Mr. Egan to Mr. Blaine.
Santiago, September 16, 1891. (Received November 13.)
Sir: I have the honor to state that a decree has been issued by the Provisional Government ordering an election of members of the Senate and House of Deputies and of Presidential electors, to take place on the 18th October next, and it has fixed the 26th of December next as the date of inauguration of the President who shall be elected.
Up to the present there is absolutely no certainty as to who will be chosen for the Presidency, but from the most reliable information I can gather I am led to believe that the Conservative or Clerical party, although now feeling quite confident of a majority in the Chamber of Deputies, will not be able to elect more than about thirty out of ninety-four members, and that in the Senate of forty-one members they will not have over six adherents.
I have, etc.,