New-York tribune., 1884-12-28

POLITICAL. SOCIAL, PERSONAL AND ANEc.
T0DAL.

| BRf.
iFBoH fHe nrdpthH ooenFsrognrsf or fHt rh,sss.,
! WAsniNdioR, Doc, ~, -flo Washington ilirs.s
of lnr inBUAf has been oyofran bY paiple vh,
nsl ~ be supplied with copies ofihe papof contain.
ing Tho hicafapnan treaty eyff aingo that doou.
i1ent wa4 published IN 10 columns moro than
weel neo. Tho dcmands come nearly ell from Tia
| foreign legations. The fact that tho senais b.,
not yet seep ut 20 ren,vc tho Injunction Of soc.e,y
from tho treaty. md probably will not do W nn,il
itg outraged dignity has been nssnagcl by the lama
Of time prevents the State Department from qiyln,
ont copies Of the treaty 70 the representative, ~
| iofeign Governments. The tier have been oblIyos
therefore, 20 purchase TIE 1niDuNH, and send !, "
their Governments. Count a At ths popua,
charge dafiaircs Of little Enfopcan kingdom. Will.
elancing Mt TIE TRIBUNE he had just bought
iaibor innoccnty remarked: How do you GA,
! the things l do not understand II. They s,o
| secret are they not 4, The State Department savs
| they are" The same question hal been asked do
NOT know by how many Of his colleagues before A
| truthful answer 80 IL wna of conrsc inpOssble M
ought TO have gone 20 some Senators who tolt ma
not long ago that they knew al about thc way tbe
Washington treaty. WIS got. which lig 1Rigvsg
| was the FIRST 20 PUBLISH
| II know h6w II was obtalnri ani N abssi ~
| s6rnp man. saii 6he ~ thtse as VI
liphtri Ma sFtrf-iinnef eieaf aai aitsEut
Ws,ehei ~ sAske asesAi ~ aa ,slsa
Sab epiilns st a8wa aAi w ieli teas Ia
| e8AilNpea "a he pern,iiei she segaiagai aiestY
81 ts iesHres walsh ageFaweS hls constituents A.
| heme aaa eemmanas tha aimFaslan al lhe sllie,
lles tQ relax into m1re hnmaa aad ainQsl knpwias
| smia. You sec, old Klee-prasdeni Wilsan Was
| q very particular man. Wa had all beea required
to give our individual reeaipt for the copy vt tho
| treaty to which each Senator was entitled. VIII
SON got his and he was SO dreadfuliy afraid lest il
should be stolen from his desk ia the Senate OF ba
| lost In some other way that he carried IL around
| in his pocket. One evening he dropped into Tmk
| TRIBUNE office for chat. In the course OF con-
versation no had to refer to paper in his pocket
| to correct some assertion he had made
| lie took out bundle of documents, and
after using the one he was in search
of. replaced them as ne thought, all
When he had gone the Washington treaty was
found lying on the table at which nc had been sit
ting. | guess it didn't take you boys.fv minutes
| to cut it and put it on the wires"
| Here the Senator grew absolutely boisterous in
| the enjoyment of the true version OF the story.
| "We,p he continued, "an investigation was
dered by the Senate The first step taken by the
| committee which had tho matter in charge was 10
| call in the documents given out. Everybody
| turned in his copy, except Wilson. Ii did hayo q
| bad look for him He searched every corner Of his
desk, turned every pocket of his coat, had his
household miserable for week hunting the lost
document. but all to no purpose. The CON-
mittee smiled and said nothing. The inyest.
| cation was continued but Of course 10
led to nothing, and after having made ourselves -
the Senator almost choked at tnis point" fldicu-
" You are mistaken about this" chimed IN an.
other senator That treaty was got from another
source altogether" And then be went Oh to relate
| how the late Senator Morton, Of Indiana had lcit
hsdosk unlocked oneday how one OF The Senate
| employees 0pened ID accidentally and SOW the treaty
| lying ON the topo lot Of other PAPERS now no
took IL aud sold IT to rlls TRIBUNE, etc., etc, all
| with degree of detail which certainly cannot
| have left any doubt In tho narrators mind ~ 70
the trnth Of his version Of the story number OF
theories were advanced by those present rs 20 thc
| way the document was really obtained. lt ~ haid'
ly necessary 20 say that none was correct
| Ex-senator Met ,reery OF Kentucky who has been
elected to succeed PRlD thompson in the House.
