Evening star., 1896-12-01
IA RIFF LEGISLATION
Representative Bingham Does Not Believe
There Will Be Any This Session.
That Is lso the Opinion of Repre-
sentative HHcmcnvyny Not Much
Chaacs for Financial Bills.

Representative Bingham of Pennsylvania
does not believe that there will be any tar
III legislation at the coming session of Con-
gress. He said today that he expected
that there would be an extra session called
promptly after the Inauguration of MIR.
Achlnley, and that the tariff question
would be taken up de novo and a bill be
framed which would represent republican
ideas.
II Mr.. Reed is reelected Speaker and 1
nave no doubt that he will be, it is to be
expected that the ways and means COM
mittee in the Fifty-ffth Congress will be
the same as in the present. all the repub-
ilcan members of that committee having g
been reelected. They will have nothing
else 10 do this session and l can see no
reason Wfy they should not take up the
tariH ana prepare measure which the
committee Of the next House may adopt.
Such course will expedite matters, and
Think 1t will be adopted"
Financial Leeislatinn.
AS to financial legislation, Gen. Bingham
said that he did not think anything would
be done until the tariff was out Of the
way. I'VE shall expect" he said. "a tariff
which will produce enough revenue that
Will go long way toward solving the
financial diffio ulties At all events. after
we nave proper tarlH we can tell pet
ter what is needed in the way of financial
legislation. AT present there are many
conflicting views. Some republicans want
10 retire the greenbacks; others do not.
Many are In favor of bimetallism in some
FORM; others oppose it, or, rather, regard
1t as imprac ticable. After We have done
all that Is necessary with the tariff, we
Will be able to decide what Is left to be
done"
Speaking of the prospects of Pennsyl-
vania securing cabinet position. Gen.
Bingham said that he thought there was
no doubt that Pennsylvania could have a
cabinet place If the man could be decided
on. There are good many available men,
he said. but no one has been centered upon.
MIR. Hayes Browne. who Is an eminent
lawyer, might be made Attorney General.
or Mr.. {. {. Harrison. a man of great
wealth and culture, and who was Mckin-
ley's chief financial supporter in PennsyI-
vania. might be made Postmaster General.
or be placed elsewhere in the cabinet.
There are d number OF other men. any one
of whom might be selected, but there is
nothing settled on yet
Representative Hemenwuy's Views.
Representative Hemenway of Indiana.
who is here attending the meetings of the
approprla tionS subcommittee, said today
that he did not believe that there would
be any tariff legislation at the approac hing
session and that his own judgment was
that it would be better to let the matter
60 over to the next Congress- when they
could enact a republican tariff law. he
said that he had no doubt that there would
be an early extra session CT the Fifty-hfth
Congress. and that they would speedily
perfect tariff legislation.
He said that he was inclined to think
that MIR. Quay's suggestion as to financial
legislatio that is, the retirement OF the
greenbacks and their replacement with
notes redeemable in gold at the option OF
the government, was good one and ought
to be adopted. In addition he would sug-
gest some more liberal provisions for ma
tional bank currency. The banks. he
thought. ought to be permitted to issue up
to the full value of the bonds deposited for
security and that MISUNDERSTANDING
bonds might be issued by the government
as a basis for national bank currency