Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-03-24
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
President Cleveland Sends Message
to the Senate Withdrawing the
Hawaiian Treaty.

aid Maccuaig III Nebraska CITY, Neb.,
chief clerk of the Agricultural D-part-
ment, vice Henry CasPam resigned.
Al the pr ,minent officials OF the Treas
ury Department, including the As .istant
secretary, Commissioners of Internal
Revenue, Comptrollers and all the Aud
ifors, except Patterson and Fisher, have
verbal y rendered Secretary Carlisle their
resignationr.
Secretary Carlisle has accepted the
proposition OF the Denver clearing honse
to ct the government have 81, OU0, o NJ in
gold for q ike amount Of treasury notes
He has taken no eteps toward issu ng
bonds, and has not indicated what pol
icy he will pursue.
Secretary Carlisle has received offers
from Chicago bankers to exchange a.
600 600 OF gold for like amount OF small
treasury notes, with limitations that
probably SIC, 900, 900 will be wanted on
the same terms. Carlisle will forward
the small notes at once. Several other
offers OF gold In exchange for small
treasury notes have been made. Bank
ers OF Cincinnati offered 81 900, 600, OF
which 1900 600 was accepted. Other Of
fers OF small quantities came from bank
ers In Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri.
Treasurer Nebecker is much pleased with
the turn affairs have taken, and has de
clared sufficient offers Of gold have bee
received to absorb all the email notes n
hand.
President Cleveland the other morn
ing sent 70 the Senate message with
drawing the Hawaiian treaty pending in
the Senate. The message was short,
simply requesting the Senate to trans
init 10 the Executive the proposed treaty
with Hawaii. The me asage was received
without comment on the floor OF the
Senate. The Republican Senators re-
gard this action ~ in line with the course
pursued by Cleveland in withdrawing
the Nicaraguan treaty, sent to the Senate
OF his administration. The Democratic
Senators look upon the act from a two
fold point OF view, some taking the
ground that II shows Cleveland is against
annexation or American domination OF
any sort In the Hawaiian Islands, while
others hold he will send In an other
treaty more TO his liking.
In the case OF Captain Pharos B. Bru-
baker OF North Dakota, imprisoned in
Spanish Honduras, the President has
transmitted to the Senate in compliance
with its resolution OF the Sd instant a
report from Secretary Gresham giving
all the information in the department
relative TO the case. The papers show
that Secretary Foster September 80 tele-
graphed Minister Pachec) to look into
the matter. October 10 Pacheco for
warded u telegram from Secretary OF War
Alvarado OF Honduras, saying Brubaker
was one OF those who took up arma
against the government and captured
Truxillo June rs. When the uprising
was put down, Brubaker was captured
and tried under the Honduras laws and
sentenced to seven years imprisonment,
which he is now undergoing at Ouroa.
Holman, Chairman of the House Com
mittee. in the remarks which he Ia pre-
pairing for publication in the Congress
si0nai Record concerning the appropria
tons OF the Futy-second Congress shows
the appropriati OF the session Just
closed amount to $5l9,22 1851. From
this point of view the appropriations OF
the # f'y-hrst Congress aggregated ST.
035, 8S6,92l and tho, eof tie Fitty-second
Congress amount to vi ,026, 1922, 900, or
w. S62.s70 less than those OF the Fifty
arst Congress. Holman will present
statements OF the appropriations made
by the Fifty second Congress ~ charged
against 1t under permanent appropria-
tioDs in accordance with the require
menta of laws enacted by the Fifty. first
Congress. There include sums aggre-
gat ny in all 1854, IL. D40. Judge Hot
man states, IL these appropriations had
not been made as required, the total APP
preparation OF the Fifty. second Congress
xgn II ohpx.y raI ~
*l6S,0o0,000 than the appropriations OF
the Fifty. fret Congress.
Some time ago, when the question OF
the power OF the Secrel AIRY Of the Treas
ury to use any part of the 500, 900, 900
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 iseue bonds to
redeem the legal tender OF 1862 and 1868
and reiasusd under the act OF May 81,
ps7s, 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
panic, but 1t could undoubtedly be
done. Tnird, the Secretary OF the Treas
ury has no power to issue bonds redeem
able In either gold or silver. The law
stipula'es they shall be redeemed in coin,
which means either gold or silver now,
and did so mean at the time of the pass
age OF the law" This opinion, while
asked and prepared, was not delivered,
owing 10 the fact that the occasion did
not demand it. Aldrieh says: "The
belief that there Is no positive provision
OF law requiring 500, 000,00 reserve
shall I've kept Is in my opinion correct
II Is also true under the law, Rs under
stand Ii, that all legal-tender notes may
be redeemed In coin. This was the case
at the peri d fixed for the resumption Of
specie payments, to-wit, january, 1870,
under the law of 1876"
To guard against deficit Henderson
warns this administration to give closer
attention 10 moonshiners and the
whisky ring" in the collecting Of in
ternsl revenue than it did from 1885 to |
1889, when it collected $5l 900 ,2s less |
han President Arthur and sllb,S5S,542 |
less than President Harrison. He savs
The retiring administration paid $296, |
3l6. aSl on the rublic debt, saving in in |
5erest sS5, $50, iaS annually. He ouched |
IN pensions. showing that the pens on |
'ureau rolls Will reach their highes,
20 n December 81, 1894 with l,l6l ,9lS |
,smes on the rolls. including invalids
Widows, orphans and dependent parents
he annual value OF the rolls at that date
u ing sl65,s65 n9l; that in 1895 there
l. A.