Fergus County argus., 1889-09-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Fran ,nr Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. sept u. lSSo.

w N~hiN''f''N. w. tf'''s'-
Treasurer Huston contrnpiatos - ra'li-
cal change in f"rm uf the nati"nai debt
statement. ISSUED monthly. ~ change that
10 sl.sul,tIrss Tor polite effect and may ct
may not aid the Republican party brfor
the v~ople. Mr. Huston saws that on the
rnt rance 81 the iL,rnorr,tir aslrniniSt ra ion
Secretary Manning aud Treasurer Jordan
altered he form ..f statement that had
been in usr ior decades. fur political pur-
Isoses. During he terms ii Senator's ha-r.
Met 'uIlough. Bout veil. Richardson. Shrr
man, Winsion aud Folgrr. every TREASURER
had counted among the available asset =
redemption of the United States r,,tes and
the twrnty v five millions of fractional silver.
Al pr,.seWt these enc hundred aud tweRt v.
I five millions d" not appear as available
assets
The Republicans claim that Secretary
Mnnaing Withdrew these from the state
m-nt. AS h- was opposed to the purchase
~ bonds aud well knew "n the other hand
| that the people ,i.manslrsi ~ reductions "i
the excessive surplus. aud that this alarm
at the surplus mast be puieted. The new
statement will show the surplus as about
two hundred aud twenty-five million dol
lars.
Speaking 81 the surplus. the return of ihe
fan"us surplus rr,Iueer. Corporal Tanner.
has started new iunors III his resigns lion.
: The rai,id uticrancrs al the corporal ou his
recent junkcting tour have lett his best
friends without n d.irn-e for him. II is
feare that should he I've retained his utter
ancss regarding senator sherman and
othsr leading lights Of his own party will
block his administration after congress
meets. The tr,nbe >sel,is IL b. to tins n
plar. i.r him. The position D.. n"~ ..sru-
I.i-s is ser.ni only in Importance to a cab
met position. IL ~enId not do Ia give him
4, much inferior posiiion. though he 10
hardly competent to i,e n chisi oi division.
Tie might bc given "a conrriatr. but h. can
not be induced to go abroad. Thus Sin
bad the sailor. in the person oi President
Harrison. il bound To- carry this doughty
nd man af III. SEA about on his shoulders
until the "ia mans grip gives out. The
L,ilu,r III ,"rp"i,l Tanur, iocnnvince ha,
Grand Army ~ Milwaukee ihn, an iHs.-,i
gatioi of his personal runduri oi the pen
-inn bureau i- ~ direct blow at the Grant
Arrn, WIS. however. his Wat-rl"n.
The Englsl, ~ niicaiss that are buy in,
American breweris- hiv. p.r, hsncs f"rgoi O.
ten that the lager beer drinkcr IL not an
Anglo-maniar. H., il APT iu u" quite the
oppo-h-. Apropos ri tins l. the ease "f
one ri the leading LIswrrier eli Washington.
which has. alter l,ng n-g.tiaiisn fallen
int. the hands of the l,rif fish. the Iurm-r
proprietor being retained a- manager aud
rerciving large part ri the stock for his
plant. The purl"S. al organizing Il com
pany il to ">,rnd operations 10y Increasing
capital. But "a lncai INNING u. per. actin.
me- doubt at the iirnd.h Suggestion ~ an
Opposite brewer puhIish-s glowing ne
counts 81 the meetings of the London stock
hehlefs and the cake is dough. For the
greater numi.s. 81 saIoonke-p.r- VIII" have
patronized the recently prrhasrd brewery
are Irish or Irish sympathizer-. and the
beer 10 ,irnppsd 10y score. ~ thr". within
the week the trad. has i;iil"u "m won'i-r
fully. aud the English s~nrfs viii wear
Grape at their nest meriln.
The records nf the war department show
the steady Increase "l desert IONS from the
army record that is but poorly ac-
counted for hy thu statement ol "ni,-r. 4"
the effect that better times encourage the
o.sert-r Ia look for easy work aud hig
wa.-s ia rivil lie. The men. outs al -
few fa a,o,,te- oi the officers, tell only one
story They say that every year tue food
grows worse and the treat ment hsrshrr.
During the year ending June ! out of an
army of 22 oOO men there were nearly
s. 900 desert ion--in either words, during
the twelve months II nan .iesri'ed from
every guard ol seven. The sutl,r il just as
much of a nuisance 49, he ever WAS. and his
prices are a- exnrbr,ant. The soldier "i
to-day i, only an lily fed aud over-'iisci-
plinsd iaborcr. The recent revelations NJ
Jefferson barrarks eAhibi, "niya sonsition
that has been well known 80 existing for
y.ar- thero and cls,.w here on the western
posts. tn. story is no new one. The
siiicers have no sympathy Tor The men " he
are daily becoming more degraded, and the
relationship il that oi slave aud slave
driver.