, 1874-05-15

, ~ HopNETT AED1vIvUs. ~
, Y Tho threo model ritncaAes, ChiHendon
Il Holmes, and storrs, hare hardly quit Washing
ten and the people of that city have hardly hut
time to recover from their astonishmont at til,
unique and phenomenal character Of their teBti
mony, boforo anothor Chicago gonius turns Ut
In connection with District Of Columbia mattors
and eets tho city agog. by some mysterious
fatality, Chicago sooms to ba implicated in oyers
twist and turn Of this complicated buslnoas. The
work Of paving was done by Chicago firm.
Tho Job wns obtained for alom by Chicago
mnn. The dead-beats Of Washington took in q
chicago lawyer and charged their drinka eud
dinners to him. 4 Chicago bankor elegantly
entertained tho most consummaso doad bent
in1 tho list and discounted his notes,
and now conea John popo Hodnett, pocket
edition Of demsgogue, also from Chicago, who
appears as tho champion oftho people, and stylos
himaclf counsel for the workingmen Of tho Dis
tt1ot Of Columbia. John is ono Of those idlora
! who are always defending tho downtroddcn. In
1ac6 ho was tho champion Of tho EonianB, and
"hllo those groen-coatod and eun-bursted per-
Sons wore fighting, bleeding, and dying, John
WAS In the roar, nnking b1oodthirsty speeches.
| slnging the Bells Of shandon," and lolping the
ladleH to ombroider dags,-a lion among tho
doves. like Achilles among tho daughtors
OF Lycomodes Johu's patriotism nover
brought him face to faco with tho Queens Own,
but ho fought valiant1y IN tho roar. John no1t
appeared In tho campaign Of 1868 as On organic.
Of OF Irish Tanners, but at hia first meeting
fed hatlosa through the back-door before tho
mlnions Of oomiHkoy and AID. Rafferty, who
took possession Of hts meeting just boeausd
John didn't have hia pistol with him, with which,
according to his o7n story, ho would hayo
slaughtered large number Of the supporters Of
seymoar. The noxt wo hear Of JOHN.
he turns up In the wilds Of Dakota
aa Government AssosBor. He was tho
fidus Achates Of John Logan, aud "Mo
and my 40, goo Irish ffinds eloctod him." Hay.
ing elected him, and boing tho reputed author
Or the most brilliant of Johns apeeohos, 1t
was but natural that the ono John should fee1
grateful to tho other John. Hence the assign
mont Of the other John to far-away Dakota,
he was too far away from his base however. to
operate With euccesa. In addition to thiB fact
tho people Of Dakota didn't like him. The dis
liko Of the people ut last took such practical
shape that John thought that = change Of
aoene would be agreeable, and ho accordingly
jumped tha Territory, and forever turned
his back upon Dakota anl tho land Of tho shu-
shu-da- But ho still Glove to john Logan aud
John Logan clogo to him. He wonded bis way
TO washington, wrote somo moro speeches, and
VAS rewarded with position IS document clark
in ono Of the departments. Els abilitloa In thu
line OF brass aud brag being moro pronounced
than bis abilities In tho way Of documents. le
"a1 again allowed to s]it7e. For some time john |
hea been under cloud. Ills light naa boon /
under buHhol. Thcre has, In fact |
been considerable tender regret In this locality
oVer reports that hla light was cxtinguished for
ever. That illusion is now dispelled. Ooutoua-
porary With John Logan'a remarkable mathe-
NAUTICAL speeches on tho financial question
comoa the report that John Pope Hodnott has
ileen again from the sea. Flo is the Peoplaa
Lawyer; the champion Of tho workingmen of
The District Of Columbia. He makes speech
% them eTery day On tho enormity Of
Coy. Shepherds offense In not pay-
ng' out Of his own pocket, money
luo them from contractors. He troops thom
sbous the city At unreasonable hours end
!arnngues thom In 4 trnculent and inflanma.
ory manner. Tho prooeHs his been sepcated 30
'ften that orderly disposed people are begin. I
ling to regard John as nuisance. Ono news.
'aper having been rash enough to say that tho
'olice ought to suppress him, John marched his
orees down to the Office and forced the editos
Make ratractton. Tie pooplo Of Washing
On deserve pity. John Pope Hodnstt Ia equiys. L,
snt to George Francis Train multiplied By four 1
8 metropolitan blathorskite. ~
Some Of tho bast OF tho old German lceeuds q
lrn on the werewolf tradition. It was be. !
eyed that wolveH sometimes stole and nurBed Q
ltdron, who grow into q sort Of fond, with tho y
Intelligence OF man aud the thirst for blood of