The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-11
STIMULATING CURRENCY
Proceedings Against Mississippi
State officials.
CARLISLE ORDERS THEIR ARREST.
Governor Stone Appears Not at All Dis
turbed and Is sanguino of tho Success
fuI Termination of the Issue, wbIob
wnI Probably De Made IA Test Case,

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JACKSON, Miss, Sept. 1l.-Warrants
were sworn out for the arrest of the fol-
lowing state officers of Mississippi; j. NJ.
stone, governor; w. W. Stone, auditor.
and j. }. Evans, state treasurer
william j. Burns, a special agent of the
secret service bureau OF Washington, who
has been here for the past two months
working on the special warrant case,
made affidavits before Commissioner l..
b. Moseley, charging them with violat-
lug section 3. .43) of the revised statutes Of
the United States in issuing the 5000. .OOC
OF Mississippi special warrants, charged
to be in the smilitude of United States
currency. The warrant was placed in the
hands of United States Marshal !. Nc.
Nealy. Auditor Stone appeared before
the commissioner and entered into per.
sonal recognizance of $1,000 for his ap-
pearance at the Novembe er term of the
federal court waving examination
p, The affidavit contains three charges
covering each of the three denominations
OF warrants with photogr aph print of
both front and back of the same. These
charges allege that ON juno Is, 1904 the
aforesaid mentioned officials did unlaw.
fully and feloniously, at Jackson, Miss,
aud not by direction of any proper officer
OF the United Statos, print, photograph,
make and cause to be printed, photo
graphed and made certain photograph,
print and impression of the likeness Of
national bank currency of said United
states. Then follows the denomination
OF the warrants with Photographic print
OF its face and back
The state officers have been expectinp
these proceedings for several days and
were not, therefore, the least surprised
when served. They appear not all dis.
turbed and are sanguine of he successful
termination of the issue. The warrants
were issued in accordance with an act
passed by the last legislature making It
the official duty of these officers to exc
cnte the same. The act provides for $780,
oO in these warrants in denominations OF
fiyes, tens and twrutics These are re-
dcemable Jan. /, 1896, and bear interest mt
the rate of per cent. per annum, md are
receivable at any time for all dues by the
state prior to the date without interest
Their issuance was rendered necessary by
deficit in the state treasury, and the
legislature chose this means Of providing
for II over he protests of the state officers
who argued for an issue of bonds in their
stead.
States government was few days ago
when Special Officer Burns demanded the
cancelled plates from which the warrants
were printed His demand was refused.
He wired The result to Washington and
received Instructions to swear out war
rants for the arrest of the officials.
Governor Stone wa, seen aud said tho
state officials had no purpose to violate
any United States law. md that he did
not believe that such law had been viO-
lated, that the matter wa. nav to come
before a court for which he had the grent-
rSt respect and in which he had the ut
most confidence. He did not, therefore,
care to publicly discuss the matter in
question,
United States Senators 6. f. George and
A. j. McLautin and ex- Chief Justice J. |
A. p Campbell have been retained by the
state officials 10 defend them
The proceedings against the 5Ii4sissippi
Iinte officials We're taken al Ne dire elton
oi Secretary Carlisle und AS he result of
hcOnsultatton between him and the Of Z
hcials OF he depart mept Of justice il was /,
,sit that II no notice was taken of the is /,
rue and distribution of these warrants by |
the state Of Mississippi other states would
N all probability follow suit, and the
sear mbiance of the issuoS to govern
nent securities would result in HARM /,
The penalty is fine of not more than
5000 or Imprisonment M hard labor not
more than fifteen years, or both Tho
,pintpn here is that the present will be a !
iest case.