The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-11
It's Available Surplus, However, Is
Not Large, and May DyvindIe to Ze-
rO Unless Revenues Increase.
NO STRING TO BE ATTACHED
TO THE REINSTATEMENT OF CLERK
BROPHY AT TERRE HAUTE.
Case of Carrier Richwine, of Ander-
son, and His Probable Charges
Against Postmaster Small.
,necial to the IndlanapoIis journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Sept 1O.-The United
States treasury is actually threatened with
an embarrassment of gold riches. The gold
reserve now amounts to $145, 900, 000 and in
the natural order of events the stock will
be increased during the next six months
very materially by importations and by re-
ceipts from home mines. At the same
time the national revenues are falling short
of expenditures and the total available sur
plus is being eaten into in an uncomfortably
rapid rate. If the expectation of the trainers
of the new tariff bill are realized the reve-
nues will overtake the expenses by the 1st
of January but in the meantime the avail
able supply OF paper money in the hands
of the treasurer of the United States will
diminish. In silver dollars, greenbacks and
treasury notes there is apparent avail
able surplus of about $50 900, but in real
ity less than seventy million of this is avail
able for the ordinary needs of the treasury.
Therefore if the deficiency in our revenues
should continue at the present rate for
three or four months and the gold reserve
should be increased as anticipated there will
come time in the not distant future when
the government will have to pay out gold
instead of paper in it's current transactions,
a cumbersome and unpleasant operation for
those who have the handling of the metal.
The treasury is doing all it can quietly to
discourage the sending in of gold by coun-
try banks for small notes 1t would much
prefer to take in paper money of large de-
nominations than to take gold when called
on for supplies of one and two-dollar bills.
1t is because the treasury has more gold
than it wants already that Secretary Gage
has rescinded Secretary Carlisles order uII-
der which shipments of gold to the treasury
were encouraged to the extent of the pay
ment OF express charges on Such conSlgn-
ments Hereafter shippers of gold will have
to pay their own charges for transfer.
First Assistant Postmaster General Heath
has called on the Civil-service Commission
for the certificate of Clerk Brophy, of the
Terre Iaute office, with a view of reinstat-
ing him. and it may be returned to the Post
office Department tomorrow. There seems
to have been a Misrepresentation as to the
status of the Brophy case. 1t has been
derstood that he would be reinstated only
on the distinct provision that he would i'm
mediately resign, thus letting him down and
out easily and gracefully. 1t now appears
that the conditions under which he may be
reinStated do not depend on any such con-
tingency. BrOphyS reinstatement when
made-and it doubtless Will be an accom-
pliShed fact very soon, will be mandatory
on the postmaster. The reinstatement of
Brophy would probably have been made to-
late this afternoon received dispatch from
Congressman Faris expressing a desire to
be heard before the case is closed Heath
replied that he would hold the matter in
allegiance until Monday in order to enable
Faris to appear. There is considerable
speculation among those acquainted with
the facts in the case as to what Repre-
sentative Faris will have to say, it was
considered that the matter had been SO
thoroughly canvassed there could be moth
ing further to be said either side.
1t is the expectation of the Civil-service
Commission and all the Postofice Depart
ment that when the answer of Richwine,
the discharged carrier at Anderson, Ind is
received there will Immediately be raised
a counter charge against Postmaster Small,
alleging that he was party to, or at least
was cognizant of, the purchase of positions
on the eligible substitute list RchWine it
is asserted, will endeavor to show that the
substitutes bought off were taken off the
eligible list by and with the knowledge and
connivance of Postmaster Small However
this may be, there be no point arise
over the dismissal of RichWine as will at
tach to charges made against Postmaster
adjudicated by the officials of the Postoffice
Department and the other falls under the
jurisdiction OF the Civil-service Commission.
Col. w. r. Holloway, of indianapolis, who
was in the city to-day getting posted as to
his duties as consul general at ST. Peters
burg, will leave for New York tomorrow
and sail on Tuesday of next week He will
spend three or four days with his friend,
Consul General Gowdy, in Paris and few
days in Berlin in orGer to break the monot-
ony of the trip to the Russian capital. He
will enter on the discharge of his duties
about the 1St of October.