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Show THAT BOND ISSUE. The Call is Published by Secretary Carlisle. REPDBS. AND STATEHOOD They Thought the Sill Prevented the Utah Senators Taking Their Seats Until 1897 or They Would Have Opposed the Passage Pas-sage of the Bill, Washiagton, Nov, 13. Secretary Carlisle late this afternoon issued bis call for bids of $50,000,000 5 per cent, ten-year bonds, interest to be paid in com, wbich ia interpreted to mean gold. Tbe only material changes made in the present call from that issued January 14th last are the, omission of the upset or minimum price which would be accepted and the notice that proposals for the present iSBue must be sealed. It is confidently expected at the treasury department that an amoint will ba realized considerably in excets of that received on th1? February issue. This expectation is based on the fact that there are exceptionally large amounts of money now lying idle and seeking investment in the money centers cen-ters of the country, and upon the further fur-ther xact that the January issue is now quoted at $118.50, or about 2 per cent above the price which would yield 3 per cent. From the last issue there was realized rea-lized $58,060,917.63, and of this amount $52,S5'J,264.24 was in cold; $5,810,430 in gold certificates, and $233.39 in other money, which the sub-treasuries were compelled to take in making change. While these amounts were actually paid in the treasury in gold or its equivalent, a very considerable amount of gold was drawn from the sub-treasuries for the express purpose of using it again in paying for bonds. The exact ex-act am unt thus withdrawn cannot be ascertained, but the beBt Knowledge obta nel is that it approximates $15,-000.000 $15,-000.000 Witn a view of a more exact estimate of the amounts which may be withdrawn between now and the set-tlen set-tlen enf of all accounts under call, the sub-treasuries will from this date keep a record ul'ail uepobiitf of legal tenders made in exchange lor fcold, and the names of the firms or persons making them. The following is the secretary's circular cir-cular calling for bids: "liy virtue ol the authority contained in the act of congress entitled 'An act to Proyide fur the Resumption of Specie Payments,' approved January 4, 1875, the secretary of the treasury hereby giyes public notice that sealed proposals pro-posals will be received at the treasury department, office of ihe secretarf, until un-til 12 o'ekek, noon, uu the 24th day of November, 194, for United SLates 5 per cent. boudH. in either registered or common term, dated February 1, 1S94, redeemable in coin at the pi iasure of the government, after ten years from the date cf their issue, and bearing in terest payable quarterly in coin, at the rate of 5 percent, per annum. 'Bidders whose propotala a:e ac-pepted ac-pepted will be required to pav 20 per cent, in gold coin, or gold certificates, upon the amounts ol their bids, as soon as they receive notice of the acceptance of such bids, and to pav in like coin or certificates an additional 20 per ctnt. at tbe expiration of each ten days thereafter until the whole is paid; but they may, at their option, pay the en-t en-t re amount of their bids when notified of acceptance, or at any time when an installment is payable." The first payment, pay-ment, however, no less than 20 per cent, must be made when the bidder receives notice of the acceptance of hia proposal. "Denominations of the bonds will be $50 and upwards, and bidders will in their proposals state the denominations denomina-tions desired, whether registered or cupon, the price which the bidder proposes pro-poses to pay, the place where :t ia desired de-sired the bonds shall be delivered, and the office, whether that of the treasurer of the United States, or an assistait treasurer, where it will be most convenient con-venient for the bidder to deposit the amounts of hiB payment. "The bonds will be dated Februarv 1, 1894, in order to make the propos 4 issue un.iorm as to date with the existing ex-isting issues; but interest thereon will begin NovemDer 1. 1894, and bidders will be required to pay accrued interest at the rate of 5 per cent, on the f ac value of their bonds from November 1 to me date cr dates of payment. The total issue of bonds, in pursuance of he notice, will be not to exceed the sum of $50,003,000. The secretary of the treasury hereby reserves the right tp reject any or all bids - "All proposals should be addressed to the secretary of the treasury, Wash mmoo, D. C, and should be distinctly marked : " 'Proposals for ti e purchase of 5 per cent bonds.' "ITank forms of the proposals may be had on application to the secretary of the treasury. (Signed.) J. G. Carlisle. Secretary of the Treasury." BA.BC0CK BAB3. Herald special: WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. The blatant cla m of the republicans that their party was most favorable to th.. early admission