The Coconino sun., 1891-06-13
Wa: hington Letter.
tF,om our Regular correspondent}
 WASHINGTON, June 9, 1891.

w WASUlNGiON, June J, lS9l.
 It requires no perceprive powers ,o see that the present Is period of sres, uncertainty with the politicians. When they drop into Washington they are a> eager as newspaper men to gather each others views. They will talk 10 you for half an hour and tell you things that will make stlr n printed in connection wIth then names, but they never fail to con clude with something like "Nnw, my boy, thIs IS strictly confidential; every thlag Is too ml&ed Tor me Ia father lhls sort of thing at this time AlIoi whlt h Is conclusive to my mind that Il politician Is Carefully feeling 'he p bhc purSe, and when he learns what he pubic wishes he wlIl not be baCkS ard about ado 0pling that as his vlew. The average politician tul lows, but neV.r leads lp,'llc opiplo;. unless he ha pens 10 make a mis take, as he mellmts does.
 The Post iilce Department is d v,ry lusy piace these da;s. The needs of the service are. uEins to it's extreme rapid growth, always a lorg way an, ad oi the appropriations made by Cungress. Here Is aa in. instance: Boston, Chicago, and other clues are asking tur an addition ol letter ~caTTieis winch Tn the aggregate amounts 10 more than I,uou. N w Congress has only appropri lated tor inc employment of 4So additional letter carriers, and al least 300 oi them wIll go 10 small places snowu oy the census to be enliued to the free delivery service, lea'ing only ISo 10 be divided among the blc C,ues winch ask for 900, The Postmaster General hopes that by the adoption of letter box f,r every house hold, If d suiiabl= one can be fuuud among the eight hundred sam pies submitted 10 the department. To greatly increase the efficiency ot the present force of letter carriers In the large cities
 Another problem in connection with lhe lottery business. Is being worked upon by the post office de. pdItmral. Shortly alter the law shutting lottery matter out of the malls went into effect, the Presidents otlhe two largest express companies issued dn oI0er lnstructlng their agents to refuse all lottery business ,endsred them. Now the agents oi the department have secured prout that Ihe agents oi the exprcss com. panIes are ignoring these orders, prc ,umaLly with The knowledge and con sent of the men who issued them, end arc doirg heavy lotter, bus mess. How 70 stop ihls Is the qucs non thai the legal advisers of the Postmaster General are now studying and Il is probable that II they eau they can see any reasonable prospect "i success at an attempt will be n ade through the courts tD compel
 he Express compan es 10 refuse lot tery business.
 The Secretary of the Nation; l Association oi Demo ratio Clubs deILes that his ,ganizatIon IS en jagged Tn booming Senator German or any other man for the democratic P.ts!denlial nomiualion, as had been ,harged by a New York paper, The setr-tnry Is an honorable business III. n oI thl+ town, aud, in this com manlty, his word will go good deal farther than any statement made b, t'r sensational paper which ongnated lMs charge.
 Mir. Columbus Dslano who was some years ago member of Psesl. dent Grants cabinet, IS here. He responsible for the statement that he republican farmers of Ohio wlll unamIou,ly supporl Mckinley. Other Ono republicans are far from being as confident as MT Delano is, and apparently their source Of knowledge oi the situation are qulte as good as his.
 IL is said that Hon John ". Foster who in Secretary Blaine's absence IS in charge of the reciprocity pro gramme, has almost concluded the negotiations for reciprocity with another nation, but he declines to make the name Of the country public yet. Some think tha, 1t Is Mexico.
 In spite of the fact that i, is thought 10 be too late 10 accomplish the deslr,d purpose the adniinistrat. ion IS we'll pleased that England agreed to ils proposition for a closed season in Behring's Sea. The pub. lication of the correspondence reflects credit upon MT Blaine and shows ,he talsity of the charge that he was acting in the interest of the lessees of the American sealing privilege. When the arbitration winch was months ago agreed upon IS to take place will not be determined untll the details of the arbitration are settled.