| see purchased n plot In the fashionable part OF
! the town. whercon he intends 10 build ahonse ioi
| himself lie - we'll remembered here In iact nus
| entrance in Washington society nearly ten years
ago created n sensation almost rs great rs I'D that
of Judge Belford, of Colorado; His grotesque APP
| pcarance the uncOnventionaty of ms manncrs,
the nnresimincd freedom of his Language. all con-
tributed to disturb the humdrum atmosphere which
surrounds the social circles of dne Iapa; mu;
with here but rarely had II attained those NH
blown characteristics attained IN me case 81 Mr. WI.
| foct that the Kentnekan seemed possessed
when he first arrived here by nm almost urconirol-
| able desire to shine IN society. On one occasion
the story has never been told IN print, bat Is, am
told absolutely tiucl he had receiyed M INVITA-, INVITA-.
! tion % dinner. The note sent him showed m one
corner the, letters r. s,NP Mr. Me1 yery ensa haa
| INIT had never taken tho trouble 90 inqnita what
! they meant lie Wondered oyer the H. ;. ~ wt
thsos he ad thc ng1G & did " gSF7G 9 ne. ~ ~
| E,ique,te' and other anihorucs without sne'
| Ncss 49,. .,,...u ul.... 80, ~ 4. .Al az
sweird ,hc lcticr bf inVint9n. % ga nol iait
| hNWGtpr Us nresrnt hiwsrit ~ tlW honN ot
hs host A si1-hM rggio .WenM iN pooI
l., s,Ni n kIs rati ANe, lnmiiirp ~ his rrts
V kets Nf y Wits M ftnNh HAe ~ lasi arh haa''B
$AipbpNs Nb,p 4 w fiar} lyitN5e 'dih, n
tAsseh W,iMWt aefispt 49, hiNstlt ~ A'M rN
tAefNsiHAAM Sah N h's hsN,N g'ttme insF efa- ia,
fasegs Ne hNii slrkeM seplNs he =, I p
\. aieYideN,if bepa nthe e.sfpet h'A@ : ~ ~"
Wlihm the nex, few weeks the tewn WAS Seeded
With hls ealAs aud 90 eaGh Mas 'M Fn@~t tIss
iogoad ! s. I. H. A. " Tho curiosity ea We
GWt OF society IT, kheW % as quo nmnrsea'@1de1teI
somo hastily adopted tho new letters M.thpe' oaS- -
Quirlng their Significance others We'v Mv myy An
seryafiye senator MoCreerY Was hlal9 M-
preached by colleague of has Say, oe ,aaS m1S'i
what the deuce does Su Ban mean any way
"Nean2" exclaimed McCreeIy with some asn,oaHF anNF
ment. "Why, you fellows put l., A. {. ana dtcnc T., n
p. and Other stun on your oalds and thousn
would have something of ny own 20 tSo
but. If YOU want 10 know what meant iis sup"
an abbreyiatiOn for sent up by Niger
Senator Palmers house in Mcpherson squaig %
rapidly approaching completion; IL WI pe tra W.
finished one of the handsOmest dwellings III tvNI;, Z;
The material of which It is built, brown st9ne rs -
here where so much brick has been epoyea ~ ,i e
erection of buildingsof late years sn s,atoy Pal
cnange TO the eve. ibe dIning-roOm ceheso' s'onl
ner gives some of the best dinners in NssnmIs.St
will be model Of comfort, elegance ana ,I,,sn, ~ l,s
sort of thing if-there is ter1De n'r, iiss
the Michigan statesmans dreams OF comfort ,ps lusy
now. Next door to him dwell the lowries. i1Sy w.,
are if not f. f. v certainly L. /. d. aplons ,sS saS
first families of the district lheii ijm'' bs mind,