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Show A (1UUII OFHIJIIt. It seems tons that any pirtlsnn or factlmtit should bo willing to oicord a full meed of raise to Htcretary of the Treasury John Q. Carlisle. He waa reluctant tu inter upon audi a task at all and It wai only through the Insistence amounting under political politi-cal illbclllno to a lommaud from hindquarters that caused him to undertake un-dertake It; but having undertaken, he has uitltled tho high exiclatlooa of thu mijorlty of the American people nudihowu that Mr, Clot eland made no mistake In determining to look no further for a minister of finance, Mr. (Jarlls'u found the available gold assets In tho Innsury at an ebb with no Immediate prospect of n Hood or uveu an ordinary degne of relief The nnllcin'H iuls'urlun,u was WallHtreet'a opportunity an 1, by recoil nf looking upon gold as bilug thu only omul iwteut thing In human nilalri and tiny halng ell uf It In nay ireat quantity that wai available, avail-able, callsd cut to the seiretary to Issue bonds aud get what hu requtrtd. sturdy hu uoult not refusu thu prof-fured prof-fured nld; how datu hu under thu clicum.tnLcei; Ihe govirnmint must hivu money "lionist" inouiy rthewhttU uould cmve to ruvolv ; tnumone culd lm had on cull at Ihe Shyljikk'tirmr, but Mr. Carlisle did not c-o to accept the terms. Not only would he nut go toWallHtivet but ue at oniv nnnou rued his Intention of ultlng tbu government louse I rum thu bondage In which li hud hi on In Id for almost a giusrution, tie even threat, ned thu tirk with thu tiuntoni that uore than any otlur (tightens them (rum thilr proj rlety an utue of illvir , a L coin In the manner and for tho purp e authorlred by theCouslllullou, If they did not ciaie their jgrceslve measure!. Of coune Mr. Carl lie kliew that back of (ho available fund! wts the reserve of f ICO.000,000, but, as a commander com-mander lu battle never draws on his reserve forcti until compelled to do to to hold hl ground and lose no advantage advant-age gained, so did tho secretary kee aloof as long as possible from the gov ernment'a financial ballast. Aid brgan to peur lu from sources not previously irawn on nor looked to, aud UiU with exielle t management, has tided the admlhlitralinn over the trouble waters. It ill goes to show that a gooJ hratn li more piwrrful than gold, whllea courageous heart and a itead) nerve aro more than a inalch for a gang of mercenary (dinners ami blnderi. |