Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-05-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
lFr"m Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May IL, 1889

WASHINGTON. May IL, 1889.
| Ia the course of u few hours the president
sees II queer collection of people. The othe,
day saw waiting for an audience about u
score of people. There was natort ha nd
Ter, nervous. quizcal in expression, d~nn-el
in sombre black. Near him we're seated an
| old gentleman and IL bevy of half "a dozen
pretty girls. Next to them came Prof.
Lanyston, the colorcd educator and poll
tician. oily but vindictive, scheming push
ing, restless. Across from him was seated
Col. Thomas Orhiltrec. the red ,l-hcaded
ranger oi the Kio trande dressed in the
noisiest oi light plaid suits. and talking to
u friend in his familiar obtru-ive, selfsui-
iicient manner. In "a group at the further
eud of the room were II couple of old-iash-
toned. c"lorcd country preachers. respect
fnl and respectable, accompanied by u
broken -'lewn old eolorcd man and woman
The faces Of the four were anxious and
troubled, and the old woman looked plead
'ngly from One to another for hope. They
say not a word. but await their turn to
enter the presidents presence. The four
have come to ask that the sentence of this
old wornans son, who is tn be hanged this
week, be commuted. and. God help her,
there is no hope,
Public Printer Palmer is not allowed to
get lonesome, or forget that lots of people
are warmly interested in his welfare and
are willing, nay anxious, to render him all
reasonable assistance in conducting the
affairs of his office. congressman haya.
been frequent callers this week The Grand
Army delegation has called to urge the re-
tention and the iavoring Of ex-sol,liers in
promotions. And the oiIice-scekers have
called by the hundreds To urge their own
eases. II is expected that employees dis
charged during the Democratic adminisira-
ton will he reinstated aud that short work
will he made oi Democrats. Mr.. Palmer,
when in the Chicago postofce. made u REG
ord for arii.anship which the oiiicr-seek.
ers fondly hope lac will fully sustain ia his
present place.
About "a year ago an ex-pagc of the sen
ate, Jacob J.. Doty, appointeda u United
States consul at Tahiti. Doty. who had
reached the serious and diplomatic age of
twenty-five years, packed mp his lawn ten
mis- suit aud his flannel blazers aud hied
himself away to the royal court of Tahiti.
II court of whose very existence II man
might be entirely ignorant and II III do bus-
mess, buf II court that Doty writes back to
his friends is not to lie sn-ezed at. Many
moons ago AN Engli>hnan. Lord aArcy.
with fine eye for the main rhanre mar
ri'sl "a native princess of the South Sea
slanis. To-day the result of the marriage
Is II beautiful dusky Tahitian princess of
twenty, in her own right the largest prop
COCOA plantations galore, aud pearl fisher /
es worth unit old millions.
When Consul D"ty arrived ai Tahiti this |
maiden was fancy free. bf course, the
roung noIlemcn of the islands who were
signing for her favors were too numerous
,reat and howliny swells, and how she could 1
'cfuse them all actually shocked the court. |
But Doty came aud conquered. A. quick !
,s he landed on the magic island his loud 4
'uring suit made its impression on her sus-
,eptible young Tahitian heart, and but "A 1
ew short months and they were engaged.
The princess English atlIer, a,s was nat.
irai in "a cad who had married "a savage
princess for her money. made n great howl
,bout the princess marrying below her sta
ion When il was represented to him,
however. that Consul Doty was u great
.ra n,lson on his mot TIERS side of Lord Mel |
bourne. who was an unler-secretary of
'tate during the early portion Of Queen
reign, and is also related to tn.
Nallaces and Mcrhersons, and 50 ON and
~ gu. my Lord Arcy was necessarily dis
lrmed.
Now society in the south Sea- islands is
jumping itself to celebrate the considerably
oyal nuptials in the most approved fash
on. IN all this there is something that
muses. me. 4 young American, who was
year ago ~ humble page IN tho senate,
axes through his ancestry with fine
omb In find a pedigree that Its him tn wed
South Sea island princess, whose mother
sore ring through her nose and whose
WAS an epieure in the matter
Il boiled missionary.
The ANIMAL session Of the Mount Vernon
adde's association has closed it's services,
md its reports show "a satisfactory pros
'erity and ever increasing general interest
u thu sacred home of Washington.