The advocate., 1896-01-08
NEW YORK BANKERS AND BUSINESS
MEN IN A BAD WAY.


Senators are misrepresenting their con-
stituencies. Here is it's statement:
The bankers and merchants Of New York city
having extensive business relations with the
bankers and merchants OF other States believe
that the time has come when at least twenty
four United States Senators should be called to
account by their constituents for misrepre-
senting them In matters Of financial legisla-
ton at Washington. OF these twenty. four Sem
0tors sixteen were elected ss Democrats and
eight as Republicans They have joined hands
in Washington with the free silver Senators
and the Populists. Letters received in New
York from constituents Of these Senators say
that the twenty-four are deliberately and will
fully misrepresenting the sentiments OF the
business men and others In their States The
Senator'S who were charged yesterday with
thus misrepresenting the financial views OF
their constituents are:
Democrats-Bacon of Georgia, Bate and Har-
ria OF Tennessee, Berry Of Arkansas, Blackburn
of Kentucky, Call Of Florida. Chiffon OF Texas.
Cockrel and Vest 0f Missouri. Daniel OF Vir-
glnia. George of Mississippi. Morgan and PuRh
Vi A1hD6Wds AbO1Sh VA A'Oa"AA OSAS"~9 "@AN' 49,
hees and Turpie Of Indiana.
Bepublicans--Bsker Of Kansas, Cameron OF
Pennsylvania, Mitchell of Oregon, Perkins OF
California. Psttigrew Of South Dakota, Hans
brough Of North Dakota, and Warren and
Clark Of Wyoming.
Commenting upon the attitude Of
these Senators indiv 'dusllys the Sun
SAYS of the Junior Senator from Kan.
sas:
Then look at Baker OF Kansas. He ought to
be for sound money, for his State is. Atchtson,
Fort Scott. Leavenworth and Topeka are for
sound money, and Baker knows this very well.
His Is an agricultural State, with nothing to
do but to get the best prices in gold from the
foreigners for their great corn crops.
Senator Baker should certainly be-
ware that he is lot beguiled into any
scheme that shall arrest the flow Of
gold into the pockets of our Kansas
farmers. If anything should prevent
them from selling their immense corn
crops for foreigl gold it would be an
irrppsrsble calamity, and the New
York bankers are so deeply interested
in their welfare that they recommend
prompt measures for the protection of
their interests. They admit that there
are eight Senators Uho may be honest
and who may be really representing
the views Uf their constituents; but
not so the twenty.four. The Sun con-
tinues:
OF course the bankers and business men dis
agree with the sentiments OF the eight silver
men, and trust they may live to see the error
OF their financial ways. But at least, 1t was
said, these eight are honest with their constit-
uenta, and IL was added that these eight, and
they only, represent silver constituencies. The
New YORK business men said they believed
that the constituents OF the twenty-four Sena'
tors who have joiued hands with the silver
men should either through the Legislatures Of
the States they represent or through the boards
Of trade and the chambers Of commerce In the
cities Of these States demand Of these twenty
four that they cease misrepresentlng them In
matters Of financial legislation at Washington
and come out hearty and strong for sound
money It is declared that some such llne Of
action should be adopted at once in order to
bring these twenty.four Senators to their
senses, and 1t is even said that this must be
done If the merchants and others represented
by these twenty. four men are to be well con-
sidered in the matter of credits with New
York and Eastern merchants generally. The
false light in which these twenty.four sena'
tors have put the business men Of their States
has deferred Eastern manufacturers aud busi-
ness men from extending lines Of credit, even
though they are convinced that these Senators
ranFaaank THAR pnnakitupnea