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can administration occurred, if my
information be correct, and | have
every reason for believing that it is,
Saturday afternoon, when j. Gould,
accompanied by his son George, call,
Ell at the White House and delivered
his orders to Mr.. Harrison, together
with his ultimatum as to what he
would do if they were not Obeyed.
From there he went to the Post Of
flee department and gave Johnnie
Wanamaker much worse shaking
up than that given by "Teddy"
Roosevelt some months ago. Mr..
Wanamaker would have liked very
much to have kicked Gould out of
his private Office, but there were rea-
sons, aside from GOuld's "pulP' with
Mr.. Harrison, why he dared not Of
fend the "little wizard" of Wall
street, who had in his pocket some
papers with the Wanamaker autos
graph thereon.
Gould told Mr.. Harrison that un>
less his demands were met he might
as well abandon all hope Of a vindi-
cation in the shape Of re-nomina-
ton, and from the smile Gould wore
when he clambered into his private
car, enrOute for st. Louis, Mr.. Harri-
son must have promised him some-
thing. What does Gould want? The
same thing he always wants, his only
deity-money. Ever since June
1889, the Western Union Telegraph
Company has been carrying the Gov
ernment's kilograms without render
ing bill therefor, because Mr..
Gould refused to accept the compen>
sation set for the work by Mr.. Wanna
maker. Want number one, is to
be paid for this work at his own
instead of Wanamaker's price.
Want number two, is to secure lib>
eral slice of the postal subsidy fund
for his Pacific Mail line, which it
seems he had heard was to be left
out in the cold in the grand divide.
|. Want number three, is the increase
of the amounts paid to all of his re-
Gently acquired Western railroads for
carrying the mails. Modest, isn't he?
/ shall watch carefully to see how
many of these wants are supplied by
Mr.. Harrison's administration.
, Another scandal has been talked
around town about the new contract
: for supplying the Postoffice Depart
ment with postal cards. By the way,
the new cards, which are to be fur
nished in two sizes and colors, are to
e have a design that would reflect no
a credit upon a cross-road printer upon
s the address side, in the upper tight
s hand corner Of which is to be a por-
trait of General Grant. The new
: contract has been ostensibly awarded
to Al Daggett, the Brooklyn politi-
{ clan, Notwithstanding the trouble
i the department has had with him
S during the, last two years under a
r similar contract, but the real con-
e tractor is George E. Lemon, the king
u of the Pension lobby, who has car
p ried Daggett through all his troubles
e with Wanamaker. Some say that
r Lemon is to furnish the postal cards
u for nothing, the price going to GER
Il tain parties who are not to examine
q too closely into some of the business
II methods of the pension king.
e Mr.. Blaine is rolicking in the glo-
e ry he obtained by calling the bluff OF
IS the Italian Government, but for some
d reason he refuses to give out copy
o of the last despatch he received from
S Rudini, the Italian prime minister,
: and all the information we have had
II about the despatch, said to be a
e straight breakdown on the part of the
n Government, has come by press-ca-
e BILE from Rome. 1t is said that one
q reason why this despatch is withheld
II from the public by Mr., Blaine is that
n it raised a question of veractiy be.
y tween Baron Fava, the recalled Ital'
& ian minister and Mr.. Blaine, and
n makes it very plain that one or the
er other of them has been handling the
II truth very carelesSly. Baron Fave
q is still here, but he refuses to be seen
o and Mr.. Blaine says the despatch vii
II not be made public until after his re.
he ply has been prepared and sent
is Meanwhile the public are well salts
fed to know that all danger of seri
. Gus complication with Italy ha
passed.
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