Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1891-05-01
COMMUNICATION.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. April q, I

Secretary Foster has, in difference to mum
erous REQUESTS, about decided to issue cir
cuIar informing the holders Of the a. PEI
/ cent bonds Which will mature Sept I, thai
I they may, if they desire, hold these BONDS
at the pleasure OF the Government provided,
they are willing to accept per cent interes,
/ after Sept I, on the same. The amount Of
these bonds now unredeemed is about f43,,
! ooo. 600. Of which about $50, 600, 900 IS held
| by the Treasury department as security ior
| the circulation Of National banks II IS re-
parded as certain that all the National banks
and a considerable number Of the private
holders of these bonds will prefer to let them
run at 2 per cent instead Of having them re-
deemed In taking this action Secretary
Foster is following the precedent SET oy sec
retary Window in 1881, in relation 10 ABOUT
s., 900, 900 Of per cert bonds wnien ma ma
/ tured Iulv Of that year. The circular then
/ issued notified the holders Of those bonds
that the principal and accrued interest would
] he Maid and that the interest thereon would
cease upon that date Provided, however,
that in case any Of the holders of the said
bonds should request to haye their BONDS
continued during the pleasure OF the gov
eminent, with interest at the rate OF 80 per
ceptum per annuul, in lieu Of their payment
on the date specified, such request woulo
be granted, ,,..
Friday, but did not formally take charge OF
his Office until this morning. Saturday
evening at the close Of business the ten
money vaults in the Treasury department
were sealed by the committee Of three-one
representing the Secretary Of the Treasury,
one the retiring Treasurer, Mr.. huston ana
one the new Treasurer-appointed 70 super
intend the counting ofihe money on maud
peudiug its transfer to Treasurer Nebeksr
a.. wefa If asrsfTrnaEmreT
bondsmen, and this morning seventy -hVe
clerks began the task Of counting the money.
It will take eight or ten days to complete H.
Senior Manuel de J. Galvan, of san DO
n,inpo is here, and be has presented docu-
ments TO Secretary Blaine accrediung HIM
as special envoy from that country ior tne
purpose of negotiating RECIPROCITY treaty
with the United States He is very hopelul
of succeeding now that the telegraph has
brought the news of the failure Of the nego-
tiations TO secure from HaYd coaling sta
ton for the United States, because he Is au
thorized to offer this government Samona
Bav, which has a harbor large enough TO
float all the vessels we are likely to have Tor
6lv wears to come, for that purpose, II II
will agree to trade reciprocity with San DO
miugo, under the provisions OF the Mehih'
ley tariff act
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who was badly disgrunted for time because
old man Thurman got the Vice Presidential
nomination that he coveted, is III town, and,
if his friends are to be believed, he IS iull
aedqed candidate for the Democratic Presi
DENTAL nomination, and claims that Senator
elect Palmer has promised to see that ne
gets the solid delegation Of his state ms
Isn't pleasant news for Hon. william X.
Morrison ("Horizontal Bill"), now drawing |
.1sas faaT
terstate Commerce Commission, who mas /
long been in hopes that Illinois would make /
him her favorite son In the next Democratic
and secure for him, If not the head 1
of the ticket, second place, and It IS prooa
bic that the friends Of these two gentlemen (
will at once begin a campaign Of political
throat cutting that will end only when one 4
or both ofthem are completely done for.
The Presidents Private Secretary, +. w. /
Halford, who recently lost his wife, has, with
his daughter, gone on flying trip to
Europe. He expects to return by the time
Mr.. Harrison gets back to Washington.
It is regarded as so certain that Secretary
Proctor will succeed Senator Edmunds that
speculation is already rife as to who the
new member of the Cabinet will be. There
is a movement on foot to secure the place
for the Northwest, the argument being that
New England ought to be satisfied with hav'
IT,
ierson and eK-Senators Pierce and Spooner
have been mentioned as men that would be
to the party ia the Northwest
Chicago will have a Republican Mayor
Turing the Worlds Fair, which means am
pie security for the persons ard property OF
hose visiting the exposit on. Good for Chi
ago, and good for her visitors too.
According to a recent remark Of Senator
7leffer, he has grown bigger than both OF the
I'D political parties.
Mississippi by its new constitution mas
.fectually DISTINGUISHED 20, 600 negro voters,
md vet that State has not had its represen-
alton in the electoral college or the House
# Representatives cut down. Taking tue
generally accepted average, that each OF
hese voters is the head Of a family OF I'VE
persons, Il is evident that Mississippi should
ose two votes in the electoral college and
wo members ofthe House Of Representative
" reason ofits new Constitution, which IS q
-iolation Of the spirit and intent of the Four
zenith Amendment to the Constitution Of the
United States If not Of its letter. II IS to be
Presumed that the DISTINGUISHING clause OF
his State Constitution will sooner or later
le passed upon by the United States ST.
rene Court.
What IS Statesmauship1 Helping to add
o the greatness Of the country, commercially
S well as politically. Making a prontapie
lHE kCA ADA q NAAAAA4M DdlANA1 81 AA~.At ~ --l Z
othiue Of other American products and
as the new Cuban reciprocity
realty recently made with Spain viii do, IS
be Republican administrations idea OF
and it is one that every patri-
tic citizen can enthusiastically endorse.
il Is daily becoming apparent that no con-
derable body of Republicans favor the is-
ling OF a CURRENCY By the government that
Iay be worth lessthan one hundred cents
b the dollar to any matt rich o. poor. we
ont want two kinds Of dollars, one for the
eaithv man aud one i1f NE laboriug toiler. I
ollars are like votes. one should always be
good as another
The Democrats have for nonels been en-
.a,lofinp to create The impress q that the s
-esident was at hean opposed loreciproc' q
i, but al their carefully built tAeofise have =
hich they were cteafcd since Nr. Harrison
ade that ringing rec iprociiy speech az Gal q
8tCu. Texas