The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-10-05
THAT DEFICIT
Under the Dingley Bill
Wires 'Em.
Hanna Needs Mckinley in Ohio.

From our Regular Correspondent,
WAsHINGToN, Oct, I, 1S97.-The
Treasury deficit for the third month
Of the first quarter of the fiscal year,
which closed yesterday, was not so
great as for the first two months OF
the quarter, but that was because
of a heavy decrease in expenditures
and not because of any large in
crease in receipts. The deficit for
the quarter is in the neighborhood
of $50, 900, 900, and there is no good
reason for expecting that 1t will be
much less in the second quarter, al
though members Of the admins
tration are now predicting that the
receipts of the government will
equal the expenditures by the first
of January. 1t is known that this
continued deficit has been a source
of considerable worry to Mr.. Nc
Kinley and his cabinet, and believ-
ed that it was one of the reasons
why the administration was no
willing to have the sale of the
Union Pacific Railroad rushed be-
fore Congress meets. They count
upon the governments share of the
purchase money to increase the
available cash in the Treasury.
Mr.. Mckinley has returned to
Washington, but his travelling isn't
quite over for the season, as Boss
Hanna needs him in his business,
and has arranged another trip to
Ohio for him. 1t is understood that
this trip will be made the latter
part ofthis month and that while
in Ohio Mr.. Mckinley will make
at least.ene speech fotaHanna. If
little thing like consistency cut
any figure with tie Hanna McKin-
ley combine, it wouldshei pertinent
| TO ask if there was impropriety in
kths Secretary of State taking part
liz the, Ohio campaigns why the
President can do 80 with propriety?
The little gatheringsof goldbugs
calling themselves a "monetary
commission" and claiming to repre-
sent the entire country has, after
dividing themselves up into COM
mittees on, metallic currency, de-
mand obligations, and banking,
taken recess until October 1lth.
So far as the public is concerned
they might just as well havo ad-
journed sine die.
The machinery of the Pension
Bureau is being unblushingly used
to help along the campaign of Boss
Hanna In Ohio. A number of
clerks have been transferred to the
middle division, in which Ohio is,
from another division in order to
expediate all applications for PEN
sion for citizens of Ohio now pend
ing, and in order that all pension
inquiries made by Ohio Congress
men may be answered the same
day they are received. OF course,
this is not fair towards applicants
for pensions In other States, but 1t
allows the Ohio voter to see what
"pull" Hanna has, and after elec-
tion Ohio applications will cease to
be specially favored.
When a man adopts questionable
methods in an avowed attempt to
get rich by catching Suckers" as
Mr.. John Wedderburn, head Of the
business of John WedderburD &
Co., did, he knowingly accepts all
the chances of having himself OFF,
cially branded as fraud. There
for no sympathy was wasted on
him when it wac announced that
the Commissioner of Patents had
decided to disbar John Wedder-
burn & Co, from practice before the
U. s, Patent Office, for fraud, and
that the postal authorities were be-
ing pressed to act upon the request
to put the "National Recorder"
John Wedderburn & Co.'S, paper,
on the fraud list. Mr.. John We'd
derburn although still u young man
has so far made use OF four aliases
in his efforts to catch "sucker"-
The Examiner Claims Bureau, The
Press Claims Co., The National Re.
corder, and John Wedderburn &
Co.
There was a very warm time In
the Office of the Postmaster Gener-
al this week, which resulted In an
apology from the Postmaster Gen
eral to "Dick" Kerens, the Missouri
republican boss. The row started |
when Kerens produced peremtory
order from Mr.. Mckinley directing
that man selected for postmaster
at Kirkville, Mo, by the Postmast-
er General ahould not ha anDOin |