The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-29

purports to represent tho jin-lic-sha in use
in the streets of Shanghai, is the following
official report, signc by Consul-Gencral
LEONARD, n diplomat from Minnesota who
is supposed to earn 5000 year in the SER
vice Of this republic:
" To the Hon James q. Blaine SECRETARY OF STAT
"SIR: In the foreign settlement of shar Ehai two.
wheeled carriage called the jim ric sa is used extern
svey. hut in no other part OF China are they in
likely be- until such timo roads suta.
bic for two-whceied carriages are constructed.
The jim ,ric ShR-eraliy, man.power carriaRe-was
originally used in Japan Anew 1t was intro
duced here and Ell by the natives Lung yang chat
or japanese carriage.
"Duriug 1888 III" Municipal Council of Shanghai
licensed twentysix hundred jim rio shas per month
There are probably ono hundred more in private
Those used for ordinary street traffic cost about
$40 when new. Tie private ones cost up to SOD The
duty jin.ric shas would be per NJ al valorem.
There would be no restrictions placed VI their mpor
tRtiOn.
That some idea may be had OF their general appear.
ance enclose photo graph OF shanghai lin rio sha
"Ehave tho honor to DO, &C..
-. A. LRoSARp.
Consul. General.
UNITED STATES Cos rLArE GENERAL,
SHANGHAI January "a 1890"
At first sight this communication would
seem to be an article prepared by Consul
General LEONARD for the columns OF our in
valuable contemporary the Youths Com
pnniOn, and sent to Washington by the mis-
take OF some stupid clerk at the Shanghai
Consulate-General But if that was the case.
why should Brother BLAINE publish the jim
ric-sha article and picture as part of the
official literature OF the United States Gov
eminent, instead OF forwarding them in
free envelope to the Boston editor for whose
use they were obviously designed?
We think study OF the official cartoon will
convince many people that 1t has mystic
significance, and is published by Mr.. BLAINE
with deep and deliberate purpose.
What eminent jurisconsut, campaign
orator and perpetual candidate for the
Republican nomination for President is here
represented as tolling along under the hot
Celestial sun between the shafts OF the al
legged jin-ric-sha?
Whose are the features Of the portly auto
crat occupying tho iiu-ric-sha and holding
aloft the umbrella Of dignity, comfort, and
precuution rs he Is hauled along the high
road toward the goal OF ambition
Observe that Brother BLAINE has mcrci-
fully substituted n straw hat for the battered
tile of the fashion OF 1887 which ordinarily
crowns the intellectual forehead OF his pred
eccssor in the State Department. Observe,
likewise that the face Of the alleged Shang-
hal mandarin does not wear tho stubbly
mOustache which adds 50 much force to the
Shakesperean physiOgnomy OF the Speaker.
Restore the old silk hat, put back the
moustache, and can any one misapprchcnd
the personal and prophetic significance OF
this extraordinary cartoon
The Hon. WILLIAM MAXWELL EvARrs Is
the type of the older class Of Republican
leaders who have toiled for years between
the shafts Of the party jIn-ric-shn, only to
bc disappointed in their hope OF ultimately
occupying the seat and seeing other fellows
do the pulling. Tho Hon. THOMAS BRACK-
EFT REED is the type Of the younger R"pub-
lean leaders who, without much personal
effort, get the seat, and the umbrella and
the transportation. Does the picture mean
that Brother BLAISE'S political presclence
recognizes the sad probability that in the
hot months Of 1892 Brother EvARTs will DO
found working like a coplic between the
shafts of the Republican iIn-ric-shl, while
Brother REEDS three hundred pounds roll
comfortably along toward tho White House,
II the cartoon does not mean that, what
does 1t mean, and why in thunder should
Brother BLAINE cause 1t to be published