The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-23
LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS.
PosITITB REFUTA TIoN OF CHARGES
AGAINST MINISTER sMHTB.

Treasury Notes 60 state Tsna,io.-Ths
Proposed RstsiIstion Against sCausas.
WASHINGTON. FeS 22.-Ths mail which ar
rived At the State Department from Hayu yes
terdsy brings q still more positive refutation
Of the report. published a few weeks ago that
Minister smythe had addressed a letter Of adj
vice TO President Hippolyts concerning the
management OF public affairs in the Hsytian
republic. In his letter TO the department re-
celved yesterday. Mr. smythe says that when
the publications In the newspapers came to
the knowledge Of the German Minister Resi-
dent at Port-su-P Prince. DR.. Goering. he at
once. OF his own motion and without invitation
from the inculpated Minister. wrote n most
emphatic denial Of the whole story.
In his letter. which Mr.. Smythe sends TO the
department. dated Feb. II, DIR. Goering SAYS
that he had never net Mr.. Fortune 1.-THE author
Of the story against Minister smythe); that
he had never made any staten nts to him or
to any other person OF the character repre-
sented; that ne had never even heard OF such
a letter rs Mr.. Smythe was alleged to have
prepared that he did not have and has not now
knowledge Of anything that could even re-
motely have given rise to the publ shed reports
and that his own belief that Mr.. Fortunes
confirmed BY the universal conviction in lIaytl
that there was absolutely no foundation OF
Other foreign representatives at Port-su-
Prince had offered to make similar state.
ments, but MI snythe T ,n I Dr. G9Se,rings
statement that he had written no such letter
as had been attributed to him. as an ample
dIsisvor His relations with the Hsytisn Pres,
ident and Government. he says. have been
Mr.. ChickerinR rep. n. W to-day intro
duced in the House bill to amend the act OF
July. 1892. to enforce reciprocal relations be-
tween the United States and Canada. The bill
provides. in addition to the present powers,
that there is any discrimination in the use OF
the Welland Canal, the ST lawrence River
Ssn the the
h be st shS S ,hs
dominions in North america. In case Of the
on freight Of whatever Kind or description at
~ per ton. and on passengers at not more than
eoted Upon froieSt or H &c carried to
west Of oGdensbure and south, OF a. line
state Of New York through. the St. Lawrence
River. the great lakes, and their, connecting
state Of Minnesota. The bill was referred to
the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In the recent recital OF a scandal in the
Autograph contract OF the Patent ONCE. with
which an effort was made to attach the name
OF ex-Assistant Secretary Of State Josiah
Quincy. and for the investigation OF which
resolution has been presented to the Senate,
the army and navy composing. the Light
house Board had been approached with propo-
.itions by thesneg lithoersphicr concern. with
B Sss1S, has sa,hS,isoa the pSSllSstiSn ., ali
to the Boards Ethographing contracts
Work h % tn. h se.rd wa. oc sssss
away n from the eonpsny that had
for years been executing y. on account OF the
very much cheaper bid Of the new mpany;
doing the work. and surrendered It's contract.
paving damages for its failure, In June. 1893.
the plant Of the com pany which hsd Just Jailed
X. reoom%endStSn n the
secretary Of fh1 Board was thT0w9
h% Sd snd n Maas or ad
vantageous TO the Goyernment. The cor
who secured the Patent once work had twice
failed TO do business with the lighthouse Of
@ may f. Ss DAYS 50 ago 81 The n Snsnesr
secretary Of the Board.
Messrs. Warner of New York. Hall of Mis-
souri,. and Henderson OF Illinois. a sub-com-
mittee Of tho House Committee on Banking
and Currency. have agreed to report favorably
70 the full committee the bill introduced by
Representative Cooper Of Indiana e to subject
Tnited States Treasury notes. The I iii p ana
vides:
ing associations and all United States legal
tender notes, and all other notes and certiii-
Gates Of the United States payable on demand
empt from taxation under the authority OF an
State or Territory; provided. that any such
ner and At the same rate that any such State
or Territory shall tax other money within its
The report to accom- pany the bill. It is under
stood. will point out the Importance OF the bill
as measure designed to prevent fraud upon
money on deposit throughout the country 1t
will be said. Is returned as greenbacks. and
money are exempt It will be i'm possible to use
any OF them as cloak for hiding the existence
81 iu ,h The report VIZ SS s,sntop to the
rency show that more than slOoOO0000 Of
the national hank reserve funds are held In
the State. as other forms Of money. the banks
would use silver to considerable extent In
circulation OF that metal. now largely stored in
the Treasury vaultA
Apropos OF the labor demonstration at the
State House In Boston on Tuesday last, Rep
rssentAtivs Morse OF Massaehusetts has pre-
sented TO the House joint memorial from the
Massachusetts Legislature asking that the
Navy Yard at Charlestown be reOpened. thus
giving EN- ployment to probably 500 men. The
petition will be referred to the House Naval
Committee. but that body Is not likely to act
faXorably upon Il. Mr.. Gum mings the Chair
man Of the committee said yesterday that the
Navy Yards at BROOKLYN and Norfolk are amply
able 10 perform the necessary repairs and such
other work as the navy may require that In
the depleted condition OF the Treasury II would
be unwtse to incur any expenditures that are
not absolutely necessary. and that his COM
mittee would not recommend that the Secre-
tary OF the Navy should act upon the N emo rial
for these reasons.
Thslarge decrease In immigration Is likely
to result In the contraction OF the force OF i'm
migrant Inspectors This decrease In immi-
grafton 10 largely account ted for by the number
OF unemployed In this country, accounts OF
which have been sent abroad. The Bureau OF
Immigration 10 dependent for its support pom
the b cad tax of hfty cents head inn posed
upon each immigrant coming into this coun-
try. With the decrease of Immigration the
revenues Of the bureau, OF course decline.
and Superintendent Stump Is now consider
TO conform to the reduction OF revenue.
The bureau ts not under civil service juris-
dietion. The salaries OF Commissioners OF
In migration are regulated entirely by the
Secretary Of the Treasury who may raise or
lower them at will The COmmissoner Of Inn