Milford chronicle., 1895-07-05
WASHINGTON LRrrER.

1t is evident that Mr. Cleveland and Sec
J. rotary Carlisle, who are on the shore Of
Bnzzard's ay,consented to a modification
of the terms Of the contract made with thai
bond syndicate, allowing then to pay do
nestle gold now, instead of foreign gold al
the expiration Of the time for their last pay.
ment on those bonds October /, next II
is also evident that they did not inform
Mr.. Hamlin who is Acting Secretary Of
the Treasury of the modification, as he at
first stated very positively that there had
been no modification. Later Mr. Hamlin
hedged by refusing to discuss the matter
at ALL Just why Mr.. Cleveland and Sec
rotary Carlisle should have favored the
men who had already pocketed something
like $4,000. 1900 on the bond deal is one of
those things not visible at first glance
Another on5 of the same sort of things is
why the syndicate should have chosen to
make its last payment in the last week of
June when under its contract it could have
had the use Of the mo icy until October I.
There are rumors in plenty, but nothing
tangible is in sight 1t is safe to say there
were reasons and that they will become
apparent later on BY keeping your eye
on the gold reserve, now slightly more than
sIo7,ooo,ooo, one of the reasons will prob
ably be seen before many weeks have
passed
WV Duaisld, supsdnten1en of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey, is the latest
candidate for a Congressional investiga-
ton, and his chances for getting it are de-
cidedly promising. In addition to removal !
several men of International reputation in
scientific circles from positions in his bu-
reau,under an act of Congress providing
for a reorganization and small reduction of
the force,M Duaield has put his young
son in the place of a man who has had
forty years experience, in field and office
work,a place too-chief of the drawing di-
vision which is admitted to require a high
grade of technical experience Young DUFF
field was put on the rolls about June 18th,
but he drew salary at the rate of 81 600 a
year for the entire month of June, and be-
ginning to-day his salary has been in
,reased to $1,000 a year. There is moth :
ng startling in this case Of nepotism In =,
act, nepotism has become so common with
Democratic officials that it is the expected i.
hing AS a rule those who are not guilty =
lave no relatives who need being looked
nut for
State Department affairs are likely to be :,
etter conducted during this summer than g.
ley have been since March 4,ISo3,a they "
ill Elm charge of a good Republican Sec
etary Olney has gone away on his vaca- .,
or, and First Assistant Secretary Uhl will i,
lOrtly do likewise, which will leave As ~,
slant Secretary Adee in charge of the De- :,
artment. Mr.. Adee is one of 1.-THE few A
rominent Republican officials who has re- f.
aimed with the present administrations and ~
= has done 50 because his duties as Assis- pl
mt Secretary are such that they do not W
ash with party politics, but as Acting Sec. 4
tary his Republicanism may get him in no
0uble with the administration. D.
Senator Burrows, of Michigan, was in -.
'ashington several days last week He Of
id he was On private business. and would Ue
to New York and then to the sea shore rf,
several weeks rest and recreation. He ~
id the Michigan Republicans were too a.
TART to begin the Presidential campaign "a,
S Yearly declaring in favor of any one ~
the excellent candidates for the nominal D,
n. He said of the issues of the next
npaign: what sentiment there has been ON.
the Republican party of Michigan in to
'or of the free coinage of silver at 10 to I ~,
growing less, and / feel confident that our 80,
ate will send delegation to the National J., ,
invention opposed to free coinage With Mi,
improvement in the times less and less ~
minence will be given to the free silver e.,
.ston and, think, that by the time the st,il
lmittee meets it will have little promi- bon
ice. The Republican party will be as W.
atty in favor of silver as it has been in 70
past although it will not, in my opinion, Ere,
ntenance the views of the extreme sill. bv
men 1t will favor using as much sill Sba
in our currency as can be used without wee
sing depreciation of the currency. At mon
recent Cleveland League Convention ie N
e was considerable interest expressed in Erar
,alili quesuon' ana Il seems likely that adeII
nc 'llle 'he Nauonal convention meets left {
subject will be very prominently be- Mrs
the people," Viii
eneral Green Clay Smith, the famous man
lucky soldier-preacher, who came within Wed
half vote of having been nominated
ice President on the second Lincoln W
twas buried to-day in Arlington Gem al XII
p. General Smith has been pastor of in Oh
Metropolitan Baptist Church of this rhea
or some years His death was caused aud o.
God poisoning which resulted from a toner
mole He was in his sixty-seventh Nelso
the R
)NDAY, July I, 1895. for wi
Is EoT
orse kicked H. S. shafer, of the Free J. T. S
House, Middleburg N. Y. on the knee,
laid him up in bed aud caused the
Joint to become stiff. A friend recon-
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