The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-01
REPEAL OF THE BANK TAX.
Black, Of Georgia, Makes a Strong
Speech in Favor Of It.

Forth the N Necessity Tor the Use or
Clearing House Certificates.
Washington, May @.-Mai Black fin
ished his speech on the repeal Of the 10
per cent tax on state banks this morning.
In all he spoke about two hours, and it
was one of the strongest speeches yet
made for the repeal His argument was
based on constitutional point. He laid
his claim on the basis that the law fixing
the tax was unconstitutional One rea-
son was, he said, that if the general gov
ernment had the power to fix any tax on
state bank issues, then the general
government had the right to
make that tax prohibitory, rs in
the present case. The states had always
had the constitutional right to issue
charters for state bank issues and eXer-
cised that right for the first seventy
years, and Mai Black claimed that the
states had never forfeited that right to
the general government.
At the conclusion of his speech Mai.
Black was warmly congratulated by the
repealers upon making one of the strong
est speeches and soundest arguments yet
made on that side of the question.
The two best speeches yet made for the
repeal of the tax are those by Maj. Black
and Judge Lamson.
Maj. Black spoke for over two hours.
Col Lester intends to make a speech
fayoriug the repeal, but he may have
some trouble in getting the floor, as n
great number have applied for time
,b Of Bf al I.of fn1
member Of the House to introduce a bill
for unconditional repeal this session.
DETAILS OF THE DEBATE.
Washington, May 31.-In the House
to-day Mr. Sickles, dem, of New York,
offered a Joint resolution giving the Secre-
tary of War authority to acquire lands
from the Gettysburg battlefield, needed
to complete the tract TO be preserved and
described in the act of March 3, 1898.
That act appropriated $4,000, and
an additional $4,000 was carried
in the suudry civil appropriation bill
recently passed by the House The
United States court decided recently that
the necessary power TO acquire the
ground by condemnation or other pro
ceedings had not been granted the Secre-
tary of War, and Mr.. sickles stated that
there was danger that the land desired,
or some of it, would be taken by the
Electric Railway Company, and the pur-
poses of the act Of March 3, 1893, would
thereby be defeated.
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II amended so as 10 pfohlDlU Ihe eHpehdl-
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Mr.. McLaurin, OF South Carolina, ad
dressed the House on the bill. He told |
of the direful results 10 the cotton market
during the financial strlngency, ana how
king cotton was saved from deJhrone |
ment only Dy the issue Of clearing house !
confidence certificates, which passed |
current in South Carolina and enabled |
the people to tide over the crop-moyiEg !