The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-18
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WASHINGTON LETTER.



wAsurxerox. d. e.. Sept. IL. 1891.
Mr. Harrison viii return 10 Washing
ton Tomorrow. and II he can get his At |
fention away from the horde Of would.
be pnbiic pap-suckers now waiting t0l
pounce upon him, for 3 few minutes. he |
may be able 10 help clear away the sus-
picion under which the United States
Treasury department nov rests, Of hsv-
ing attempted to hamper the investiga-
iion which II has pretended 10 be 50 anx-
ious 10 have made. Of the affairs OF tho
wrecked Keystone Nationsl Bank, OF
Philadelphia. II 10 regarded NATURAL,
~ q suspicious circumstance that just -
the expert accountants IT work on the
books OF that bank were getting into the
part Of their work which promised i'm
|portsnt results. that II should be dis
covered NJ the Treasury that the fund
from which they were paid was ex-
lhausted. and that they must be dismissed
and the investigation stopped. Thcre's
money enough 10 pay . Thousand and
one unnecessary expenses for this and
that. but not enough to pay for the In
vesiigation OF wrecked bank. with
which . prominent member OF tho -.
ministrstion had been mixed up. len {
that suspicious Of itself?
I Treasury officials pretend TO be rack
ing their brains 20 discover wsy 10
pay these men. lille the men have
stopped work. Perhaps when they re-
sumo. IL they ever do, some OF the books
may be missing. The Philadelphia peo-
lple have taken the matter up, and II their
committee's singing letter 10 the Treas
Jury department does not cause Mr.. Har-
lrison to take some sction he Is either
skinned than he has been sup.
posed to be. or is afraid for his friend
4 Mr.. Wanamaker. At any rate the let
: ter. = portion OF which follows, will
) make Mr.. Harrison do something: ~
7 is Of vital importance alike 10 the credit
! lof the national banking system and "a
+ the cause Of justice, that the investiga'
: ton shall be pursued to the end snd 81,
{ lrectly under the auspices OF the United
: States government. II Il be true, q
stated, that the experts employed ~ the
! government have been dismissed for th'
{ reason that there ere now no fund.-
. available for the payment OF their ex
peuses, then this committee will advance
Z any reasonable amount required TO NEE
spch expenses Everything may %
/ perfectly straight about the action Of hi
Treasury officials in this matter, but 4
h certainly does not look 80. Everybod!
5 will concede that the financial system Of
. nation should be. like C8sars vile
above suspicion. There is now iarg'
and respectable body OF our citizens oil
glterly opposed to the entire Nationa
|. banking system, because Of it, prin
d lciples but even they haver charged tna
there was crookedness 10 the admins
Itratiou OF the system. aud woe be untt
that administration upon which crook
; Iedness 10 proven.
:. A gentleman who il very close &
i Representative Mills said OF the repor
= that Mr.. Mills was hedging on the ell
yer question: Those who believe sucl
= story do not know the man. lie neve
lstrsddled question in his life. coul
! talk to you for IN hour about his posi-
ltion. but instead will refer you 70 th
q fret speech be makes in Ohio, whic
will be on the 18th inst. ! happen I
! know that be will on that occasion foil
, define his position on every questio
1 now before the public. and, with winl
THAT 10 more than some Of bis compel
tors for the Speakership dare 10 do
VI The democratic missionary party, Q
rather portion OF II. left here yesterda
: for Chicago, where they will be joine
by the reminder. Their hrst stop vi
be Il ST. Paul, on the 18th inst. The
Y are due Ct Spokane Falls, Wash, on q
Y oath inst. Tariff talk will Be give
Everywhere.
4; Your correspondent was shown to-ds
what purported 10 be . letter from :
Ohio republican TO . member Of the san
party in Washington. which, II Il
y writer knew what be was talking abou
contained . most important piece Of p
I liticsl news. Following is copy Of
paragraph in the letter referred q
.'"Don't get worried about the newspsp
y accounts Of the sherman Foraker feus
there IL M feud between them, but
= contrary the most perfect and cordi
Y understanding. Ii has been thong
best to have them appear 70 be fghtiI
= each other in order TO bring out Il
y vote through the edorts Of their respet
live followers many Of whom are not
y the secret. II We succeed in electing
majority Of the legislature, which. b
~ tween rs. IL far from : certainty, Jol
" sherman will be reelected 20 the Sc
ate a. q "vindication,v 90 70 speak.
- will, % may seem best At the time, eth
~ decline, or before the adjournment Of 4
I. Legislature resign, giving 8 . reason
desire to retire from the cares ~
troubles OF public life, and Foraker y
lie then be elected TO succeed him. DO cal
ID iul to whom you speak about this, %
aImight seriously interfere with the par
th leaders plans. should Il get out; but y
% may depend on IL being true"
il G. A. 8
ks
be Montrosc (Colo industrial Unto
ur Our Mr.. Fink returned the latter part
b. last week from the old home Of bis wi
m and brought with him an addition TO I