The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-07
A south american Critic.

L ne congress- mas DeeD pro-
ductive Of good deal Of criticism, if moth
ing else, but none so interesting and caustic
as that of Senior Don Fidel G.. Pierra, who,
as secretary of a society for the pro-
motion of commercial union between
the United States and the Spanish
American republics, had a good
opportunity to observe the workings of the
congress and the character of the delegates.
Senior Pierra has Incorporated his views in
an article, which appeared in La Ndcion a
newspaper published in Buenos Ayres, his
home. The senior Yields a sharp and
pointed pen. OF the convention he says:
The government soon saw that the Span
ish Americans were men of distinction, and
that only two of the American delegates
were of equal caliber. These two, ex-Gen.
John B. henderson and w. II. Prescott,
were rivals for the presidency, Senor NJ.
Romero, minister from Mexico, being at
the same time "a dark horse" Henderson
is lawyer and a good-natured fellow.
But it is TO the delegates in general. and
to few in particular, that Senior Perra
turns his attention, and it is here where he
shines brightest OF MIR. Andrew Carnegie
be says:
He Is rail manufacturer and is said to
be worth S30,000,00O. The two books of
which he is the repuled author are said by
many to be the product of his money and
no. of his brains As delegate he proved
himself nonentity.
Mr.. Carnegie, who took a coaching trip
through Scotland in company with Mr..
Blaine, who wrote Triumphant Democ-
racy,n who gave some gratutious advice to
young men on "How to gain fortune, and
who is one of the largest contributors to the
republican national campaign fund, after
such an onslaught on his literary ability
and greatness may well say with Jonathan
Swift: "Censure is the tax a man pays to
the public for being eminent"
It's thus that the witty Spaniard dishes
up NJ. NJ. Estee;
Mr.. Estee is lawyer from California and
plain man. Though not very learned. he
has a fund of good, common sense. More
over, he is always in good humor and was
par excellence the jester of the convention.
San Diego and the Mojave Desert! A
lawyer and plain man! Thus greatness
dwindles into insignificancy when viewed
through Spanish Eyeglasses. Senior Pierra
evidently never tasted any of Mr.. Estees
FRESNO vintage WHICH ub ulsJTlDup6u SO
| freely at the last national republican con-
vention, over which he presided, or he
would have pronounced him the greatest of
| men.
| When foreigner can make remarks like
the following about fellow townsman and
| personal friend of the President of the
| United States it is about time to increase
the army and navy:
| :, Mr.. Studebaker is carriage nj anufact-
urer aud a man of good intentions, but very
| limited talent. He is a rustic sample of the
| genus homo.
None of the delegates escape the senor's
cutting sarcasm. OF some of the others he
says:
Mr.. Hanson is manufacturer Of cotton
goods, and an excellent man. He was as
much, however, out of place at the conven
ton as | would be commanding a navy of a
hundred vessels
Ex-senator Davis owns about 500, 900, OO0
and knows by heart the bylaws of the SEN
ate. He was a brakeman for several years,
which accounts for the fact that his lau-
guage, while giving the delegates instruc-
ton IN parliamentary procedure, was the
reverse of refined.
Mr.. Coolidge Is also a manufacturer of
cotton goods. They say he is an NJ A.,
and certainly he may have obtained a
degree from some of those American acade-
mics which sell degrees for $50 each He is
the author of curious work about silver
| At the convention he tried to play the role
of pedagogue.
Mr.. Bliss is rich dry goods merchant
and is said to be very clever in his business.
| He believes that Spanish America is given
up to revolutions S. alligators and monkeys
He is always as grave as Jupiter Olympus.
During the convention he did nothing but
chew two or three cigars each session.
Mr. Flint is New York merchant and
very energetic. He knows Spanish America
thoroughly, aud. though not a man of let
tiers, was worth as much as any of his col
leagues, and much more than many of
them.
Besides being highly entertaining, al
though in many instances he is unjust,
Senior Pierra shows how little attention is
paid to the work Of the pan-American con-
gress in the Spanish American countries
The proposition of the New York Cotton
Exchange to establish department in fut-
ure deliveries Of wool meets with very little
favor. The financial prosperity of the ex-
change depends entirely upon the extent of
its business in contracts for the future de-
livery of cotton, but its business in that
line has deceased SO much that an innova.
tion in the shape of options in wool is sug-
gested with the hope of giving new vigor TO
the exchange. The indications are, how
ever, that the suggestion will not be adopted
as the wool men prefer to start an organi-
cation for their own trade. This is not very
encouraging for the cotton exchange.