The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-05-01
WASHINGTON.
Judge Kelley, OF Pennsylvania, on the
Political Condition OF the South.
The Vote He Nest Regrets ia that Given
for the Force Bill,
No Necessity for the Use Ofa Federal
Military Force In the South.
The Presidents organ on the Third
Term Question.

WASHINGTON, April 30.-There Is
considerable inquiry from merchants
and others as to whether the secretary
OF the treasury will sell gold on the
first of May. He has not yet decided,
but it Is ascertained that the condition
now is as follows: Amount OF coin,
5000 600; estimated receipts from
customs between now and July LIST,
$50, 100000; coin liabilities between
now and July interest, $26, 00O, 600
sinking fund, $27, 100000. Three mil
lions of the last named have been paid.
This will leave nearly $3,0O0,O00 sur
plus on the 1st of July. The expenses
of the state department for salaries Of
ministers and consuls, and the expen-
ses of the navy department abroad for
salaries ofofficers and men, and repairs
to vessels are more than met by the con-
sular fees collected abroad, and at this
writing we have very considerable
balance with Morton, Rose " Co. at
London. Some say the secretary Will
be obliged to sell gold in order to main
tain his currency reserve. rms now
amounts to about $2,OO0,OOO, but in
such calculations, the fact is forgotten
that the treasury department has now
no ensuing payment to make in cur
rency, and that the special taxes for
the year commencing on the first day
of Nav, from which time to the 10th
of June the commissioner of internal
revenue takes in the largest daily
amounts received by him during the
year.
The Republican criticising call up
on the president to speak out on the
third term question, repeats in terms
the statement it made editorially some
days since, and the paragraphs have
excited considerable curiosity, ltsays:
"Since Appomatox, the president mas
not had occasion to speak out loud 10
his enemies and the enemies OF the
country, but when he does they will be
astonished at the certainty of his tones,
and the result will be, rs ever, to prove
him loyal and patriotic citizen"
Judge William ID. Kelley, of Penn
sylvania, returned to-day from six
weeks tour in the south, and bears
most emphatic testimony against the
southern policy of his party in the last
congress. When asked tonight what
he thought of the political condition OF
the south, he used these words. "Ihe
vote 1 most regret during my fourteen
years service in congress is that which
1 cast last winter in favor OF the force
bill.n
He further said that as far as his OBJ.
servation went during his extended
tour there was no more necessity Tor
the use of federal military force than
there is in Pennsylvania or Ohio. he
talked with confederate soldiers. with
northern men, carpetbaggers and tray
elers, and he was surprised at the
good feeling existing. He said he
should hereafter take little stock In
southern outrages, especially IL they
are reported as occurring In the sec
tions he visited.
He gave an example Of the feeling
in the south, by relating what he saw
in Augusta, Ga, being himself un.
known. He happened to be in that
city on the day chosen for decorating
the graves of the confederate dead, and
he remained and observed closely the
proceedings. A long procession was
marched through the city with en-
gines, civic organizations, ETC., 1t De-
ing treated as o general holiday.