The age-herald., 1897-12-03
CUBA'S FRIEND SEES NO HOPE
Senator Money Interviewed On
 Question of BelIigerency.
CAGES UNPOPULAR PLAN
Will Be Killed When It Reaches the Senate Hawaii Will Be Annexed-The Armor
 Plate Factory Not Probable.

Senator H. D. Money. of Mississippi, passed through Birmingham yesterday en route from his home at Carrollton, Miss, to Washington. His son, H. D. Money Jr., accompanied him.
 Senator Money has long been recog- nized as one of the strong men in the house. He was elected to that body in 1876 and served four terms. He was elected again in 1892 and served two terms. At the last session of the Mis- sssippi legislature he was elected sen ator, his term of office to beg'n in 1899, to succeed Senator George. But since then Senator George dted and MT Money was appointed to fill his place. Senator Money is considered an author ity on the Cuban question, and if the United States should recognize the bel ligerency of Cuba, it will have been largely through his efforts.
 Senator Money was sem by an Age Herad reporter yesteulay and asked what he thought this congress would do.
 NO HOPE FOR CUBA.
 "I do not think" said he, "that the house will follow the action of ths' senate in recognizing the bsliigerency of Cuba. I do nlolt mean to say that the house IS mot in favor of it, fer, on the dbhler hand, it does favor it by a large majority. The constituents of the representatives, es- pecially in the South and West, are over wheilmingly in favor of helping the Gu bans to the eXh-nJt' of recognizing their belliger:nt rights, but you must lehnem- Der that tt is a difficult thing to get amy bill through the house unless Mckinley and Reed are in favor of it. Reed has a habit of stopping almost amy bill he wants to, and he and th= president to- geIther can eNert a tremendous influence on account of having such number of offices to dispose of. No, as much as l dislike to say it, I doubt very seriously that ths belligeremcy~ of Cuba will be recognized by this congress"
 Senator Money was asked to give some of his experiences in Cuba, where he wemt last summer bo study the ques- tion, but he said he had prs pared num- Der of magazine articles on Cuba, and until they were published he would pre- fer not to discuss the! mattsr
 NO FINANCIAL RELIEF.
 q think it improbable that congress will do anything on the financial ques- tion," he continued.
 "Secretary Gage's plan for the gov ernment to retire all of its paper cur rency and let the national banks issue the paper money, and to make all the silver redeemable in gold-in short, ito turn all the money of the country over to the banks will probably be a part of the presidents message, and an ef- fort may be made in the house to carry it out. But even if it does pass the house, the senate will kill it promptly.
 HAWAII AND THE TARIFF.
 q think Hawaii will be annexed. There will be serious opposition to it, of course, but it will not amount to any thing, and I feel sure the senate will ratlfy the treaty It is man,festly to the advantage of the United States that Hawaii be annexed, and I do not anticd- pate any trouble with Japan or any other countries to follow from it.
 'Of course there will be no discussion of the tariff by this congress, nor in fact as long as the republicans are in the majority in the Shouse Although the Dingley tariff bill has proven a failure as a revenue collector, the republicans want to give it a fair triad. The senate can do nothing, of course, because no bills of this k,nd can originate in the senate
 POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
 'I doubt if this congress establishes the postal savings bank system. I don't think the government can afford to pay enough interest Our people have never been much of savings bank people, and don't know that postal savings banks would increase 1t much. I introduced a bill in the FNority-seventh congress to es- tabhsh postal savings banks, but noth- ing ever came of it. Then the govern ment could better afford to pay high rate of interest than ie can now. Saw ings banks were more needed then than now. I don't think the bill will pass.
 What do you think of Birmingham s chances for the proposed armor plate rsnt?'
 AS TO ARMOR PLATE.
 eff the government wants an arm )r platte plant, Birmingham is a splendid location for it. Birmingham has chsap coal and cheap iron, and can doubtless make good steel and besides has the advantage of being an inland city, though not far from the sea. But doubt if the government will go into tl1e busi- ness of making steel I think the Car