Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-05-09
MONEY QUESTION.
The Secretary of the Treasury Busy
on His Memphis Speech.
EUROPEAN MAIL TROUBLE.
This Country May Only Send One Mall y
Week to Europe-The Presl-
dent to Go to Gray
Gables.

WASHINGTON, May s.-Although the
administration officials seem to have
given up the fight between 10 to free
silver and sound money in Illinois, it
must not be supposed that they have
abandoned the field elsewhere. 1t has
already been announced that Secre-
tary Carlisle intended only to speak TO
the business men Of the Memphis con-
vention, but he will also enter the
Kentucky campaign for the election
Of governor and legislature and United
States senator, and will battle with
the 10 to movement wherever he flnds
it. The secretary is still buSily en-
gagged upon the preparation Of his
Memphis speech and spends every
available hour of his time In laboring
on this.
Information respecting the proposed
international monetary conference is
meager in this country, and the gold
men say there will be no meeting,
while the bimetallists have a slight
hope that one. will be held. The ex-
treme free coinage men declare them
selves Indifferent in the matter. The
whole question is involved in so much
uncertainty and seems so dependent
on future developments that both sides
in the United States are arranging
their affairs without much reference
to it.
European Mall Trouble.
The post Office department is in Sc
rious trouble over the question of
European mails. AS affairs are now
arranged and contracts now stand,
this country will send only one mail a
week to Europe after October IL next.
Four mails week leave New York for
Europe now, ON Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Saturday. The postal
authorities are trying to find some way
to avoid the necessity of this reduction
in mail trips, but thus far have not
been able to agree upon any satisfac-
tory programme. Even with only one
mail week, as provided by the con-
tract, if literally carried out,
our transatlantic postal service
will cost almost $4,000 year,
where now four mails only
cost, as shown by the amount paid
from July 1, 1893, to June 30, 1894,
500, SS2. That is, we are about to pay
95 per cent more year for one mail a
week than for four. BY contract
made the carrying of United States
mails to Europe is given to the Amer
lean line. A subsidy of 81 mile, the
maximum figure, is said to be paid
the steamship company for this carry
ing of transatlantic mails The post
master-general says that he is con-
sidering the matter daily with his as
sistant, Mr.. Nelson, and will do every
thing in hispower to prevent any retro
erosion in international mail service.
To Go to Gray Gables.
WASHINGTON, May S.-Quite a COM
plete executive office will be estah-
lished at Gray Gables for the presi-
dents use this summer, and as ar
rangements have been made for the
transaction there of all public business
that will necessarily come before him,
it is probable that his departure for
Buzzard's bay will be made as soon as
the weather becomes oppressive in
Washington. Private Secretary Thur
Der will be near enough, so that he can
work with the president every day.
No appointments that may be made or
other business transacted by the presi-
dent will be furnished to the public
at Buzzard's bay, but will be sent to
the white house in Washington for an
nouncement. All communications
with the departments will be through
clerks in charge of the white house
here. This method is taken in order
to avoid any necessity for the officials
to be in attendance at Gray Gables.