Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-06-20
CAPITAL GOSSIP.

WASHINGrON, June iSs io~S'
Among the ONCE seekers barred out OF
the white House BY President C'eve-
lands recent order the most persistent
and troublesome were women. IL they
had not been held OF BY the private So
retary they would have bothered the
PrsIdent horribly. To one Of them MI.
Thurber. the secretary, said that it Was
impossible for him 10 remember the De
tail, Of On oral statement which she In
sisted on making. Her eyes snapped ~
sbe replied: "1hen all have got IN
say Il that you've Got q mighty poor
usmorv.~ Another female applicant
cane day after day and demanded
priyste interview with the Chief Execu-
tive. Eventually Il was discovered that
she wanted TO cell him gold mine IN
south Carolina. She was evidently
crank. All such visitors OF the Hentler
scx were anxious TO zee the President
personally. They would not join the
crowd In the private sccrrtary's room'
but would walt outsldc and seize him
whcneyrr he vcnturrd to emerge. What
they had tn say must always bc uttered
asIAr. where Il could not he overheard.
AZ rule they based their appeals on
grounds Of sympathy, rcmarklng thst
they ,uprossSi Mr.. Cleveland WAS kind.
hearted man and would provide Tor
them.
In applylng Tor Office women almost
Invariably argue poverty. This plea Is
usually tfuc, but not slways. Either
they are lone aud lorn, ar else they have
large families wholly dependent on them
for support. Their political honesty 10
not Of the highest. Whichever party 10
In power they are on that side. ~ least
half . doren recent female applicants for
places In the treasury, after trying to
fsscinste Secre, sry Carlisle with smiles
and finery, have dressed themselves In
mourning and come back . few days
later In tears. Meanwhile, according 20
their plea, they have lost their hus-
bands or fathers and are thus deprived
OF means. Women have q funny way OF
speaking Of ..my Senator" or my Rep
resentative" as men never do. some OF
those who secure places have good
homes OF their own and only want the
paw to spend on their personal adorn-
ment and on luxuries. On one occaslOa
the widow OF . Union soldier With tao
children came TO the Secretary OF The
Treasury and asked 10 be reinstated IL
Office. She very reasonably ssid that
she did not know Why she should Dc
dropped when a girl In the same bureau
who expended her salary for fine dresses
and banjo lessons was retained. After
investigation OF the matter the widow
Was Justly restored 10 her place and the
girl was dismissed instead.
The condition Of the treasury IL giving
the President and the officials OF the
Treasury Department very grave COO.
Germ. The withdrawal and expert OF
gold has brought the gold reserve down
to very low figure. II having recently
fallen to ss9,93l az, the lowest poin,
ever reached. Now that the shipment;
have again begun TO be heavy. the sub.
ject comes before the administration ~
one Of no little concern, for should TIL,
rate Of gold export continue IL would
not be long before the reserve OF slOo,
OOO. 600 would be reduced to figure thai
would be dangerously small. The usua
remedy that has been suggested as
means of repleting the reserve and keep
ing Il intact has been the Issuance oI
4 DOUus IOT tic puICudec VI koiu' "u'
before the close Of the last Congress tn
judiciary Committee Of the House mad,
a report on this bond question, which
was to the effect that the Secretary o
the Treasury had no right to use tn
gold reserve except for the redemption
OF specie, and further that II II became
absolutely necessary to invade the re
serve II was the duty Of the Secretary Il
reimburse the reserve as soon as possible
By the Issuance of bonds or some othe
means. The President has recently
made a statement that he will call Con
gress together In special session 10 Sep
TENDER to deal with these questions, ant
Il IL generally felt here that unles
prompt action IL taken to correct exist
Ing financial conditions the country ma
suffer q general monetary panic.
The Secretary Of State has received In
formation that the Italian aud German
governments have raised their diplo
matte representation at Washington q
the grade Of embassies. They Will. there
fore, correspond In rank with the Eng
lish and French embassies. When that !
done the American ministers at Rom
and Berlin will be raised to the grade Of
ambassadors also. The United State
will then be represented abroad by fou
diplomatic officers Of the highest rank
at London, Paris, Rome, and Berlin.