Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-11

States Right to Issue the ss0o.ooo In
 Stone Gave Ball.
 JACKSON, Miss. Sept. Il.-Warrants werc sworn out for the arrest of the fol lowing state officers of Mississippi: I. M. stone governor. w. w. stone auditor. and !. J. Evans, statc treasurer.
 William J. Burns. special agent of the secret service bureau at Washington. who has been here for the past two months working on the special warrant case, made afiidavits before Commissioner l.. B. Mosclcy charging them with violating section 5, I5O of tho revised statutes of tho United States in issuing the $2O1 GOO in Mississippi special warrants, charged to be in tho siniilitudc ot the United states currency. The warrants wero placed in the hands of UnitCd states Marshal J. M\ccaly.
 Auditor Stone appeared before the com missioner and entered into personal rccng- nizancc of <l.O1O for his appearance at the November term Of the federal court waiving examination. The warrants have not been served on tiOvernur stone who was officially engaged. nor on state Treas urcr Evans, who is out of tho city. They will be served on the governor today ard on the trCasurcr when he returns.
 ilicEal Issue ot Money.
 Tho affidavit contains three charges covering each of the three denominations of warrants with n photographic print of both front and back of the same. The charges allere that on the Ijth day of June the aforesaid mentioned state off cials did unlawlully and fcloniou>ly at Jackson, Miss, and not by direction of any prupcr officer Of the United states. print. photograph mako and cause to bo printed, photographed and made certain photographic print and impression of the likeness of national hank Currrncy of said United states Then follows the dcnoml- nation of the warrants with photographic print of its face and back.
 Tho papers werc prepared by District Attorney Leo and Assistant District .Attor- ncy Henry. The state officials havc bcCn expecting thCSc prOCccdins-s for several days and were not thcrcfOrc tho least sur priscd when served. They appear To; at all disturbed and arc sanguine of the sue cessful termination of the issue.
 The warrants wcrc issued in accordance with an act passed by the last legislature making it the official duty of these off Ccrs to execute tl0 same. Tho net pro Nides for $3OO. Oun in thcso warrants in denominations of fiVes. tens and twcnties These are rcdcCmablo on Jan. 1. lSgG and bear interest at the rG;C of $ per cent per annum and are receivable at any time for all dues by the state prior to the date without interest. Their issuance was rcn- dercd necessary by a deficiency in the state treasury. and the legislature chose this means of providing for it over tho ITO tests of the state officers. who argued for an issue of bonds in their stead.
 senators Retained as Counsel.
 Tho first demand made by the United States government was a few days ago when Special Officer Burns demanded the cancelled plates from which tho warrants were printed. His demand was refused He wired tho result to Washington and received instructions to swear out war. rants for the arrest of the officials.
 Governor ~tOno was seen and said tho state officials had no purpo~c tn vio- late any United states law and that he did not believe that such law had been violated; that the matter was now to come before a court fnr which hc had the greatest respect and in which ho had tho utmost confidence. He did not. therefore care tO publit.y discuss tho matter
 United states Senators G. I George and A. J. McLaurin and cx Chief Justice J. \. P Campbell have been retained by the state officials to defend them