New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-07
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THE ADMINISTRATION.
TRY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBrxR'
washington. June 6-The Democratic majority
-. House to-day violated another pledge con-
,..a IN the Chicago platform. That platform
said .,o ,roh,h,,or,, n nor
.,,ax on State bank issues be repealed
cen Dsmocrat!c majority in the House to-day
..,ss.r.telv repudiated this promise. upon the
"-.,s,h OF which. along with sundry others II
".sned It had been elected in 1892. 1t did so
~ she decisive vote Of 172 TO 1O2. The bill be-
W, the House was one exenpting certain
WV ,. roainlv ir the South from all liability to
.,,on IN clearing house certificates and other
80. which we're issued during the financial
.I,osncv Of last summer. Some OF the Southern
-rs treated these certificates as money. and
y, .hern into general circulation. thus appar-
-.y committing a technical violation Of the
a. r., this bill for the relief os~a few banks
-" rox Of Tennessee offered an amendment
NJ u,sng for the total repeal Of the law taxing
go hank circulation. as required by the Demo-
...,c nlatform. and 1t was over this amendment
,,,, the fight took place.
rha struggle was a long and bitter one, and
as ended only by invoking the aid Of the all
..verf,l Committee on Rules. The friends Of
,s,I exerted themselves to the utmost and
.soroh never feeling very sangune. did not
,,..ro that the defeat would be as crushing as
!, nroyed 10 be. The lack OF conviction and
..,c,ne which distinguishes the average Demo-
.,,c legislator made many Democrats. who only
,vo short years ago were In the front ranks of
those who shouted for repeal. turn now upon the
cords OF the past and violate the pledges OF
,hsr party platform. Their conduct has en-
h,rered those who to-day fought in the minority
most Of them Southern men-and these latter
,ow feel that they have been badly treated by
their Democratic brethren. Not only do they
complain Of having been misled by a canvass
made by two ov4r-enthusiasdc friends OF repeal
hut they also assert that the repeal plank in the
Democratic platform the work OF Northern
men, and being such. ought to have had the
undivided support Of the party.
There Is much dissatisfaction. in fact. among
Democrats with the course the Administration
has pursued in the matter. The President is ac-
eused Of having deceived the friends Of repeal by
openly favoring the measure and by secretly
using his influence 10 encompass its defeat.
Seeing that he accepted the platform upon which
ne was nominated without protest, this would
be considered perhaps strange in the case of any
This The Star says that the President is quoted
as saying TO a Representative from Pennsyl-
vania who was doubtful as to how he should
vote and who consulted him, that "he did not
think that the country had yet been educated
ip to the repeal Of this tax. and that therefore
be thought Il would be just as well II the matter
were discussed now but not passed" He is quoted
D suggesting further that some time in the
future. when the public taste had been suff1-
Gently cultivated for it. the bill might be
passed and the pledges Of the party platform
be thus redeemed. Those references to the In
sufficient cultivation Of the public taste and the
lack Of the countrys education probably stamp
an otherwise incredible report genuine.
The prayer at the opening Of the session to-
day was delivered by DR.. Everett. a Represen-
tatve for Massachusetts. On motion Of Mr.. Dun
ply Oen. n. " the House concurred in the
Senate amendments to the bill authorizing the
construction Of bridge across the Hudson
River by the New-York and New-Jersey Bridge
Company.
On motion Of Mr. Dalzell Rep.. PENN Senate
amendments were concurred in to the House bin
authorizing the construction Of bridge across
the Monongahela River at Homestead.
The House then proceeded to the consideration
Of the bill 10 repeal the State bank tax, under
N"N oiiohScH.cHl dBItcu " ytSleIudS
Mr.. Taylor Dem. Ga) spoke in favor Of re-
peal
The subject was further discussed by Messrs.
Mekeltohn rep. Neb). Bingham Rep. PENN,
hal (Dem., Mo- Robinson Rep. PENN and
Cockran Dem, n. ". The latter denounced
.ne National bank currency as the worst that
,,ouid De conceived and one which ought not 10
pe allowed to stand. But as long as 1t did exist
NJ Cochran said he did not believe in attempt
ss ss 70 make tributary system. Believing In
,ne Platforms demand for a repeal of the State
Sank tax. he did not believe in doing so hap
hazard Present conditions would have TO be
changed before 1t could be done safely.
ar Hicks Rep, PENN and Mr.. Quigg Rep,
the tax
Mr. ,Dingley Rep. Me) closed the debate. He
ssa the issue presented by the bill was. banks OF
issue being essential. shall they be OF uniform
system. under National control or forty-four
separate and distinct systems? National banks
nsa been In existence thirty years and had issued
n that time 81 .52l. 900 900 of currency Not one
ssonar s,sar OF that currency was ever lost to the
aaoer. record said Mr.. Dingey, that the his
o.y OF the world failed to equal
Inc system. however. Mr.. Dingley admitted,
~ ~ not respond as readily now to the demands
,Us Sr money as 1t did thirty years ago. But the
umculty not to be remeded by abandoning
sNational form OF currency A local currency.
esaid would be crcumscribed in its use by the
Nnits wits OF the authority that gave 1t life. A
Nauonal currency, Mr.. Dingley argued, was
much more economical than a State currency;
ana on that score. II no other the present sys-
acations
The debate closed at 21O O'Clock and a vote
vas taken on the Cox amendment to repeal the
per cent tax outright. The vote was an
nouneed as Yeas, 102; nays. 172
fne vote in detail was follows:
ias-hessrs. Abbott, Alexander. Arnold Bailey. Bank
seaa Bell Texas Black CGa) Bland. Boather. Bower.
seneh Brecknridge Ky.). Bum. Cabanss. Campbell.
~eanss. Clark (Mo). Cobb (Ala) Cockrell %Cooper
nh Cooper Gnd). Cooper CTexas). Cox Grain. .craw-
~ Ceoerson. Cummings. Davey DE Almond, benson.
nsnoe Edmunds Ellis Ry) English Cal) Enloe.
- fthan. Fyan. Geary. Gorrnan Grady. Hall (Mo).
"s' Hard. Hn e-son N. CO Hutcheson Izlar. Jones.
W" Lalnsr. Lawson. Lester. Livingston. Maddox.
,ssune Mallory Marshall. McCulloch. McDearmon Nc
.4fn Mcmillan. McRae. Meredith. Money Montgomery,
s.sSn Moses. Nen Oates. ogden. oNeill (Mo). Pas
Patterson. Paynter Pendieton Texas). Price. Rich
s'n Oenn). Robbins Russell (La.l. sayers. Shell.