Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-04-24

WASHINGTON LETTER.
TWritten and compiled for tho EEEALoJ
wAsulNeroN, D. c., April Ex-senator
Sherman is in town, aud marty aie the
ruses that have been tIied for the pur-
pose of getting an authoritiye statement
from hia as to his future political inten-
tlon. but no one has yet succeeded IN
drawing him out. A gentleman close to
him personally aud politically, and WHO
probably knows, if anybody does, said 10
me "Mr. Sherman isu't ready to talk
vet and those acquainted with nun know
how useless it is for anybody to Try 10
persuade him to DO so until he is. BAT
Won nav be certain that when tho proper
time comes the people OF ONO VIII oe
told whether he wishes TO be re-eitc'eu
to the Sorate John Sherman never
travels under false pretences, ana never
hesitates to ask IN manly ana open
manner for the political support OF has
constituents when he desires IT," IL IS
the opinion of all the prominent Republi-
cans with whom ] have talked, among
them several Ohio men, that Mr.. Sherman
will be a candidate for the reelection to
the Senate, and that also IS MY own III
preston.
The success Of our special envoy, eX-
Minister Foster, in negotiating WIN
Spain a reciprocity treaty between Cuoa
and the United States, along the mes Oh
the Mckinley tariff act, gives great satia-
faction in Official circles, and most erect
ually disposes of al the Democratic larry
tales about there being hitch or account
of the demand of Spain that we shou.u
Mace Cuban tobacco On the tree list. Inc
Spanish Government was very anxious
that we should admit Cuba's tobacco Tree
of duty, but it was far too sensible 10 ue-
mapd it. and when Informed that 10 was
impossible there was 30 mole SAID about
The subject OF coapteifeiiing United
States currency is assuming grave pro-
portions and tie officials OF tie treasury
Department arc just 40 present giving
cor siderable time TO siudyilg II, I'D
the hope Of discovering a remedy or pre-
vsntative. The chief engr-Ner OF the
Bureau OF Engraving aad Printing, who
is away up a. an eXreit. spent an hour id
examininr two two-G0iiar silver ctriil!-
Gates. ore genuine and the other counter
felt with a powerful maguiiying glass
and his verdict was that there was not
the slirbto,t difference between the two
notea. New Inventions in pho;o-mechah-
/ zeal processes have made lt easy ana chea1
for the c0ulteIfuitels to rc@ro1rce on
metal plate every liuc Of 4 note and aiicI
little etching &c is an exact duplicate o.
the steel plate from which tha note was
originally printed and wlc1 1t HAD taken
months 10 engraye.
The color in the red seals and The
rreenbacks was once protection, ba5
late discoveries in photometIy MAKES II
casv TO reproduce The precise shades. The
| chief of tie secret Service in bis last an
nual rsnort says Oh this subject; "Iho
genuine government notes, nowadays -
lesuecjallv the series 81 1872 are marvcis
of the engraving aIt aided by the wonder
tnl 0eom3tric lathe. Olc would think II
! impossihle 10 successfully counterfeit
such work upon looking over the com
plex area Of lines and patterns; ana ye'
At this moment couateIieiters are repro
ducing it so perfectly that lhe eiaoorate
beauty of this paper money may be salu
to offer no protection TO lAe l"3.41 VI u'-
fence against fraud"
The only way the expert has OF detect
ing this skilfully executed counterfeit is
by the paper aud that has been 80 well
initiated that 10 one, but an expert, can
tell it from the genuine. So that really
abont the only protection the public la.
against cOuutericUng is the vigilance OF
the Treasury Secret Service.
REPRESENTATIVE Springer, Of Illinois, Is
now iocularly referred TO as The talking
candidate" for Speaker OF ;le House, be-
cause of the number of his recent news.
paper interviews. I'm Dbl. last, after paint
inG his own prospects deep f0seaie hue
which. bv the way, is not visible TO any
enc else. be sails into New YORK politics,
dominates for Governor and elects Repre-
sentative Roswell p. Flower whose
"barrel" has Sd often been on tap 10 the
"bovs" of the Demec cratic m chino, and
makes him tbs Democratic PIcsideniial
nominee Just a. ID those ether t~o gentle
men-Clevelaud and H!.'-Tcse not in
existence.
Really this SpcaAer,hip business is get
ting decidedly interesting, ana each OF
tao would-be Democratic Ple-ideniiai
candidates Will so0a have q candidate
for Speaker. Mr.. Nils Is th3 Cleveland
candidate, Mr. Crisp the iii. candidate,
and it looks as if III. Springer was the
Flower candidate, with number OF
others yet to be heard lrcm.
The Italian business has again sim@cred
down, and rybody here thinks that
Rudini will find it extremely dlilicalt to
answer Mr.. Blmne's last dispatch, whieh
meets with commentator on all sides
and from everybody.