The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-09-10
CAPITAL GOSSIP.

Secretary Foster has extended in
de linitely the time within which the
i per cent bonds, which ceased to
draw interest Wednesday of this
week, may be extended at 2 per cent.
Not quite half of the $4,000, 900
which were outstanding when the
offer was first made have been pre-
scented for extension, and it is said
that Secretary Foster accuses the
National bank people Of having de.
ceived him. A delegation OF them
from New York were closeted with
him yesterday. and it is supposed that
these outstanding bonds were under
discussion.
Opinion is divided as to whether
there Is any truth in the rumor that
Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt
has resigned in pet, because Mr..
Harrison did not act MPon his recent
recommendation and remove tweuty.
"NN CNC%ol OnCIdlS III bdltiMOE6
for ''pernicious political activity"
Those who believe the rumOr do so
because they know tGlat Mr.. Roose-
welt is wealthy and cares nothing for
abe salary attached to the office and
that he is impulsive and seemingly
fond of notorIety-every report Ire
has ever made las always found its
way into the columns of the press,
and there is more than u suspicion
that Mr.. Roosevelt could easily ex-
plain how they got there-more than
one of them has been printed in the
newspapers before it was received by
Mr.. Harrison. These things make it
easy for some people to believe that
Mr.. Roosevelt has got into huff"
and rendered his resignation to Pre-
sident Harrison. The other view Of
the matter puts it in different light.
In as much as Mr.. Harrison and the
members of the cabinet directly con-
Cerned have been away from Wash.
9ngton almost continually since Mr.
Roosevelt made his report-Mr.
Wanamaker says he saw the official
copy Of the report this week for the
first ume-it would be manirestly
unfair for Nr. Roosevelt to get mad
because no action had been taken
thereon. He will probably have
cause to get mad in the end unless
popular belief is wrong, but he has
no cause ut this time. Mr.. Harrison
has Il good deal more cause to be mad
than Mr.. Roosevelt has, on account
OF the premature publication Of this
very report, and it is more than pr ID
able that he would very gladly accept
Mr.. RoOsevelt's resignation if it
cOErha be had without asking for it,
and at least two members Of the
Cabinet have good reason to enter
tain the same sort OF feeling.
e
President Polk, of the National
Farmers Alliance, wlleR asked
whether &e contemplated fighting Il
duel with the North Carolina Editor
who has been abusing him and
attacking his character, replied; 'sOf
course not. This whole silly duel
story, was started by newspaper
correspondent in North Carolina for
tsse purpose of trying to make a
sensation"
Owing to its bearing upon national
politics the news that Lieut.. Governor
Jones, of "he pays the freight" fame,
may become an independent candi-
date for governor of New York if
Flower Is nominated by the democrats
has excited the liveliest interest here
and is being everywhere discussed.
There are lots Of democrats who do
not hesitate to say that jones will do
5ust right if he goes into an indepen.
dent movement, rs they consider that
he was fairly entitled to the nomina'
4iOn frUm the democrats. Republi.
cans are of course jubiIant over the
news- and all Of them are wishing
that it may turn out to be true.
Secretary Tracy is, now at Cape
May Point with Mr.. Harrison, aud 1t
- said that the .Gheradi-Walker
scandal, which has OF late occupied
so much space in the metropolitan
papers. is the subject upon which Mr..
Harrison wanted to confer with the
Secretary.
It Pays to Get the Best.
Some people think economy means