The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-22
AT HUGH HANNA'S HOME.
Republicans Are Not Of One Mind
on the Monetary Bill.

Indianapolis, Jan. 22.-The studied
effort that is being made TO create the
impression that the. Republicans of
Hugh II. Hanna's home city and home
State are falling over each other in the
effort to express approval of the none
.tary commissions work, and that 1t
meets with the hearty Endorsement of
conservative classes, irrespective OF
party, is so contrary to the real Senti-
ment that exists both among RepuD-
licans as Republicans, and among the
conservative business interests, that
the means employed to make the i'm
preston are becoming objects Of der.s-
ION even in the high places of the ex-
ecutive committee itself. Everyone
here knows that Mr.. Hanna, while
jealous in his work and untiring in his
devotion to the cause of monetary re-
form, feels that there is little prospect
OF getting the commissions bill through
both branches of Congress, and he is
fully advised of the fact that ii has al
ready awakened the suspicion that ii is
a measure in the interest alone of the
banks. and, to the extent that it repre-
sents but one interest, is inimical TO eV-
cry other interest which has right to
demand protection when so weighty
matter is under consideration.
full that the party may go too far are
the same men who applauded the pass
age of the Sherman bill and echoed
the sentiments of President Harrison
when he approved that measure so UNI
equivocally in his message on Decem-
Der /, 1889. In that document, referring
to the condition of the country, he said:
The enlargement of our currency by
the silver law (the Sherman bilD un-
do rH a
trade and had a marked effect on
prices. but this natural and desired ef-
feet was by many attributed to the
tariff act"
THIS declaration of the eX-President
is being often quoted In Republican
circles here and they believe they see
in present conditions an exact counter
part of those that existed before the
Sherman law was passed. They say
that the Dingley tariff has not met
the needs of the Government. notWlth-
standing the high per cents that IT has
placed on all imported articles. and
there has been but a partial recovery
by business from the stagnation of last
year. The tariff failing to meet the eX-
pectations Of its advocates, they be-
lieVe that something else ought 10 be
tried, but they can see no remedy
against present evils in a still further
contraction OF the currency On the
other hand, they believe as a rule that
expansion in a conservative way would
be cure for the evil, and they quote
Mr. Harrison approvingly and voice
the sentiment that he then expressed
as applicable peculiarly TO present con,
ditions.
But another and perhaps a more po-
tent reason for disapproval of the
commissions bill is found in the belief
that the members of the Indiana dele
cation who vote for the bill Will be
defeated at the polls this fall. They
say the support of such bill cannot
be defended on the stump in the face
of present conditions. and that fealty
to il by Indiana Congressman means
a majority of Democrats in the Indiana
delegation next session, the loss OF the
State to the Republicans and, in all
probability, the loss of the Legislature.