The Monitor., 1891-04-03

tfrom our regular correspondent
IEnSl, i,ntnn Ma,cL 20 1S0'

I
not be Mr.. Blaine The Canadian officials
have not helped their cause any by getting
the British government to bring the recip-
rnciiy negotiations between this county
and New foundland to an abrupt close, by
declining to allow that colony to negotiate
a SEPARATE treaty. Mr. Blaine knows that
he has the whip hand of Canada. and be
ha> iut4u&ted ,ety plainly, | understand,
10 the British minister, Who LAS been ~
ing to pave Il c way for tie Canadian Ct M
mission rs to negotiate reciprocity treaty,
that unless they can come here prepared 10
negotiate from an American standpoint,
Just the point exactly" said Western
Senator, "Cauadi wants our market a
good deal orse than e do hers, and she
must calculate to take that fact into cor
sid, ration, or there can be no dickerine.
Ii Mr. Blaine doesn't get the best of tue
bargain lie will simply decline to make it
at all, .nd then what will Miss Canada do
Commercially speaking Ciuada is in cnr
power, aud she must accept such terms as
we may be disposed to offer"
1t is mistaken idea, that many people
have been led into from lack of trust
worthy information, to suppose that sill of
he men elected to the Fifty second
Congress, by the Farmers Alliance, aie
uneducated Just the reverse is tIue
Senator Petfer of Kansas, while not VEL,
up in the dead languages and classic al
lore, is nevertheless an educated man, aid
as an authority upon matters relating to
the United States Government, and its do
nestle affairs. he has few supeliors. Rep
resentatve John Davis, from the same
State, will be one of the best educated
men that i'll sit in either house Of the
Fifty-second Congress. Indeed he is SO
close student that he has earned the title
Of s'crank". Bnt he is the kind of "crans' y
that the country can always Gnd room fer.
He is the originator of the idea of State
agricultural coilt ges, and the author OF
the bill passed by the Illinois legislature
establishing the first Que of these colleges,
in That State. He will be heard from in
the House, and any member that tackles
him under the impression that he doesh' t
"know beans" will get badly left.
Nearly all the States entitled to Iay-
meuts under the Direct tax act have
applied for and received their checks from
the Treasury department.
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private advices received htre, waits to get
under Uncle Sans protective wings, if the
Old gentleman has any such appurtenauces.
In return for ccaling station upon the
island, which the United States has long
been desirous Of possessing. the lIsy iiaus
want the Unit-d States to assume pro-
tectorate over the island The impression
here is that the price is too high. I'VE
have quite enough trouble With the blacks
We already have without attempting to
care for any more, is the waya gentleman
from the South puts it,
No more silver collars will be coined
after july /, owing to the fact that the
silver Law enacted hy the latt Congress
aulhoiiz,d d the Secretary OF TIE Treasury
10 discontinue the coinage at that time,
with discretionary power TO resume when
ever il becomes necessary to redeem the
silver certificates. Tie 4,500, 900 ounces
of silver bullion purchas sed each mouth
thereafter y i'll be paid for in Treasury
II, te'. The mint will put i'll big part OF
a.. 4, !, IL, L.. -
July in coming the mutt ated at abraded
fractional currency, now in the Treasury,
which amounts to several millions of dol
| lars. The total number of silver dollars
now in existence is 397 COO, ,00e, of " Ii ch
81 900 000 are in actual circulation,
306 900. 600 are represented by silver GER
tifcates in circulation, and "a 000, 000 are
held by the Treasury for which no certf-
Gates have ever been issued.
Tie return of The Hart spscil train
from San Francisco has started anew all
the gossippy stories of the enormous ex-
pense of Congressional funerals, and of the
outrageous actions OF thote who attend
them. The expense part is sufficient for a
change, and if public opinion counts fol
anything, and it usually does, one will be
made. The accounts of drinking, card
playing and other disgr aceful things in
onnection with these funerals appear to
be either entirely without foundation, or
grossly exaggerated. Senator Faulkner,
no as one Of the committee, said in
answer to the telegraphed stories of drink
ing. ctc., on the Hearst train: Il can say
without reservation that the demeanor and
conduct Of every member of the party, so
far as it came uuder my observation, was
marked by the utmost dignity, courtesy.
and good behavior. AS for the bottles
that so much has been said about, they
were mainly Apolinaris or Congress water
bottles. We drank this bottled water in
preference to the kali water Of the plains. -
WESTON.
Be sure your buttons are we'll sewed on
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