The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-09
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| Interest bearing debt TO provide gold for
the redemption of United Snatts notos-,
nonin;er'st bearing debt. Surely it should
| not pty them ont aVmu cXcopt on do.
mand aud for gold. If they are put in any
| other way they may return AGAIN. to n,
| followed by another bond iysuc to redeem
! thcm-ano her Interest," bpa, ,ux debt to ro.
deem noninterest hcArng debit"
Th $ recommendation WAS IN ,tic in thu
! belief that such provisions of law would
! insure Il greater degree thc spfriy OF thu
present standard nnl b"ttnr protect our
! currency from the dangers To which it is
subjected from II sturb,ncr in tho gen
, cral business conditions OF thu country
| In my judgement the present condition
OF the treasury amply justii:"s tn" immo.
diatc enactment OF the lruiSluion recon.
mrnhed ono year ago. under which por.
! ton of the gold holdings should be placed
| in II trust fund. from which ,;recnbncks
should bo redeemed upon presentation,
but when once redeemed shuull not there.
after be paid out except for gold.
1t is not to be inferred that other legis.
lation relating to our currency is not re
quircd; on the contrary, tn l., i1 an o;o
Vious demand for il.
The Importance OF aArluatc provision
! which Will insure to oar luluro I; money
! standard, related as our money standard
! generally recognized Wl,n c1mpvniGn
! proposition TINT our dom ,H;l 10 PAPER cur
! rcncy shall be kept safe an yet be 10 re-
! latrd to the nov',s Of our Industries and
! internal commerce as to 10 udcu,la:c and
/ responsive l" such needs is Il proposition
scarcely less i'm? r:ant. Tho subj ,ct, in
oil its parts. is cDmmcnded to tho wise
, consideration Of the >uu rrss
For II Il z %tnuuin" Army.
Under tho net Of congress approved
| April ~, 1888 authorizing toe president,
III HIS discretion, "urun n declaration OF
! war by congress, or II ,,riara';ou by con-
Eress that war rNi:lta,' directed the i'll
cr"ts" OF tn" regular army to the maxi.
! mum OF G2,"Ul, authorized in S;,il act.
| 1hrrr are now i'll th" r":U' T. army 81
| ST! officers aud m"n. In sad act it WAS
| provided that ut the end Of amy war in
| which tho United States may become in.
| vowed the army shalt hr reduced 10 "
| peace basis by tho transfer Of the same
arm OF the srrvic" or abs prpiion by pro-
| melton or honorable discharge under such
| regulations rs the secretary O. war may
| Establish of Suprrnunr rary commissioned
| officers ana the honorable GiACh"v,Ic or tho
transfer OF Sunrrnumrrary enlisted men,
AMI nothing cont ,incd in this act shall b.
construed M authoring tn" p ,rnoncnt in
crcas' Of tho commiSs onch or enlisted
1orce OF tho regular army beyond that
now provided by the law in force prior To
the passage Of this net. except ms to thn
increase Of % ma jurs provided for in sec
| tion hereof"
The Importance Of lcpi lntion for tho
| permanent increase Of the army is there
lore mlnfpSt and the recon- mlnnnuution OF
tho secretary Of war for that purpoao has
| my unqualified approval. There Gun bo
| no Question Tint mt this tinc "A MI nrnht hlv
| f"i ""..~ .:-.>- - .i- r...,,-- tn.nnn MA,
Will be none too many to NEE, the neccssl-
ties OF the situation. At all events,
whether that number shall be required
permanently or not the power should bs
given TO the president to enlist that forco
II in his discretion il should bc necessary,
and the further discretion should be given
him to recruit for the army within tho
above limit from the inhabitants Of tho
islands with the government Of which wo
are charged.
1t is my purpose to muster ont the en-
| tire volunteer army nS soon as tho con-
ErrsS shall prov;d. for the increase Of tho
rrGuiar establishments This will DO only
an act OF justice and will be much nppro.
cEitrd by Lhc bravo men who let their
homes and employment to help the coun-
try III lis emergency.
WnShin@tpn's Centennial.
Tn tho year l"O0 will occur tho ccntcn.
NAL anniversary Of the founlins Of tho
city Of Washington for the pcrmpncnt
capital or tho government Of the United
states by authority Of I'm act of congress-
approved July lG, 1870. II May $500 tho
archives and general Offices Of the fed.
erhl government was removed to this
| place. On Nov. II, Is -, the nat tionul con-
EreS3 met here Tor the first time and AZ
Sum"d exclusive control of the federal dis
trict and city. This interesting event as
snmc3 ali the more Significance when wU
recall tho circumstances ntt"ndinH tho
choosing Of tho site the naming of tho
capital in h0nrr OF the father of his coun-
try ard the Interest taken by him in tho
adoption Of plans for lis future develop
mcnt on n magnificent scale.
A movement lately inausurated by tho
citizens To have the anniversary cclc.
bratcd with ttinG ceremonies including
perhaps the cstn adjustment Of hNndsomo
permanent men to mark 80 historical
IN occasion nnd fc IT, more than local
recognition haa mcI wiih general favor on
the part Of the public. ! recommend to
! the congress !" granting "I an lppropril- l.
tom ter IT, : FH"p - 'ind iAc %p 'Oil: tmcnt
ol II cOMmitc,' from ii H., ., ,r i've bodies
IT might al, - :: lviHmbi" 70 authorize
the president TO Hnr int committee from
tn" c"n"t"" &, , ~ wniah. ac,iuG with
-" rn" f...s.,,..ntI - ! I;Str:.. of Column
hHl coninI!iocs, 4 ~ complete the plans for
an appropriate national celebration.
| Pension Statistics.
There were on the pension rolls on Juno
80, lH9". %31.ril nHn,"H. nu increase OF
nearly lS OUJ oT>.' l!lc I.tI;nbcr OF the rolls
for the sninc day o tine preceding year.
The amount appropriated by the act OF
Dec. %, lt9b ?or "a" p 'Ym"nt Of pensions
for the fiscal year 1893 was .il.u,'fW 600.
by the net OF March 81, 1898. -. .O7O, ,S72 4
was appropriated to cover deficiencies in
army pensions and rcpaYnrmtS in tho
SUM OF 81 ,U*"3h. making; IL lo!ni Of $lIS,.
C82 .S92.19 available for Lnc payment OF
pensions during the fiscal year 1898. Tho
amount diSbrrsrd from that sum Was
Gili,G.i $3.50, leaving n balance Of $3,43l ).