Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1891-05-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular corresp ,ndcnt.

From our regular corresp hndent.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., April 27.
Secretary Foster has, i'll defer
ence to numerous requests, about
decided to issue circular inform
ing the holders of the II per cent
bonds which will mature Sept l.,
that they may, if they desire, hold
these bonds at the pleasure of the
Government, provided they are
willing to accept2 per cent interest
after Sept l, on the same. The
amount of these bonds now unre-
deemed is about S43,000,000, of
which about $50, 900 is held by
the Treasury department as secur-
lty for the circulation of National
banks. 1t is regarded as certain
that all the National banks and a
considerable number of the private
holders of these bonds will prefer
fo let them run at 2 per cent in
stead of having them redeemed.
U. S. Treasurer Nebeker filed
his bond last Friday, but did not
formally take charge of his Office
until this morning. Saturday even
ing at the close of bust ess the
ten luoLey vaults i'll the Treasury
department were sealed by the
committee of three one repre-
senting the Secretary of the Treas
ury, one tie retiring Treasurer,
Mr.. Huston, and one the new
Treasurer-appointed to superin-
tend the counting of the money on
hand, pending its trnasfer to
Treasurer Nebeker and the re-
lease of e1-Treasurer Huston's S
bondsmen, and this morning
seventy ty-five clerks began the task
of counting the money. 1t will
take eight or ten days to complete
it.
The dispute as to who is the le-
gal secretary of the Noman's
Board of Commissioners of the
Worlds Fair has been transferred
from Chicago to Washington, and
Secretary Foster will have to de-
eide, when the vouchers for April
salary are presented, whether Miss
Phoebe Couzins shall get the
money or the lady named by the
lady commissioners.
Senor Manuel de J. Galvan, of
San Domingo is here, and he has
presented documents to Seer etary
Blaine accreliting him as special
envoy from that country for the
purpose of negotiating reciproci-
ty treaty with the United States.
He is very hopeful of succeeding
now that the telegraph has brought
the news of the failure of the ne
gotiations to secure from Hayti a
coaling station for the United
States, because he is authorized to
offer this government Samona Bay,
which has harbor large enough
to float all the vessels we are likely
to have for fifty years to come, for
that purpose, if it will agree to
trade reciprocity with San Domin-
go, under the provisions of the
Mckinley tariff act.
Cleveland's Commissioner of
Pensions, who was badly disgrun-
tied for time because oil man
Thurman got the Vice Presidential
nomination that he coveted, is in
town, and, if his friends are to be
believed, he is full fedged can
didate for the democratic Presi-
Dental nomination, and claims
that Senator elect Palmer has
promised to see that he gets the
solid delegation of his state.
1t 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 movement on foot to
secure the place for the Northwest
the argument being that New
England ought to be satisfied with
having Mr.. Blaine in the Cabinet,
Senator Henderson and ex-Sena-
tors Pierce and Spooner have been
mentioned es men that would be
satisfactory te The party in the
Northwest.