Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-09-18
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER

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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
uissulaf ',.ff,s i.'ni't..f .f fhs -fartstf
MA-uiNaruN sept 1891
II husinc.s ,uan was known Ca
have outstanding paper payable uu i'
mand amounting Ga fs1 'snrn aud
only sls i7n 5Gi ui available each 90
hand To- meet that r,p'f. wuuld tho
commercial world ,ou-ii'f huu .ol,
ent Not much We'll that b. PIE
c,-"ly the pfe.eut condition Of the
United States treasury There az
more than s2I U0p ,sn Of the iou, AMI
a.hali per cent hond. which Nrfe not
presented for extension anl Nh,h
nav simply stand luf notes paYal'l" un
dcmani. and there q, leaving oui ,hc
fractional liver cuin and other iuud-
that cannot legally ir paid out. nnlt
sls.57h aGi on hand a. lny them Nth
Secretary Foster b. sad o. have e
scheme hy which he expects h. hull
dose certain II the larger national
hanks into buying all oi these hunds
AMI presenting them for psisnsinn. and
n IL lof that purpose thst be- has an
nouneed 40 indefinite extension of ths
time Within which they may le rs
tended ~ : IoT cent Iiu. u h hy no
mean. certain that he can snreesd aud
already since Me,lnosiay. 90 which
day the interest ceased urafl, o. tssl
Un worth 1T these l,pnda have been
presented lof redemption. and the
most ~ them came iram National
hsnts That made hig huls Ia %,
available fund.-. ani lcsidrr lhoso
bands there are hiF pension payments
~ 30 made this month un paper
Secretary fnsief nRarrs ont = cash
balance of moro than s0n ssD sH, hui
De knows. ~ well .. every u,hef ha.l
ness n'an familiar with the ana.rs II
the treasury, that ihe amnuni men
toned above represents every dollar
Witch he can legally pay uut
Candidates ior lhe Vacancy en the
t-oari ~ intef state Commerce Com
mis.laness. made ny ti,e death Il lion
W J.. Bragg Of Alabama are toca,u
ins estfemels plentiful afouni town.
anal Secretary Noble. nnd,t Whose
province u V, is a murh sought man.
cai 4. .. Polk. tho President II the
National Farmers Alliance. whn Is
now hcre, Is helng some~hai hafshl,
criticised by hath friends aud tuss
among Noa,hetnefs ha the light and
airy manner la Witch be- ,ll.pnss- ~
~" many personal charges nal.
sn@i.a. hia, ~ ,hu Raleigh NsHs esd
Oaserrss. ani ~ the tetost ,ha, ice epa
templase.i challenging the suthog ~
the charges Ia fight q duel THE IL
the ia, ha speaks al "a IL an, aaa
wants IA hgh, duel wilh me have
not been informed ~ IL The tlilnF l.
~, ~ nonsense cod rik NAV
thint !, a 10, II nonsense" Ia ls
called "puiir,an and cowanl. bet
that ls not the wsy others tsaari a.
snd aecsTslias IA ,hs Sou,hesn Aies a
is be- Win should want 90 nrhl dusl
with the man who IL 81 openl, abusing
him, instead n waiting 81 asc.riain
whether anyone wants a. fThi dusl
eth him. Men opposed 81 ihe cssie
under any circumstance say that ual
foik should have HE sssaliani arrested
tnr criminal llhel, bat tho snrmlss ~
Col rolk ssy that he dare no, take
that course, because " be lii the
charges against him would H. proved
In court Thus The matter staads. bat
there can he hu, little doubt that Il i.
iniuring Col. Polls standing. and
many arr predicting ,ha, /, will result
+ In HI. being depo-ei from the Alliance
presidency.
lis considered certain that Congress
will order an Investigation 1T the Las,
census, and 4 ia equally certain that
some very queer thing. will be- brought
oni by the investigation ~, said by
those who have iamillaii,",l themselves
with the subject that all 1T lhr recent
census bulletins. pufpnf,ine h. give the
assessed valuation IT property hs
states, are wrong, and that mnsi IT
them cen readily be shown a. lo -
roneous. whether intentional go
through Incompetence 80 ,sfs irssnrs-
does not matter they are wrong rof
instance, the assessed valuation ~ al
property In south Carolina 10 given ~
nearly n million aud half les than
In issO. while the report Of the Comp
tFollef,lenefsl of that state shows az
increase oi seventeen millions. anil
conservative estimates are that the
new state assessment a. be made this
year will a,i,i At least thift, millions ~
th. total as-e-srd value II property IN
the state This j. si,rrimrn IT rar
t.ts wofk there afe other states a
most =. hai
A gentleman in-t lfpm rat- Ma,
Point IL az hnriiy fnf the statement
that Ci,il Service Commissioner
Roosevelt has not iri resigned. al
though he thinks u extremely pfuba
able that Mr. Harrison may ask him
b. do 80 very shortly lie says that
Roosevelt went Ia NJ Harrison and
demanded In diciatorial manner b.