonds about as good.
From the brief outline of the Warner
bill that has appeared in the dispatches
it seems to be the national banking law,
with few changes which permit of
q q tipifHy in, no T..
probably the nearest this congress viii
get to unconditional repeal of the state
bank tax.
The Salvation Army of Chicago is after
Col. Robert G. Ingcrsoll and the devil
with sharp stick. Divesting itself of
its military character for the time being,
the army resolved itself into a court.
with Judge, bailiffs and criers and sum
moned Col. Ingersoll, "alias the Prince
of Paeanism," to appear before it, The
colOnels summons read as follows. in
part: you are commanded to appear at
the courtroom, Princess Rink, 55S West
Madison street, the Sth day Of February,
1874. at o'clock p. m, then and there to
testify the truth in a suit. wherein Saliva
ton Army is plaintiff and Satan, alias
the Serpent alias the Devil alias
Angel of Light alias Science so-calIed,
is defendant, and that you then and there
produce evidence aforesaid, the Bible,
which you blasI hen ed and the manu-
script of the lectures with which Won
uphold the defendant: and this you are
not to omit under the penalty of the law
of conscience. " Several thousand other
eminent sinners were similarly sum-
mOncd. Col. lnCersoll, of course, took no
notice of the matter
DIR Charles a Briggs, the now famous
"heretic, -" stirred up the denomination.
alists in a recent sermon at New Haven.
Said he: THE unity of God has been ne
elected, and this is the reason for
the hostility of the masses against
Christianity, Why cannot there be
unity in the church of God
on all matters of which there be concord.
with, of course, the privilege of free de-
bate? Observation-Disclosures is the great
curse of American Christanity-the
curse which exists nowhere else in the
world, and the war against sin is thereby
terribly impeded." Probably DR.. Briggs
would like TO have an established church
in America, 1t is not likely that anything
short Of an established church. unless it
was the arrival of the Millennium, would
wipe out depominationalism in America.
where each belief is free, and every sect
believes in fighting to retain its creed un-
abridged.
Gov Lewelling Of Kansas, has given
out that he will not be a candidate for
denomination. He says he is single
term man, and believes in rotation in
Office. Nevertheless, tn re is reason to
believe he had set his pegs to rotate in
the ONCE of governor some more when
the recent repu lican victory and the
disadection Of Mrs. Lease upset his ar
rangemcnts.
De Cana did not make that anticipated
decisive attack upon Rio because the
euemy's troops failed to desert to him. so
the cable says. PeiXoto has not made
decisive nsaught against the insurgents
for the same reason, probably. Each
side is waiting for the other 20 be- deci.
mated by desertious before attempting
masterstroke.