Mohave County miner., 1889-01-19
wAsssuSGT0S LETTEn.
tYR0A OUR aKauLAR CORRESPONDENT.
WAsmsoroy. Jan. 9Th. 1889.


WAsHIxoTos. Jan. sth, 1889.
When the limited express arrived on
Wednesday, William Walter Phelps
stepped briskly from the Pullman and
passed rxpidly through the station. He
was accompanied by tired looking man
whose eyes fell in passing upon the tablet
In the station building that marks the
spot where James A Garfield fell when
shot. At the door the couple were joined
by Representative Hit, who with the aid
Of Phelps, monopoksed the conversation
for five minute, whiIs this tired man wait-
cd quietly and pstisstly for the carriage,
In the doorway through which he passed
when he came 70 BE- Secretary Of State,
the doorway through which he passed
with Garfield on the morning the latter
was assassinated., the doorway through
which he went whom the Arthur admins
tration drove him out Of the political
Eden, II was fondly hoped forever. Calm,
seii-reliant, capable, reyengeful, James
q. Blaine comes back again.
What ma:tered II that big Senator His
cock had just returned from an important
mission to Indianapolis? Who cared 10
talk Of John Wanamaker and the charge
that he pays sewing girls thirty-fiye cents
per dozen for making shirts? Even the
indussriously circulated report that sena-
tor Allison and Senator Sherman are both
decided upon by the Cabinet attracted no
attention. The visit Of Blaine, since his
arrival. has been the universal topic.
win he 90 into the Cabinet? is the ques-
ton. His friends say he must, and that
il he wants TO be, he can be Secretary OF
State. His enemies say his selection
would ruin the party. In the meantime
SIR. Blaine has engaged charming apart
ments at the Normandie and. with Mrs.
Blaine and couple Of the younger gener-
alton will come here for the winter And
when the satin brocatelle curtains arc
drawn and the freight giiuts the mahog-
any, Mr.. Blaine will think out some prob
lens IN the retirement OF his chamber.
Mr. Springer viii introduce in the House
to-day joint resolution, proposing an
amendment to the Constitution which
shall read: "Ths Congress shall have
power 10 make uniform law Of marriage
and divorce. IL will 90 to the Judiciary
Committee for immediate consideration.
The measure is one in which thoughtful
men and women everywhere are intensely
interested, and there is better prospect
now for action than ever before, despite
the fact that similar propositions have
been before Congress dozeu times in the
last twenty years.
Claus spreckles, the sugar king, will
arrive in Washington tonight, with the
simple object OF talking about sugar beet
raising to the Commissioner Of Agricul-
ture. OF course he will not attempt to
influence the Senate Committee as to the
sugar item In the tariff bill. He says not
and he ought TO know. And yet this bill
is Of supreme importance to the sugar
growing interests, and Claus Spreckles
has prospered and waxed wealthy these
many years without consulting the Com.
missioner Of Agriculture.
On Saturday Che Senate received me-
mortal from the business men Of Seattle,
Washington Territory, praying that in the
event Of the admission Of that territory to
statehood, the name Washington be re-
tained. They particularly object to the
name Tacoma, which has to them, neither
sound nor association to recommend it.
The memorial does not allude TO the vexed
question Of abbrevistion. Can 1t be that
we win some day hs fiippantly writing
WASH In absolute disregard for the
memory Of the late Father Of his coun.
try?" 10
Reports to the State Department show
that during the last ninety days there has
beeh great falling off In the importation
OF pauper labor. At the port of New
York the coming of Italian contract labor
ers has almost ceased. This il attributed
entirely TO the Investigation by Mr.. Ford's
House Committee and the fear OF vigor-
Gus legislation on the subject. Mr.. Ford
can leave Congress- without the slightest
danger Of being forgotten. He has, com
pleiely unaided, accomplished a great
good, even il it should only result in
abolishing Castle Garden.
The extent To which the small fry OF
Washington politicians are Influenced by
every turn in the political tide is impress
sive and disgusting. shortly after Mr..
Cleveland vas inaugurated there was Or
ganizsd q Jefferson Club, whose object it
was to hold all the offices II could occupy
and control the rest. It happened that
the brains Of the concern were not equal
to its will, and It failed to rule the uni
verse. Now The Club proposes to change
its name to the Continental Club, which,
as the term mesns nothing, is safe enough.
] would suggest that II be called the
Weathercock Club on the ground Of ap-
propriateness.
The Nicaragua Canal bill having passed
the House, is now before the Senate, and
will 60 to conference committee. Its
fate will then be determined by the mood
Of the House when the amended bill comes
before it,