The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-08-26
WASHINGTON CITY,,
Special Correspondence

ional executive committee proposes
to take an active part in the State
campaigns this year, as 1t has no such
Intention, and ifit had he should
not have accepted the charm anship
because he had already laid out q
program In connection with the
educational work Of the National
League ofthe Republican Clubs, Of
which he 10 President, that will fin
~ occupy his time for the rest Of
this year. Ofcourse the clubs In the
League will actively work during
the campaigns in their respective
States during the present year, and
influence is expected to be felt to a
greater extent than ever before.
1t has been charged by those who
know nothing about the subject
that under the present administra-
tion there has been a great reduct-
ion in the per capita circulation Of
money. Wild talk proves nothing,
but here are the official figures, as
shown by the books of the Treasury
Department In 1850 the amount
per capita in circulation was $685.:
in 1866, $2OS2; in 1885, $2S.O2; while
on the first of January 1891 it was
$24.10, which was larger than ever
before in our history. Owing to
heavy shipments of gold to foreign
countries during the pI esent year 1t
had, on the first of this month
slightly decreased, being $2337.
An attempt is being made by
Southern Democrats to get up a
combination boom for German and
Gray, but there seem to be too
many eos in il to suit those who
favor either Cleveland or Hill, and in
spite of &C" standing for "go" and
~good ut is not probable that the
double &C" ticket will be good
enough to 60 to the front.
Pension payments during the first
four days in August aggregated ST.
100000, which was divided between
the agencies at New York, Topeka,
indianapolis, Knoxville and Louis.
vile.
Navy Department officials are
not disposed to brag about the last
test made al Annapolis of the effic-
iency OF certain classes of project
lies in penetrating or destroying
armor in fact, they will not talk
about it at all, fur Their than to say
that the tests were very satisfactory
and that they have added much to
their knowledge; but from other
sources it is learned that the exper-
iments fully demonstrated the fact
that the United States has in it's
possession the guns and the pr0jec-
tiles to make it more than match
for any power in the world either
on sea or land. 1t has projectile
that can easily knock any armored
vessel now in existence into frag.
ments in a few minutes time.
These facts are considered to be
very encouraging, for while we do
not wish to fight any nation, every
patriotic American is glad to know
that we have the means Of enforce
ing the respect Of the world, and
the knowledge that we are prepared
to fuse those means, II necessary,
will 60 long ways in making 9th.
er nations 80 act toward as that
there will be no occasion to use
them.
It is understood that the meeting
of the executive committee of the
National Association of Democratic
clubs to be held in New York next
week was called to help along the
German boom, which owes it origin
to the working members of that
committee. The secrets of the com.
mittee meeting would make very
interesting reading, as Mr.. Cleve-
land has at least one devoted friend
on the committee who will resist
with all his power any attempt to
throw the influence of the commit
tee to any other candidate. Repre-
sentative Wilson, of West Virginia,
Chairman of the committee, was
until recently credited with being
a Cleveland man, but there are rea.
sons for believing that he has been
partially, if not completely convert.
ed to GOrmonism.
Those people who suppose that
Senator Quay's retirement from the
the National committee was but
the preliminary step toward his re.
tirement from politics, are away off
If his friends in this city are posted.
One of them said "Senator Quay
was never so much in politics as at
this time. His resignation from the
National committee was but the
having down of national burden