The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-05-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent

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WASHINGTON, April 20. 1891.
Senator Sherman is in town.
and many are the ruses that have
been tried for the purpose of get
ting an authoritive statement from
him as to his future political in
tention, but no one has yet sue
ceeded in drawing him out. A
gentleman close to him personally
and politically, and who probably
knows if any one does, said to me:
"Mr. Sherman isn't ready to talk
yet and those acquainted with
him know how useless it is for
anybody to try to pursuade him to
do so until he is. But you may
be certain that when the proper
time comes the people of Ohio will
be told whether he wishes to be
re elected to the senate; John
Sherman never travels under false
pretenses, and never hesilates 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 prom
inent republicans with whom 1
have talked, among them several
Ohio men, that Mr.. Sherman will
be candidate for the reelection
to the senate, and that also is my
own impression.
| The success Of our special en-
voy, ex- Minister Foster, in negoti-
ating with Spain a reciprocity
treaty between Cuba and the Uni
ted States, along the lines of the
Mckinley tariff act, gives great
satisfaction in official circles, and
most efectually disposes of all the
democratic fairy tales about there
being a 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 of duty.
g but it was far too sensible to de-
mand it, and wnen informed that
it was impossible there was no
o more said about it.
The subject of counterfeiting
United States currency is assum-
ing grave proportions and the Of
y ficials of the Treasury Department
. are just at present giving consider.
p able time to studying it in the
hope of discovering a remedy OF
8 preventative. The chief engravel
G of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, who is away up as an ex
!, pert, spent an hour in examining
: two 50 silver certificates, one gen
e uine and the other counterfeit
with a,powertul magnifying glass
and his verdict was that there was
not the slightest difference be
tween the two notes. New inven
% tions in photo mechanical pro
- cesses have made it easy and cheaI
for the counterfeiters to reproduce
on a metal plate every line of 8
=, note and after little etching it i:
+ an exact duplicate of the steel
. plate from which the note was
o originally printed and which it had
taken months to engrave. The
>, color in the red seals and the green
. backs was once a protection, but
, late discoveries in photochromy
makes it easy to reproduce the
. precise shades. The chief of the
Secret Service in his last annua
report says on this subject: "The
= genuine government notes now
o. adays, especially the series of 1890
4 are marvels of the engraving ar
aided by the wonderful geometri
- laths. One would think it impos
~ sible to successfully counterfeit
such work upon looking over th'
complex area Of lines and pat
terms; and yet at this momen