The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-10
NORTON HAS GREAT FAITH IN BRYAN
The Ohio Representative Firm in His Belief
That He Will be Elected

(Special to News and Observer
Washington, d. c., May 9.-Repre-
sentative Norton, of Ohio, has the DIS
tinction of having secured the support
of Representative Talbert of ). e
lima. for a pension bill amending the
Pension Act of June 27, 1890. This is
q. feat deserving of special mention in
view of the fact that the gentleman
from South Carolina is noted Tor ms
unrelenting opposition to all special
pension legislation.
REPRESENTATIVE, or rather DR.. Nor
ton as he is called by his colleagues,
&c one of the most influential Demo
Gratis in the House. He is q staunch
BRYAN advocate, and is firm in the be-
lief that our leader OF 1896 will be
nominated at Kansas City and trium-
pbantlv elected in November. Doctor
Norton has made several very inter-
esting speeches this session which are
being sent out by the National Demo-
cratic committee in large numbers.
One of the best points made by the
member from Ohio was during the
debate on the Porto Rican bill. Rep
resentative Payne, of New York, who
reported the bill, was explaining to the
House the provisions of that measure
when he was interrupted by Doctor
Norton with a very pertinent ques-
ton. Here is the verbatim report
from the Congressional Record:
Mr.. Norton, of Ohio. If the gentle
man will permit me, [ think l am III
sympathy with the gentleman in the
views that he has expressed, and L
should be very glad if | could be able
to vote for the bill; but [ would like
to be informed upon one point, and
ask him to yield to me for question.
Mr.. Payne. Certainly.
Mr.. Norton, of Ohio. I should be
glad also to help the gentleman in
helping the Cubans. But [ think in
giving the value of the peso, few
minutes ago, he said that it amounted
to about 40 or Al cents of our money.
Mr.. Payne. No; the gentleman is
mistaken. | said that 93B per cent
of the peso was silver, and that it was
worth Al or AZ cents in bullion; but
by executive order the value was fixed
at 60 cents on the dollar.
Mr.. Norton. of Ohio. This increase
was made by executive order? Now,
if an executive order can increase the
value of the peso in the proportion
the gentleman has stated, why can not
an executive order make 1T equal to q
fun dollar in value, and help the peo-
pie in that way? Laughter on the
Democratic side.
This last question took Payne's
breath away. He hummed and hawed
and spluttered but never answered
nor attempted to answer other than
to say that Doctor Norton was drift
ing from the subject.
This little incident inthat great de-
bate on the Porto Rican tariff bill is
going to play a prominent part in the
campaign this year. 1t remained for
Doctor Norton to draw the admission
from the Republican, that by a simple
executive order the value of piece of
silver money was increased from Al
to 90 cents on the dollar.
Doctor Norton is now serving his
second term in Congress, and he has
made record to be proud of. He
was recently appointed member of
the Executive Democratic Congress
sional committee, which will have
charge of the campaign.
The opinion is expressed by leaders
on both sides of the House that Con-
gress will adjourn by not later than
the 18th Of June. This means OF
course that the administration has
given the word to side track the Mic
aragua Canal bill which passed the
House last week.