The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-17
THE WAR is OVER
The Bloody Shirt is Not
Waved
n Discussing the Financial
Questions in Congress.
NO NORTH NO SOUTH.
And Party Lines are Every
where Obliterated.

sectional than that on slavery ever was,
and that the sections are rather more solid
than they ever were on secession. Take
the center of our population IL was in
1890 i'm southeastern Indiana and draw
through it two lines 1T right angles. South
Of the east and west lines six-sevenths of
the cong ressmen are Democrats, and west
of the north and south line more than two
thirds are ia favor Of the free coinage of
silver More. it is tolera bly, certain that
the proportion is much greater than two
thirds, as although but 19 Republicans
voted for the Bland seigniorage bill, it is
known thai party ties restrained several
more
AS the south half of this nation is all
most solid ON one issue and the west half
but little less solid GA another what must
the southwest quarter be- North and east
of the two lines indicated there is practi-
cally no difference between the two parties
on this issue, and SO Che northeast may be
set down as solid Every body deprecates
this every ongressuan who talks with
correspondent declares with great vehe-
mance that sit ism our fault. but just
the same the melancholy fact must be rec
ognized. Even in the bitterest period of
the civil war there never was such una
nimity in the south as there IS now, and
in the northwest there never was q stronger
support of Liucoln's policy than there is
now Of q special financial system.
Party Lines Obliterated.
Party lines being thus in 8 great meas
ure laid aside for sectional lines, there
seems to be an increasing tendency for this
division to continue on new questions as
they rise, even though they seem to have
little or mo bearing ON finance. Among
these is the bankruptcy bin, which is stiIl
IN consIdera 5lon IN the judiciary commit
tee. lt viii be remem barad shat the Tor
rev bill was set aside, and that the Bailey
bill obtained the preference The strug-
gle viii now be to replace the Bailey bin
for the original Torrey Dill somewhat modi-
fed. The main difference IS that the Bal
ley bill provides for voluntary bankruptcy
only, while the other has elaborate provi-
siOns for forcing Che Delinquent debtor in
to bankruptcy. This measure is adv0cat-
ed by MIR Wolverton Of I'ennsy lvania and
Mr.. Oates Of Alabama among the Demo
Gratis.
Bankruptcy laws. says Mr. Bailey,
tshave existed in some form ever since com
merce began among men. Originally ln-
stead of cutting up the estate they cut up
the bankrupt In process of time they
adopted the other method but in the
United States they got lit down so hne that
after cuttsng up the estate, instead Of dill
viding 1T among the creditors. they divid-
ed it among the lawyers and court OH
Gals. Taking all, the English and other
foreign presidents, congress ia 1900 passed
our first bankruptcy law, which was to
continue in force for five years, but the re-
suits were 50 bad that in little moro than
two years congress repealed it by vote in
the house Of 30 TO I3, and for nearly 40
years the experience was sulclenr Uo pre-
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