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Show TELEGRAPHIC THE NATIONAL BASKS. I'rolialtltt Wnr I'pun tUo. Syn-li-iti by Iho lt'inoeratf. Hard ami Soft floury .Hon I iiilo iu IkeuoiiuviiitC n 51 o- Cnicrtyo, 15. A Wiisliingtnn special spe-cial stiys: Among the iniportatit questions ques-tions bound to occupy u conaidemble share ol the attention of the demo-cm demo-cm tic house ot representatives, ih the status of the national bauka. An ex-animation ex-animation of the olVu-ial recoid of uunrt'Ad diiu'tj liu; war, snows, unii in tbe hist tun years, a renuirkiibly small proportion of democratic votes has been cast on any question affecting the currency which could, by implication impli-cation even, be considered as favoring the national bank system in any respect. re-spect. There is scarcely a leading democratic politician, in or out of congress, who has not taken the occasion when it otltrcd, to denounce the national banks as a monopoly. Such men as Senator Bayard have never remitud in ellort to remove the restrictions on the stale banks. This opposition to tho national bank eys-tem eys-tem does not involve at all the question ques-tion of inflation, for on it both hard and soft money democrats are very generally united. It is expected, bo-iorr bo-iorr many weeks of the next session have passed, an onslaught on 4-lic national na-tional (tanks will be actively inaugur .iUd in the house, and tbe best informed in-formed politicians heie expect Ui ee an opposition to the national hanks . made a leading feature at the national nation-al democratic convention. Whatever adverse action to the banks may bo taken in the house 11-mhIH oc n..lt0l- nf ffntr li tirely inoperative while a republican president and a republican senate re main in power. In addition to this , it is not certain even if the democrats hud entire possession of the government, govern-ment, whether they would agree on the details of legislation concerning finances, which would have to iollow , necessarily a wiping oiu of the present pres-ent system. Tiie soft money demo crats havo always pressed fur the substitution of greenbacks for ua-' tioiul hank notes. The hard money democrats are willing to compel the banks to withdraw their notes, but they are inflexibly opposed tu any further issues of greenbacks. So far as taking away, the privilege of issuing issu-ing notes .ia concerned, it is a question ques-tion whether the banks will care very much alx ut it, but tho rag money people will certainly hold on to the bank notes, if they can't get greenbacks green-backs for them. The great probability prob-ability is, therefore, that the national banks will, even in the event of entire en-tire democratic success, not be materially interfered with, at least for a long lime to come. They do not appear to be ealislied with this, but show evident alarm by the decided de-cided manner in which their influence influ-ence and money ia always arrayed against democratic candidates, as much in the east as in the west. If the bank circulation was entirely I withdrawn the whole labor ot resumption re-sumption would fall on the government. |