The Monitor., 1891-04-10
Warrington I.etfer.
(From our regular correspondence
Washington. April 6, 1891

of the administration ever thought that 1t
would end otherwise. They all knew that
however anxious Italy might be to fight
US, or how Just cause she might have to
60 to war with us, that two things would
make it impossible-lack Of money and
her membership in the celebrated triple
alliance, composed OF Germany, Austria
and Italy. Divested of all detail the in
cident may be summed up thus: a new
| prise minister has recently replaced
| Crispi, who was for years to Italy what
| Bismarck was to Germany, and he saw III
the lynchiug Of the Italians at New Orleans
an opportunity of making himself popular
at home by claiming indemnity and the
punishment of the lynchers from the
United States Government. His first pro-
test did give bim popularity that he had
never had befuIe with his people. but like
Iuts of other people he couldn't let well
enough alone. He nagged at Baron Fava.
the Italian minister here, until that indi-
vidual compl. tely lost his head aud asked
| Mr. Blaine for his passports. or the grourd
that his government vas not sati' Fl; With
the action OF the United States in regard
TO Italy's demands. That was Mr..
BIaine's opportunity, and he wrote letter
that completely knocked the wooden legs
| from under the high horse that Italy had
mou lted. and let the new prime minister
down with dull thud" that was heard
around the world. The result, as was ex-
pected, was cablegram greatly modify
| ing the demands of Itty. in fact, only
asking what We were from the beginning
ready , grant, aud had started to do be
fore any demands were made. The iiarry
5 all over, and the public has already
tired of the subject. though Of couise 1t
ill be some time before it is flually
settled.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British min
lister, has several distinguished Canadians,
Including Sir Charles Tupper, under his
watchful care to-day. These gentlemen
have come here to learn upon what, ifanr.
basis Mr. Blame is willing to open negoti-
ations looking to trade reciprocity between
this country and Canada, and Sir Julian,
as her Majesty's representative, keeps in
hearing all the time lest the talk should
shift from reciprocity to annexation. II
Mr. Blaine's ideas are not too much for the
Canadians, it is expected that Sir Charles
rupper will go from here direct to London
for the purpose of endeavoring to pursuade
tI,~ d +;sy,r TO int y,lap IL
po.eutiaries to negotiate with this gov
| ernment. Whatever may be done, there
are few people here who believe that there
is any probability of reciprocity with
Canada in the near future.
Senator Manderson's committee is pre-
pairing, under joint resolution of the last
Congress, to tackle the abuses known and
| unknown in the printing and distribution
reporting bill, reducing the cost of this
| service, to the Fifty second Congress. II
| the committee has the nerve it can easily
show how hundreds of thousands of do!-
| public interest, but wouldn't bet a crack
er that it does anything of the sort.
The Postoffce department has adopted
| the new designs for the two sizes of postal
cards, aud from. an artistic point of view,
they are about as hideous as could possibly
| have been selected. There are two sizes,
one larger than the present postal card and
one smaller. The large one is MANILA aud
1 ri ha oAt iI,
vgnette of G 81 Grtns in tie up),r rig
hand corner,is brown, while the sm al one
| which is white and is iuterded espe cially
| for the ladies' has almost the same design
On it's address side. printed in blue.
| There is a strike in the Washington job
| printing offices The UuDn men walked
| ,ut because the bosses " ould hot agree To
raise the schedule price from 40 to AZ 2
;ents per thousand ems. and allow extra
Jay per thousand for all work done after
) p. m. OAs of the largest Off ,es in the
city now has a woman for foremaL; and
,he says she'll stcs, notwithstanding the
| fleets of the Uuion men to persuade Ter
| If
| J.J Could is on the mad again. Satur-
| day he pass ID through Wlshingt1n, aud
| It ,peed bag en,u5h to reach cat for somf
! of Z ,cl- sum mJaey. II: VANS some
| Of the post Il subsidy money for his Pacfi;
Nail Steamers, Of course, and he wants
more money for carrying the mails on some
# his recently acquired railroads; and he
wants the Government to pay the Western
Uoion Telegraph company for the mes
|ages it has carried for 1t since July, 1889,
| nut he isn't willing to acceIt the ice set
| f,r the work by the Postmaster General
| under the law giving him that authority.
| Mr. Gould laid his claims before Mr.. Har.
rison as well as Mr.. Wanamaker, before
leaving for St. Louis.
The Patent Centennial will occur here
this week, the celebration lasting three
lays. The attendants from out of the city
| will probably be m9re distinguished than
numerous. WESTON.
The counterfeit two dollar silver ceri if
cate is causing considerable trouble at The
Treasury Department at Washington.
Nnt moro thar tx eut af these conn erfeits