Mohave County miner., 1888-11-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tYsoa OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. /,

| tFgoa OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
| WAsHrstTos, Oct 29th, 1883.
Minister Vests letter endorsing Presi.
dent Cleveland's candidacy has occasion
ed a greater sensation. II Is said that
the cabinet meeting, on Friday resulted in
a request by Secretary Bayard for Minis
ter Vests recall. That may be correct,
but II correct Secretary Bayard is certain
ly trying to keep the knowledge to him
self. All day Saturday his Office WAS
besieged. Reporters lurked in the corri-
dors, and leading politicians waited In
the ante-rooms. So many people have
not been seen in the State Department
for years. To all, 40 far as known, Secre-
tary Bayard returned word that he had
not yet had time to consider the matter,
and would have TO ''read up" on the case
before he could express an opinion. AT.
| t8r enough time had been allowed him 10
real the Talmud, the answer came that
Minister Phelps bad been promptly in
formed Of this Governments conclusion
in the premises"
The Murchlson letter is talked Of every
where. The Republicans are iubilant
Democrats are disturbed. And that Is
the latter's folly. They were making too
much OF the matter. There his been
some talk Of Minister Vests i9toye .ty
in the letter, rumors tina. he wrote the
letter to injure Mr.. Cleveland's chances.
Conservative politicians, il may be al
lowed to use the term, hold that the let
ter was merely indiscreet and BETRAYED
Sir Lionel's true feeling. .a...
The Mr.. Murchison to whom the letter
was written is an Englishman, and, as he
says, was natnralized for the purpose Of
voting for English interests" more
contemplate creature does not exist.
Deliberately be has taken vows OF loyalty
aud fidelity TO a country whose interests
are nought to him. His heart and his
place are both In mother country" Sem
ator Morgan said the other day "The
poGr cIr vote to the British Minister TO
fad Or. how TO vote. The act was pitt
able, if sincere"
There is one redeeming feature in the
case. Minister West did not deny writ
ing the letter, and he even went 80 far as
10 say that the word "Priyate" on the
letter merely signifed that he wrote 1t In
his capacity as an individual and not as
diplomat. He added that had the CORES
pondent asked for permission TO publish
it, il would have been cheerfully granted.
He does not plead extenuating circum-
stances, he is too brave for that This
courage does not surprise his Washington
'r;eDds. The sturdy, self reliant and seli
poised nature Of tile British Minister has
long been observed. He is no blind
Burchard. He lie a man OF the world,
trained in the broadegt school Of diplo-
macy, and 1t is the verdict OF politically
independent observers that he has simply
over reached himself and mistaken the
character Of the American people.
After election comes the opening of the
social season. Its charaeter~~siif depend
very much upon tbs result Of the election.
II Mr.. Cleveland be not reelected, the
season will be bur indiferently eventful.
A defeated set OF statesmen are cold COM
pany. On the other hand il he be sue
cessful, the winter will be the most bril-
liant ever known to the capital. In any
event the families OF the Justices Of the
Supreme Court will be TO the fore, and in
the Supreme Court circle the wife Of As
sociate Justice Fields will be first and
foremost. That queeniy woman has just
returned from q six months visit to the
Pacific slope and speaks glowlingly as
ever OF California. She does not, how
ever, praise all the products of the eli
mate. For instance, she doespot admire
the impulse that impelled Mr. Murchison,
OF Los Angeles, to write Mr.. West let
ter.
Senator ingalls, family will return to
Washington next week. The Senator
himself will put in his time from now un-
til November 81, making speeches in
Connecticut, and will then 60 home to
vote. As he grows older the Senator's
sense Of the ludicrous increases. During
the last week Of Congress, the Senate
opened With only Senator Sawyer and
himself present. Mr.. Ingalls, looked
gravely over his spectacles at the rotund
Wisconsin gentlemen, and said: 'The
Senator from Wisconsin will please come
10 order"
The promoters OF the Constitutional
Centennial and ihe Worlds Exposition
held meeting last week to arrange the
meeting OF the National Board. The
Centennial bill passed tho Senate and
was reported hyorably by the House
committee. The Three Americas Com
nercial Congress- bill is now q law, and
the President has sent invitations to the
heads Of all the governments OF the Wss,
tern hemisphere to assemble here Oct. 2,
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