Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-07-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from Our Regular Corrss l,onieni.
WASUIN.ToN. June -. 1889.

The first morning visitors at the White
House Wednesday were Secretary Blaine
and William Walter plrlps "f New Jersey.
Mr.. Blaine carried u large official envelope
whirh he grav-ly handed io he president,
who OPENED il aud took .,nt u smaller en-
vsI"I,e. which l,e handed io the Jersey man
with the ban.s. The envelope contained
Mr.. Phrlps' commission as envoy extra
ordinary aud minister plrnip"i-ntiary of
the United States toGcrmany. Mr.. Phelps
tried to Io.J, as ii the eyes "f two CONT
ncnts were upon him and Sisnally failed,
and he and Mr.. Elaine retired in good
order.
This lons-rx pected appointment riosss
the chapter Of the IIalsiead matter, and
recpgnizcs Mr.. Phelps valuable services in
the San"an treaty arrangements. His as
sociation with that treaty conference will
save him the trouble "r making hins'-Ii
acquainted with the Germans.
Mr.. Phelps is we'll qualified for a foreign
minister by his wealth. the most neressar.
adjunct to- such II position. His wealth,
was inherited. lie Is isity years old, and
was "A practiring attorney up to lNtS. lie
was several times IN the house, where h~
has attained sour prominence rs the lead
ing Republican, urmlnroi hr foreign affairs
committee. His personal appearance, dress
aud manner are very peculiar lie was
once lmi"rr in the diplomatic service in
lNS2. being seui to- Austria, wh"r. he re-
a. a. IN
can nationai convention u" WAS "a promi-
nent candidate Tor the vicr presidential
nomination. aud batter refused - r-noniina
ion iur the house Ia make he fight ior sen
ator. The srnatr is still his ultimate aim.
and he looks forward rNultinsly to th,
next opportunity. His house ut Tcaneck
WAS recently destroyed by fire and several
valuable painting. and large librar.
burned causing u lns- ol = ,oon..
The men ia congress who are good story
teIlrrs are lew. The representatives, ON the
other hand. who make ~ lame Job ri telling
commonplace aud worn-out yarns ar,
scores. When you bear -.,iur nluuderiug
li,a y-n,Nin. statesman begin the that
reminds M" oi u nan,iomn my way, that :
the time for disappearing. There is Con
gressmau Cannon I'll Illinois. fnr instance
VIII" has about as much liunor IN his com
position as an owl. lie went down til,
river to Marshall hall. "ppnsitc Mount Yer
non. last week, with the Six o'rlock club
The clubs hobby is aitrr-dinncr sp.rrlies
aud after hle IL was tannou's turn. II
was evidently no iinlr 4" talk "i the speak
ership contest %, the tarif. 50 the unf"i
tunat- legislator struggled through few
nllusions Ia the beautiful scenery. the m;iu
Sion al Mount vernon lying ia ihr dusk 81
evening lar across the plarid river. Thu.
lar h- Was all right. hut when hr struck ih'
''far across the river, he was forever losi
With ii-ndi-h delight, aud perfectly nn
conscious ri his late, h- began I" tell thai
club 81 we'll informed gentlemen the st"r,
of the dollar that Washington threw over
Tia. river. aud that - dollar went frr.is'
then. eir.. etc. The story that senator
Esarts told Lord tnleri,lsr, tl. tale that
has been told 50 often on the river that IL
j. generally suicidal to attempt IT. met =
response of huwls aud eai-rall-, aud Tan
non sat down ruined man.
II seems Sirangr that men of average in
t.lliscnre " i'll go "n telling aged aud hoar,
.h-sinuts all their lives, wiihoui rcc"snig
ing their trt-nes~, Niihout realizing thai
they bore people. II wish, says Ior,
Gre,ille in his delightful diary, "ihai Ton
Moore had better memory, iur h" sltri
inllirts pain Icy telling tn" same story t.
the same people tnirr. l;ui then this .
made more bt.ar.tl. ia that ia. stories ar'
comparatively fresh aud srI'rled viii
care"
| The number ui Delegates " ho come her,
io secure quarters aud makcot her arrange
meats ON the part oi Knight TempL.r com
ma f,cries for neNt falls ronclavr j. III
cr-a-ing. The fricnuial rouinittc. r.riur.ii
thai il Ice distinctly understood that Tia
recommendations of the city are not ncarl,
exhausted, and that over 1ap,,""b mon
ls.oIle ctn be accommodated than baN
applied. II is expected, however, that Tia
! crowd will la. lar larger than during tiir in
suguration.
/ The local press j. exrrcis,d over he ci.i
servir- law; in fact. the regular summer di-
cussion oi the question has been resumed
The editors and z'',i"us correspondents a'
tack the system, in more ar less amliguo,,
English. murh to its 'iel''nsr. lnasmuc u
| the discussion can effect nothing, as th
Washingt ON papcrs are without weight "
influence. Th. correspondents are wasiin
their inh.