Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-31
STRONG SILVER SENTIMENT
Developed Among the Republican Members of
 the House
BY THEIR VOTE ON THE BOND BILL
Congress Will Pass No Bond Measure Un- less the Obligation Is Payable in Com at the Option of the
 Government.

l guished representative in congress of the
 Sixth Alabama district, arrived in Bir- 1 mingham Sunday night from Washing | ton, and spent yesterday here before pro- l ceeding to his home at Fayette.
 ] To State Herald reporter, who ex- l pressed surprise at seeing him, Captain Bankhead laughingly remarked: T had | expected we would have holiday for l Christmas, but we were caught between | declaration of war and a petition of 1 bankruptcy, and we. all had to stay When he left Washington, he said, the l understanding was that no business I would be transacted until next Monday,
 January 6, and as he'had a lot of fatten-
 ing hogs over in Fayette he was taking
 advantage of the few days respite from l public duty to look after his meat and 1 try some spare ribs.
 | In reply to questions about the diSpoSi- 1 tion of congress on the financial Sltua- l tion, Captain 'Bankhead said that II l vote on the bond bill could have been l had on Friday, before Secretary Carlisle 1 had written Chairman Dingley or the ways and means committed, opposing the bill 1t would have been defeated, for It gave reason to sufficient number or republican ,partisans, acting on the pol l icy of doing the opposite of what your
 
 | carry the bill, which they did by small majority. . Another notable thing disclosed by the
 vote on the bond bill was that there Is | in the house decided majority who are opposed to the issue of all bonds unleSs | they are to be payable in coin at the | option of the government. Ffs "Then that gives an idea of the true | inwardness of the reputed revolt among | the republicans against Speaker Reed!' was suggested. Ji "Yes; in the vote on the revenue Dill the republicans voted as a unit, but when | it came to voting for bonds it was quite | different thing. Results have demon strated that not only Is the sentiment n the house against the issue of excluslYe gold bonds stronger than we had expect ed among the republicans but by tpe same token silver has more friends among them than we had hoped for5Ll do not believe that congress will accede to the policy of the administration as outlined by MT. Carlisle. When the bond bill comes back from the senate it will. have an out-and-out free silver attaen- ment, and would not be at all surprised | if the result after conference between the | two houses would be a measure showing a liberal recognition of silver AL all | events 1t is absolutely certain that no | anti-silver Legislation can pass the sen | ate as it is now constituted but, with the addition of the two senators from Juan, | silver will be still stronger in the senate | and intrenched to stay there for long time to come, This consideration, with unexpected strength of the friendliness | to silver in the house, shows that the craze is very far from dying out, ana | expect these facts to have considerable weight upon the republican as well as | the democratic national convention.
 In answer to inquiry as to what he | thought the administration would do to relieve the situation of which 1t com | plained, Captain Bankhead said 1t was | the understanding that $1OO,000,o00 or | bonds would be issued during this week; | that. as the Washington Post had an | nounced it was authorized to say Tn US Saturdays issue, the Morgan syndicate | had agreed to supply all the gold needed;, that they would take whatever or the lS- | sue was not subscribed for by the pupHc' | in other words, the syndicate agreed to | underwrite the loan, and it was because | of this agreement that the administra- | tion professed it now felt no alarm for | the future.
 Questioned about the message on the Venezuela boundary dispute and now IL l was regarded by congressman generally, | Captain Bankhead said that all excite | rnent had blown over "Of course we | are all concerned,' he said, that in this controversy the honor Of this country must be preserved intact; but the mouse will do nothing that will hasten or pre- I CiDitat6 trOuDle DelWt6ll lhio SObh'iy 0iAN, England. I believe Xhat the common | sense of our people having once come into play will avert any such calamity as war when it may be avoided without | dishonor to either side, It seems 10 me | that Mr Cleve1and's message shows that | in his admission that Venezuela may cede | her territory and we cannot interfere l Rut according to the Monroe doctrine | whether Great Britain acquires the ois- | puted territory by purchase or not sne l will be extending her dominion over l American soil Suppose she were 10 puy | oil the South American republics, what | difference would the manner or her ex, | tension of empire upon American soll | make with us? But I believe common sense will surely find way to prevent | a war" ,. ,,;,, | ion of the presidents message, said ne | thought it. might have been more dlpIo5 | matic if MT. Cleveland had sald t9At,I | having offered to submit the issueNto arbitration and England having d'aij decilnfauj
 we have decided to appoint commisston | to ascertain the true boundary me, ana | nben that is accomplished we Will ,de-j
 tarn,ina what else -we~will do, or words
 to that effect. instead of adopting tone | of banter that we would resist py IoIce l th;s or that outcome of the matter
 | IT was believed in Washington that the | ao,,n,issioners would be Robert T. Lln- | ooin and Mr Phelps both of whom nave
 been ministers to England. and Judge A,
 w of the supreme court Of the DlstrleF oI | Columbia. It would be popular anu aiI
 admirable commission, for our puPiiq
 would confidently expect from 1t solu7 l tion of the difficulty. ], | Asl.ed about the contested elecron | oosese of which Alabama has four pend-
 ing before the house, Captain Bankhead
 said the disposition of the republicans m
 yassto decide the cases speedily as the
 a,nointment of three election committees
 showed. As to how fair they proposed
 to be. no action had yet given a clue for judgment. | Rewards Edinburgh speech and the
 action of congress on the matter, Captain
 Rankhead said to the reporter as they
 "Oh. that was a case of too much talk, as nav be my case with you" e-5'
 Congressman Bankhead left for Fay' cite last night at 1o;3o.
 Good fishing at East Lake.