Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-09-28
CLEVELAND coNsuLTs CARLISLE
Queer Doings Of Cabinet. Officers and
Treasury Employees.
LFrom our regular correspondent. ]

From our regular correspondent
| WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-Secretary
Carlisle now knows what decision Mr.
Cleveland and his Wall street advisers
have arrived at concerning govern
ment finances and another issue OF
bonds. On Saturday he was tele-
graphed for by Mr.. Cleveland, and,
although he had to break several i'm
portant engagements to do SO, he
caught the first train from Washing
ton. Some people might not con-
slider It proper or digni6ed for the Sec
rotary of the United States to be
hurriedly called upon to travel sever
al hundred miles in order to ascertain
what the Treasury Department was
going to do, but Mr. Carlisle, if he
hasn't become used to that sort of
treatment, has at least to grin and
bear it, as it is about the only kind
he gets from Mr. Cleveland. When
the last bond issue was determined
upon Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Carlisle
were both in Washington, but Mr..
Carlisle didn't know anything about
it until after member of the syndi-
cate which negotiated the deal with
Mr.. Cleveland got back to New York
and was interviewed for newspaper.
So it is not probable that he was sur
prised to be summoned to Buzzards
Bay to learn what he must do.
Treasury officials have been little
easier in mind during the last few
days, as there has been less demand
for gold for export, but they know
more money must be had from some
where sooner or later, even if not an
other dollar i'll gold is sent to Europe
for year. The receipts of the gov
eminent are away below its expendi-
lures and it is only a question of time
when the gold reserve will have to
be incroached upon to meet the gov
ernment's current expenses, as this
administration has already had to do,
unless Congress comes to the rescue
by providing for more revenue. This
the Republican Congress will be glad
to do, but it is not certain that its
method of doing it will be acceptable
to Mr.. Cleveland, as the revenue will
be provided for by tariff revision along
the lines OF Republican Protection for
American industries.
Senator Vest, of Missouri, in his
denial of reported change in his sill
yer views, went a little too far to
please the rock-bound 10 to I silver
men. He said that he would gladly
vote Tor free coinage at ratio of IS
to /, but that failing to get that he
would also gladly vote for any other
ratio that could command majority
in Congress.
Mr.. Curtis is one of the assistant
secretaries OF the Treasury He is
also one of the maddest men in Wash
ington, but he isn't mad enough to
resign. There is very comfortable
salary attached to his office, and
barring accidents he expects to con-
tinue drawing it until March q, 1897.
Mr. Curtis's pet halucination, which.
by the way, isn't shared by anyone
else, is that he is a great fnancier
During last week Mr.. Curtis was in
New York fitting about among the
members of the bond syndicate and
other big bankers, and having his
daily movements chrouicled in the
newspapers in connection with specu-
lations as to why he was there and
what sort ola financial deal he was
making. He was in his glory but it
was short lived. The Treasury De-
partment gave to the press a state
ment saying that Mr.. Curtis was on
his vacation and that if he spent a
good portion of his time in Wall
street it was for his own pleasure or
business and no connection whatever
with the governments finances.
That took all the wind out of his sails,
and he came back to Washington
mad all over. He can't say anything
to his superiors for fear that ne may
be called upon to resign that comfort
able salary, but he is taking it out on
the poor devils who are unfortunate
enough to be his subordinates.
Where was Dan Lamont last week !?
He wasn't in Washington, and no.
body seemed to know where he was.
AS Secretary of War Dan was on the
programme for a speech at the Chick
amaugua battlefield excuses. But he
didn't make that speech. Didn't
even attend the dedication ceremon-
les. He never made speech in his
life, although he is credited with hav-
ing written some that made a stir,
and some say Dan ran off and hid
himself somewhere just to keep from
making that speech. Others say
he was somewhere in New York, I'M
der secret orders from Mr.. Cleveland,
working in connection with the New
York Democratic convention, which
is to meet this week, and which
promises to be entirely too Hilly for
the pleasure of either of Dams special
friends-Mr. Cleveland and Mr.. Whit
ney. Dan was at his desk today; he
says he went to Maine to bring his
family to Washington.
The Ladies' Home Journal Invests.
What is generally conceded in Phil
adelphia to be one OF the most desir-
able building sites in the city has
just been purchased by The Ladies
Home Journal. The property is To-
Gated at Sixth and Walnut streets,