Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-11-07
WASHINGTON.

w AShlN0lON, ~ y. NON' =, loJl
The jealousy between Mr.. Harrison
and Secretary Blaine, which some
people will persist in saying does
not exist, crops out at all times. The
latest statement by the friends of Mr.,
Blaine is, that if Mr.. Harrison had
been content to wait 4S hours for the
arrival of Mr., Blaine, instead of him
self hurriedly preparing the demand
made of the CHILEAN junta, the adj
ministration would not today be in
its present awkward predicament.
They contend that Mr.. Blaine would
have drawn up the document so that
the Chilians would have found it i'm
possible to have answered in the
manner they did that of Mr.. Harri-
son, and charge that Mr.. Harrison's
reason for hurrying the matter was
that he thought to obtain some pop.
ularity by posing as the champion OF
American interests abroad, which
might otherwise have gone to his
Secretary of State.
Speculation as to the outcome Of
the CHILEAN difficulty is the principal
occupation off good many people in
Washington at this time, and not &
few of them, including all the officers
in the Navy, where promotion il
slow in time Of peace, are heartily
wishing for war, Notwithstanding
our poorly prepared condition TO
war, even with a weak power lik,
Chill. Secretary Tracy admits tina
few even of our new vessels are prop
erly prepared to fight and that some
thing is lacking in either the equip
ment or armament of every one q
them besides, we would find it yer.
difficult to maintain a fleet in Chilial
waters without single coaling sta
tiOn in that section of the world
However, it is not probable, although
possible, that we shall 60 to wa
with Chilli. Senior Montt, the Chi
ian Minister here, is confident tina
an agreement mutually satisfactor
will be reached after his government
has finished the investigation it
making into the fight of the moi
but advices from Chilli do not ind
cate that such an opinion is enteI
tanned there. q
Republicans admit that Mr.. Blain
would like very much to get Minis
ter Egan out of Chilli, being fully sa
isfed that he made a mistake
sending him there, but they say h
will not be recalled while the rel.
,, tions between the two countries al
) in such strained condition as {
: present, unless it shall be determine
by the administration to break off a
diplomatic relation with Chilli, an
that will not be done unless it b.
comes absolutely necessary in ordt
to maintain the position assumed b
the administration in its original d
mand upon Chill. c
Just little more than $4.5OO.OC
of the matured AZ per cent bonds al
!, now outstanding, and not far frol
/ ten per cent of them are in Il
, hands of the U. S. Treasurer to s
! cure parts of the circulation of lie
than a dozen national banks. The.
} banks have been requested to hay
8 these bonds extended at 2 per cen
: 3 which would make them avaiiab
, as security for their circulation, ar
: which would also please Secretal
Foster, in as much as it would mes
several hundred thousand dolla
more to help meet the appropriate
of the billion dollar Congress.
Secretary Foster was the on
4 member of the cabinet that went {
d the stump during the State car
!, paigns just closed.