Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-23
TIE HOLIDAY RECESS Preceded by an Attack on the
 Carlisle Plan
BY MIR. BRYAN OF NEBRASKA
In the House-Little Done in the Senate-The Clarke
 Case.

WAsHINGToN, Dec. 22.-The currency and banking bill now pending before the house suffered in,the iscassiou today in re- spect of the mum Der of it's advocates com pared with those who opposed it. There was but one speaker in favor of the bill, Mir. Coombs, democrat, of New York, and he most strongly advocated postponement of the establishment of an entire new ays- tenn of banking and currency in this cnun- try until conditions are changed.
 There were three speakers against the bill. Mir. Meril democrat, of Texas, ex- pressed the opinion that the issue of greenbacks in place of national bank circu- lation us rapidly as it was retired would afford relief.
 MT. Bowers, republican, of California, said that any party which enacted legisla- tion resulting in the destruction of the national banking system and it's circuia- ton would be ground to powder, l he issue of bonds of small denominations to retire the green backs and the stanlish- ment of postal savings banks would, In his opinion, aid la relieving these condi- tions.
 MT. Bryan democrat, of Nebraska, spoke for two hours making general attack upon the bill, which he denounced as a re- pudiaton of the principles of tho demo- cratic party. Before the discu on was en- tered upon several private bills were passed unanimously.
 At 5:10 o'clock the house, under the operation of the concurrent resolution pro- viding for a-noliday recess, adjourned until Tb ursday, January 8, 1895.
 Reviewing the circumstances attendant upon the inception and introduction of the bill, Mir. Bryan said it was an unprece- dented repudiation of the principles of democratic government. No declaration in favor of the annihilaiion of greenback had been made by any party or president, and yet, immediately after the late elec- tions, the most remarkable in many re- spects the country has ever seen, the party in charge of this congress proposed to sur render, in tue last hours Of their possession of power, the control of our banking and currency system to the banks by a measure that includes tbe prohibition of green backs. There was abs olutey no excuse for the bill, said MT. Bryan. It's introduction at this time could not be defended unless 1t would afford remedy for the evil com plained of. I be reason given by its friends and promoters for bringing it in the house was tbat the exigen- cies of the treasury demanded it; the treasury was being drained of gold by the exchange of green backs therefor, but the bill did not provide even a primary remedy. The only remedy as far as it re- lated 10 the greenb backs was to fund them in bonds. When that was done, If it ever were done, the trouble would still exist, for the silver certificates would still remain, and they must be redeemed in gold on demand. Mr. Bryan denounced the bond issue as conspiracy against the gov ernment, quoling the movement of gold from the treasury between the dates of ad vertsing for bids of the last issue of bonds and of the delivery of the last lot Of bonds as proof of hls assertion.
 'lf we had brave Jackson in tue White House now he would rise in his might and say: By the eternal the rights of the peo- pie are dearer than those of Wall street. But what answer does the present ch ef ex- ecrtiye give: Whatsoever they ask of me, even 10 the half Of ruy Kingdom, shall be given to them. p
 Proceeding then to the provisions of the bIll, Mir. Bryan expressed his opinion of them In detail. The first ground of oppo- sition was, that giving to bankers the privilege of issuing paper money was gov eminent favoritiim of the worst sort. Mr. Bryan expressed the opinion that tiou disseminating smallpox among the people of the nation would be productive Of less harmony than the granting of this privilege to the banks.
 The second ground of opposition was that the granting ol such privilege makes the receipt of it an enemy to any law that proposes bridge over it. Jefferson warned the pes pie against the establish ment of paper money banks, state or na- tionai. Cleveland believed that the ideal form of government included the entire divorcing of government from the issue of paper money. "lt is hardly necessary for me to stale'' said Mir. Bryan, "tnat stand ,sl Jefferson in favor of taking the balanI@ eut Of the government rather than with Cleveland in favor of taking the gov ernment out of the issue of money.''
 He said Jefferson had expressed the opin- ion that the existence of private banks of issue would Do more dangerous 10 the gov ernmeut than standing armies, in which opinion he fully concurred. ''For stand ing armies,'' he said, ''cannot bring such power to besr upon legislation as can be found with banks. The thIrd ground of MT. Bryan's opposition was that the gov ernment cannot safely give 10 private cor porations the power to control the volume of paper money.
 In conclusion, MT. Bryan called the at tention Of the silver men to what he be- lieved to be the purpose of the bill. Itwill simply be another move tow ards the uni versal condition of gold monome.aflsm. ''You can be deceived if you like,' he said, "but you simply deceive yourselves '' The only remedy for the trouble now con- fronting the country and it's citizens, in the opinion of MT. Bryan, was the restoration of silver 10 a standard beside gold and to return 10 the constitutional coinage of gold and silver. MT. Bryan's speech closed to- days discussion.
 IN THE SENATE.
 very slight and weak obstruction was raised h the senate today against the con current resolution of the Christmas recess MT. George, democrat, of Mississippi, ob- jected 10 its consideration, and stated earn estly his objection. These were, that after the recess there would be but two months of the session longer, and that there were many very important matters which re- quired action to be taken upon them, and which would give rise tu great deal of discussion and consume much time. He specified the Nicaragua canal bill, the bankruptcy bill, the currency reform bill, aud all of the great appropriations, one Of them containing provision which senate's rules, which prevented the com polling of action any matter when passed by even very small majority, he thought that the senate should not expose itself to failure of the appropriation as to the income tax. The holiday sentiment proved 10 be irresistible, however, and Mir. < George lot down the bars and permitted \fhe resolution to be concurred iu
 Mr. Morgan indicated desire to reply o MT. Turpie's three days speech against