Show WOLCOTT NEGOTIATIONS McKinleys Message Will Give It Brief Reference Washington Dec 4President McKinley Mc-Kinley in his forthcoming message to congress will not discuss in a significant signifi-cant way the recent monetary negotiations negotia-tions of the Wolcott comntission but will refer to it only in a casual way The chief interest in the financial part of his message will attach to a recommendation recom-mendation that gold shall be paid only for greenbacks and that greenbacks shall be paid only for gold The president presi-dent does not believe that congress will retire the notes and it is his opinion that there is a surplus of receipts over expenditures and an exchange of gold and notes there is no longer anv menace I me-nace to the country He does not contemplate con-template the retirement of treasury i notes but only a change of classifications f classifica-tions for thE reason that if retired I there would always be a talk of contraction I con-traction of the currency and he does believe that If gold and greenbacks are i made interchangeable and kept in a class by themselves no danger need be apprehended from that source |