The Van Buren press., 1895-05-04
Tws Subjects Disessel ~ Senator
| Harris q TeoneseeA

M4nPHls, Tenn. April 21.-
Ishsm @. Harris, Senator from
| Tennessee, and the lesder Of the
Democratic forces on the floor Of
| the United States Senate. today
geanted the folio wing interview:
"Senator, do You think the
DemOcrsts will be able to organize
the Senate next December asked
the reporter.
There will be three political
organization In the Senate when
II meets in December, neither one
| OF which will have . majority.
The Republicans will have three
or four moro votes than the
Democrsts, aud the Populist
| Senators will hold the balance Of
power. In this condition OF
affairs neither political party can,
Of itself, organize the Senate, and
while /, - an individual Senator,
am resolved to do full and exact
| Justice to the Populist Senators In
the organization, yet l will not
consent to compromise . single
Democratic principle for the
purpose Of securing the power to
reorgsnixe the Senate"
aWhat 10 your opinion ~ to the
| dominance Of the free silver
sentiment In the South and West
| ln relation to the campaign Of
1896 p
sThe sentiment In favor Of the
| utilization aud the rehabilitation
OF silver to its position % . money
metal aud - . money Of ultimate
redemption; and, in connection
With gold, - the regulator OF
volume, or amount Of that thing
called money, 10 Overwhelmingly
strong In the South and West,
and IN my opinion ought to 5e
strong aud conclusive everywhere
II people would recognize the
undeniable fact that money Ii
purely the creature OF law. 1t ID
now, always wss, and always mus,
| be, Just what the law Of it, own
county makes It, and whom II
passes beyond the limits Of fta
own country il 10 not money, bal
Immediately becomes . com
modify, which goes upon the
market at its market value just ~
your bale Of cotton, h0gshead oi
tobacco or bushel Of wheat gOea
upon the foreign market at ita
value.
ITO illustrate Four hundred
and twelve aud one.half grains ol
standard silver, coined into {
dollar and 25.8 grains Of gold
coined into b dollar are legal
tender dollars anywhere and
everywhere In the United States
! Within the boundsnes Of the
United States each Of these
dollars performs precisely the
same functions, each pays exactly
the same amount Of debt and buys
the same amount Of property
Under the laws Of the United
States certain Treasury notei
have been made legal tender
money, owing to which fact the
Treasury note will perform every
function % money that gold OF
silver coin can perform; will buy
|as much or pay - much, dollar
for dollar, - any other money In
the United States.
"NOw here are three kinds 0l
legal tender money In the United
States, and under the laws Of the
United States every dollar ol
either can and does perform ell
the functions Of legal tender
money, or, In other words, each
dollar Of which, % money, 10 thu
exact equal Of any other dollal
that the laws of the United Statel
have made q legel tender; and
therefore, the idea Of talking abou
the market value, commercia
value or intrinsic value OF th'
material Of which money is mad,
10 SIMPLY absurd, and device
will not say . contemplate devic,
though l think It is)-intendet
simply to complicate the question
and 10 far ~ possible to confuse
the public mind"