Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-28
HAS A HEAD ON HIM.
Blaine Suggests Going Slow on
the Gillian Matter.
THEY WOULD PULL A LETTER
That Was Written to Rudini that Would
Make Us Feel Funny We May Have
to Fight, But 1t Will Be
Later On-Elkins Again.
Blaine Ouiets Ben.

Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.--The Gillian diff
Guilty continues the sensation of the hour.
Without having received any additional i'll
formation from Chill, and in the absence of
any news iustifying the prolOngatiOn of the
war feeling that was rather prematurely
encouraged Tor day or two by the admin
istration. it was decided to-day that it
would be becoming and dlgnltled TO
await the action of Chill upon
the requests of our minister to
that republic before proceeding to hOstilities
to compel PREPARATION and indemnity. AS
might have been expected, there was dis
position at the navy department to regard
as ''unpatrioticn the references of news
papers that ''minimized' the Importance of
the attack upon our sailors IN
Valparaiso, although it is significant
that Blaine is credited with having led
the administration to discourage heated
controversy and imperative demands. He
is said to have directed the attention of the
president and secretarg of the navy to the
argument used by him in his letters to Mar
quiS Rudini in the affair at New Orleans,
and to have expressed the opinion that an
unfavorable use might be made of them in
case the administration was too impa-
tent about the settlement of a difficulty
that may not be settled without prolonged
diplomatic correspondence. As if to EN-
phasize this report it became known that
Secretary Tracy had ordered the San Fran
cisco from Callao to Mare island TO have
ner bottom cleaned of a marine growth of
several months. AS the San Francisco was
four DAYS sail from Valparaiso when she
was at Callao the removal of the ship
so far from what seemed likely to become
the scene of active operations was taken as
indicating a disposition on the part of the
administration to avoid anything that
looked menace to the Chilians. While
the ''unpatriotic' may be somewhat to
tration procession just at time
when the noise of the brass band
that is playing campaign tune
cannot be distinguished from that which is
footing martial air to rally our forces for
ali onset on Chilli, they may be excused for
imagining that the CORES pondence has but
begun between the state department
through Minister Egan and the
Gillian minister for foreign affairs,
and that the United States minis
Ter at Valparaiso who under instructions
of the president has made demand for the
immediate punishment of the men vino
have attacked our sailors and for the ulti-
mate payment of an indemnity, may find
his demand, in the course of week or
two, answered by reply similar to the re-
Secretary Blaine to the demand
made by Marquis Rudini for the i'm
mediate punishment OF the men who killed
the prisoners at New Orleans. For this
the secretary of state was commended for
having made the only answer that was pos
Sible TO an unreasonable request. 1t seems
altogether probable that the demand for
indemnity in the Gillian case will not be
enforced before election dav.