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Show WASHINGTON LETTER Washington, Jtin 23, iSSt. ThalMr Harris jii has ever bad the slightest inlenti n of areeinj to any system of reciprocity that the Canadian Government would accept is not believed believ-ed by those in p jsitious t j kt.ow Ins real opinions on this subject; threlore it is not surprising to bear that the informal consultation which was sjmetirne ao set for next October may not take place at all. U is alleged that the administration administra-tion feels greatly ott'.-i.tied at the publication publica-tion in an lCn,.;I:s,i blue Hook" of its part in this Canadi a reciprocity business, busi-ness, winch it claims the representatives of Canada had agreed sttjiild be confidential confi-dential until some dcliaate agreement was readied, and that isn't all. It is also al-so claimed that Mr. blame and that tiie administiaiion are greatly misrepresented misrepresent-ed in the a I" jresaid "Biue Ujjk," which states that the first overture-. .r recipro-city recipro-city came from ilr. B aluu It doesn't much matter which side is tiht in the present controversy, but it looks veiy mucn as if it was to he made the excuse tor putting an end to even the limited! prospects o( Canadian reciprocity that have existed. Bat nobody need be sur-i prised, as it was never in. ended that the conference should be anything but a meaningless farce. The right s nt of a reciprocity tteaty with Canada would doubtless prove benHicial to both c 11:1-tries, 11:1-tries, but tin re is not much probability of our getting such a tteaty until theie is a change of administration, This veiy American administration has contracted for eight gun cai liases of Russian pattern at Jit 500 each, to mount the twelve inch brick leading mortals intended lor harbor defense, upon. up-on. Senator Paddock, of Nebraska, has been here appealing to Mr. 1 larrison to help him in n.s elfort to get returned to the Senate. It is said that he orleied In return lor the help asked for, to guarantee guaran-tee that Nebraska would send a solid , t-iarnsou delegation to the next r-publ.-cau convention. Air. Hairison was noncommittal, non-committal, for several reasons. He has not forgiven Mr. Faddock for the pait he tock in deieating the Force bill at the last session of Cotigiess, bttt that wasn't his principal reason for not committing com-mitting himself to ths yeuatoi'a support at this time It has heeii stated that Ex-Senator Van Wyck, wh is in tne tiel i against faddock, is strong enough to d'vitle Me delegation ii in it lo be el tc ted to the Senate, and ue w ants time to find out tns programme is not to an-t an-t j -oiiiz aiiyooUy strtijenpjfii to con ""'""IfTl even a pan uf auy KtattleleaiiwU oi tiie next lepublican convention, Ueinoctats w ill ceitamly have no reason rea-son to blame the National C mimiitee, '( I hey do not th year win in Sen.itoi G man, whose headqnaitersaie to be here, y is to lak j c'haige t-f the National Com-; Com-; nuitee dtiitiigSei.an.r Uiice's absence in Europe, and tie pupoes to wuik lately late-ly m coi junction with and through the Wa tivtia I Associa t ion cf Uemociatic clubs, at the heatjij larters o' wnicii Hon. Chau t.cey F. Iilacti, president, and Lauience (iarduer, S.-cieiary, will be permanently located. Notwithstanding lis being an-oif an-oif year, Senator Goiinan, pioposes tu make the light aggressive from the jump an 1 the officials of the' Association of clubs will ably carr ou h,s oideis and fesoiid h.s efforts in all directions, and it only lemiiiiis for the rank and tile of tiie piny to become imbued with the same spirit to make vtcloty certa n in evi ry State that is not hopelesiv tepublican, and few 1 1 thtni aie that way since ( lie people have begun lo wake up to euor-tn euor-tn tits of the it publican taiiff sysuni Tiie administration is trying; hard to trim on the silver question by putting oli until too late to nave any e fleet upon tins yeai's campaigns, its dc-cist.. ti as to whether any portion of the s.lver bullion bull-ion pmchased monlhly tuidei the silver act of the billion dollar Congitss shall be coined. The act ptovides that it be diicreliouary with the Secretaiv of th i Trtasuiy w hether any of it shall be Coined. Coin-ed. It nas also deleired Us decision as to what late of interest shall be paid on the four and a half per cent bonds which aie to be extended, hut there is little doubt that the vv all street com. tiand of 2 peicetit will in the end be obeved. Ex-ier.ator Instills deliveied a lectuie at the Glen Echo Chautauqua, near Va-shington, Va-shington, to-day. lie has been here! ihue davs, but some how or other he bus entirely forgotten to call on the occupant oc-cupant of the Wnite House. Representatives Mills, Cnrp, and Mc-Mill, Mc-Mill, the three most prominent candidates candidat-es for Speaker uf the House have all accepted ac-cepted invitation lo deliver addresses to the Tammeuy society uf New Yoilc on July 4- |
