The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-02
BY lELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO TIE DAILY LYTELLIGENoER
WASHINGTON.
Discharge Of Many Government
Employees.
Workings Of Democratic Economy.
No Appropriations for the Depart
ments.
nt.t. A. tAn.t. 4. n.Io. L.
Workings of Democratic Economy.
Blocking the Wheels in Order tt
Make Political Capital.
The MINIS Now Ready for Work.
Three Million Dollars Per Month
Of the Big White Dollar.

WAShlhGTON, ,nlhECn l.-4u6 luloWluk
circular letter was sent by Commissioner
Williamson, Of the General Land Office,
to-day, 10 ffty.three Of the employees OF
that Bureau, including twenty ladies;
"The want OF an appropriation to pay
for the necessary clerical force hiss forced
upon the Honorable Secretary OF the In.
terror the alternative Of dismissing or the
granting Of leave OF absence without
pay TO very large percentage OF the
force Of that office until such time as 1t
may please Congress to make such an ap.
preparation as will enable him TO again
avail the government Of your services.
The option Of saying whether you will
accept a leave OF absence without pay or
be discharged is unfortunately the only
one that can be offered. Those OF you
who accept leave Of absence will be re.
qnired to state, in letter to the Commits.
sioner, that you relinquish all claim for
pay during such leave. 1t deeply grieves
the Honorable Secretary Of the Interior
and myself 10 take the action impera.
lively demanded Of us under the existing
laws, but It can no longer be avoided.
READY FOR WORK.
Acting under the instructions Of the
Secretary Of the Treasury and In
anticipation Of the silver bill becom-
ing law, the Director OF the mint
has been engaged for several days making
the necessary arrangements for running
the mint 10 ia fullest capacity on the
new silver dollars, in connection with
which gold only for some time will be
coined. 1t is probable that a supply OF
working dies will be ready In about ten
days, and in the meantime the silver
bullion will pass through all the pro.
ceases Of putting it in shape for coming
into dollars, except that Of stamping, and
for which particular operation the ca
pacity Of the mint is in excess OF the other
operations, so that reality but little delay
in coinage will be occasioned by the dies
not being now ready. It is thought that
by the middle Of April the coinage Of the
silver dollar will be At the rate Of
{, 100000 per month. The sup
ply oi fractional silver coin at the
mint and different Treasury Offices is
sufficient TO meet any demand likely tol
arise for several months TO come. The
mlnts are all 10 excellent condition, with
a skilled force Of workmen, and every
thing Is In shape to meet the large
amount OF coinage deyolved on them by
the new law.
NO ACTION ON THE RESUMPTION BILL:
The Senate Finance Committee took no
action to-day on the House Bill for |
the repeal OF the special resump-
ton act and postponed the con-
Of the subject till the
regular meeting on Tuesday next. No
other business was transacted. The Com.
mittee Of Ways and Means passed a
clause Of the tariff bill relating to spices |
without alteration, and reduced the pro-
posed duty on silks from fifty to forty per
cent.
POSTAL BONDS.
The House Committee on Banking and
Currency had to-day under consideration
Phillips bill, providing for |
the issue OF postal savings bonds, bearing
interest at the rate OF 3 per cent per an.
mum, exchangeable at par for United
States notes or four per cent bonds; and
also for the special issue Of U. s. legal
tender notes TO the amount Of 10 per cen.
tum OF the postal savings bonds and pos:
tai orders for the bonds outstanding until
the whole amount Of such special issue
shall reach the sum Of fifty million dol
lara. The committee agreed to take
final vote upon this bill on Tuesday next,
and from present indications it will be
reported almost unanimously.
EvARTs WILL WRITE ABOUT IT.
Secretary Evarts will at once open
with the governments OF
the countries composing the Latin Union
and such other European Nations "a the |
President may deem advisable, inviting
them to join the United States in con. |
ference 10 adopt common ratio be-
tween gold and silver, and for the pur-I
pose Of establishing the use Of bimetallic
money and securing fixity Of the rela.
tive value between these metals.
THE LAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
Mrs. Hayes tomorrow will hold her |
last Saturday-afternoon reception.