Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-11-07

as representing the government of
| Chill. The next day Wednesday,
Senior Mont called at the State de-
partment in company with Senor
Asia Burnaga, charge d'affairs Of
Chill under the Btlmaoeda govern
meDt, whose credentials have never
been officially revoked and who i
consequently the only representative
Of the CHILEAN government that can
be officially recognized by thi,
! government, and had no difficulty
whatever in seeing Mr.. Blaine.
Senior Mont assured Mr.. Blaine that
his government was making rigid
investigation into tho attack upon
our sailors, but Until he is the
properly accredited minister Of
Chill to this government his assur-
ances carry no more weight than
those Of any other private individual.
The calm dignity aud entire ab-
sence of anything like bullying in
the official despatch instructing
Minister Egan to demand PREPARATION
of the ChiIian government for the
mob's attack upon u. S. sailors,
which was by the Presidents
direction made public last week, is
commended on every hand, aud it
adds another bright jewel to the
coronet Of Craftsmanship of the
/ highest order with which the i'm.
| partial historian will In after years
/ crown this administration, which
has never for a single instant for
/ gotten the motto which forms the
keystone of the arch across which
1t marched to power-"PrOtectlon
to American citizens; at home and
abroad"
II Is now understood that Score.
tary Proctor may remain in the
Cabinet until the middle,of Noyem-
Der, possibly until Congress. meets.
lie. will be appointed Senator to
| ill the vacancy which will exist on
the first of November, but he will
not actually become Senator unit
he chooses to qualify as such, and
there Is no necessity for his qualify
ing Hntil Congress meets.
Chairman Clarkson says there
will be no difficulty in the National
Executive committee reaching de-
clsion at its meeting in this city
next month as to the place at which
the National convention will be
held next year, but he smiiugly
/ declines to say what city will be
chosen, although it is believed that
he could il he wanted to, az he Is
probably aware of the preference
Of a majority of the committee.
When Commauder-in-C Chief Pal
mer and the q. A. Il, National
Council of Administration come
here on the llth of November to
definitely determine the date for
next years encampmeut in this city,
/ documentary evidence which can
not be disputed or misrepreseuted
will be submitted to them showing
that every hotel-keeper in Washing
ton has pledged himself that prices
and accommodations during the
encampment shall be precisely
what they are at all times. Docu-
mentary evidence will also be sub
mitted at the same time showing
that the railroads entering Wash
lugton have made the required
concessions and that the local ex-
ecuuve committee have complied
with all the requirements of the
National Council of Administration,
as far as it is possible to do in
advance. The Washington hotel
keepers, who are Indignant because
it has been represented that they
wish TO impose upon the old soldiers
and their friends who will visit
Washington during the encampment,
will through their own organization
National Hotel Keepers Associa-
tion--represeuting $1,000 hotels,
send out an explicit denial.
There's lesson in a letter re-