The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-15
HARD AT WORK,
Blaine's Reciprocity Plan Is
Progressing.
In Constant Consultation With Spanish
American DiplOmateS.
4 New Treaty With Brazil Ready for the
Senate'S Consideration - Great
Agitation In Brazil.
Special to THE MORNING CALI.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14-Blaine has not
procity plan by the excitement of the cleo
tion and he may give his party some things
to consider before the next session Of Con-
gress has ended, which will relieve them
somewhat from the depressing effect of the
election that has just passed. 1t is believed
a little dollhouse treatment at this time, is
going to bud and blossom and bear fruit.
1t is noted of Blaine that when he takes
hold of thing he does it in earnestness.
He has leewav from now until 1892 for
negotiations with the Spanish-American
nations for reciprocity, but he is at work on
the matters now as il they were things to be
accomplished at once.
HARD AT WORK.
He is secluding himself from the public to
great extent, and is deyoting nearly all his
time to working on his plan, which, it is
said, he believes will be the salvation of the
rarty, and which will certainly make him
the great man of the party if successful.
He would probably prefer the fame Of
having developed our trade on the other
continent and giving new impulse to our
national prosperity to that Of being Presi-
dent.
Doubtless Blaine saw the cyclone coming
and he devoted himself more earnestly to
his task of preparing a means Of escape
from lasting injury, and within the past two
weeks he has had the east dining-room at
his house fitted up as an Office and consult
iDg-room, and many times day he has re-
celved visits there from the diplomatic
representatives of the Spanish-American
republics.
SIGNIFICANT VISITS. II
He has denied himself to other callers and
has devoted himself to conferences with
these diplomateS and 1t may be assumed that
these conferences have not been fruitless,
since all the parties to them have had prac-
ticaly the same object in view.
The presence at Washington OF Pltkln,
our Minister to the Argentine Republic, and
Conger our Minister to Brazil, are not with
out significance. There are reasons why
negotiations with the Argentine Republic
might be conducted at Buenos Ayres and
this makes it important that our Minister
there should confer personally with the Sec
retary of State after having been IN confer
ence with the Argentine Government.
The negotiations with Brazil have proba-
bly, advanced further than any other.
A TREATY WITH BRAZIL.
Senior Salvador de Mendonca, special
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentinry tc this country from Brazil, has
gone home. taking with him some importa ant
papers. He will be gone just about as long
as it will take him to get down there, have
the treaty signed and get back again, and
before Congress has been in session month
with Brazil to consider. The progress of
friendship and association with Peru and
Colombia is satisfactory also, but 1t IS
thought we may not be making as much
progress with Chile. Chile is not as cordial
in its love for the United States as some OF
the other SpanisE-American nations.
CUBA AGITATED.
In Cuba there is tremendous agitation
of the question of reciprocity with the
United States. Just what is the disposition
at Madrid is yet to be found out. There has
been a change of Cabinet there and the new
Spanish Minister here was presented to the
President to-day. Our Minister to Spain,
Grubb, is on his way to Spain, having full
instructions in his carpet bag.
The Department of State has received
dispatch from Consul-General Williams at
Havana stating that the chairmen of the va
rious business associations have been re-
QueSted by the Government to appoint a
committee to go to Spain and report their
views upon the negotiation Of a reciprocity
treaty with the United States. lie also i'll
closes q translation from an editorial in
leading Havana paper, strongly favoring
reciprocity and taking to task the Spanish
Government for pronouncing the petitions
from Cuba imprudent, as tending to en-
courage you to be more eXactlng."
BLAINE'S FULL HAND.
The editorial goes on to say the United
States Government is in possession of the
most exact information concerning Cuban
affairs. and that the Information in posses
sion of Secretary Blaine is OF so decisive
character as to enable him to say to Spain:
"Accede TO my policy of commercial reci-
procity or l will sink the sugar plantations
of Cuba"
The editorial adds that the DAY this prime
industry is lost all the minor industries will
be lost with it, "All the other industries"
it says, live and flourish because we plant
cane, make sugar and sell it to the United
States. Blaine knows this and acts accord
ingly. Our campaign had tC be under
taken"
SOUTH AMERICAN TREATIES.
CHICAGO, Nov. IA special from Wash
ington says that Minister Pitkin has just
arrived from the Argentine Republic.
and, it is believed. brings with him
treaty, or basis of one. of re-
ciprocity between the United States and
the Argentine Republic. Minister Conger
will make reciprocity treaty with Brazil,
which will be his first work there. Minister
Romero of Mexico has been good deal in
consultation with Secretary Blaine, and II
is believed that on this subject Secretary
Blaine is actively engaged in consulting the
representatives of the various South Aneri-
can countries on the matter.
DESIRE FOR uECIpROCyTy