New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-25
GOSSIP AT THE CAPITAL.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE WORLDS
POSTAL. CONGRESS NEXT MONTH.
w p SUTTON. EX-coNsuL 10 MArAMoRAs.
GIVES SOME MEXICAN "REMINISCENCES

GIVES SOME MEXICAN "REMINISCENCES
SECRETARY CAGES POPULARITY
washington April A-The old Corcoran Art Gal
,o-x which has been unoccupied since Its contents
,nye moved TO the new gallery last January. Is in
~. hands Of workmen who are busily preparing
., for the meeting OF the Worlds Postal Congress
ox, month This building stands on the southeast
.r,ar Of Pennsyvania-ave and Seventeenth-st.
yearly opposite the State. War and Navy Building
7, is admirably adapted for the meeting OF the
congress. and is being fitted up in handsome and
suitable manner
This will he the Afth Postal Congress The first
= ho,d IN the city OF Berne on September 10 1874
rho second met in Paris in the Bourbon Palace. In
NAV 1875 the year Of the Exposition This congress
vas an especially important one because OF the
80 forming a universal Postal Union" which
as aa,pted and signed by the countries which were
.,os 20 the General Postal Treaty of Berne. and
s., delecates from nine other countries The United
Gates was represented at the congress by james
y Tvner at that time First Assistant Postmaster
co,eral and Joseph II. Backfan Superintendent OF
Foreign Mails.
IT, third congress accepted the hospitality Of
,,o~,ueal and met on February 4. 1885 in Lisbon
,,s meeting being held in the hall OF the
c,r-eme Court Vienna the scene OF the next
Cororess on March 90 1891. At this congress Wash
,,r,on was unanimously and by accamation Sc
Iected for the meeting OF the NTH congress
7, e altogether fitting and proper that the Worlds
Postal Congress should honor this Government by
bolding one OF its meetings at her capital. since the
I,nued states took the initiative in postal reforms
As LONG ago as 1868 Postmaster-Genera! Blair,
ooves bv the complicated and inconvenient
Methods IN regard 10 foreign mail then in vogus.
requested tho Secretary OF State to invite confer
encc OF the pos al authorities of Europe and Amer
,co 80 recommend TO their governments the adop-
lion IN international postal relations Of uniform
standard OF weight uniformity of rates and con-
6i,ions a uniform base for sea and land transit
charges. and. II practicable. registration and
rnoney-order systems"
TIT. conference was held In Paris May. 1853. and
was attended by the leading postal officials Of Aus
,r,a Belgium. Costa Rica. Denmark. SPAIN the
1-,.ed states France Great Britain. Italy. the
Netherlands Portugal Prussia. the Sandwich
Islands Switzerland and the Hanseatic cities The
United States represented by John A kasson,
who had then recently retired from the position OF
First Assistant -Postmaster-General Mr.. Kasson
made en- able and influential delegate and before
the adjournment Of the conference he was compi-
rneuted by the Swiss Minister. who. speaking for
the whole convention. said: IF the deliberations
% the conference have led to results from which
favorable influence upon future postal treaties may
b. expected, these results largely due to the
lbernl and conc!liatory spirit constantly shown
during the deliberations by the delegate OF the
government which took the initiative in tho con-
ference"
~ W. Brooke. Superintendent OF Foreign Mails, in
his rcp0rt Tor lS5O winch contains an thHuuStlNc
and Interesting history OF the Postal Congress. the
FIST and only official account made by this
Government, says:
The idea of a union for postal purposes does not
seem 10 have been entertained either by this Gov
eminent in its cali for a conference in the year
1865 or by the conference itself In It's deliberations
Bu; the ease with which the principles promul-
gated by the conference put into practice. and
the benefits acccung 10 the international service
by their adoption, appear to have prepared the
various governn.nts at interest 10 receive not only
without surprise. but as something altogether in
the natural course. the proposition of the postal
ADMINISTERS Of Germany INSPIRED, no doubt by
the successful operation sincs the year 1852 OF the
pGs,sl 1niI2 IN Ib sear Iss
10 convene a coIgr&ss for me purpose or neso-
tsting se2e;a n';a treaty having for It's OBJECT
least as tho formation o. single postal territory
for the reciProSai exchange Of correspondence be-
1t viii be seen from this that although the first
GeymSny the frs, step toWafd il was the confer
encc of 1859. for walsh the United States was alone
Responsible Now all tie governments of the world.
with the exception OF the Chinese Empire belong
70 this congress and 4 is not improbable that at
The cost 10 government of one Of these , con,
crosses Is esumated az aPont qoarter Oh , Od
not for entertaining the delegates. Postmaster
Of $1,000 last winter, ard this was named IN
the Sundry Civil bin. which did not pass. Twenty
FIVE thousand dollars. the only money the Depart
provided FOR in Of the Deficiency bills seventy
y e sandry cv dG 6 making a Which
adequate TO conduct the congress in a manner con-
sisient with the prestige the United States enjoys
beyond this the Department Will be compelled TO
assume the responsibility. .
Of influence and standing in their own countries.
and at all the capitals where the congress mas met
expected from Washington. and. although the con-
meets at an nopportune time for It's members
In to- cid nf
States much VIII pc done for thsr Pleasure and
The deiegates 10 the congress from Great Britain
are Sir Spencer walpole. Secretary General Post
%aSey r. a hs5So nS5%i" with the
oace. Mr.. Ansaplt heads the delegates from IN
Germany; the Hon. Emido Chiaradia member sr,6 OF
h hssns ss frG ms IN the Ministry q
Posts. Theodore Habberger is the Austrian dele
gate and there several hundred more. even
such small countries Bulgaria being represented
W p Sutton former Consul-Generai Of the
United States IN Matamoras. Mexico and last sum-
mer secretary Of the National Congressional Cam
paign Committee, Is In town doing some special
work for the State Department while waiting for
the fat plum that Is to fall TO him. In his long
residence IN Mexico Mr. Sutton had some thrilling
experiences The following story. which he told re-
Gently is worthy OF the locality where the scene
IS laid, and adds another 10 the number in which
the famous desperate Greenhsher. for years tho
terror Of Texas against whom the hand OF every
man in the State was raised and on whose head
prize Of thousands Of dollars was placed. played
the leading part
The victim Of the story was young Enghshman
named sudiow. an ornithologist, engaged ~ maxi
ing collection In that part Of the country. MI
Sutton was asked to intercede for the young man,
who. through his ignorance Of the laws OF the
country. had been imprisoned for some trinlns
offence. He gay. happy fellow, having the
best intentions toward everybody and loath 10 De-
lieye that any but good intentions were enter
tanned toward himself. His friends urged MIN 10
himself with a slX-shooter. because that was