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As a result , the cashier came down the stair-case of the Palace three steps at a time , and later our censor read his cable to the Home Bank in England , in which he said that Honduras at last had an honest man for President . What was more to the purpose , he reopened his bank at three o'clock , and quoted Honduranian money on his blackboard at a rise of three per cent . over that of the day before . This was a great compliment to our government , and it must have impressed the other business men , for by six o'clock that night a delegation of American , German , and English shopkeepers called on the President and offered him a vote of confidence . They volunteered also to form a home-guard for the defence of the city , and to help keep him in office . So , by dinner-time , we had won over the foreign element entirely , and the consuls had cabled their several ministers , advising them to advise their governments to recognize ours . It was a great triumph for fair promises backed by fair dealing .