The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Correspondent
Washington. .Juiy IG ISIl

washington, July IG. ISIi.
Nations, like Individuals, lpust be
judged hy their acts rather than by t,ei,,
talk, Notwithstanding al the billing
and cooling for the last year or so haswerT
the American Eagle ani the Br;t;.,
Lion, the negotiations between this r,v-
ernment and that oi Great Britain FOR
the settlement of the Bonndary line bn.
tween Alaska and Canada are now j,
pract tically Il deadlock, and the situation
Is Officially admitted, both in WASHING
ton and LONDON, TO lie serious. Every
body admits that Canadian greed is SOLELY
to blame for this unsatisfactory state nf
afiaiis. No rupture is expected to :
suit, from this failure 10 agree. but The
unexpected is ali the time happening, al.l
no ono Thing has been so prolific. 1t is
'inGerStood, not officially OF course, that
auiH'ssadur Choato has been instrrct,d q
tn lhIIplityytaaaesesy.sT aS aS4arRypen.- Great
The presence of Governor Roosevelt in
Washington Saturday night and Sunday
and the knowledge that he WAS sent for
by the President, revived interest in the
stories that he might again enter he
army as commander OF Il igade of
Rough Riders, or that lie might become
Secretary of War.
J.
commission kn,w how to get all that is
coming to him in the way OF comfort and
peiqs. While everybody was expressing
pity for the lSthmi.in commission, which
was supposed to be arranging foI Il sum-
mer stay on the Isthmus of Panama,
which las never been clasSed as u health
resort, the commission was arranging Il
very different sort of :: trip. 1t was dis
co Jered that something valuable might
be learned ut the Paris end OF the Panama
Canal company, and thither the commis-
sion will go ut once and stay thele long
enough to make the arrival Of its melu-
| btrs on the IsthmuS occur in the Pleasant
weather of November. Verify, man Is
always eager OH the scent of Il suap, and
10 snaps compare wi b public snaps. The
| Panama company offered To furnish The
commission II certified copy OF any de-
sir Il portion of its recOrl /, but The off. L
was decliued, ,.bycduse there Wouid have
been no good reason for atip 10 Paris
had the offer been accepted.
Quite Il numLer OF Speakerto be Her
derSun constituents wlll have mater it
cats, to u joi1c bPCa Ise his cl, elton to | {
Speaker of the House is IN assured fact
During the two or three days he spent II
Washington lie learned the difference
between the Influence welded 10y even al
prominent member of the house as hs
has been for some years, and that of th'
speaker. He made 10 secret OF his hav
ing come to Washington to get some ar
rointm nts for the boys in his district
NOR That his visit was entirely satiSfac
tory. Although everybody now call
him ''General' he never claimed sucl
rank, as the height of his military career
which Logan as q private, was TO l.
colonel of III Iowa regiment Of vUluu
. teers. But nc will be General 10 tn
end of the chapter now. lie comidn'
stop the t'adies from giving him In
9 title, even if he considered it worth whil
g 10 try.
4 Gen. Joseph Wheeler is rs happy as
boy with his first trousers, OF a gitl wh
has just snubbed Il man she knows lovt
her. He has b, en- ordered to the Philil
pines for duty and will sill from SS
t Francisco on the Goth inst. He says
: will not resign his seat in the House ;
e he expects the campaign will be slo
!. and successful and that he will be baC
II before ConIresS meets. Others thin
u that If he returns by The time CongrG
meets, he will have to leave before Il
fighting is finished, and that is out Z
last thing ne would wish to do.