The National tribune., 1896-07-30

wrong without reservation or evasion, shall
! bumbly follow whore he leads If this be gall
and wormwood to these directors, let them
make the most of it. They are powerless to
turn hair of my head white or black. defy
them.
"What my views are personally cuts no
figure; for if they were not in agreement with
the Presidents / would change them. More
than this, if such a thing was possible as the
President changing his views, would change
mine as often as he did his. even though 1t
would call for new action every morning. l
am a humble member of this Administration,
and ! conceive it to be my duty to strictly adj
here to the Presidents policy to the extent of
my ability"
The Withdrawals of gold from the Treasury
last Saturday aggregated S53, 500, of which
S43 700 was in coin and SO 100 in bars. None
went out for export. New York banks put
S375. 600 in gold coin into the Sub-treasury,
swelling the gold reserve to Sl03, 95l, 39l at the
close of business
While negotiations have been going on be-
tween the State Department at Washington
aud the British Foreign Office the Venezuelan
Boundary Commission has been steadily At
work. Prof. George L. Burr has been diving
into the Dutch archives at The Hague, and out
| of musty volumes and old manuscripts has
! been collecting information hitherto unpub-
| lished, and which is said TO thrnw much light
! on the merits OF the controversy. In this
work. aud especially in the translation OF i'm
| portant documents which have been discovered,
he is assisted by DIR. De Ham, of Johns Hop
| kins University.
| Prof. Burr will shortly be Joined by Frederic
! Z. Coudert.. While abroad Mr.. Coudert himself
will inspect the Dutch archives, and then push
on to Rome to superntend the Investigations
now being carried on in the archives of the
| Propaganda with respect to the commence
ment, extent and duration of the Catholic mis-
sions in the disputed territory.
On this side of the water the work is being
prosecuted with equal vigor. Mr. Marcus
/ Baker, of the United States Geological Survey,
one of the autographed experts of the Conn
mission, spent a week in Cambridge working
in the Harvard library, in company with the
/ Secretary. Last week he went 10 North East
| lfarbor for consultation with Dr.. Gilman, who
has been hard at work at his home in Maine.
The frst part of brief prepared by James j.
Storrow, of counsel for Venezuela, in conjunc-
tion with Mr.. Scruggs. the legal adviser of that
| Government has just been completed and sub
mitted for the consideration OF the Venezuelan
Boundary Commission. The brief is framed
as answer TO the general summary of the
British case as set in the British Blue Book.
The leading points of the document the at
tack upon the integrity of the Schombnrgk
line as il now appears upon the British MAPS
the assertion of the priority of settlement of
the disputed territory by the Spaniards, the
denial of the jurisdiction of the Dutch beyond
the reach of the guns Of their ships at any
time, and the claim that the territory which it
is desired 10 throw into arbitration does not
even to-day contain any settlements, SO that
Lord salisbury's solicitnde for the welfare of
the British settlers is ill-founded.
+
No copies Of the Blue Book on the subject OF
Venezuela, which Lord Salisbury last week laid
before Parliament. have yet reached Washing
ton but il is known that this volume is merely
supplementary TO those that have already
been submitted in support of the British case,
aud is intended TO supply certain deficiencies in
the trauslations aud excerpts from the ancient
records to which attention has been directed
by critical articles published in the British
newspapers. well in the analysis of the
British that has been attempted before the
American Commission.
4
Mr.. Harry H. Smith. former Journal Clerk
IL
a statement concerning the denial made by
Secretary Carlisle just prior to the Chicago
. Convention that he had ever told Smith thai
if the Chicago Convention declared for free
silver he (Carlsle) would support Mckinley
Mr. Smiths card says that he told the reporter
that Mr.. Carlisle made the statement TO ex
Secretary of the Treasury Foster, whereas TIL.
T interview made it appear that Dir. Carlisle has
> made such a statement to him Smith. Mr.
Smith reiierates what he told as 10 the talk be
I tween Secretary Carlisle and ex-Secretary Eos
i ter, and incorporates in his card letter from
: Mr. Foster dated Fosioria, o., July %, 1896, il
d which he says that something more than
| year ago j called upon Secretary Carlisle, ant
q in the course Of pleasant con versaiion, Will
S discussing finances, lac stated that if he wa
$ compelled to choose between Democratic can
Z didate for President on an unsound none,
! platform and Republican candidate on
v sound money platform. he would support tn
n Republican Candidate" Ex-Secretary Foste
u adds that he subsequently repeated this con
: versaiion TO Dir. Smith atthe Arlington Hote
q r
e DR. Henry A. Robbins. a comrade of XII
= Carson Post No. 9 DEPARTMENT of the Potomac
and a oil ysician who has achieved enviabl
ii standing in his profession, has attracted muc
:. attention by his studies Of venereai disease
70 aud the great dangers to innocent persons iron
- | infection by them. The result Is movemen
to establish ia this city National hospital
where nurses aud other domestic servants ca
be sent and examined by competent physician,
who will have the power to commit them
he the hospital for treatment. DIR. Robbins ha
n, been unanimously elected President Of til
p. society.
u The most interesting question III Washing
III ton now is whether Secretary Hoke Smith wi
g resign from the Cabinet. and when? His il
dorsement of the Chicago nominees and plx
form pgts him AT variance with the Presiden
b. aud with all has colleagues, and this can eud
IL bat one way. How the President will pr
rs coed with him is Of intense interest as h