Birmingham age-herald., 1894-11-11
May Become a Member of Presi- dent Cleveland's Cabinet.
REPUBLICAN, CONGRESSMEN
And the Times Some of Them Have Served-The Mooted
 Bond Issue.

WeSt NlrSluld may pooSioiy oo Ouo oi bhO presidents official family after the 4th of March next, the statement is made upon excellent authority that Chairman Wilson was the only candidate in the present cam pa1gn in whom the president took suffi- cient interest to induce him to send goodly sized check to aid him in his com test. It is also recalled that Mr.. Wilson was President Cleveland's personal choice for chairman ot the Chicago convention, that he was the presidents personal prefer ence for chairman of the house com mittee on ways and means, and that he was gen. erally accepted as being the best posted ex,s ponent of the presidents views on the floor of the house.
 REPUBLICAN CoNaREssMEN.
 Ninety eight republicans in the present congress have been reelected, but it so happens that fftytwo of them are now serving their first terms. Twelve members are serving their second terms. They are as follows Loud and Bowers of California, Johnson of Indiana, Hull and Perkins Of Iowa, Broderick of Kansas, Curtis, Ray and Hooker of New York, Robinson and W. A. Stone of Pennsylvania and Powers of Vermont.
 This leaves only thirty four republicans who will have served three terms and over when they enter upon the work of the next
 
 to be interesting.
 Three terms-Russell of Connecticut, Post and Smith of Illinois, Dollivar of Iowa, Walker and Morse of Mas sachusetts,, Stephenson of Michigan, Wright and c. W. Stone of Pennsylvania, Picker of South Dakota, Taylor of Ten nessee and Wilson of Washington.
 Four terms-Hepburn of Iowa, Cogswell of acbusetts, Wadsworth of New Work (SrOsvenor Of OhiO and Bora ton and DalZell of Pennsylvania.
 Five terms-Hopkins of Illinois, Boutelle of Maine, Burrows of Michigan, Hermann of Oregon and Grout of Vermont.
 Six terms-Hitt of Illinois, Henderson of Iowa, Dingley and Milliken of Maine and Payne of New York.
 Eight terms-Bingham of Pennsylvania.
 Ten terms-Cannon of Illinois.
 Eleven terms-Harmon of Pen ennsylvaniR.
 PROSPECTIVE oHAIRMANsHIPs.
 Although it seems entirely too early to be speculating on chairmanships in the next congress, which (unless convened in extra session to meet some emergency, as for instance, failure to pass the appropria- tion bills ) will not assemble until one year from December next, speculation on this subject is actively ia progress Of the re- pu ubiicans who were on the ways and means committee when Reed was speaker, only three-Burrows of Michigan, Dingiey of Maine and Payne of New York will
 
 these Dalzell of Pennsylvania and Hopkins of Illinois, who are now on the committee through the appointment of Speaker Crisp, will be in the Fifty fourth congress. Or these five. Burrows may go to the senate. Should Burrows go to the senate, Dingley of Maine or Payne of New York would then be next in succession for this commit tee.
 The chairmanship of the appropriations committee will fall either upon Cannon of Illinois, who has had the prestige of being an ex-chairman of the committee, or Hen- derson of Iowa, who has been an active member for more than six years. The other possibilities are: Hit of Illi- nois, foreign affairs; Boulelle of Maine, navy; Bingham of Pennsylvania. post office; Grosvenor of Ohio or Curtis of New York, military, and Walker of Massachu- setts, banking and currency committee.
 JORDAN AND CARLISLE CONFER. Conrad H. Jordan, assistant United States treasurer at New York. arrived here this morning quite unexpectedly and was in close conference with Secretary Carlisle at the treasury department for some time. He returned to New York on the noon train. Assistant Curtis is auth ority for the statement that MT. Jordan's visit had no connection with the contemplated bond issue. Those close to Secretary Carlisle state that the secretary himself will not speak on the matter, and intimate that people in New York seem to know more about a contemplated bond issue, judging from the papers, than we do h the treas- ury department at Washington.
 SOME TREASURY TALK. From the last bond issue the treasury only received S38, ,000, 1000 of gold net, and from bond issue now, while it would in- crease the treasury's general balance, no one at all acquainted with the treasury's finances believes that $25, ,000 ,000 in net gold would be received for $50, 900 ,000 in bonds, premium included. The treasury general balances stand at S105, 900 ,0O0, Of which $62, 900. GOO is in reached last summer, and treasury officials again say there Is no reason now that did not exist last summer for strengthening the gold reserve. The available balance outside of the gold reserve is today $43, ,000 ,0O0, when at the time of the last bond issue it was less than $10, 900 GOO. An in- crease rather than dimin ution of revenue is looked for. So far this month the re. ceipts have aggregated $6, ,0O0, ,000 and the expenditures $11 1000 ,000, of which $5 6O0,- GOO have been paid on account of pensions. The customs receipts for the ten days of this month reach S3 ,737 1000, an increase of {200. .000 for the month, but loss for the fiscal year to date of $2. .O00, ,000 as compared with the same period of last year. Internal revenue receipts for November have aggre- gated S2, 300, ,000, loss for this month so far as com pared with the ten days of No. yember, 1888, of S1, ,010 ,000, but an excess for this fiscal year to date as compared with