The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-06-12
WARRINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, d. c. June Sth, 1891
Once in a while you will find an
honest and conscientious republican
who does not believe that the financial
policy of the administration is dedica-
ted from Wall Street. Well, perhaps
it isn't, but appearance certainly gives
one that impression. For instance !:
Secretary Foster sends out circular
letter notifying the holders of the al
per cent bonds that will mature next
September that they may be extended
at or II per cent interest. AS soon
as that letter is made public he goes
to New York, where for four days he
was a guest of one of the Wall Street
money kings, and now, he thinks that
it will only be justice to the banks
which already own about half of the
500, 900, 900 of these bonds and which
will take all that are surrendered by
other parties, to make the interest 2
per cent, which was the figure men
toned by the Wall Street men.
Doesn't that look suspicious.
By the way, Secretary Foster is in
clined to indulge in self glorification
over the fact that he can sell a govern
ment bond bearing as low rate Of in
terest as per cent. He does not tell
that these bonds are absolutely nee
essary to the banks which propose to
take them to be used as security for
their circulation. His talk in this re-
spect has been on par with his try
ing to make the public believe that the
Treasury was not cramped for ready
cash, and then following up his boasts
with call for $4,000 900 from the
banks in which government funds are
deposited.
Secretary Noble will find when he
returns to duty, which will probably
be this week, very much mixed up
condition of affairs in his department
Assistant Secretary Bussey has white
washed a crooked chief of a division
in the Pension Office, and Assistant
Secretary Chandler is gathering facts
to prove Bussey's favoritism and the
crookedness of the aforesaid chief, and
it may end in one or the other of the
Assistant Secretaries having to 60.
Chandler is an honest, straightforward
sort of fellow, vino believes that
crookedness ought to be punished no
matter who are the friends of the
crook it was he who endorsed the pa
pers in the case of young Raum ''Inl-
mediate DISMISSAL and he only agreed
to let the disposition of the case made
by Bussey stand when told that such
were the orders of Secretary Noble.
Another trouble for Mr.. Noble will
be to assist Mr.. Harrison in finding
another victim to take Raums place
at the head of the Pension Office, as
it seems to be conceded on all sides
that the head of Raum will soon find
its way into the basket. Somebody
has kept record of the time Commits
sioner Raum has been absent since he
became the head of the Pension Bu-
reau, and it shows that during the
nineteen months he has been in Office
he has been absent a4o days, or near
ly half the time. He has simply used
the Office as tender to his private
business schemes, and it is not surpris-
ing that with such an example before
aim young Raum should have gone
INTO the business Of selling appoint
rnents to Office and promotions.
The republican leaders are badly
frightened at the prospect of having
.he Knights of Labor solidly opposed
% the republican ticket in Ohio this
year. 1t is said that the Knights of
Labor through its Executive Board,
which is making fight for the removal
Of Capt Meredith, chief of the Bureau
Of Engraving and Printing, has given
Mr.. Harrison its ultimatun, and it is,
that Meredith must be removed or
every Knight Of Labor in the State of
OHIO will vote against the republicans
At the coming gubernatorial election.
secretary Foster, who is an adept in
The art of BAN boozling is relied upon
by Mr.. Harrison to help him out of
The scrape some way, but he will find
It very difficult.
The talk ABOUT migration which re-
publicans, particularly those connected
with, or hoping to be connected with
the administration, are now indulging
IN, is all for purpose. There was
very little Improvement made in our
hodge podge immigration laws by the
Billion dollar Congress but it provid-
ed tor a Commissioner of immigration
at $4,000 year, which Ex-Congress-
man Owen, of Indiana has fallen into,
and for sending commission to Eu-
rope on a delightful summer tour for
the avowed purpose of investigating