The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-09

Washington, July S.-The proposed
message of the president TO congress.
recommending the appointment Of com
mission to consider the question Of re-
vision OF our currency and national bank
ing law, was not transmitted today. nor
will t be for several days. if it goes
in at all. which is matter of doubt.
The president was undecided whether
or not to send in any message, for the
reason that a number Of the most i'm
portant leaders of the party in the SEN
ate and house have made strong repre-.
sensations TO him OF the inadvisabilfty
of sending a message to congress while
the tariff bill was n conference.
Senators Allison and Quay, Represent
ative Dingley, and other party leaders
called at the White House this morn
ing and had a long conference with the
president. They urged him TO reconsider
his determination to send special cur
rency message to congress and gave as
reason that the sentiment in congress
was such that it would be likely to
arouse feeling and cause friction that
would delay speedy final action on the
tariff bill
After the conference Secretary Porter
announced to the newspaper men that IT
had been decided that it would not be ex
padient to send in the message today and
that it would not go in for several days,
at least, and might be deferred alto
gether during the special session Of con-
gress.
Upon their return to the capital Sena-
tors Allison and Quay denied having
conferred with the president upon the
advisa ability of sending in a message up
on the question of the currency. Sena-
tor Allison expressed the opinion that IL
a message should be received it would
be extremely difficult, il not impossi-
BILE, TO secure action by the senate I'M
der the existing conditions. rily,
he said, the matter would be referred to
the finance committee, a majority OF
which would in all probability be OPP
posed to the scheme for currency COM
mission and would therefore hold the
matter up indefinitely.
independently of the statement Of Sen
ator Allison, II is known that the Repub-
lican managers of the senate agreed
three weeks ago not to press any meas
ure providing for a currency commits
sion at the present session of the senate.
The promise was made at time when
the fate OF r'the tariff bill was by no
means certain and when Il was in the
power Of the opponents of the tariff to
unnecessarily delay action and that the
Republicans should not urge the curren-
cy commission scheme upon congress at
the present session, though the president
should send in a message recommending
such a commission.
The Republican senators feel that any
effort to get currency legislation through
would be futile. Aside from the difficulty
Of getting measure such as that pro-
posed by the president out of committee,
the scheme would, if reported, be de-
bated at length and then, upon a vote,
would probably be defeated.
I'VE think we have the votes in the
senate to beat such measure" SAID Sen
ator Jones of Arkansas, a member of
the finance committee. But If it should
be reported we should fel that it would
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exhaustive debate. I think It would be
difficult to dispose Of It in less time than
three or four months
The prevailing opinion on the Repub-
lican side Of the chamber is that the
president will not Immediately send a
message, but that it may come later.
The Republican senators seem to think
it better that all proceedings in connec-
ton with the matter be dropped until
a fer the final diSnnSirinn of tia tariff