Show A GOOD OFFICER it seems to us ua that any partisan or I 1 be willing to accord a full meed of praise to secretary of the treasury john 0 carlisle he was reluctant to enter upon such a task at all and it was only through the insistence amounting under political discipline to a command from headquarters that caused him thuu it but having undertaken he be has justified the high expectations of the ibe majority of the american people aud and shown that mr cleveland made no mistake in determining to look no I 1 urther further for a minister of fl finance sance mr carlisle found the available gold assets in antho the treasury at an ebb with no immediate prospect of a flood or even an ordinary degree of relief the nat nation ionis misfortune was wall street Stroe opportunity and by reason of nf looking upon wold as being the only potent thing to la human affairs and they having all ol of it in any great quantity that was available called out to the secretary to issue bonds and get what he required surely be would not refuse the proffered aid how dare he be under the the government must have money honest money or the wheels would cease to revola revo revolve lv toe money could be had on call at the Shylock sJ terms but mr carlisle did not cure care to accept the terms not only would he not go street but he at oyce once announced hla his intention of cutting the government loose from the bondage in which it bad been hold held for almost a generation he even threatened the sharks the phantom that more than any other frightens them from their propriety an issue of silver coin in the manner and for the purpose authorized by the constitution if they did not cease their aggressive measures of course mr carl ale knew that back of the availably funds was the reserve of but as a corn com mander in battle batt e never draws on his reserve forces until compelled to do so to hold his ground and aad lose jose no advant 1 age gained so did the like secretary keep aloof as long an aa possible from the governments ern ments financial ballast aid began to pour in from sources not previously drawn ou on nor looked to sod and this with excellent management has tided the administration over the troubled waters atall it all goes to enow that a good a brain is more pw powerful erful than gold while a courageous heart aud and a steady nerve are more thru than a match for a gang of mercenary schemers andl ana bluffers bluff ers |