The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-05-15
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/ WASHINGTON, May 4, 1891
Secretary Fosters recent alleged free
i and frank discussion Of The condition OF the
treasury OF the United States Is The fore
runner of some republican juggling with
the figures purportIng TO represent the
condition OF the treasury that will probab.
iy take place as sotn as Mr. Harrisoi re-
turns TO Washington, thai Is, In the next
statement OF the public debt. which Will be
made public June 1. Mr. Foster proposes
TO change The form Of that statement, for
the evident purpose OF showing q fictitious
amount Of cash available. II will NO. be
the ffst time BY msny that lie condition
Of the treasury department has been ialsi
fed by official figures. Old imers will
recall the congressional investigation
which brousht out the fact that during one
year. 1870. think, nine Of the treasury
ledgers showed 7,s:7 erasures and several
entire leaves were cut out Of two iedgers,
all caused by the efforts to make the books
accord with the falsIfed statements pre-
pared 10 snystify. the public. shouldn't
wonder II the House OF the Fifty-second
congress didn't do little investigating Of
Mr. Fosters figures.
The treasury department offers 10 send
all the small silver that the banks IT, any
section Of the country will take, free oil
carriage, which, ifthe banks take any con-
siderabie quantity, will be a mighty fat
thing for the United States express COM
pany,of which ex-senator me too''1 Tom.
Piat,, OF New York, Is The controlling
spirit. Perhaps Mr. Foster did not think
Of benefiting the New York republican
boss when he hatcted up this scheme. and
then again perhaps he did. This mixing
oi business and politics IL a striking tralt
OF the republican party.
This same thing, mixing business and
politics, has brought about disagreement
between Secretaries Blaine and Foster.
MF Blaine doesn't want The catching OF
seals stopped for year, because number
Of his personal friends, including .Steye"
EIkins. have Invested their money In the
North American Fur company, which IL
the present owner Of the sealing privileges
fsehring Sea, and Mr. Foster, who believes
the seals are about 10 be exterininaied,
would like TO have II stopped. 10 the
meantime the British Minister is insisting
that Mr. Blaine do something definite.
Taken altogether this matter Is In very
interesting stage and Il will surprise No
one here u !, develops some highly scnsa-
tlonal features before long.
The payments on account of the direct
tax act TO date amount to so.iS4.73t So.
The presence of three candidates for
speaker--Messss. McMillin, of Tennessee;
Bynam, OF Indiana. and Springer Of III
nols-made good deal Of talk around the
hotels euring the last two days Mr. Nc
Millln has been travelling In the eastern
states for several weeks and am told by
a friend Of his that he secured pledges Of
support from quite 4 number of represen-
tatiyes In that seetion. hear that Kerr.
of Pennsylvania. has dead eineh on the
elerkshIp Of the House, having received
pledges enough TO tnakc his nomination
BY The caucus certain. | am inclined 10
think though tha. many Of these pledges
are contingent upon the election OF The
speaker.
Representative Edmunds. of Virginia,
who Is democrat farmers alliance man,
was In town long enough Saturday to COM
EnIt himself to Crisp for speaker.
The oddest freak In the way of = rumor
that has turned up here for some time was
the one that was haiched out. from no
where, Saturday afternoon, to the effect
that Mr. Harrison had somewhere, at some
time intimated 10 somebody that he did
no; think that the bench ought TO be con-
strac.ed on pronounced political basis,
and that he proposed appointing three or
four democrats when the nine new United
States circuit eourt judges were named.
That's very richl When Mr. Harrison
dominates democrat TO a judgeship the
millennium Will certainly have arrived, and
as far rs the strongest glass can see there
are no signs OF II yet.
Il 10 expected that he national assoeia-
tion of democratic clubs, whi.h, Its secre-
tary tells me, is booming. viii shortly es-
tablish permanent headquarters In this city,
and Il Is hoped that the national commit
tee will do likewise.
When Secretary Proctor goes into the
senate shall not be surprited to see two
new cabinet officers, as IL Is known that
Secretary Noble would gladly lay down
his portfolio II he could get one of the new
judgeshirs. and that MIR Harrison would
like to haye q better politician at the head
OF the interior department.