The morning call., 1892-06-12
LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS.
The Possible Successor Of Secretary
Blaine.
A Diplomats Journey Through Persia-Naval
Drill at Annapolis-The Bellies and
the Cadets.
Correspondence Of THE MORNING CALL

The designations of Mr. Blaine during this
week of June and of the Assistant Secre-
tary Wharton in the first week of July to
engage in Congressional campaign in his
Massachusetts district make the State De-
partment subject Of interesting speeula-
tion. Guess work seems to be unanimous
upon the selection of John w. Foster as
the new Secretary of State. Mr. Foster has
been a sort of extra assistant secretary for
the last year and half, and regardless Of
party or politics is the best fitted man in
the country for the place. 1t is Mr.. Foster
who has had charge of all the reciprocity
negotiations, who went to Madrid to make
that treaty year and half ago, and who
has conducted all such affairs and taken
part in international negotiations since.
Mr.. Fosters hand has directed much
of Chilean and Italian and Bering Sea work
in these two years, and all last summer,
while Mr.. BlaineS Illness kept him away
from his department and from all part of
its affairs for six months, and the President
was his own Secretary of State, Mr.. Foster
was his deputy and directed the actual de-
partment work. Mr.. Foster is the one and
only trained diplomat the United States has,
and a quarter-century's service at different
courts and in conferences and negOtia tions
has made him the match and counterpart
lOk tiO utptOLnaAo VI ONLOt COubAiiOos
TRUXToN BEALE AND MISS BLAINE.
Miss Hattie Blaine, with Mrs Don Cam
eron and Miss Cameron, will go to Colorado
at the end of July to spend month with
Senator and Mrs. WolCott at their country
place near Denver. The gossip, which has
all along been predicting the approaching
marriage of Miss Blaine and Mr.. TruxtOn
Beale, have received setback since Mr..
Beale's return by positive denial of even
an engagement between these two young
people. The young Minister to Persia has
just arrived home after an interesting
horseback trip through Persia, during
which Mr.. Beale and his companion and
one servant visited all parts of that queer
old country. Mr.. Beale secured some rare
sheep for the Agricultural Department, such
a quantity of seeds, cuttings and slips Of
plants and trees which he thinks exactly
suited to Southern California. Mr.. Beale
has spent so much time upon his fathers
ranch in that part of the State that he
knows something Of what he suggests, and
one may expect much from the efforts of
this wideawake young Minister. As one
curious effect OF transplantng, Mr.. Beale
wrote home that the Virginia tobacco took
so kindly to Persian soil that it grew to
height OF 20 feet, with stem and leaves so
strong that man could climb them.
DECORATION DAY.
Decoration day was appropriately cele-
brated here, the Grand Army honOring
comrades graves with wTeaths and flags and
impressive ceremonies. The great celebra-
ton was, of course, at Arlington, but
there was large gathering at the Soldiers
Home Cemetery in the afternoon, where
General Logan's memory was hOnored with
special ceremonies and large assemblage
gathered around his massive granite tomb.
There are nearly 1000 old soldiers of the
regular army now living at the home, and
they. in their plain soldier suits, AMI the
Grand Army men, in their semi-military
garb. gave one the impression of all the
pomp and circumstance of war;
Secretary Foster ran over TO New York
this week to see his wife and daughter
safely on shipboard ana start them, together
with sMiss Rusk, upon their little summer
journey. Mrs. Foster and the young ladies
hope to pass through London quietly. and
have no intention OF taking any part in the
social life there. They have no ambition
| 10 be presented at court and meet the
| Prince of Wales set. although all that is
| their due if they will simply accept. and
| they will adhere to their plan Of quiet