The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-21

| that he had been in favor OF this fen
t,re of the bill, but that II they pro-
posed to pay them out In settlement OF
accounts he would have to oppose 1t, and
would seek to have the bin SO amended
| as to prevent that sort of thing.
Mr.. Maynard at this junc.,irc stated
that he was the sponsor OF that feature
Of the bill, which had come to him
through a member Of the Indiana delega-
ton In the House. who had stated to
him that The plan was in turn given him
by Il constituent, and that he wanted to
say that he had never thought of such
methods of disposing of the coins as those
suggested by Mr.. Myers.
He said that his ideo was to have as
many sold at aNpremium to the coin COLI
lcctors az possible. and the rest put in
banks as collateral for loans, to be re-
deemed during the progress of the Ex-
position by the Exposition officials and
sold as souvenirs to the visitors to the
Fair.
.Ir. Gilbert said that he wanted to
identify the authorship OF tho coinage
plan. and that Mr.. Maynard was in error.
that instead of coming from n constituent
of Judge Crumpacker 1t had come from
n woman whom he knew and who was
one OF the best women in the world. Mr..
Maynard replied that he had had CORE
spondence with the man he referred to
and exhibited coin which had been sent
him by the man in elaboration OF the sug
gestion.
And 80 the matter OF authorship of the
provision still remains mystery. The
only question on which all sides agreed
was that the author was n Hoosier.
To Protect the United States.
Toward the end OF the hearing Chair
man Gardner asked Auditor Myers. who
is also chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee. whether, in view of the fact
that lie and the exposition people had
confidence in their statement that the
million two-dollar pieces would not be
presented at the treasury of the United
States for redemption. whether they would
be willing to enter into an agreement
with the United States to make good the
difference between the bullion and the
face value of each piece so presentd Mr..
Myers thought n while. and then said that
| II there was some limit fixed n. which
such liability would cease he thought the
| exposition company would agree to do so.
AT this juncturc Mr.. Maynard said that
he hoped that no such provision would be
made: that he felt morally certain that
there would be no occasion for 1t. and
that 1t would simply be source OF
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Mr.. Gardner and others. however
eylnced q disposition to exact this con-
dition from the exposition officials. and
Mr.. Myers stuck to his sta.scient that
he thought the Exposition Company
would stand for such safeguard to
tho government II It were essential to
the incorporation OF that feature into
the law that finally passes the House.
Jackson VS.. White.
The hearing closed with n passage a,
| arms between Giles B. Jackson. the col
ored Richmond lawyer. and Rev. White
| of this city, who said that he was the
assistant pastor of Shiloh Colored Bap-
| list Church, that was as diverting and
as exciting as an eyelash finish in n
horse-race. Giles was told that he could
have a little time. He said that he
wanted to know whether that colorcd
preacher over there was going to an
swer him. and that If he was he had
nothing to say: that this preacher had
been trying TO get his scheme through
Congress for thirteen years and had
failed. and was now running around
logging his heels when he himself had
a nertorious thing to get through.
Committeeman Barrett told Giles that
he had better save those things for his
rejoinder. 1t was finally arranged that
Giles should have fifteen minutes to open
and White ten to reply Giles to get a
fve-minute rejonder. Such n debate as
they had. Giles was just dead tired of
| this black man named White coming
| around dogging his heels, and he started
out at the rate of three hundred sedge
hammer filings at him a minute, and
gradually warmed up to his subject. The
| stenographer got down to business and
his hand seemed to be making some five
hundred separate and distinct motions a
minute. and the perspera ton dubbed
from every pore.
Giles said that he has most meritor-
ious project, and that White was try
Ing to kill it all. because he could not
get an appropriation for a home for
colored folks in Washington. Just be-
cause he could do nothing, he thought
/ to keep everybody else out of doing
| something. II he can't run himself he
ought to get ont of the race.
| After some minutes OF vitiol-throw-
Ing at the coal black face of White. Giles
was admonished to address himself to the
| question. With profuse apologies to the
| committee he. said that he thought this
home for poor negroes proposed by White
was no good. Why" he exclaimed,
when negro is poor he Amt got any
thing to travel to. Washington on
Want Jim Crow Show.
He then said that Boston negroes We're
| opposed to the exposition because they
! thought 1t was going to be a Jim Grow
4 show.
"rhat is what like about IT." he
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