The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-06-15

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Of the now Secretary Of State did
not count upon the promotion q
Attorney General Qlney t6the posi-.
ton. i. il NOV consfdered - cor
tain % anything in the future can
Be that Mr.. Olney - Secretary Of
State will mako no change IN the
foreign policy inaugurated and
maintained By the late Secretary
Gresham, and il il believed that the
knowledge that be would not vas
what caused President Cleveland 70
choose Mr.. Olnsy for tho place.
It 10 needless TO attempt 70 cay in
advance what sort Of Z Secretary Of
State Mr.. Olney will make, but nine
oct of every ten men who have come
into personal contact with him a.
Attorney General, without tho I'D.
vantage of . personal introduction
or letter from one of his personal
friends, will agree 40 to one kind Of
Secretary that he will not mske-a
popularone; he isn't built that way.
Those who have pierced the invisi-
BILE but none the less real wall Of
frigidity which surrounds his per-
son say that he is most agreeable
gentleman, but they are so few in
number that they do not count with
the frozen out public. He differs az
much in this respect from the late
Secretary Gresham as it is possible
for one man to differ with another,
and the foreign diplomats will prob.
ably for that reason regard him as
an ideal Secretary of State.
There was quite a sensation in
the Treasury Department this week
when Charles B. Morton, of Maine,
was, without any explanation, dis
missed from the Office Of Auditor
for the Navy Department which be
has held since early in the. present
administration. He is said to have
written letters criticizing almost to
the extent of personal abuse Presi-
dent Cleveland and Secretary Car
Isle.
For many years those who have
given the subject much study have
been quietly advocating the advan-
tages the world would derive from
the establishment of an interna-
tional gold coin which could be
circulated in all countries, but it ia
likely to be a long time before such
coin will be put in circulation, as it
could not be done without the con-
sent of all the countries concerned,
and countries are slow to agree to
financial changes, as the people Of
the United States very we'll know.
At meeting of the National Static
tical Association, held here this
week, Mr.. Henry Farquhar, assist
ant statistician of the Department Of
Agriculture, read paper advocat-
ing the establishment of an interna-
tional coin, which was discussed by
the association and will be printed
in its journal.
There's a screw loose somewhere
in the machinery connecsed with
the Treasury's gold reserve, but up
to date the officials have not been
able to locate it. The gold reserve
now stands within a fraction of
500, 900, 1000. and the bond syndi-
cate has $4,000, 900 more to pay be-
tween this and the middle of Octo-
Der. That's all right as far as it goes,
but what is worrying the officials
is the knowledge that more gold is
being taken out of the Treasury Of
late than is required for ordinary
business purposes, and their inabil-
ity to find out who is Withdrawing
the gold and why it is being with.
drawn. Suspicion would naturally
first fall upon the bond syndicate,
but officials declare that the bond
syndicate is "toting fair and is not
Withdrawing gold. Still it would
not greatly surprise some people to
see the withdrawal Of gold rapidly
increase about the time the eyndi.
cate makes its last payment and il
ready to handle another issue Of
bonds.
Some of the finest political wire
pulling seen for long time is being
done in behalf Of ext President Har
rison, and one of the head pulleri
is Senator Carter, of Montana, who
has been in Washington ostensibly
for the purpose of securing q resi-.
dence for his family during his term
in the Senate. Senator Carriers po
sition as chairman of the republican
national committee makes his in
huence valuable; also his we'll
known views on the silver question
He talks to the newspaper meI
about his candidate for the nomina
ton being Senator Cameron, o
Pennsylvania, but the work that b
is tryingto put in where it will coun
is all for Hon. Benjamin Harrison
whose losing campaign in 1892 wa
managed by him. He 10 merel,
using Senator Cameron for figure
head, as he knows that Cameron
nomination is not among the prob
abilities Of the situation, although
all things are possible in politics
Senator Elkins also has his shout
der to the Harrison wheel.