The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-07-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsHISGToN, June 20, 1891.

WASHINGTON, June 49, 1891.
The President is working diligently in
order to get the executive business in
such shape that he can spend Indepen.
dence Day with his family at Cape May
Point, and unless something now unfore-
seen shall occur he will leave here on
Friday aud will not return for several
weeks.
AT the last cabinet meeting the bust
ness of the government for several
months to come was mapped cut. The
last silver act makes discretionary with
the secretary of the treasury whether
any part of the silver bullion purchased
each month shall be coined into standard
silver dollars, but as the mints will be
kept busy for several months in coming
the trade dollar bullion and the old and
defaced fractional silver currency now in
the treasury as provided for by act of
Congress, it was decided to defer the
question of the continuation of the coin.
age of silver dollars until fall. 1t was
also decided that the statement of the
cash in the treasury should after July
LIST should be made in the form which
was used when Senator Sherman was
secretary of the treasury. This is a
compliment to Senator Sherman as well
as return to the common sense methods
which were in vogue when he was at the
head of the treasury department, and it
is generally commended.
Much interest is felt by the scientific
staff of the agricultural department in
the experiments which have been re.
Gently made to produce rain by explod.
ing artificial gases in the air, and they
believe that it will prove success. 1t
is soon to be practically tested in the
arid regions of either Kansas or Texas,
and then we shall see whether science
can control the rainfall.
At the close of business at the treasury
department Saturday afternoon there
was a cash surplus on hand, exclusive of
the twenty odd million dollars on de.
posit with the national banks, and about
the same quantity of fractional silver in
the treasury, $3,5O6, 2S3. By adding
these sums together there is a surplus of
nearly $4,000, 900, which doesn't look
much like that deficit of which imagina.
tive Democrats have been making
nightmare for some time past.
Everything is in readiness for the off.
cial transfer this week of the weather
bureau from the war department to the
agricultural department 1t is expected
that General Greeley, the present head
of the signal service, and several of his
scientific assistants will for time assist
10 running the bureau.
Ex-senator ingalls, delivered lecture
to-day before the Glen Echo Chau tauqua
now in session just above Washington on
the banks of the Patomac river, and
from the large crowd which went out to
hear him it is evident that he has lost
none of the drawing qualities which
have SO often jammed the Senate gal.
leries in days gone by.
If the informal conference with Can.
adam officials on reciprocity which the
President set for next October is not de-
clared off, which is thought to be among
the probabilities, the Canadians will
probably discover that they have not
helped their cause any by making public
informal communications between Score.
tary Blaine and Sir Julian Pauncefote on
the subject, which those gentlemen had
agreed should be considered confidential.
The Canadians have also misrepresented
Mr.. Blaine In order to make it appear
that the proposition for conference first
came from him.
REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
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