San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-03
The daily Eight.
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1890.
\ BOLD GAME OF BLUFF.
Blaine's Proposal Of Absolute Reel
prOCity With the Argentine
RepubliC.

RepubliC.
| From the New York Sur.
| WASHINGTON, March 2S.-The little
| furry in the Pan-American Congress
over the reported proposition for alb
solute reciprocity between the United
States and the Argentine Republic,
was a topic of general conversation
today, and investigation shows that
Secretary Blaine played bold game
of bluff on Delegates Quintana and
Pena, and one which resulted sue
cessfully for the Secretary. Senior
Quintana has been the disturb
ing element of the Congress
since the day it met, and Mr..
Blaine has had his eye upon him
all the time. 1t is said by those who
proposition made to the Argentine
delegates by Messrs. Flint and Cool
idge was suggested by Mr.. Blaine as
a means of quoting Messrs. Quintana
and Pena for the remainder of the
time that the congress will be in SEES
sion. These two delegates have from
the start attempted to throw obstacles
in the way of the transaction of any
business, and it has been an open Sc
cret among the delegates that they
were influenced by the Brit
ish government who have been
attempting to prevent any good
from coming out of the con-
gress, their course has been subject
of complaint during the entire winter,
and Mr.. Blaine, who has all along |
felt convinced that they were insin-
cere in their expressed desires for re |
with the United States, has |
only been waiting for good Opportu- |
nifty to put their sincerity to the test.
He, therefore, decided to make them |
a plump proposition for absolute re-
knowing that they would |
not dare to accept it, and would
therefore, reveal their exact attitude.
This rather brilliant play OF Mr. !
BlaIne's recalls the attention of the
public to study of his present phys
cal and mental condition. TO any
one who has seen the secretary with
II the past two or three months the
act is strikingly apparent that he
Iever was in better condition in his
lie. The sorrow through which he
las recently passed has left its mark
md whittier hair, but men who are in
innate with him from day to DAY tes-
ify to the fact that mentally he is
1Ore vigorous than he has been al
ny time for the past ten years. All
ak about his having lost interest il.
uUlic affairs and the ability or incl.
alton to grapple with the diplomatic
uestiOns that come before him
, nonsense. Mr.. Blaine it is
rue. is not giving as much atten-
on to the little details of office-get.
ng and Office-seeking as he was
'ont to do in past years and in the
arly days of the present Administra
on, but the fact is that he has never
l his busy life been more indus
'iIusly devoted to public questions
nan he is today. 1t is complained
y some that he spends but a few
ours each day in his office at the
tate Department., and this is true;
ut it is also true that he is working
8 he never worked before. He has
cen the guiding hand in the dehbe- .
atoms of the Pan-A merican Con
ress, and confidently tells his friends
lat great and good results will fol-
w. To the fisheries question he
as also been giving the most
inter, and the other matters
state have been managed personal
: by him.
Those persons who have occasion
, pass by the secretary's house in
re early hours of the day have ample
violence OF the fact that Mr.. Blaine is
cry much a man of affairs From 10
, II every morning carriages stand
lree and four deep in front of his
3sidence, and the door bell is seldom
lent. In the ground floor room of
10 southwest corner Of the big house
le secretary has his private office,
nd here he receives the representa-
yes of foreign governments and the
lairmen of the foreign affairs com
Iittees of both houses. Mr.. Blaine is
OF particularly in love with some
aJures OF the Harrison administra- {
on, and occasionally has sarcastic
,mark to make on the subject of its |
)licy to an intimate friend. He does
)t mean, however, to allow his repu-
.tiOn to be affected by the shOrtcOm-
gS of Mr.. Harrison, and Is manag-
g the affairs of the state depart
ent absolutely in his own way. He
rs conducted many a quiet little
plomatic affair in the past year, and
satisfied with the work accomplish
by his department. He is particu-
rly gratified at the success Of his la
,rs in the Pan-A merican congress,
I'd certainly showed much of his !
d fire in the way he smoked out the
,legates from the Argentine Repub-