Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-09-15
County Official Paper.
THE MILK IN THE CocoANUr.

The Washington correspondent OF
the st. Louis Republic does rot hest
tete to charge that Minister Egan's
partisanship in the Chilian difficulties
was influenced by considerations of q
decidedly substantial character. He
goes further, and intimates that
Secretary Blaine was also Interested
lin tho deal that promised rich returns,
in the event Of Balmaceda maintain
ing his dictatorship. From the cor
respondents story it appears that
Egan's sons obtained rich govern
ment contracts in the working Of
nitrate beds, and it was tacitly under
stood that in return for these the
friendship of the United States should
be guaran teed the de facto govern
ment. Blaine was a marty to the bar
gain and shared in the plumber.
'''- Whatever truth there may be in the
charge, which presumably, first
emanated from the revolutionists'
ENJOYS at Washington, there can be
no doubt that the. peculiar course
pursued by Mr. Egan and the attitude
Of the State department toward the
Gillian troubles, require some sort
of an explanation. This government
was fully advised Of the origin, cause
and progress OF the revolution. 1t
Chad full knowledge Of Balmaceda's
usurpation of authority, his repudi-
alton of the, constitution of his coun-
try, and the high-handed outrages
pcrpetrated by the dictator. While
the civilized world protested against
the atrocious cruelty of the despot,
the freest government on earth de-
,lberatelE held up, its hands.
The situation was an anomalous
one, and could only be justified by
the assumption that considerations of
State, familiar only to the inuer circle
& diplomacy, urged the course pur-
sued. Certainly the people Of this
c,untry, speaking through it's press
without regard to public opinion, had
made known their feeling in the
premises. At each act of barbarity
of the seif-constitnted antocrat de-
nunciation was heard from every
quarter, not only Of the tyrant, but of
our minister, who practically justi-
fed the outrates committed; but
through it al the State department
was unmoved and consistently re-
fused to accord to the Congressional
party recognition rs belligerents.
Now that a motive has been found
for this hitherto ineXplicuble conduct,
which upon the surface seems
plausible enough, nobody who re-
members the Peruvian scandals, in
which this self-samo Secretary fig
ured some ten years ago, will be very
much surprised. 1t is well known
that Mr.. Blaine has always been a
statesman for revenue, and there is
pothiny in Mr.. Egan's record to pro.
tect him against the suspicion O!
completely in the deal. Moreover, IT
is urged that the appointment Of Mr.
Egan was the peculiar and persona
act Of the Secretary of State. 1t wa,
bit OF patronage that he exacted o.
the President, the motive for which
is now apparently revealed.
With the accession Of the Congress
sional purtyt to power, the Nebraska
diplomatist will, Of course, be speed
lily d smissed, unless the Unitec
States saves it's dignity by recalling
him at once. But neither event will
rescue the State department. from
scandal when Congress meets and a,
Investigation is undertaken. -INey
Orleans Delta. n.y.
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