The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-01-02
CALL ME GOVERNOR.
iWashingsoa Capisai.l

tWASutukN0A (AFNaisl
 Uncle Samuel has sent out many strange and wonderful men to represent him in foreign parts, and, if what bear from some of my naval friends is true, the new minister to Japan Is one of the stTangeSt and most wondestnl ot them all. The person who was selected to succeed our late accomplished representative. Mir. Bingham, as minister to that friendly and delightful people, the JApanese, was ! ex-GoVeTnor Richard D. Hubbard. of Texas, who is a roaring and rattling cow boy statesman and who was rather prom. inent in the convention that nominated Mr. Cleveland at Chicago, All Japan has already heard of the eccentriciies ct the new minister, BAyl,ss w. HAnna's performances evidently are not clrcum' stance to them,
 Hubbard is said to be not only AS wild and uncouth as the average Com manche Indian, but to have enormous vanity. He insists on being addressed al all times as Governor" and does not permit his wife or any member of his family to speak | to him or ot him except as Governor Hubbard Shortly after hts arrival al Tokio dinner was given in his honor, to which the other members ot the dipto- matic corps in the city were invited. The French minister was among them aud sal next to the distinguished Texan. la tho course ot the conversation some sub jec, was mentioned, and the French min- ister turned eourteously to Mir. Hubbard and said: That is true, also, ot your i country, IS Il not. monsieur [" Hubbard paid no attention to the remark. It was the first tune he had ever been addressed as monsieur" and he regarded himself as insulted. " Bi-l-l!" he suorted, don't monsieur me, have been governor ot the state ot Texas, which Is three or four times as big as the whole of your old France
 Hubbatd's finest achievement up to date ot latest mall advices was his inter view with the Mikado when he went to present MT. Dsnhy, odt new minister to China, who stopped at roko on his way Pekin. Rear Admiral ohn l.. Davis. United States navy, who commands our squadron in those waters. was In Tokio, aud with his staff was invited to accom- pany the distinguished diplomats on then visit to the ruler of Japan, Rear Admiral Davis Is an eminent master oi dcport- meut, very conservative oi his dignity, and not very popular with his subordl- mates, as he has been very rigorous commander, punished everybody who took a glass too much of liquor, and re. garded with great disiavos ihe desire o: officers to have their wives living in the neighborhood of the ships. Grea, was the disgust ot thls distin suished master oi naval department, therefore, when the "goveTn Ir.' after presenting Mir Denby, pompously e)aeula,ed to the Mikado, "Alow me 10 present to you Colonel Davis, of the U. S, navy" Hubbard came from state where governor, colo nel and judge are the only distinctions known, and evidently regarded colonel <" as the proper title to give to man in uniform on such an occasion. am told that the rear admiral's subordinates pro. | pose to speak of him hereafter only as colonel" and think it a good joke on A commander who has been rather hard on them.
 But this was not all. The Mikado un- dertook to be polite to the governor " and courteously inquired oi him whether he had been able to go about much in Japan and see the country. To this in qulTy our Texas friend promptly replied that he had not seen much Of Japan. "the climate was too damned hot for him to travel" Whether the interpreter was able to translate the full emphasis of the "governors language. l am no, in- formed, but for the facts stated 1 can vosch on good authority.