New-York tribune., 1897-07-11
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

Washington July 10.
MR. EUsTIs AND PRESIDENT CLEVELANp
The appearance Of ex-Ambassador Eustis IN the
current number of THE North American Review
with a paper the foreign policy OF france re-
calls to mind here the fact that. because OF MS
familiarity with questions OF international moment
he was strongly recommended TO Mr. Cleveland IN
1892 g3 for the State Department MI Eusus na'
at that time recently retired from the senate'
where he had served on the Committee on Foreign
Relations Mr. Cleveland was assured that no man
In the South was better informed on the larger
questions than Mr. Eustis. or stated question
whether In writing or debate. with more torce o'
persplcuity About this time. however Mr.. Lamar
came into the field with his protege hoke S"',n'
and, as his relations with Mr.. Cleveland were uh-
usually cordial ne succeeded in sesuHns the IN
terror Department for Mr.. Smith. AS MI hsroel''
another Southern man, had already been slated iof
the Navy Department the selection OF M' e'hi'n
closed the door so far the South was cohcernea'
Those familiar with the two men naye
as TO what the effect woud ha DeeH 10 preside
is that either Mr. Eustis would not nave renaa," % x
,SiSs uS or woun ru1 have been written. Mr. Eusis
belongs the class Gesisnated by me ths ssr, that
he would never have given his approval 70 r me
Hawaiian policy or the dawdling pohcs oi '"''
Cleveland about Cuba
THE BOOK MILLS HAS WRlTTEN'-n was re-
Gently suggested by leading newspaper '"a' %
Mr. Mills was able TO win tarh pa'"' "
Congress he would do we'll TO write DooH ." '',e
subject. This suggestion was made without K''oH
ledge OF the fac, that Mr. Mills has the manuscript
OF a book IN the tariff locked up IN h's "esN
Whether ne irtends TO give the WORK 10 the puo'ic
Il not known. As the story goes. M Mills prepared
the work at the time his own name was so pr"ml-
nantiy identified with the cause OF tarin REFORM IL
was thought that book from him celebrating ms us
vel. known views would sell exceedingly wen, IA
some way. however the negotiations ie,r ,cIn,
went into n pigconnoe. and there II still remains
s n5o1, sReer p sb most rcckess consns and amusing
way n hi. sustained writing would show the same
Ameriran literature Mills" said one OF his ad-
N rtrs recently. was intended ior the Church. re
IS he won d have had as a travelling evangelist IN
sections wnsTs fsTyor and qsnGy o N bn.e IN. ps
rank one of the most successful NOR ;sage-ltters
ha <hs dccded to enter politics Ne is pous man,
and every account the Church would have al !
.o-ded him congenial fed OF the creates; useful
THE FLIES AROUND THE sUGAR-POT.-The
instinct in the average public man to secure for
his constituents everyth.ns in sight. with slight or
no regard az all as to whether the thing sought
for Is likely 10 benefit be useful to his people
found m ther amusing illustration on Thursday
last In the course OF the discussion Of the De-
| nciency bill An amendment proposed by the SEN
| ate Committee on Appropriations nad pe"n red'H'u
! which provided Appropriation Of $50 for the pre-
! lminary steps looking TO tho establishment OF
! FISH station in Georgia Senator Bacon. Il seems.
had been enterprisirs enough TO secure its adop-
/ ton. ,
| Il think We ought 70 have a h.h-harchHg station
IN Alabama also" said Senator Morgan. and Ala
| ha was added.
| Washington would also like one. said senator
| Wilson and that State went in. .
| Florida has tho Longest scacoast OF any state,
suggested Senator Pnsco and $3.50 went 10 that
| STATE - y,
| and North Carolina has hecn Promised one.
! said Senator Butler so the old Ta~ Heel State was
forgotten. ., ..
! wyoming is certainly entitled 70 a FISH station.
remarked the alert Senator Clark, ana wyoming
1 went into tho bill . A..
/ Nv this time Il seemed II overy StAte In the
/ r-fior would g, it's 500 bu; he clerk hurried 10
! ths no X paragraph and the grab-bag was closed
THE ODD OHIO INFANTRY.-Thc President be-
! fore going to Lake Champlain for the summe"' Is
! 10 attend the annual reunion Of his old regiment
| The sd Ohio Infantry in which young Mckinney
enlisted as a private when boy In mis- teens, was
/ "a famous regiment" that not even Grahu
Duchess oG Cerolsteiu need have hesitated 10 ceie
brate in song Its successive colonels. promoted
/ ulrrost AS fast as they could be appointed wore
/ Ma -Cieneras Rosccrans. Scammon toniN an
Rutherford e Hayes Its lieutenant-coone was
suney Matthew; lts major was Governor h"sy Hy
/ KS OF Pennsylvania. Its surgeon Wa y,
l-.sf sf..v