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Show I THE U. S. FINAMCES, I Tbe Gold Situation Considered Easier than Previously. fl OFFEItS OF UOI.lt 1 16051 THE WEST. B A lUKninccnt (lotlicrlnfc- or Irciidl. Hi TIio Work of n Cjclone.- H Cooccrnloe (lie Fair. WiflliNOTOK, 1). C, April .-Th gold Bltuatlou todsy ! considered to bo ta.ler lliau yesterday. Tho treaiury S offlclale are mote confident tluu B. twenty.f.ur houtt ago, and In ttie Ml mluds of ll tho Impression litt Income leap stronger lli.t it nir.y act bt? necciry FM tit the secritiry to take any notion W which will change the present rolloy of the department. This leeMne la lid to be lue to the (aot that the an. uouuoenieut was nroollcally made thai tbe joeerurueut would only aialait tcion turu to the lnue of boudi. The cabinet meeting today was lie-Toted lie-Toted to aome extent to tho considers-tlon considers-tlon of the tlneuclal altuatlou, and It la believed the secretary cf the treasury will bo upheld In hla advice to atop for the prcont the payment of sold for Ueaaury notes, provided for under the ellTereotoflfcnj. Atprcient there l outilaodlux 1 180,000,0(10 lu notet, and they are Lei UK constantly redeemed In kq J at the New York suttreaiury. The redemption In gold hai boeu a matter (.1 accommodation on the (art of the tivaiury department, aa the law glva ttie secretary of the treasury dlicretlou at to whether they will bo redeemed 111 fold or allver. Mow that the told bilantra la reduced tbe secretary of the Ueatury la consldsrlne tueait-lsaulllly nf uiluii lilt discretion and paying theie notes 111 sllrer. There la a haling among aome men who have been prominent In financial clrclea that iliould Hecrelary Carlisle Issue au order atopplng thla redemption It would approach aome-thing aome-thing ol a teuiallon, but thoto who arebiat polled claim nothing of the kind would run It, and at 111 Inalit If It Ucaino apparent that Hicrelery (Jar-Halo (Jar-Halo waa U adopt tiilacouno the xvew Yorkers who have been repreiented aa trylug to ush the governmuut Into an embarrassing poilllon would are that their lE'orla are lu vain, and geld would again begin to How Into the treaiury. The confidence of tho treaiury olll. clala haa bum Inoreiaed by the knowledge knowl-edge that l"onrod M.Jordan, tho uew rub-treaiurcrntNew York, will probably prob-ably enter upon hit duties tomorrow morning. J t la ability la particularly well thought of here, and with hla atilttanco It la believed Hecrelary Car-Halo Car-Halo will eucceeifully meet the eltua-tlon. eltua-tlon. HoTerll email oflera of gold havo been received from the Wait. Thue oflera aggregate lew than $300,000, and will not appear on tbe treaiury booka fur aeveral nays, The Mew York Sun's Waihlngton correspondent telegraph! lilt paper that Secretary Carllile definitely decided de-cided to redeem In allver the oulstaud-lug oulstaud-lug treaiury uotea Inued under tho act otl69d known aa tho Hbermauact. The arcretary will not permit hlmielf toboijuotedon the point, but ho made hla arraugementa to pay Iheto nolea In sllicr, and he announced tbla fact In the cabinet meeting today. |
