The Columbus journal., 1891-04-29

told whether he wishes to he reelected |
to the senate: John Sherman never
travels under false pretences. and never
hesitates to ask in manly and open
manner for the political support of his
constituents when he desires it." 1t is
the opinion Of all the prominent repub-
licans with whom ! have talked. among
them several Ohio men. that Mr. S!er-
man will be candidate for reelection
to the senate. and that also is my own
impression.
minister Foster. in negotiating with
Spain reciprocity treaty between Cuba
and the United States. along the lines Of
the Mckinley tariff act. gives great sat
isfactiOn in official circles. and most ef-
fectually disposes Of all the democratic
fairy tales about there helm. Il hitch on
account Of the demand Of Spain that We
should place Cuban tobacco on the free
list. The Spanish government WAS Very
anxious that We should admit Cuba's
tobacco free III duty. but it Was far too
sensible to demand il. and when inform
ell that it was impossible there was II"
more said about il.
The subject "f c"nnterfeitin" United
States currency is assuming grave pro
portions and the officials "f the treasury
INST ~
considerable time Ia studying II. in the
hope of discovering remedy ar pre-
veniativ-. The chief en&raver "f the
bureau If en.ravin. and printing. VIII"
is an expert, spent an hour i'll examining
two 81 silver -riificntt.s. one genuine
and the. other counterfeit, with " r''~er
fui magnify,ng glass and his verdict WAS
that there Was not the slightest differ
ence betwe the two notes. New IN
yentiOns in photo mechanical progresses
have made il easy and cheap for the
counterfeiters To reproduce Oh metal
plate every line "f 4 note and after
little etching 1t Is All exact duplicate OF
the steel plate from which the note Was
originally printed and which 1t hsG TAX
Ell months to engrave.
The color in the red seals and the
green backs was once Il protection. but
late discoveries in photochrony makes 1t
easy to reproduce the precise shades.
The chief of the secret service in his
last annual report says Oh this subject:
The genuine government notes nova
days, especially the series Of 1890. are
marvels Of the engraving art aided 10y
the wonderful ge"metric lathe. One
would think It impossible to success
fully counterfei. such work upon looking
over the complex area ui lines anu pat
terms: and yet at tins moment counter
feiters are reproducing il sd perfectly
that the elaborate beauty Lf this paper
money may ,e said to offer no protec
tion to the public or defense against
fraud"
The only way the expert has "f detect
ing this skilifully executed counterfeit
is by the paper, and that has been 80
we'll initiated that no one but an expert
can tell il from the genuine. ssn that
really ai"n, the only protection the
public has against rOIlnterfeitins Is the
vigilance Or the treasury secret service.
Representative Springer. uf Illinois. Is
jocularly referred To az th. talking cam
! di.late" for speaker Of the house. be-
cause Of the number of his recent news
paper interviews. In his last. after
painting his own prospects deep
rose;te hue. which. by the way. is not
visible 10 anyone else. he sails int" New
York politics. nOminates for governor
and elects representative Roswell i.
Flower. whose barrel" has $" often been
on tap 10 the ''loys" "f the democratic
presidential nominee. just as If those
other two gentlemen Cleveland and
Hill were not in existence.
Really this speakership business is
getting decidedly interesting, and each
of the vol The democratic presidential
candidates will soon have a candidate
for speaker. Mr.. Mills is the Cleveland
candidate, Mr. Crisp the Hill candidate.
and il looks as if Mr.. Springer was the
Flower candidate, with a number "f 9th
.rs vet to he heard from.