, 1889-10-31
Foreign Ministers Presented
10 ThG President.
DELEGATES TO ALL-AMERICA'S
CONGRESS- To VISIT THE
SOUTH.
DELEGATION OF GGlCRED MEN
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA CALL
ON POSTMASTER GENERAL
WANAMAKER,
WAsHINGToN, Oct. Is. 1889

WAsHIHGToN, Oct. Is. 1889.
The state department was conspicuous
Wednesday bv an unusual array of gold
lace, Slittering epaulets and swords and
crooked beaver hats, intermingled here
and there with the expansive shirt fronts
OF men in full dress costume. The for
mer were diplomats and mere officers,
and the Latter diplomats and citizens.
These gentlemen were the delegates to
the international maritime conference
that has been organized for the purpose
oil discussing ways and means OF avoid
lns disaster on the sea. The fiorid
Netherlander and his pIethoric Teuton
brother chatted with their kinsman
from across the straits OF Dover. The
trenchmen were in their glory, for their
language was almost generally used.
The Chinese diplomats stood in stclid
smiling line in one corner, with their
more so5erly dressed, less conspicuous
nel&hbors, the Japs, in a corresponding
line in another corner. Sir Julian
PaunCefote beamed diplomatic courtesy
upon the entire assemblage, and held
short whispered conferences with Walk
er Elaine in the corridor. Taken alto
geiher it was as brilliant and interesting
scene rs is usually witnessed at the state
department.
The former process of presentation
was conducted by the foreign ministers
and Mr.. Blaine. The former escorted
their delegates to the latter and intro
duced them personally, and when the
secretary knew them all, he concluded
with a short address OF welcome. The
delegates we're then escorted to the white
house where, after the formal introduc-
tons had ended, the president spoke a
few informal words OF welcome, express
ing his qualification that the conference
has assembled under such pleasant aus
pices. He expressed his deep personal
interest in the results which might be
anticipated and, he trusted, attained by
the conference, and hoped that the pass
it had been made rapid. The president
in conclusion said that the object for
which the conference had assembled was
one which would attract universal inter.
est throughout the world, and its attain.
ment would be warmly welcomed by all
nations.
The definite announcement by Secre.
tary Blaine that all the delegates TO the
All-Americas congress will, some time
this winter, travel through the south in
the same manner in which they are now
travelling through the north and west,
ought to shut of the complaints of un-
just discrimination which have been
made i'll certain quarters. There never
WAS any reason TO suppose, for an i'll
slant, that the secretary cherisheda pur-
pose TO help one part of the country or
hurt another. His desire from the out
set has been to show the nations guests
all that it is possible Of the country with
which it is hoped that theirs may one
day stand in closer relations. The jour-
ney arranged for them WAS believed TO
be dangerously long when it had been
estimated to consume six weeks, and no
time seemed to be lef: in which to visit
more than one or two sections. As the
south had to be taken separately from
the North, it was thought best to put it
off 10 the season when its warmth would
be grateful, and use the present time for
visiting northern ATTITUDES before the
bitter temperature Of winter had settled
.ol them.
fh. pension comInisSioncrship has
becn a1rcaly settled 80 many times that
all reports cOncerni,iE it are received
with Il reservation OF Doubt. But it looks
ator Hisrork has beeu pressing far the
place since before Corpora! Tdnner was
appointed w II be the naNt commissioner.
Mr.. lIisCuCk has b',cn here w"I king
for, Poole with all Ills might, and the
yice-pI esi,icnt was at the white house
yesterday, presumably talking on the
same subject. Candid ,tes, one al time
has been brought to tin" front, examined
and rejected, and the big grand arm y
men have been unwilling to t.ka the rG-
spOnsibiiIties of the position. Meanwhile
Poole has stood steadily as s:rndidatc,
and Hiscoc!l has been working i'll his
favor.
Postmaster General 'WanlmaEeT re-
ceived yesterday large coioFei delcsa-
ton from South Carolina, who came to
see linn in regard to appointments i'll
that locality. He spent nearly the whole
of the day in listenin. to What Il i,-rge
number of callers had to say. He man.
ages in spite OF these demands upon his
time, II attend to the current Business
OF the department ami 10 his maII. He
makes it i rule to ;rus'a eF all letters l'i-
ires eI la li;sI. whether on n'.Cia' b'Isi-
res, or not. His priv..; correspondence
- .ij<:iu-i.:she.i from t'!r otiiri:iI, is very
Ire. II. Las Writ. ~" {: ia, h '''i
postu.. SER ,"'rCr;,l c. - .,vr'.t.c thirty
letters a day, which are all credited To
his personal correspondence.
I'm Examiners Ithaca, New York,
dispatoh says: Cornell follows Harry
ards example and elects {. {. Coon,
lolored student o. orator Of IFS graduat-