The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-04
VARIOUS VIEWS.
Newspapers and LasyAIaiers' Cam.
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Washington, Dec. S.-Speaker Crisp
had no opportunity to examine the
message carefully, owing Ito the FIRE
quent Interruptions and was not pre-
pared to express an opinion until he
had done so.
Mr. Wilson, chairman of the Ways
and Means committee, expressed his
great qualification over the president s
vigorous recommendation of the free
coal and iron bills sent to the Senate
anu his endorsement of the recommer-
dation of the abolition of the dfferen-
tial on refined sugar.
Mr. Bryan Dem.) of Nebraska, said
he was opposed to any financial
scheme which would give private in
Idividuals the power to issue money
Mr.. Harter Oem.), of Ohio, char
acterized the presidents banking
scheme as a good long step in the right
direction but personally he thought
he ought to go further. The govern
ment, in his opinion, ought not to
guarantee the payment of national
bank notes or of any corporations.
Mr.. Bailey OeTn.), of Texas is OPP
posed to the government becoming a
surety for the promissory notes of
any business corporation, even though
it be a bank.
Senator Mitchell Rep), of Oregon:
His whole financial scheme is inn
possible. 1t is a position really going
back to old wildcats"
Senator Blanchard Dem.), of Louis
lana: Il approve of his state banks
recommendation. 1 am OPPOSED to the
repeal Of Is and Ito of a cent differen-
tial of sugar, for the reason that 74
per cent of seven million pounds of
sugar produced in Louisiana shares in
the differential."
Senator Hansbrough Rep.), of North
Dakota: "I had heard the President
was suffering from the govt and the
message confirms it,
Senator Perkins (Rep), of California:
Il like his recommendation for an in
crease in the navy, but am opposed TO
his free ship provision"
Senator Villas Oem), of Wisconsin:
ct is a good business message"
Senator Chandler Rep.), of New
Hampshire: THE message is a very
commonplace document"
Mr. Reed. of Maine. had nothing to
say with regard to the message.
Mr. Burrows. of Michigan. had no
comment to make.
General Catchings Oem.), of Missis-
sippi, one of the Committee on Rules,
strongly endorsed the Presidents
financial views.
OF the Democratic members of the
Senate Committee on Finance Sena-
tors Voorhees,, Harris and Vest asked
to- be excused from expressing any
opinion on the financial views advanced
by the President, and Senator Jones,
of Arkansas, would only repeat what
he has heretofore said, that he did not
believe any financial legislation could
be possible during the present session.
Republican members of the commit
80 III, ~
as their Democratic colleagues.
Senator Sherman would go no fur
Their than to say that the message con-
tanned nothing striking.
Senator Allison declared it was not
time for Republicans to take the
lead.
Senator Brice Oem.) of Ohio: 1.-THE
Baltimore plan strikes me as a pure
dream. Its adoption would certainly
demoralze the finances of the country"
Senator Teller Rep), of Colorado:
81 cannot see that the message. offers
any relief TO the country, and it appears
to me as if the President failed to COM
prehend the financial or political condi-
tons"
Senator Hoars Rep.), of Massachu-
sets: 1T is message without vigor or
courage, indicating in every sentence
the Presidents consciousness of public
disspproval. Can this be naughty Mar
mion?"
Senator Stewart: 1.-THE financial plan
in Cleveland's message, stripped of YER
biage, means that the United States
shall give bankers SIS for $22.5O Any
bank that will deposit $3.50 of legal
tender, whether greenbacks or treasury
notes, will receive SIS of our govern
ment money, a cunning way of retiring
p'rapT1 bq II ron0UeS a trio
of the banking law against expansion
and contraction by the banks to enable
them and their associates to rig the
market"