The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-21
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Wendell Phillips, the esilver-tongued
orator, says it is time the old Aboli-
tionists were dead. "It is time fol
us to. die and give place to yongel
men !" be says, and looking about
his study in his quiet, unpretentious
Boston home, one is carried back to
the old days. Everything about the
room suggests the past. The furni-
ture is old. The books are well
thumbed. Opposite the centre table
on small stand, is a statuette on the
base of which is name that will live
forever-Charles Sumner. Looking
down from the wall is John Brown,
who was never understood, but whom
history will yet justify. Mr.. Phillips
will chat with you of the old times,
of the war days, of his speeches, the
men he has met, and while you lis.
ten the gates of recollection will be
! opened wide and another remarkable
figure will appear.
It is that of Frederick Douglass,
who lives in Uniontown, just out
side of Washington, on an elevation
that overleoks the city. Nearly
three score years and ten have rolled
around since he saw the light of day.
He lives in a neat little two-story
house-the very building in which
twenty-five years ago the man who
laid out Uniontown resided, and
declared that no cOlored man should
ever be allowed to buy lot there.
1t is furnished tastefully. The
library is we'll stocked. Engravings
of Lincoln, Sumner, Wendell Phil
lips and others adorn the walls. Mr..
Douglass is not well. The death OF
Ex-Governor Morgan was shock to
him. While on a visit to this city
six weeks ago he saw his old friend
for the last time. Age is beginning
to tell on him, but he often visits
Washington and has many visitors
to his house. He takes less interest
in affairs every day. He seems to be
waiting his final summons.
Salmi Morse proposes to produce an
original drama, ''The Little Box by
the Elder" if he is debarred from
bringing out the Passion Play. He
says that will introduce 700 people
and twenty horses in the play, which
is a story of the Black Hills. The re-
hearsals are already in progress, the
company engaged for the Passion
being used.
Ex-Congressman Page, of Califor-
mia, is a jovial-looking gentleman,
with q rotundity of figure quite in
keeping with the popular idea of a
California legislator. He is fluent
conversationalist, although difficult
of approach. He feels very sore over
his defeat and uses savage language
about the matter.
Congressman Cox. of this city, says
he has come home to rest. When he
was ordered abroad by his physician
two years ago. it was to take rest.
And he did. He travelled from the
Occident to the Orient, and from the
Pole to the Pyramids. He wrote
nearly one hundred columns of news
papei letters and two books, and
when he returned home he said he
felt better! Mr.. Cox is candidate
for the Speakership. He has been
already promised twenty votes. Ex-
Lieut.. Gov. DOrsheimer is also can
didate. But the race, looking so far
ahead, seems to be between Randall
and Carlisle.
Senator Warner Miller would not
impress a beholder as being a remark
able man in every respect. He is
tall and we'll built, but lacks the dig
nifty of carriage so becoming in many
public men. He is totally unlike his
predecessor, Roscoe Conkling, who
was always sure to attract attention
in q crowd.