The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-01-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.


WASHINGTON LETTER.
There is sl0OO0O,0OO in gold in the
Treasury Of the United States, which by
what is known as permanent appropria-
ton is held there for the redemption Of the
United States notes--that is, legal lender,
the green backs which are circulating
among the people. tits well known fact
that there is not man 10 the United States
who wants 10 redeem legsl tender note and
take its face value in gold. There are occa-
sions, when parties are going abroad, when
they might want 10 exchange legal tender
notes fof gold coin, but there is not bank
er or broker in any seaport Of the United
States who would not be willing to exchange
il for them and not one Of the bankers or
brokers would send one Of the legal tender
notes they acquired in that way to the U. 8.
Treasury for redemption. This 500, 000,-
600 10 gold is thus simply locked up in the
Treasury for no good purpose in the world.
Mr.. Watson, Of Georgia, has introduced
bill directing the Secretary Of the Treas
nry to covert this money into the general
und. That is where il ought to be, where
could 20 to pay the general expenses, and
be put into the hands OF the people.
Senator Kyle has bill in the Senate
making all issue of Government money
legal tender.
The Secretary Of the Senate had upon his
rolls as is shown by his last report two
newspaper reporters, that is, reporters for
the different Press Associations who send
out all the news from Washington, one Of
these reporters is credited with having fold
ed documents to the value of 500 per month
for three months and the other with having
folded documents to the value of $50 per
month for FIVE months, so that each of them
received $500 from the United States Treas-
ury. The documents of the Senate are
folded IN the basement Of that building,
and it is an even bet that neither Of these
reporters was ever in the basement or folded
a document, they were just simply subsi-
died by Mr.. Valentine with $500 of the
peoples money to send out good reports
about Valentine as Sergeant-at. Arms of the
Senate.
The Superintendent OF the Census is be-
fore Congress asking fol 100000 TO
enable him to complete the census. Mr.. E.
G. Brown, editor Of the United States Mail,
who was in Washington at the meeting Of
fourth class postmasters calls the Census q
Gupendous joke-the most stupendous joke
of the century. He could much more justly
have called it the most stnpendous fraud of
the century, because that is exactly what ii
| is; no one relies U pom it, and there are other
reasons why Congress should not give one
dollar to complete the Census under this
man Porter. 1t is stated at Washington
that there is captain in the German Army,
drawing pay in the Census Bureau. It is
further said that an unnaturalized English
man is head of one of the divisions, and
there are great number Of un- naturalISed
foreigners, particularly Englishmen, Mr..
Porter himself being al Enelishman, who
are employed in taking the American
Census. We observe that the English
papers are praising the census very highly.
ii is perhaps through these un-naturalixed
Englishmen they get their information.
The National Banks are now asking that
Congress should pass law by which the
Government Of the United States shall pay
for the transmission of money from the
banks to the Treasury for cancellation or
destruction. To pass such an act would be
40 outrage upon the people, as the Govern
ment furnishes these banks with their
money free of cost, cancels or destroys it
free of cost, and all the banks have to do is
to pay the express rates for carrying the
money from the banks to the Treasury.