The Arizona champion. [volume] (Peach Springs, Mohave County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-06
Wash ington Letter.

Phelps OF New Jersey. Mr. Blaine
carried a large official envelope which
he gravely handed to the President
who opened it and took out a smaller
envelope, which he handed to the
Jerseyman with the bangs. The
envelope contained Mr.. Phelps
commission az envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary of the
United State; to Germany. Mr..
Phelps tried to look as of the eyes
Of two continents were on him and
signally failed, and he and Mr..
Blaine retired in good order
This long expected appointment
closed the chapter of the Halatsad
matter, and ro1o5nizes Mr.. Phelps
valuable services In the Samoan
treaty arrangernens, His association
with that treaty conference will
save him the trouble of making him
self acquainted with the Germans.
Mr.. Phelps is well qualified for
foreign minister by his wealth, the
most necessary adjunct to such
position. His wealth was inherited.
He is fifty years old, and was
practising attorney up to 1868 He
was several time in the House,
whsre he has attained some pro
minenoe as the leading Republican
member of the Foreign affairs COM
mittee. His personal appearance,
dress and manner are very peculiar
lie was once before in the diplomati;
service in 1882 being sent to Austria
where he remained only year. At
the last Republican National con
vention he was a prominent candid
ate for the Vice Presidential NOM
ination and later refused a renomin-
alton for the House to make the
fight for Senator. The senate is
still his ultimate aim, and he looks
forward exuringly to the next
opportunity. His house at Tesneck
was recently destroyed by fire and
several valuable paintings and
library burned, causing loss Of
$3.50, 900
The men in Congress who are
good story teller are few. The re-
presentative3, on the other hand,
who make II lame job of telling
commonplace and worn out yarns
are scores. When you hear some
blIndering leavy.moving statesman
ba3int he "5hat reminds mo Of a
man down my way" that's tine time
for disappearing. There is Congress
man Cannon Of Illinois, for instance,
who has Obout as much humor in
his composition as an owl. Fla went
down the river TO Marshall Hall,
opposite Mt. Vernon, last week,
with the Sir O'Clock Club. The
clubs hobby is ritter dinher speeche-,
and after awhile it was Cannon S
turn. 1t WAS evidently no time to
talk Of the spetkership contest or the
tariff. So the unfortunate legislator
struggled through a few illusions to
the beautiful scenery, the mansion
Mt. Vernon lying in the dust Of
evening far G.cros8 the placid river.
Thus far We was all right, but when
he struck the FAR asross the river,
he was forever lost. With a fiend:sh
delight, and prrfoatly unconoious of
his fate, he begau to tell that club
OF well informed gentleman, the
story Of the dollar thst Washington
threw over tile river and that
dollar went further then, etc, etc.
The story that Senator Evants told
Lord Coleridge, the tale that has
been told SO uften Oh the river that
it is generally suicidal to attempt il
met a responae of howls and cat
calls and Canton sat down q ruined
man
1t seems strange that men OF
average inteliigenos will so on tell
ing aged and hoary ohestnuts all
their lives, without re 'ogniaing their
triteness, without realizing that they
bore people. 81 wish, sVys Lord
Greville in lis delightful diary,
that Tom Moore had better
memory, for he otter infiicts pain
by telling the same story to the same
people twice But then this is made
more bearable in that the stories are
comparatively fresh and selected