Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-12-21

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for tax upon the notes issued by
national banks and exempting notes
issued by state banks from any such
tax, or from any supervision by national
authority" Mr.. George @. Butler, a
Connecticut fnancier, told the house
committe that the banks would never
accept the unknown responsibility i'm
posed by that portion of Secretary Car
isles plan requiring all national banks
to guarantee the circulation of each
bank. Other fnanciers also condemned
the plan for various reasons.
Senator Morrill,, on bel alf of the SEN
ate finance committee, presented com
binalion adverse report to the senate on
all the populist financial biIls-most of
them were introduced by Senator PETER
which were during the first two SEES
sions of the present congress referred to
that committee, and accompanied it
with a speech especially aimed at the
financial quackerY of the demagogue of
The present era, and the prevailing spirit
of exaggeration. Senator Morrill, never
learned to use bad language; his shafts
of ridicule are always those of the edu-
Gated and refined gentlemen, but that
doesn't prevent their penetrating the
thickest skins. PETER is sore all over.
Representative Hit, of Illinois, the
ranking republican member of the house
COMMITTEE on foreign affairs, who is one
of the best posted men in congress on
international affairs which relate to the
United States, is after Secretary Gresh
Mr.. Hit wants TO know all about Sec
re airy Greshanl's offer of &425,OO0 as
compensation for Canadian sealers seized
in Behring Sea, and has offered reso
luton calling for the correspondence
which led to that extraordinary offer.
In view of tie fact, which he points out,
that ten If the eighteen vessels seized
we're owned by Americans and flying
the British flag for purposes of registra-
ton, and that the entire claim submitted
to the arbitration tribunal on behalf of
the Canadian sealers was only $4,000
of which it was admitted that 1857 900
represented prospective profits on catch
es expected to have been made if the
vessels had not been sliced. Mr.. Hit
thinks Secretary Gresham's offer entirely
too large and proposes to oppose appro-
priating the money to make it good,
unless the correspondence shall furnish
some justification now unknown to him.
Notwithstanding the charge that the
railroad pooling bill is entirely in the
interest of the corporations, the house
passed it by the decisive vote Of l66 to
40. Some of the ablest men in the
house declare thai the bill, if it becomes
a iaw, will be of direct benefit 20 small
shippers as wslI as to the smaller rail
reads. The bill proposes to restore to
the railroads the freight privileges they
had previous to the enactment of the
interstate commerce law.
1t required vote of the senate to
convince certain senators that no tariff
tinkering would be allowed at the pres
ent session, aud it was promptly given
when Senator Quay, of Delaware. moved
to take up the sugar bill, which was re-
ported from the senate tinar.ce commit |
tee, at the last session, as a substitute |
for the house popgun sugar bill. The
motion was defeated by vote of q to
%. the populists and Senators Blanch-
ard, Martin and Roach voting with the |
republicans against the motion, and a
number of democrats, including Brice,
German, Irby aud Smith vino would |
have voted against the motion had their
votes been necessary to defeat 1t, did |
not vote.
The senate also defeated by a vote OF |
"a to 81 Senator Vests attempt to get
his cloture resolution up for discussion.
1t was recognized that such discussion !
wouln have been merely a waste of
time.
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