The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-05-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, May 8. 1888
President Cleveland and every member of his
Cabinet are again at their desks, all feeling
better for their "week off, although none of
them got any rest. Still it was a change. and
everybody needs an occasional ckange. They
were one and all pleased to find the Govern
ment finances in such satisfactory condition
and with prospects of continued Improvement.
The free gold now amounts to about 50. GOO 600
and there is very marked decrease in the de-
mand for gold for shipment to Europe, while
offers of gold continue to be made to the Treas.
ury. 1t is now also known that the close Of
this fiscal year will find the Treasury with
surplus of nearly 5000 600 available cash, In
stead of the deficit which was a short time ago
feared.
There have been SO many erroneous state-
ments printed about the amount of gold in the
United States that the official figures in the
latest statement, issued this week, are heree
with presented. The total amount of gold coin
known to be in this country is S552 .5l3 lc5. aud
of gold bullion, the most of which is in the U S
Treasury. $50. $50 TIA. making grand total of
&61s,042. $40. OF this gold National banks hold
$780, 751 .1s3 and private firms SS5s. .S2s 1856, ac-
cording to the last report of the Director of the
U.S Mint.
Senator Mcpherson, who is member of the
the situation very closely. and he says OF It: III
do not believe there is anything in the money
situation that will necessitate the calling of
an extra session of Congress earlier than the
President intended-about September 10. The
financial condition o the country is all right
if the people will only let it alone. The Secre-
tary of the Treasury has the confidence of the
public which believes that he will be able to
meet any contingency that may arise"
Congressman John Dewitt Warner, of New
York, isn't one of those who think it will re-
quire six months or more to get the new tariff
bill through Congress. He said: 81 see no
reason why a tariff bill should not be put
through in month or six weeks after the or
ganization OF Congress. The people put the
democracy in power with definite purpose,
and that purpose should be carried out. If you
hired contractor to build a house within
specified time. and he failed to keep his agree
ment, would you not look around to get some-
body else to finish itp Of course a reasona bic
time should be allowed for debate on tariff
measure. but all efforts at obstruction should
be, and believe will be-. promptly squelched'' p
There are yet some desirable places in both
the Diplomatic and consular service to be fill
ed by democrats, and it is expected that most
of these appointments will be made by Presi-
dent Cleveland within the next few weeks. In
this connection it may be interesting to note
how the appointments already made in these
branches of the public service have been dis
tributed among the States. The diplomatic
appointments have gone to the following:
Alabama. Tennesse 3, New Jersey. Delaware,
Missouri, Vernon New Hampshire, Calfor-
mia, Massachusetts, Arkansas. Texas. South
Dakota, and Illinois. one each Indiana. Geor-
gia, Louisiana, and New York. two each; North
Carolina four and Minnesota five. The Consul
appointments have gone one each to North
Carolina, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan and
Maine; two each to Massachusetts. Missouri,
Mississippi, Ohio and Indiana; and four to New
York. While that will probably have little
to do with the Presidents selections, the can.
didates from those States not mentioned above
appear to be more confident than those from
the States that have already secured some of
these appointments.
The Chinese Minister claims to have informa.
tien which leads him to fear. that con-
spiracy exists in p acifc States to do violence
to the Chinese residing in those States in con-
nectien with the enforcement of the Geary ex.
clusion law, " which goes into effect tomorrow,
and in accordance with mis- request Secretary
Gresham has wired the Governors of those
states. asking them to take precautionary