Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-04-27

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Washington Letter
FsoN oua REGULAR CONFECTIONERY
WARRINGTON. d. c.. Apri! GATH. 1885,
What isn't known about the manner
ia which the finances q the United
States are managed would make oi&
book, while what is known. il 1t be fair
to Judge by newspaper publications.
could be put ia fraction Of 4 column.
The idea seems to be general that
the Secretary Of the Treasury is a sort
of Gear and that no appeal can b. taken
from his decisions concerning the use
Of money belonging to the govern
meut' NJ hing could be
further from the actual condition OF
things While he is necessarily given
some discretion as 10 what NAV be done
in certain directions his actions are re-
st,icted by law to greater extent
than perhaps those Of ANY other mem
Der Of the cabinet and the things about
which he may use his discrr'ioo are
fewer than those which cashier OF Il
we'll Offered b42S may 10, and even
in those be aus: hay. t',e Pres,"enf =
conss 1t. Th7 i .Hs,- tust CIR be doH'
BY Sec, e,ary o. Inc Tressa:" lies. "''
iu VIII, he does for he cAa do nothing
that is not authorized by law. but ia
what he does not do. H. may. either
through ignorance or bad judgment. or
upon bad advice leaye uudone things
which lie is authorized by Law to do.
bu. not IN specific words compelled l."
do. aud thereby brig trouble A case
in point was when the gold reserve fund
reached the limit which has bern est4b-
lished b. Gus ON. Lot law, Of 100000.
600 dollars. This gold WAS accumuls.
ted by the Treasury uader the specie
resumtion act. to redeem such legal ten
der notes as might be presented. and
ever since the Treasury notes, which
state on their face that they are redeem
able IN "coin.' have beeu Issued, they
also have been redeemed in gold upon
presentation. although there was no law
giving their holders the right to de-
m.nd god for them. At q cabinet
meeting Stc'y Carlisle proposed that no
more Treasury notes be redeemed IN
gold, and he was supported by Sec'y
Gresham and Attorney General Olney
but was oyerruled by presldent fGsyeE
land, and gold was still pad out' feg
them, although the. reserve fund haJ1p
be used to do it. Either policy would
have been lawful; it was simply ques.
ton of discret,on,aud the Secretary had
to give way to The President. The re:
serve fund Is again intact, and there is
gold enough on hand in addition there
to to meet all immediate demands and
there are promises Of more from West.
ern and Southern bankers.
The investigation of the condition Of
the four NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. New
Mexico, Oklahoma and Utah-now seek.
ing admission to the Union a. States.
which the Senate committee on Terri.
tories was directed to make, will be
made by sub committee, which will
leave Chicago about June 10, and give
about month to the work, which in.
cludes visits t. prominent points IN
each Of the territory named.
The recent decision of Judge Kicks
at Toledo. involving tie rights Of labor
organizations, 10 to be brought before
the U. S. Supreme Court on a writ of
naOeas corpus Tor the release OF engineer
Lennon. who was sentenced to prison
under that decision. The labor organ,
izations will be repres An:ed by Mr.. E.
W. Harper, Of Terra Hauts, lad ,couu
rel tor the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. aud ex Congressman Frank
Hurd. Of Ohio. The arguments will be
made if possible, and 1t is hoped the de.
cision handed down, this week. The
point Is to get decision from the Su.
preme Court IN order that Congress
may at its next session amend the law, II
necessary to protect the rights Of every
body concerned.
HOw's This.
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward for any case Of Catarrh that can.