Las Vegas daily gazette., 1884-01-24
The LATEST.
Gen. Grant States His Connection
With the Mexican
Treaty.
MUTT is NOT INSANE NOW.
Leadyille Bank Busted---Other
Miscellaneous Items of
Interest.
MUTT is NOT INSANE NOW.
Gen. Grant on the Mexican Treaty.

Gen. Grant on the Mexican Treaty
By Western Associated Press.
New YORK, Jan. 23.-Gen. Grant ha
sent the following letter to the Wash
ington Evening Star relative to thu
pending Mexican treaty:
New YORK CITY, Jan. %.
Editor Star:-In your issue of Satur
day headed 1.-The Mexican treaty-Tht
senate declines to ratify 1t at present.
l find the following paragraphs:
'wHY SOME OF THE SENATOR'S yoTEr
AGAINST 1T.
A member of congress said to q Stal
reporter today, There were some votes,
several of them at least, cast against
the Mexican treaty in the senate for this
reason: You see, Grant and Romero
were partners in Mexico and they OBJ.
tanned some large concessions from thai
government in relation to railroad and
steamboat lines. Now, Grant is the
United States cOmmissionerand Romero
the Mexican commissioner, and both OF
them were exceedingly anxious to have
the treaty ratified. II was suspected,
and really can t say that it was moro
than suspicion, that these two men
were partners in business, and had BIG
private interests in that treaty; that ii
would aid them in developing the mo-
nopOlles they want, and as no real good
could be discovered in the treaty, moth
lug patent enough to outweigh this
suspicion, why several senators whom
know of concluded the safest plan would
hn n 4
that Grant and Romero were partners
IN Mexico and that they obtained some
large concessions from that government
in relation to railroad and steamboat
lines is
WHOLLY WITHOUT FOUNDATION,
Mr.. Romero and myself never had in
our hYes any pecuniary transactions or
business transactions of any kind. Since
the close of our rebellion and the eX-
pulsion of MaXimillan from Mexico
there has been q warm sympathy be-
tween Mr.. Romero and myself. Our
views being cOincident is to the rela-
tions which ought to exist between Mex
leo aud the United States, we have
both devoted much time to bringing
about more intimate relations between
the two republics, and entirely gratulti-
ouslY on our own part. i, myself, have
no pecunlary interest in any of the inn
provementS which are taking place in
Mexico with American capital, but feel
great interest IN their success. In the
paragraph quoted above you say, 'It
was suspected, and really | can't say
it was more than suspicion, that the
two men were partners in business had
htof M IN ipf ia, ;,,t - t,.,n ~,
would aid them dcAeloping the monop-
olles they want" etc, As stated above,
Mr.. Romero and myself are
NOT PARTNERS IN ANYTHING.
We have neither of us-I certainly
have not-any more interest IN the rati-
iication of that treaty than any other
private citizen of my country. | be-
lievc its ratification will be great step
towards establishing those relations be-
tween the two contiguous republics
which ought to exist and winch would
be of mutual advantage. | might add
that while | have spent thousands of
dollars of my own money and great
deal of time to advance
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEXICO
by United States capital and by Amer
can influence, | have not one dollars
interest in all that has been done, and
no pecunlary interest whatever in the
country, except that am one of the
subscribers to a railroad which lies
wholly to the south of the City of Mex
leo, and the success of which is very
doubtful in these times when 1t is so
difficult TO ralse capital for my such
enterprise. There is no steamboat
charter or no monopoly in which have
the slightest pecumary interest My
whole interest is in developing those re-
lations which | believe oIght TO exist
between contiguous countries and par
ticularly those OF like institutions. and
IN the case Of Mexico | think these
things are more important because of
her great undeveloped resources, which
must make her soon Il commercial state
Of very great Importance. Very truly,
u S. GRANT.
WHAT ROMERO SAYS.
Senor Romero, the Mexican minister,
when asked what he had TO say in re-
gard to Gen, Grants letter concerning
the Mexican treaty, said: | know Gen.
Grant has not had any pers )nal interest
in Mexico that might be served by the
Mexican reciprocity treaty. Gen. Grant
has always been warm. sincere and
disinterested friend of Mexico, and with
view to serving that country and not
with any object of personal gain, he
consented TO organize company of
competent gentlemen of this country
for the purpose of building n road from
the City of Mexico to the Mexican from
lier with Guatemala, which road has
not yet been begun, and which is not
liable to be built. | myself do not hold
a single share IN any railroad now built
or about to be built IN Mexico, nor
have | any other personal interest in
any of them. In truth. | believe my
self to be sincere and disinterestnd
friend of the United States, as Gen.
Grant is of Mexico, and that the treaty
we signed Is really reciprocal in benc-
fits to both, and in my opinion the best
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