The sun., 1894-01-04
LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS.
TREASURY OFFICIALS CONFRONTED
WIN A DIFFICULT PROBLEM


rustIop or Horrbiower Not Expected.
WASHINGTON Jan. a--onlcials in the Treas
ury Department from Secretary Carlisle down.
| nre making overy exertion to so reduce Gov
| eminent expenditures this month as to be
| able to meet the fixed expenditures and still
keep tho Treasury net balance above $50 00O.-
| 600. The checks for quarterly interest
| amounting to nearly $1,000 900. which have
| been mailed, are now coming in for payment.
| Pension payments will aggregate $4,000. 900
| or moro. This makes total of $4,000 900.
| The total receipts. exclusive Of national bank
| fund, for December amounted to only s22,-
OOOOOO. January receipts are not expected to
exceed those OF December; so. upon this show
Ing, the anticipated receipts for January are
already within 81 00O. 900 OF being wiped out.
For December. expenditures on the civil and
miscellaneous account. war. navy. Indians.
&c. aggregated $lToOO.U0 aud those for
January are likely TO be no less With S3.-
OO0.0O0 to meet them. the problem confront
Ing the officials is no easy one.
In this state OF the Treasury. with no pres-
tion OF Issuing bonds or coming the silver
selgnlorage is again revived. Bonds cannot.
out Congressional enactment silver seigni-
orage can be coined at the ratio OF one or Two
million dollars month under the law as it
1t is violating no confidence to say that in
u mrs secretary Jari,s t
silver eeigniorage than he is to issuing bonds.
The sentiment as reflected horc by members
OF Congress returning from th cir constituents
is decidedly In favor OF coming the silver
selgniorags, Opposition to this plaa comes
OF the East. while the Southwest. Northwest,
and Pacific coast are reported to I've almost
unanimous in its favor.
The only business accomplished by the
House to-day was to swear In Mr.. Adams as
successor to the late Representative o'Neill OF
...I. -. a A..
Of Representatives Fellows and Fitch OF New
YORK. Contrary to exUoGtations. The Tariff
sat patiently waiting ' his Hp opport%nity. @ y R the
whole time being spent in 1libustering on the
The session OF the Senate lasted only an
hour and twenty minutes, aud hall OF that
tive business Nothing Of any pabiiS G. interest interest
took place in the open session.
Beginning with to. m orrow. Secretary Carlisle
will resume his active duties at the Treasury,
interrupted by the preparation OF his report
and his consultations with the Ways and Means
Committee in regard to the Tariff bill On Nom
on Tuesdays and Fridays he will attend Cab
met meetinEs, and on Wednesdays and satur-
days he Will devote his entire time to DEPART
ment matters.
Conrad n. Jordan. United States Treasurer
at New York arrived here this morning. and
was at the Treasury Department most OF the
t, day IN ,,'11 ,co1nsnltation with Treasury ON.
i Is Stated ssmi ofcay iyAh That e'in Mr JSrdsn: %
visit at this time has connection whatever
with the issue OF bonds. but is for The sole pur-
pose OF consultation in regard to the routine
matters at the New York Sub-Treasury.
The Commissioners appointed by the secre-
shoshone and Arapahos Indians in Wyoming
for the cession OF portion Of their lands to
they state that they could not, reach fair
agreement with the Indians and consequently
dropped the negotiations.
Toextend the boundaries OF Oklahoma. when
omitted n State SO as to include that por-
tion OF tho Indian Territory now occupied By
the Cherokee. Creek. Seminole, Choctaw, and
fully prepared S iii Of which pe Mt MeRae IA 6sm..
ARR; the Chairman Of the House CommitteS
yides. in brief. that the members Of the the Se
tribes snail haSe az the privileges OF full eiti-
n%% anS .e the %9s aGs
SSanies not not sSSgefednS 80 acres to each
aiosmens the seersssrs Sscn Of the 70 Interior &
authorized to allot the lands to the extent
each SdiSidual The remaining lands Is are ire to to
be sold Tor not less than 500 an acre.
Teores AND urge RS tHa th hi bS ndseSd
by them as substitute for the Oklahoma bill.
VIII ine rS so are tbs 20 dG TINS AT Mohse
nre for the Oklahoma bill when the latter
Mcae iii would add Sn are" Of 10 0GG nua "I sns
mlles to the proposed state OF Oklahoma.
Theh h m%w has ns about a002p square miles
New York and fully the size OF Arkansas or
Missouri
As soon as Senators Ransom and Vance re-
turn to the city 1t Is said the fight on tho con-
flrmation OF Kope Elias to be Collector OF
Internal Revenue for the Northern District Of
North Carolina will be renewed. Senator Han
som Is the rhamplon OF the nominee and MIR.
in Turing tie last session. but the session eI
Pred without action being taken, 1t is said
that positive action shall bo taken during this
session H s and the EeR0rtlnG OF the nSRinAtion
dictsd. Whether il viii be a fsvora6le r report
Temans to be seen, but the friends OF Senator
b" ae9 sEdsnes IG sas
been laid before M ,, the committee M 6It there sS
b 1a.Ga aoa OF G ettess @ ana nr0Sss ,h@I ~
Mr. Jones OF Arkansas Is Chairman.
During the recess between the Firy-nrst
and the Ffty-second Congress Senator Coll
Quit of Georgia was stricken with paralysis
and for a long time II was thought that he
would never get about again. He finally re-
cham Der, where ne has at various times par
ticularly when important measures were up.
this morning. however, to see the
Senator, enter the chamber without being
used his ieet Mr.. Coianitt did not. though.
DO any walking. His chair was. left in the
LOBBY, and. aided by two Attendants who prao-
ticaily carried him, he went to his seat.
Judicial notice was taken In tho Supreme
Court to-day that a full bench. through the
OF Mr. Hornblower's nomination,
was not an early probability The case OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission against W..
q, BTunson appealed from the Circuit Court
hearing on the 9Th inst, Ex x-Ssnator Edmunds
Of counsel In the case calleI the attention OF
he court TO the fact and added; = II is per-
been secured by that date and as the question
Involved is one Of construction Of the Constitu-
fion. suggest that the case be permitted to
90 over. to be called up when a full bench shall
be present" The mem beIs Of the court agreed
with counsel evidently. for the Chief Justice
said that the case would be passed as sug-
gested and argument heard at a later date.
few daTs ago senator Voorhees, called on
he President. and the latter inluired when