The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-04-19
RESOLVED, BY THE CAUCUS,
That the Prohibit 'ry Tax on stare Bapks
Be RsD.aled

WASHINGTON, April 1O.-The Demo.
craLlc caucus, after a session Of two
hours and half this evening, adopted
the following resolutions without q dis
sentlng vote:
"Resolved, That it is the sense Of
tnIs caucus that the prOhibitOry tax of
10 per cent. on State bank issue be re-.
pealed."
"ResolVed, That when the bill known
as the Brawley and Springer bill. which
the committee on banking and curren.
cy has ordered reported to the House.
IS called up for action, an amendment
De offered repeating the prohibitory
tax on State banks; that ample time be
afforded for discussion, and If neces.
sary to secure this, the committed on
rules be requested to take proper &C.
tiOn."
Exactly 102 Democratic members of
the House were present. The attend
ance from the South and West was
very heavy, but only few Eastern
Messrs. Strauss. Cummings, Dunphy
and Warner (New York;, Pigott of
Connecticut, O'Neill of massachusetts
and Slbley of Pennsylvania.
The discussion Of the repeal of the
State bank tax proceeded IN a desultory
way for a time and took wide range.
Mr.. Culberson Of Texas, chairman of
the Judiciary committee, made strong
speech in favor Of 1t. lie reviewed at
some length the political situation In
which the Southern members fourd
themselves. The Sherman law had
been repealed, all hope of silver legls-
lation must necessarily be abandoned
for the present since Mr.. Cleveland had
set the seal Of his disapproval upon
the Bland seigniorage bill. In the
Senate the tariff bill was proceeding
slowly. In fact, said Mr.. Culberson,
the Democratic members from the
South and West had no record of
pledges redeemed to carry back to
their people. The only thing left to
sections for greater volume Of cur
rency was the repeal Of tho tax on
State banks circulation.
After some further talk, the above
resolutiona were offered, the first by
Mr.. Cox Of Tennessee, and the second
by MIR. Culberson. There was but little
diversity Of opinion in the caucus on
the question Of the advisability Of TAX
ing up for consideration the question
of the repeal, but there was some op.
position to unconditional repeal. The
only outspoken opposition to any
measure looking to the repeal Of the
State bank tax, came from Bryan of
Nebraska, and Lane and Williams of
Illinois. Messrs. Gresham Of Texas,
Swanson of Virginia, Catchings of
Mississippi, Cooper of Indiana and
others, ardently favored the propcsi
ton. Cummings of New York, made
riDging speech at the end IN favor OF
the repeal. He declared the people of
Nav York had Cast their vote for the
Democratic Candidates with fulI
EMO o"ledge Of what the Chicago plat
tortn contained and he for one, was
ready and anxious to redeem eypry
plank IN that platform. At the conclu.
sion OF his speech the resolutions were
ad0Opted and the caucus adjourned.
lhe result or the caucus only means
thdt the bill to repeal the STATE bank
TAX shall he considered as rider to the
bra"ley bill, which is now on the Cal.
ehdar ana that a vote shall be had
upon it..
1t was generally admitted in the eau
Gus tonight that this repeal could not
be accomplished unconditloDally. Mr..
swanson gave as the result of his can
Vass, l29 votes for unconditional repeal;
ana MT. Williams declared az a result
or his investigation that q majority of
the Honse favored the repeat, although
not Internationally. The question OF
conditions was only briefly touched
upon tonight. Il