San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-09
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
lFrom Our Regular Correspondent. /

From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHIN NOTION, April, 6, 1891.
Secretary Blaine was cioseted for
several hours today with Sir Julian
PauncetOrte, the British minister, Sir
Charles Upper, and several other
representatives Of the Canadian gov
ernment. This conference is under
stood to have been informal, and was
granted by Mr.. Blaine at the request
of the Canadians for the purpose of
exchanging views on the subject of
reciprocity. 1t is not known whether
definite agreement was reached as
to a common basis for negotiation, as
Mr.. Blaine declines to talk about the
conferences, considering IL only as
friendly talk, without official signifi-
canoe. Unless there was great
change on the part of the Canadians
from their recent expressed opinion
as to what Canada was prepared to
offer US it IL certain that no agreement
was reached, as it is known that Mr..
Blaine will never consent to any ar
rangement that will ipjure the agri-
cultural interest of this country.
There is a we'll defined suspicion here
THAI the Canadian government is lay
ing wires for the purpose OF trying to
get some benefit in some manner not
yet clearly apparent out of the arbi-
tration of the Behring Sea question.
However, if they can fool Mr.. Blaine
they are welcome to everything
they can get. He has not been fooled
yet.
The international sensation caused
by the request Baron Fava, the
TIA ian minister, made of the Depart
ment of State tor his passports lasted
just four days. Last week everyone
was talking of the situation, today,
owing to the dignitied and positive
manner in which Mr.. Blame answer.
ed the silly vaporings and demands
of the Italian Government and en-
tirely reversed the situation in the
eyes of the civilized world, the Incl
dent Is regarded as bank number,
although it will occupy an
important place in the dipIo-
matte records for sometime to
come. The silIy talk about,changing
the constitution of the United States
for the purpose of giving the general
government authority to protect the
citizens of foreign cOun tries resident
in any portion of this country does
nor does it, as far as l can learn, re-
feet the sentiments of single men,
Der of the administration. If being
put upon precisely the same footing
y native Americans ism u good enough
ter return home The idea of giving
them more than our citizens is rather
more than the American people will
stand.
The president had an unexI ected
visitor saturday in the person Ut Jay
Gould. Afterwards Gould bad long
talk with Postmaster. Gnepe ral Wanna
maker. He endeavored to pursuaCe
Mr.. Wanmaker TO change his mil d
about the price named by him nearly
two years ago to be paid to the West
ern Union Telegraph Company for
carrying Government kilograms. The
Western Union Company has never
agreed TO accept that price, although
it has continued tn send the Govern
ment dispatches right along, and its
bill, even at the reduced prices named
by Mr. Wanamaker, must be a pretty
stiff one now. Mr.. Gould lett here
Saturday afternoon for st. Louis,
where it is said another big railroad
deal Is about to be c0nsumated.
Senator Henderson, chairman of
the senate committee on printing,
after months rest, has returned to
this city, in order 10 begin the ar
duous duty imposed upon his commit
tee by congressional resolution, of in
vestigating the method of prin ting
and distributing all classes of public
documents, including the Congress
siOnal Record, for the purpose of re-
porting q bill to reduce the eXpep di-
lures in this line, if it can be done
without injury to the public interest.
There are unguestivnably gross abuses
in the present system of distributing
public documents but reform would
take away some of the peIquisites of
congressman and their hangers on,
and Is for that reason doubtful. An
other considerable expense that msy
easily be avoided is the printing of q
a quantity of each and every bill that
congressman are worried into intro
ducing for their crank constituents, IAN
editing committee could remedy this
by reporting upon the bills that
should be printed at government ex-
p ense. A bout ninety percent of u Q
bills printed under the present sys-
tenn are all an absolute waste of mon
ey, as they are not again heard from
until the next session when they are
again introduced and printed at gov
eminent expense.
The president will, if nothing turns
up to prevent, leave here on the l4th
of this month, or thereabouts, on q
trip to the Pacific states. Short stops
will be made at Memphis, Tenn; At
Ianta, Ga; Birmingham, Ala; Little
Rock, Ark. Dallas, Galveston, and
Ell Paso, Tex; Yuma, Los Angeles,
San Francisco and other points I'm