The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-22
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
APPROACH OF THE HOLIDAYS KNOCK
cut LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS
Imperfect System Of Recording the Currency
1ssue-North Dakota Senatorial Jug
glery- aistory Of the Fort Brown
Reservation-0therI Items.
HOUSE..

HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE APP
proach of the holidays was manifest
in the house today. Few of the very
few members in attendance paid any
attention to the proceedings. The
committee on military affairs cue
ceeded in passing few bills of minor
Importance. The day was consumed
in consideration of the Florida claim
bill, and the house adjourned without
acting upon it.
IMPERFECT RECORDS.
Treasurer Nebecker, in his annual
report, makes the following signifi-
can't remarks in regard to the present
system of paper currency in the
United States. The present methods
of keeping an account of the issue and
redemption of paper money are i'm
perfect and unsatisfactory. There is
not that certainty of correctness de-
sirable in business of the mag nitude
to which this has grown.
There being no record of redemp.
tions beyond a simple entry OF
date, denomination and amount, the
safeguards agains errors are Insult
ticient. The sole reliance tor accuracy
is in the examination which the notes
receive in passing through the depart
ment. A mistake of description in the
original schedule, If not discovered
before the destruction of the notes,
would probably be perpetuated
Worse than this, duplicate numbers,
or numbers never regularly issued,
would be passed without suspicion
In either case the fact of an error
having occurred might not be
brought to light for years, and
then only by the condition of the
account. If, for example, in the course
of liquidation of a political issue, an
overdraft should appear, the fact OF
some irregularity would be patent, but
correction or even location of the ir-
regularity itself might be impossible
While some Improvement might per-
haps be made in the details of the pres
emit methods it is doubtful II any sys-
tenn short of u complete numerical reg
istry OF every note, with dates of is
sue and redemption would be entirely
satisfactory. such records would not
only be valuable check against an
occurrence of errors, but would also
bear upon their face certain evidence
of their own integrity and afford means
of tracing and correcting any mistakes
that might creep in.
TRANSFER OF SOLDIERS.
General Schofield, speaking of the
Texas boarder troubles today said II
has been decided to transfer the
Seventh cavalry now at Fort Riley
Kan, to the department OF Texas al
soon as possible and to transfer the
Third cavalry now ia Texas to For
RILEY, but the department of the las
named troops would be delayed unit
after the present troubles are ended
NORTH DAKoTA's SENATOR.
Within few weeks the Legislature
of North Dakota will meet to elect
successor to Senator Casey. johnson
Republican congressman from NORTH
Dakota today said: 81 hope the he
publicans of North Dakota. If the.
caucus, will abide by the decision a
to the Republican nominee unless tn.
selection should De Senator Casey.
Mr.. Johnson added In re
sponss to questions that h
had been informed when las
in North Dakota by members-elect /
the legislature that they would not G
into caucus. johnson said he was no
a candidate at this time, and woul
not 90 out to his state when the sen
atorial contest begins. The declara
tion on his part as respects case
shows that Johnson is quite willin
that his friends SD ould administer t
Senator Casey the same medicine tn
resent senator's friends administers
to the congressman two years age
when the Republicans, who wer
overwhelmingly in the majority, ha
caucus and agreed upon Johnson a
the party nominee by AZ votes out {
so, the other thirty-eight votes beln
divided be ween number OF othe
candidates, of whom Casey was one
The minority united on Case
and by a combination with the Dem
ocrats elected him to the senate
There are number of Repuhlica
candidates in the field now, and tn
statement of Johnson that a numbe
of Republican members of the legisla
ture will refuse to 60 into caucu
opens up a field of possible combina
tjons between the various politica
elements. The Republicans have
clean majority of six in the legisla
ture over the opposition, made up
Democrats and Populists. The fac
that North Dakota is one of tn
states which has been name
| in the list of wester
-senstorial contests to he speciall
looked after by senatorial committee
of both the Democratic and Repuh
Iican parties shows that the forme
regard it as within the possibilitie
that Notwithstanding the advers
complexion of the legislature 1t ma
by a continuation of the various ele
ments elect man 10 succeed Casey
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