Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondence Of THE MrsEa,


turers Of Cuba setting forth the necessi.
ty for reciprocity between Cuba and the
United States, and praying that he take
steps TO bring it about. OF course Mr.
Blaine can do nothing in this case no
matter how anxious he might be, as
Cuba is under control Of the Spanish
government, TO which this petition should
been sent. There ia no Spanish minister
here just now, but Gen. Gusneo who has
just been appointed, and who has been
or years the Spanish Consul General ut
New York, il understood to have been
appointed for the special purpose Of nego-
tiating reciprocity treaty with this
country. The minister who has just
been recalled by the Spanish government
was very much offended when he learned
by cable some weeks ago that the Cubans
had sent this petition 10 Mr.. Blaine, and
he is reported TO haye said that Spain
would have TO discipline her subjects in
Cuba for this affront to the crown, but he
had not then received his recall. Per-
haps the Spanish government concluded
that il would be better policy to discipline
her Minister 10 the United States. AT
any rate that seems TO have been done.
The New Workers die hard. Mayor
Grant has sent another letter by special
messenger TO Secretary Noble asking a
recount OF the population Of New York
City and Governor Hill has written a
strong letter 10 the Secretary backing up
and giving reasons why the request
should be granted. No answer has yet
been sent to either letter, but from the
fact that an official bulletin announcing
the population Of the entire country by
States has been issued by the Census
Bureau il Is safe to assume that the
Secretary's scond answer will not differ
materially from his first TO same request.
In fact there is reason 10 believe that the
bulletin referred to was given out several
days earlier than was first intended, by
SECRETARY Mobiles orders for the purpose Of
making it practically impossible to grant
a recount in New York. The Secretary
is only human, you know, and he doesn. t
belong to the same political party that
Mayor Grant and Governor Hill are shin
ing lights Of.
Speaking in my last letter Of the para
graph omitted from the tariff bill, did
not, as intended, place the blame for the
error where it properly beiongs-on the
Committee on Enrolled bills. which exists
solely for the purpose Of seeing that all
bills are properly enrolled. This expla-
nation is due to an efficient official-Mr.
Charley X. Mckenney, enrolling clerk Of
the House Of Representatives, who can
not in fairness be held responsible for the
omission.
There is an uDyerifed rumor here that
Secretary Wiudom viii! In few days is
sue an order that will shut out Canadian
railroads from the profitable traffic which
they have long enjoyed Of hauling sealing
sealed cars Of imported merchandise
through portions OF the United States
without paying any tariff or other duties.
The Secretary is said TO have become con-
vinced that the law has been wrongfully
construed by his predecessors, and that
1t is his bounden duty TO correct the
error.
1t il too bad isn't it, that according TO
the bulletin issued bv the Genus Office We
have only population Of 62, ,4so $40?
When all along we have been dead certain
that 1t would exceed 65,0O0,0O0 II Is
also shattering Of another idol to learn as
we do from the same bulletin that the
percentage Of increase for the last ter
years was only 24.57 against 30,08 for the |
decade between 1870 and 1880, and It is
not much consolation TO read the expla-
nation which Mr.. Porter gIves--inaccura-
cies in the census Of lS70--for this appar-
ent falling oSzn growth.
New York tops the pile with the great
est population, and Pennsylvania still re. /
tains second place, but Ohio gives way
inr Illinois TO bep4ms third while she
takes the fourth place thus vacated.
Texas and Kentucky come near to exchan-
ge places, the former going from II to
and the latter from toll.
Bot il disappointed in the percentage of
increase in population during the last ten
years everybody must be gratified by the
ENORMOUS increase In the percentage Of
steel produced during the same time,
which il 290. For the year ending May
81, 1880 we turned out l,145,7ll tons Of
this useful metal, and for the year ending
June 30, 1850 s,468, ,928 tons.
The Secretary Of the Navy has directed
hat work b9 commenced upon the much
.alked Of Hennepin Canal, for which $500
100 was appropriated at the fast session
II Congress. The first work is to be the
ock and draw at Rock River, and that
sqrE and surveys, securing right Of way
,tc., is expected 70 consume the amount
appropriated.
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