Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-09-08
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom Our Special Correspondent,

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WASHINGTON. D. c., Sept. 8, '97.
Secretary Gage 10 surprising some Of
those who supposed that he would de-
vote his entire time to strictly finan.
cial matters'by giving his personal at
tention to all the various branches OF
the Treasury Department, and the re.
suit lie that he is likely to be more thor.
oughiy posted on all the workings Of
his department than any Secretary Of
the Treasury we have had for q long
time: And he isn't overworking him.
self, either. He is merely bringing his
wide business experience to bear upon
the working of the department, just as
he did when at the head of the big
Chicago bank. He has a wonderful
knack of speedily disposing of business.
Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, cor.
rectly says: Organism and free silver
have gone over the brink forever. New
industries are being projected, capital
is Coming out, business is reyiving,
and, on the whole, this long looked for
and much talked of era of prosperity Is
not on the way, but actually here"
Col. Andrew Geddes, of Iowa, widely
known in Grand Army circles, this
week assumed the duties of Chief Clerk
of the Department of Agriculture.
Hon. John Russell Young this week
announced his selections of the remain.
der of his chief assistants in the man
agements of the Congressional Library
and everybody coucedes that he has
lived up to his promise that each of
them should be chosen. for their special
fitness to all the positions to which
Ahey are appointed, Those appointed
were Prof. James G. Hanson, Of Wis,
to be Chief of the Catalogue Depart
ment; Thomas H. Clark, of Ala, to be
Superintendent OF the Law Library;P P.
l.. Phillips, of the ID. c., to be Super
intendent of the Hall of Maps and
Charts; Allen p. Slauson, of Ore. to
be Superintendent of the Periodical
and Newspaper Department; W. R.
Whittlesey, OF Va, to be Superintend-
ent, and Miss Myrtle L.. Mason, Of ILL.,,
to be assistant of the Music Depart
ment; A. P. C.. Griffin, of Mass and
Arthur R. Kimball, of N. H., to be As.
sistant Librarians; Lawrence Washing.
ton, CT Va, to be 10 charge Of Wash.
~ingtonian Library, and W. Fl. Moore,
OF r. l., to be Assistant in Catalogue
Department. There are about forty
clerks, attendants, laborers, etc., to be
appointed to complete the working
force of the new library, and the mum.
Der seeking those places is in the neigh
borhood of seven thousand.
Members of the administration are
not disappointed in the amount pro.
duced by the Dingley tariff up to date.
The deficit Of about twenty six million
dollars for the months of July and
August was no larger than 1t az ex.
pected to be. Large advance impor-
tations lessened the tariff receipts and
large expenditures necessarily had to
be made in the first quarter OF the new
fiscal year. The Dingley law is all
right. and as soon as the advance i'm.
portations are used up it will produce
quite as much revenue as Mr.. Dingley
and the Treasury experts estimated in
advance of its enactment, and the
Treasury will soon accumulate sufi-
cient surplus to'resume the Republican
policy of reducing the national debt
by the retirement of bonds.
The attempt Of the silver Democrats
OF Pennsylvania to compel W. F.
Harrity to retire from the Democratic
National Committee Is regarded in
Washington as the beginning Of fight
to death upon the gold Democrats by
the silver Democrats. The silv Q Demo.
Gratis have got the party organization
In their hands and they are apparently
fully determined that those members
Of their party who decline to fall down
and worship atthe shrine OF the free
coinage of silver shall be kicked out Of
the party. Nothing could please the
Republicans more than to see this de-
termination fully carried out and the
Democratic party, municipal, county,
State and national committed to free
silver.
Considerable gossip has been caused.
In Washington by the declaration Of
Gov, 0'Ferrall, of Virginia, that he
would not support the recently 'nomi-
mated State Democratic / icket, but as
the men who nominated that ticket are
In control Of the election machinery
this detection snots likely to affect the
result. With an election law In Vir,
ginia that would insure the counting
OF votes asthey are cast, II would be
an easy matter to defeat the Democratic
ticket, '
Ducktown, September B, ALBERT L.
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