The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-17
Senator Jones' Ourrencv Riu

SoAA-Ior JOne2' CURRENCY Bill.
1t was announced last Monday that
Senator Jones of Arkansas had a com
promise banking ana currency hin which
he would Introduce that day. Among other
things, it provided for the issue of $500 COO
900 in bonds Of small denominations. hear
ing a low rate Of interest. and for the
coinage of all the silver product of Ameri-
can mines. The senator however. has not
yet introduced his bill He found that
the President and Secretary Carlisle
would not say they favored it. and that
1t was not satisfactory to the silverites
1t is now announced that he is trying to
make his bill acceptable to everybody. OF
course he Will fail. The only way to get
a banking and currency measure through
this congress is for the democrats to get
together and agree upon a bill. That they
are not likely to do.
Secretary Carlisle is trying to modify
his bill so that the House will pass it, He
may succeed, but it is very doubtful The
democrats are so split up on the currency
issue that it is about impossible for them
to harmonze their differences. And the
republicans are not going to give them any
assistance. The republicans have decided
upon the course they Will pursue. They
viii not give any advice or make any
suggestions until the democrats admit
they can do nothing in respect to the cur
rency. If the democrats make such an
admission the republicans Will come for
ward with suggestions as to the kind of
a currency bin they will assist in passing
The truth undoubtedly is that the rcpub-
licans have determined to have whatever
credit there is in reforming the currency
and getting the country out of its finRn-
cial troubles. If there is to be financial
legislation by this congress they propose
to say what the leading features of it
shall be, and if nothing is done by this
congress they will have it in their power
to do as they please in the next congress.
And it is about certain that the financial
question will go over to the next congress
for settlement
The quietest people in politics just now
are the Louisiana sugar planters. II may
be that they are still locked up in dark
of themselves. At any rate, they are not
talking out in public. Senator Canery says
he does not know what their next move
will be. They had the way open for con-
gress to appropriate money to pay them
the bounty on the crop of 1894 but they
brought suit in the court of ap-
peals-couldn't wait on congressman the
court shut the congressional door with
decision, holding the bounty unconstitu-
tional. To sum up the blunders Of the
sugar planters. they alienated their friend
the Democratic party, from them by jump
ing the party organization; they offered
congress an affront by taking their com
plant to the court instead OF to congress,
and they made it doubtful if congress can
relent and go to their aid, by securing
ruling to the effect that congress has no
right to do any such thing.
Young Capt Tillman of Edgeheld. S. G.,
who on Tuesday had the little pistol dis
pute with the brother of the governor of
South Carolina, is the same young Capt
Tillman who some time ago had news
paper dispute with United States Senator
Irby. and from which it was thought
duel would grow. The young captain
seems destined TO achieve prominence in
South Carolina affairs.