The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-03-18
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
President Cleveland Sends a Message
to the S nate Withdrawing the
Hawaiian Treaty.

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4 ter at Flora, Tenn.
Secretary Morton has appointed Don
aid Maccuaig Of Nebraska City, Neb.
chief clerk Of the Agricultural Depart
. ment, vice Henry Caseam resigned.
Allthe prominent officials OF the Treas
Jury Department, including the Assistan
Secretary, Commissioners OF Interna
Revenue, Comptrollers and all the Aud
itors, except Patterson and Fisher, have
verbally rendered Secretary Carlisle thei
: resignations.
Secretary Carlisle has accepted tn,
proposition of the Denver clearing hous,
to let the government have 81 ,OOO, 900 il
gold for like amount OF treasury notes
He has taken no steps toward issulns
bonds, and has not indicated what pol.
icy he will pursue.
In the case of Captain Pharos B. Bru-
baker OF North Dakota, imprisoned il
Spanish Honduras, the President has
transmitted to the Senate in compliance
with its resolution of the Sd instant .
report from Secretary Gresham givins
all the information in the department,
relative to the case. The papers show
that Secretary Foster September 50 tele.
graphed Minister Pscheco to look into
the matter. October Is Pacheco for
warded telegram from Secretary Of Wal
Alvsrado OF Honduras, saying Brubaker
was one OF those who took up arms
against the government and captured
rruxillo June %. When the uprisir .
WAS put down, Brubaker was captursd
and tried under the Honduras laws and
sentenced 10 seven years. Imprisonment,
which he is now undergoing at Ouroa.
Secretary Carlisle has rece we'd offers
from Chicago bankers to exchange So
10000 OF gold for like amount OF small
treasury notes. with intimstions that
probably $40, 0O0, 900 will be wanted on
the same terms. Carlisle will forwa ard
the small notes at once. Several other
offers OF gold in exchange for small
treasury notes have been made. Bank
ers OF Cincinnati offered 81 ,OOO, coo, o.
which $6OO, 600 Was accepted. Other Of
iers of small quantities came from bank
ers in Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri.
Treasurer Nebecker 10 much pleased with
the turn affairs have taken, and has de-
ciared sufficient offers Of gold have been
received to absorb all the small notes on
hand.
President Cleveland the other morn
Ing sent to the Senate . message with
drawing the Hawai- an treaty pending in
the Senate. The message was short,
simply requesting the Senate to trans
init to the Executive the propose d treaty
with Hawaii. The message was received
without comment on the floor OF the
Senate. The Republican Senators re-
gard this action az in line with the course
pursued by Cleveland in Withdrawing
the Nlcaraguan treaty, sent 10 the Senate
| by President Arthur in the closing dave
OF his administration. The Democratic
senators look npon the act from a two
told point OF view, some taking the
ground that it shows Cleveland is against
annexation or American domination o!
any sort in the Hawaiian Islands. while
others hold he will send in another
treaty more to his liking.
! Holman, Chairman OF the House Com
mittee, in the remarks which he is pre-
pairing for publication in the Conqres-
siOnal Record concerning the appropria
lions OF the FIlty-second Congress shows
the appropriations OF the session JUS,
closed amount to 1919, 22l 1851. From
this point OF view the appropriations OF
the Ftfty-hrst Congress aggregated 81
OBS, $50, y2l, and thoseof tie Fifty-second
Congress amount to $l.025. S22 ,029, or
s., 1872 $50 less than those OF the Fifty
hrst Congress. Holman will present
statements of the appropriations made
by the Fifty second Congress as charged
against it under permanent appropria-
tons in accordance with the require
ments OF laws enacted by the fly. irst
Congress. These include sums aggre-
eating in all 1854, l72,040. Judge Hol-
man states, il these appropriations mad
ms do -al -
preparation Of the Fi.ty-sscond Congress
would show a reduction of more than
*l63,OO,COO than the appropriations OF
the Fifty first Congress.
Some time ago, when the question OF
the power Of the Secretary Of the Treas
ury to use any part OF the 800 ,OOO, OOU
gold reserve was under consideration.
Solicitor-General Aldrich was instructed
by the Attorney General to look up the
matter. Adrich's opinion in brief is:
- First, the Secretary OF the Treasury
has continuing power to issue bonds r. |
redeem the legal tender OF 1852 and 1883
and reissu ID under the act of Nav 81, |
ISIS, but am Of the opinion it is not at
all necessary. Second, there is no re-
quirement for the redemption of the |
legal tender TO be made in gold. As to |
the policy OF using silver am not pre-
pared to urge this action. 1t might cause
a panic, but it could undoubtedly be |
done. Third, the Secretary OF the Treas
ury has no power to issue bonds redeem
able in either gold or silver. The law
they shall be redee med in coin.
which means either gold or silver now,
and did 90 mean at the time of the pass
age OF the law" This opinion, while
asked and prepared, was not delivered.
owing to the fact that the occasion did
not demand it. Aldrich says: "The
belief that there is no positive provision
81 law requiring 500, 10000 reserve
shall lie kept is in my opinion correct.
1t 10 also true under the law, as under
stand 1t, that all iegal-tender notes NAV
be redeemed in CO n. This was the case
1t the peri fixed for the resumption of
specie payments. to-wit, January, 1879,
under the law OF 1915"
To guard against deficit Henderson
warns this administration to give closer
attention to "moouehine7s and the
whisky ring" in the collecting Of in
ernal revenue than it did from 1885 to
sS9, when it collected $5l ,O9O, 1923 less
han President Arthur and *ll5, 358,542
ess than President Harrison. He eays
he retiring administration paid 1885,
1921 on the public debt, saving in in
crest 300 1852, 493 annually. He ouched
n pensions, showing that the pension
'urean rolls will reach their highest
'oint Deem Der 81, 1894, with l,l61 ,9I8 I
ames on the rolls, including invalids,
Tidows, orphans and dependent parents. .
he annual value OF the rolls at that date
tlng $l5), S65 ,O94; that in 1895 there :
Iill be dropped from the rolls A, 1882 :