New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-16
Mr.. CARLISLE NOW DECLINES
HE WILL NOT ATTEND THE CHAMBER Or
COMMERCE. DINNER.


PECULIAR CHANGE OF MIND - THE BOND
ISSUE
Mr. Carlisle is certainly badly ratified" He has
been so severely criticised for his action In this
new issue OF bonds that he seems to have lost MS
head DISPATCHES from Washington say that he Is
much gratifed al the President statement III re
gard TO all absence OF friction misunderstanding
between him and his incapable head or the treas
ury Department on the subject OF bonds, or on any
other subject for that matter. but the fact re-
mains that Mr. Carlisle is ratified If he ISN'T
why did he refuse to be present at the Chamber
of Commerce dinner November -. after accept
ing Immediately after receiving the invitation?
1t came out yesterday that an invitation for the
dinner was to Mr.. Carlisle on OCTOBER a.
Two days later his acceptance was received AT tho
Chamber of Commerce He didn't waste any t'me
answering H. on Wednesday last ne wrote an
other letter saying that he would be so deeply e"-
gagged getting up his annual message 10 |ohsresS
that he really could not see his way clear 10 oes
nrasent He much regretted the circumstances
which compelled him refuse TO be present az
sucb a DELIGHTFUL gathering, etc There was gen.
eral smile in Wall Street when the news came.
Men asked how IL that Mr. CARLISLE uid no'
know when he accepted the invitation ina. no
would be unable to be present IL seems oiu "
cav the least that he should have found TINS out
,,io,ay after all the sarcastic remarks were
,,,,rsbod about him in connection with the fresi-
dents pointed snub. There Is no DOUBT III an,
ora,s mind in Wall Street that he positively did
no, care TO face the business men here ana MAKO
arotber speech like the one he made at the dinner
,ast year Few objected to his speech; what they
tioc,od m was the way in which he said one t"nS
, hon went back to Washington and ana some
thing else ,,.. an, h,,rk
l., of the new bond issue circulars ana piank
-, ,.ara received at the Sub-Treasury mere yes
,Ia,, and about l25 of them were given out on
l,ca,ion Although the men in FAVOR OF the iS-
ra talked decidedly about the bonds peing over
,,hscr,hed there is still some doubt as 10 "here
,ha yo,d will come from. The banks here are hoard
inc their gold and most reluctant 10 give IL
IN Some of them have refused TO DO SO point
blank when told that II wanted Tor pond SUI
scription purposes Bankers figure that tne Price
of the bonds nj Ue no. 100; r'.., u, haye m nav
" u u rarni,,m which subscribers VIII na's " pdy
-. 90, tho bonds on a per cent basis; anu - ~.
~ from November l. which gives the bonus "'
,a,rs and three months 10 run , ..,,, .ha
Eor.ic1 bankers would say nothing a h honds
renort that they would take some o. one Gimer
49, ,beir CORRESPONDENTS abroad. Opinions Giles
III ,h amount of the foreign subscription ooln9
,,an say n will be large. while others 'tlnh IL v ~
,l,, ba az fair size Last February the Ne".i S -
i, IT. ,Jrned into the Treasury in payment ~.
g. former issue of bonds about N'vttv"' ~ ~
Wv ~ ~ tho bankers thought yesterday thdt theH
Shp.rin,ons mis- time would not be as large.
There has not yet Deen a pelceP..o,.c ,Nas,,rv
=, ~ ythdrawals of gold from the sun lreasury
hr' bnt n is expected that considerable aiIiou"'
81 rho rreclous metal will be drawn OUT syoiI o
I-nfu exchange rates ar" lower IMAM ~
NOW little gold will come from Europe Al PieSens
the market IS strong.