The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-06-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.

promotion Of Attorney General Olney to
the position. II 10 nov considered ~
certain as anj thing In the future can be
that Mr.. Olney AS secretary ri state will
make no change Ia foreign polio, In.
auguraied and maintained by the late
Secretary Gresham. and Il IL believed
that the knowledge that he would not
was what caused President Cleveland 10
choose Mr.. Olney for the place
II 10 needless to attempt 10 say In al.
vance what sort Of secretary Of state
Mr.. Olney will make. but nine out Of
every ten men who have come into per.
sonal contact with him a. attorney gem
eral. without the advantage ola personal
introduction or letter from one oihis
personal friends. will agree as 10 one
kind Of secretary that he will not make
"A popular one he lent builtthat way.
Those who have pierced the invisible
but none the less real vail Of irigiiily
which surrounds his person say that he
10 q most agreeable gentleman. but they
are 20 few IA number that they DO not
count with the frozen out public. lie
differs a. much In this respect from the
late Secretary Gresham Ne Il is possible
for one man TO differ from another, and
the foreign diplomats will probably for
that reason regard him ~ I'm ideal sec.
Rotary Of state.
There WIS quito sensation In TIE
treasury department thi. week when
Charles .. Morton oiMnine was without
any explanation dismissed from the OF.
dee Of auditor ior the Navy department
which he ha. held since early In tho
present administration. Hell said 10
have written letters criticiying almost
10 the extent oi personal abuse Presi.
dent Cleveland aud Secretary Carlisle.
For many years those Who have given
the subject much study have been
quietly advocating the advantages the
world would derive from the establish.
mcnt nj an international gold coin which
coola te cirru,Ntca In all countries. but
II l. likely To- be n long time before such
coin will he put In circulation. a. It
could not he done without the consent oi
all the countries concerned, aud coun-
tries are slow To agree TO financial
changes, No the people OF ,he United
states very we'll know. Alta meeting Of
the National Statistical Association, held
here this week, Mr. Henry Fafquhar.
assistant s,atisticiau Of the department
Of agriculture, read paper advocating
the establishment Of an international
coin, which was discussed by the ~.
ISOLATION and will be printed In it.
journal.
There's screw loose somewhere In
the machinery connected with the
trcasury'a gold reserve, but up to date
the officials have not been able to locate
IL. The gold reserve now stands within
a fraction Of tlO9, 900, OOO, and the bond
syndicate has 5000 900 more To pay be-
tween this aud the middle Of October.
That's all righ, as far As II goe-. but
what Ia worrying tho officials Ia the
knowledge that more gold Is being taken
out OF the treasury Of late than Is re.
quired for ordinary business purposes.
and their inability to lind out who is
withdrawing the gold and why II 10 be.
ing Withdrawn. Suspicion would nat.
urally hrst fall upon the bond syndicate,
but officials declare that the bond svndi.
cate Is "toting fair" andis not Withdraw.
ing gold. still, II would not greatly sur
prise some people to see the Withdrawals
Of gold rapidly increase about the tiae
the syndicate makes rs last payment
and is ready TO handle another issue Of
bonds.
some OF the finest political wire pull.
ing seen for q long time Is being done in
behalf OF ex-President Harrison, aud
one Of the head pullcru Is Senator Carter
Of Montana, who has been In Washing.
ton ostensibly for the purpose OF secur'
ing residence for his family during his
term IN the senate. Senator Carriers
position ~ chairman OF the Republican
National Committee makes his influence
valuable also his well.known views on
the silver question. lie talks 10 the
newspaper men about his candidate for
the nomination being Senator Cameron
Of Pennsylvania, but the work that he IL
trying 10 pu, In where Il will count is
oil for Hon, Rggjsmin Harrison, whose
losing campaign in 1899 was managed by
him. lie Is merely using Senator Cam
eron for iigurehead, AZ he knows that
Cameron's nomination IL not AMONG the
probabilities Of the situation, although
all things are possible In politics. SEN
ator Elklns also has his shoulder TO the
Harrison wheel.
Secretary Carlisle Is going 10 Ken.
lucky again TO talk against the free coin.
age Of silver. His admirers tell him
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