Arizona republican., 1897-11-24
THE SILVER PILGRIMS
Returning from China and Japan
 MeCCaS of the Metal
AN UNFRUITFUL JOURNEY
Oriental Methods and Systems
 Found InappIicable
Little Likelihood of Early Fin ancial LeRislation = Attorney General McKenna's Unpopular Construc- ton of Section 22 of the Tariff.

LeRisIation Attorney General
 McKenna's Unpopular Construc-
 tion of Section 22 of the Tariff.
 Washington, Nov. 23.-Senator Car ter, as representative of silver state, has given President Mckinley his torm He told the president that no plan of currency reform should be ad- vanced which did not contain as a part of it the retirement of all notes of less denomination than $10, and the substitution for them of silver dollars and silver certificates. He also gave it as his opinion that no proposition for the retirement of the greerbacks and the substitution of in terest bearing bonds in their place could pass congress, nor, he added, could any proposition for retiring the greenbacks in a manner which would contract the currency. Carter said that the silver states would be much benefited by having silver currency substituted for notes of smaller de- nominations
 The return of the wandering silver statesmen, who have visited Japan, China and the silver using countries of the east since congress adjourned, the silver cause in this country, is looked forward to with considerable interest by silver men generally.
 Senators Cannon and Pettigrew started out fully convinced that their arguments fin favor of silver were correct, and in their wanderings they were probably more intent upon gain ing information to add to the force of their theories than to investigating fully the monetary systems of the east and the effect silver had upon commerce.
 It is said by their friends that thsse travellers found little to encourage them on their trip. Japan, since they started out, has repudiated their doc Urine, and the palpable difficulties of comparing the lower plane of civiH- Zation, such as exists in the eastern nations, with the higher plane found in this country, with any hope of showing results in favor of the for mer, would be discouraging to any but silver men. The effort to apply Chi nese or Japanese methods to the very different conditions that exist here is not likely to add strength to the silver agitation.
 Senator Chandler has arrived, and predicts the enactment of a great deal of general legislation.
 Do you think that congress will enact any financial legislation." he was asked
 T cannot see how such legislation can be passed through the house and 1 senate. Of course, we expect to hear | from the administration on this sub ] ject, and Secretary Gage will in all 1 probability submit his views for cur i consideration. As the senate IS now organized, it will be practically i'm possible to pass a bill of the kind l proposed, and it would be sure to pre- 1 cipitate a lengthy discussion, which l in the end would amount only 70
 wind, and at the same time hold the 1 business of the country in a state of uncertainty and suspense. I do not think that any financial legislation
 will be enacted during the coming ses-
 sion."
 i Senator Elkins says he does not dream of allowing section 9 of the
 tariff bill to stand as Attorney Gen eral McKenna interprets il. The first
 thing he will do when congress con-
 venes will be to introduce a bill mak-
 ing the meaning of section g so clear
 that customs officers will be obliged
 to shut the Canadian Pacific rail oad out of transcontinental transportation of American importations. It is also
 said that President Mckinley will re-
 fer to section g in his message, giv- ] ing congress to understand it's bear 1 ing upon the settlement of the Beh-
 ring sea matter, the border alien la l Dor squabble, the fisheries question, !,
 etc At the same time it is claim ad
 that he will give congress to under
 stand that if its sentiment is in favor
 of discriminating against the Cana
 dian Pacific railroad, the administra-
 tion will not oppose the re-enactment
 of section 22. Those who have been
 consulted by the president do not be-
 lieve he favors determination of so
 severe a character as those who
 slipped section P into the bill evil dently intended.
 KANSAS CITY STOCK MARKET.
 Kansas City, Nov. 23.-Cattle re-