of Utah into tbe union should not have been made until they were sure that their leaders would be dis r:et enough to keep their mouths closed on the subject, at least until the first state election was over. But they evidently had not warned Babcock, the pussy individual from Minnesota, v ho has had charge of the campaign for the republicans this year, because he has giyen the whole snap away in an unguarded un-guarded moment. . " However, it is only- one of his indiscretions, indis-cretions, Ever since the returns came in from the country his bead has been turned, and he has been talking like a garrulous fishwoman, giving away the party secrets in a way that has given Borne of the leaders a bad attack of profanitv. Relating to Ut&h he has given away another thing thai has been heretofore kept in the dark. ' The Herald correspondent saw him the other day, when the returns were almost in, and he wae bnsily engaged in claiming everything in sight, and asked him what were the prospectB of ttl6 S6HLt6 "Ob," he said, "that is all right. We shall be able to organize that beyond any doubt We shall have an assured majority." "But if the democrats capture Utah won't that throw the control into the hands of the populists?" asked the correspondent. cor-respondent. "Utah ain't in it," was the laconic reply, "Why, what do you mean? Utah will elect t vo senators for the next congress." The pussy chairman looked over with an air of wisdom on his face and seemed to be pitying the absolute ignorance ig-norance of the manwbo would state such a thing. Now, young mam'lyhe aakf fn-ir fatherly tone, "you l"!I3er -go and. look at the statehoooTbTir before you make such wild statements. Why, the republicans wouldn't have let it pas j if it hadn't been agreed that the senators sena-tors should not take their seats until 1897. That was the agreement, and j ih.it is the only reason the statehot d biil passed ;becau-e otherwise we would have killed it in the senate. It would have been foolish to haye done otherwise. other-wise. ' "But," said the correspondent, "the bill makes no such a provision. The senators will take their seats as soon as the first legislature gets down to business busi-ness and elects them." "That is simply impossible," was the emphatic reply. "The bill could j e ever have passed that way. Now, I bavn't won any bet8 this year, but I am willing to bet yon the cigars that the Utah statehood bill especially provides pro-vides that the senators and representatives representa-tives shall not take their seats until 1897." The natural query that suggests itself it-self is, what part did the genial Ikie Sunshine Trumbo, who was looking after af-ter the republican end of the state-haod state-haod bill, have in this? Republicans who are in Washington, now, with the exception of Chairman Babcock. know absolutely nothing of the supposed agreement, simply because they are too small fry to be on tbe inside. But undoubtedly lkie was wiping to sacrifice sacri-fice anything for the "good "of hia party and then he did not keep tbe agreement that had been made. The democrats, however, know nothing of the kind. The statements of Babcock were made to tbe Herald correspondent in the presence of several other correspondents, corres-pondents, and the bet was not taken, simply for the reason that the correspondent corres-pondent did not care to win a sure thing; but notwithstanding that Bab-ccok Bab-ccok was so sura that such a provision had been made and was so emphatic in his assertions that the republicans would never have allowed anything of the kind to go through, that he pressed upon the newspaper man to take the bet. When he hears from the republicans repub-licans in Utah, who are quite likely to do a. little swearing on the side because of his break just at this critical time, he 13 likely to find that the republicans republi-cans were outwitted, and, without getting any good from their provisions, they are receivinz a setback that will make them feel sore for a good long time to come. The absolute certainty of Babcock leaves n) doubt that there was such an agreement somewhere, and this reflects re-flects no credit on the republicans who were engineering the deal. Pkovoans note the taking up of the raiis'of the street railway with regret A. A. Noon is over from Mercur to-pay. to-pay. He reports that the new railroad is operating between Fairfield and the Mercar mill and that the company expects by the end of the present month to have the road completed and in operation as far as tbe mine. Vzistfa Cresss ttsk&s Vc&lza Mas ASaa. The Salt Lake Tribune this morning morn-ing tlls of one J. C. Duggans,whom it asserts is "a resident of Provo," beine run in by the police from a house of ill-fame with a girl who called herself Rose Brown. The two were booked on a charge of fornication and put up $200.00 for their appearance today The Dispatch knows of no resident of Provo the orthography of whose name is as above. |