The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-07-29
WASHINGTON CITY.
Especial Correspondence
July II, 1891.

Especial Correspondence
July II, 1891.
GAIL doubts of Secretary Blaine's
condition." said gentleman con-
nected with the department Of State
shave been removed by his direct
ing by wire that all the papers in a
number Of important matters pend
ing before the department be fow.
arded to him at once. That means
that the Secretary feels well enough
to resume work and that he propos-
es doing SOP. From another sourse
1t was learned that Mr.. Louis A.
Dent, Mr.. Blaines private Secretary
is at Bar Harbor prepared for work,
and that he expects to make a pro-
longed stay there, which he would
not do II Mr.. Blaine did not propose
keeping him busy.
Secretary Proctor is again at his
desk, having returned from his
eastern trip.
Comptroller of the currency La
cey says that the assessment which
he has levied upon the stock of the
Quilted Keystone National bank of
Philadelphia will have the effect of
determining who owns the stock,
because in cases where there Is q
dispute the matter will be taken
into court for an authoritlve decis.
ion.
The guarantee fund of $4,000 for
the entertainment of the G.. A. r.,
encampment of 1892, should Wash.
ington's cordial and pressing invi-
tation to hold 1t In this city be ac-
cepted when 1t Is presented at De-
troit next month, has practically
all been subscribed and everybody
is enthusiastically in favor of Civ.
ing the veterans such a reception
to the National Capitol as they will
always remember as one of the
pleasantest events of their lives.
At a meeting of the board OF
management of government build
ings, IL was decided to send the
building committee of the board to
Chicago to consult with the Expo
sition management concerning the
arrangement of grounds for the
Government buildings. The com.
mittee will leave for Chicago in a
few days, and Supervising Archi-
tect Edbrooke will 60 along as the
special representative of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury.
The official count of the money in
the Uniteb States Treasury, made
necessary by the change of Treas
urers, which has been going ON for
sixty days, was completed this,
week. 1t shows that there is a to-
tai of $6O0,O62,537 on hand, which
TALES to cent with what the
books show ought to be there.
This is actual money and does not
include gold bars to the value Of
$62, O67, 74369, silver bars $26,SSO,S47.-
95 and trade dollar bars, $4,4S4, 203.
Rather pretty showing isn't it for
a Treasury which is declared by a
few crack Drained democrats to be
on the verge of bankruptcy.
The democrats are trying very
hard to make 1t appear that they
like the nomination of Campbell
and the platform which was adopt
ed by the Ohio State convention
they are trying to convince them.
selves that Campbell will get
enough republican votes to elect
him, but they are not succeeding
very well. The national democrat
ic committee has been appealed to
to use its influence to whip the
kicking democrats into line and it
has promised to do so, but mas
much as the committee has for
some time practically conceded the
election of Mckinley by laying
wires to capture the legislature by
trading votes for Governor for
votes for candidates to the legisla'
ture it is hardly probable that il
will make any serious attempt to
help Campbell.