The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-21
Desperate Effort TO he Made 20 Hide
Finances from the Voters.
DEFICIT is STILL GROWING
AND MAY EXCEED s7,000.000 IN THE
MONTH or OCTOBER.
No More bonds to He Issued. at Least
TIL After the EIections-Curtfs Pos-
ing as Very Big Man.
peciaI to the indianapolis Journal.

asserted at the Treasure Department that
there is in present contemplation neither
an issue of bonds nor an extra session OF
Congress. The presence OF Assistant Sec
retary Curtis in New York is explained at
the department with a very unvarnished
allusion to that gentleman's well-known
vanity and his desire 10 pose in the COM
mercial world factor. Secretary
Carlisle makes no effort TO conceal his
annoyance at Mr.. Curtis's propensity for
rushing over TO Wall street whenever the
condition OF the treasury is discussed In
the papers. AS far as information is vouch-
safed at the treasury. the impression II
made that If there is bond issue at all
it will not be made until the end Of next
month. and then only for a small amount.
sufficient TO carry the gold reserve until
Congress meets. Should the next Congress
fail to pass the necessary remedial legisla-
ton. then President Cleveland will throw
off all restraint and. intent only on keep
ing the gold reserve up to the normal point.
will issue bonds as often and on. whatever
terms he may see fit.
The Treasury Department this month will
present an appearance OF fictitious health
fulness. The result is obtained usual
by the manipulation of the figures and Is
intended purely for campaign purposes. II
is intended that the report of the condition
of the treasury at the end of this month
shall show that the receipts OF the govern
ment are at last beginning 10 exceed the
expenditures. The daily statement OF the
condition OF the treasury this afternoon
shows that for to-day the receipts exceeded
the expenditures by .27s and that for
the month the deficit was only $,s76.5Ss
This makes the beginning Of this months
-
the deficit for the day was still about
$125. 900. But it is the purpose for the re-
mainder OF the month to make the re-
ceipts of the treasury show a daily excess
over the expenditures. and TO such meas
ure will this plan be carried out that at
the end OF the month the receipts for
September are 10 show an excess over the
expenditures of between one and two mil
lions and the deficit for the fiscal year.
which at the beginning Of this month was
about A4,oOo0co, will be reduced to about
s12,0O0. 900.
This ingenious juggiery with the figures
will of course. serve as excellent campaign
material But the following month II will
be impossible to hide the truth. During the
month of October there will be the quarter
ly payments of interest to be met and
| these, together with expenditures that no
amount Of cleverness can conceal, Will
show an appalling result The deficit for
the month of October cannot be kept below
100000 and possibly 1t will be even
greater so that the deficit for the year up
to that time will be in the neghborhood OF
s20o 900. This condition of affairs will, OF
course, be held back at the treasury until
after the elections which occur in many
States the first week in November. when
AoGo pI hor
produce their legitimate effort on the
voters.
Secretary Hoke Smith. who has been in
the South recently, gives glowing accounts
of the waning of the free silver movement.
but is determined In his opposition 70
bond issue, at least before the coming
even for single million, would undo IN one
stroke all the missionary work in behalf
OF sound money tna, h mas ,ne eesn so,fb a6n h.cR
hopelessy into the hands Of the free silver
people, who would then defeat the adminis-
trafion at every point
THE treasury to-day lost s15o0oo in gold
for export and gained $4,000 by deposits.
leaving the true amount OF the gold re-
The Holt VIII offered for Probate.
WASHINGTON. Sept. ao.-Blair Lee and
j. ]. Darlington to-day offered for probate
the will of the late Joseph Holt that was
received Dt mail WUen ~ was cuIIV>tA tO
will was left by Judge Holt The witnesses
to this mysteriously transmitted win are
General Grant. General Sherman and Mrs.
Sherman. The petition presented by the
attorneys Is that OF Luke Devlin. named
in the will as executor. who asks that the
will be admitted to- probate and letters
testamentary be granted him; also that
the order appointing the National Safe
Deposit, Savings and Trust Company ad-
mif1istrator of the estate be declared void
This company was appointed administrator
upon the petition of the heirs at Law.
and Oct IS was set for hearing all per-
sons concerned. There is nothing In the Pc
tition indicating that the petitioner or at
torneys knew anything about the where
atouts of the Will previous to its mysteri-
Gus appearance in the Probate Court Miss
Throckmorton, one of the benefciaries or
the will, arrived In Washington last eyen-
ing. She did not appear an court to-day.
and refuses TO talk about the now famous
will.
Diseased Chinese Women.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2o.-The treasury
officials are keeping a close watch on the
two hundred Chinese recently Admitted
into this country at Ogdensburg y. T.,
and now at Atlanta. Ca. Statements have
reached the department that the forty Chi