St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-04
Law MILLS RESUME.
House Again Takes Up Con-
sidepation Of the Cur
rency Question.
SUBSTITUTE TARIFF BILLS
introduced as an Amendment
to the Urgency De-
fieiency Bill
SUBSTITUTE TARIFF BILLS
TO REPLACE INCOME TAX.
Discussion Of the Nicaraguan
Canal Scheme Taken Up
in the Senate.

w AShlNGl ONS U1ii. D.. hO PAOSOSU
lngS in the house today lacked marked
incidents of any kind. The debate on
the currency bill continued all day, but
was generally spir:tless, and the attend
Ance, which was large at the beginning,
dwindled to almost nothing. The
speakers today were: MeSsrs. Black,
of Georgia; McCreary and Buckner, of
Kentucky, in favor of the bill, and
Haughen. of Wisconsin, and Adams, of
Pennsylvania, in opposition to it. No
other business was transacted.
The house presented an animated
scene when it was called to order by
Speaker Crisp after the holiday recess.
The galleries were crowded, and over
half the members were in their seats.
In the diplomatic gallery were the Jap
anese minister and his secretary, and
many prominent personages looked
down Oh the forensic arena from the re-
served gallery. After the call OF COM
mitteeS for reports, Mr.. Quigg (Rep.,
n. " attempted to offer resolution
relating 10 salaries in the New York
pos tOffice, but Mr.. Springer, in charge
Of the currency bill, cut him off with a
motion to go into committee of the
whole for the further consideration of
that bill. Accordingly, the house went
into committee, Mr.. Richardson Dem,
TENN III the chair, and Mr.. Black
dem, Ga.), member of the banking
and currency committee took the floor
in favor Of the bill. The
Ebebate Started SiuggIShly.
Mr.. Black denied at the outset that
the banking and currency committee
had heard only national bankers while
considering the pending measure and
had turned a deaf ear to all others. He
met and parted other criticisms of OPP
ponents of the bill, and gave a histori-
cal review of the financial doctrines of
Democratic presidents from Jefferson
to Cleveland.
Legislation had not caused all the
misfortunes under which the people
were suffering, he said. 1t might have
contributed to their misfortune, and he
believed the passage Of the present bill
would contribute to their relief, but he
deprecated the feeling abroad in the
land that for all the ills and misfortunes
Of the people they should turn to con-
gress.
MIR. Blacks advocacy OF state banks
of issue was ardent, but he concluded
by expressing, amid applause, the opin-
ion that the only real function Of the
government was the coinage Of gold
and silver.
Mr.. Haughen (Rep., Wis.,. who fol.
lowed, opposed the measure. He de-
scribed the bill as a crude. iII-eonsid-
cred measure, fraught with dangers to
the country, and created considerable
amusement by his reference to Mr..
Springer'S position last summer when
he (SpriDger) antag0nized the repeal of
the state bank tax He referred to Mr..
Springer as the most agile member
on the f0or-0ne whose voice had been
on every side on every QuestiOn-and
said the administration had made no
mistake when 1t had selected him to
press the proposition for a flexible
and elastic" currency.
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Haughen's
remarks Mr.. MCCreary Dem, KY. }, who
was member of the Brussels none
tary conference, took the floor in favor
of the measure He said he had exam
ined all the plans suggested for re-
form of the currency, and he regarded
the Carlisle bill as amended by this
Springer modification as the best solu-
ton of the problem offered. He was
opposed, he said, to
Funding the Greenbacks
with interest-bearn2 bonds. He be-
lieved the banking business should be
divorced from the government; that the
greenbacks should be retired by the sur
plus revenues as rapidly as possible,
and that safe and elastic currency
should be provided. These objects, he
thought, would be attained oy the
passage of the pending bill.
Mr.. McCreary expressed the opinion
that in the event of the failure Of some
currency legislation at this session, $780,
100000 or Sl50.000.000 Of bonds would
have to be issued.
Now would the passage Of this bill
relieve the condition Of the treasury"
asked Mir. Dngley.
Mr. MCCreary did not answer that
question directly, bnt said that the in
dOrSement OF the president and Secre-
tRrv OF the treasury had been given to
this bill, all the members of the house
should unite III an earnest and sincere
effort TO reform the currency and give
relief 10 the treasury.
Mr.. McCreary yielded few minutes
of his time to his colleague, Nh Buck
ner, the new Democratic member from
Kentucky, who spoke briefly in favor of
the bill. LII The course OF the latter's
remarks he eulogized President Cleve-
land and Secretary Carlisle as Demo-
Gratis. He said the cardinal difference
between a Democrat and Republican
was chat the latter believed in protec-
ton and the former did not
There is just as radical difference
between a Democrat and Populist,D
said he. 1.-The latter believes the gov
eminent can
Create Fiat Money,
and the Democrat denies this in
toto"
Mr.. Adams (ReD.. PAL onnosad tho