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and, in the MAN, deem homlclde III DrOad
daylight and with fair play an infinitely less
hefnous crime than to swindle or to lie.
George will sit modeStly silent in the Senate
for about two years; until the Hoars Oh Mas.
sachusetts and the Blanes OF Maine forget
that he is there. And then some fine day,
when they least expect 1t most he Will get up
and astonish that solemn o.d chamber with
some OF his most unequiyocal Democracy and
some OF the least ambiguous English ever
heard within its walls.
When George came home from the Baltl-
more Convention In 1872 he wandered up TO
Kansas City and as was his won't paid q
visit to the editorial room OF the Times OK
that ilk, quorum pors ponco fut.
We'll" said I, how do you like it ?
Hurrah for Greeleyl"
"Oh, it's all right" said he; "Greeley is n
good Democratic candidate for President. /
shall take great pleasure in supporting him.
Really there is no bird that has quite the
delicate game flavor Of the crow when prop
erly cooked and eaten under suitable condi~
tions Of the appetite. But still L think
Judging from the first course, that one meal
OF it will go further than any ordinary
months board paid for in advance. The eat
ing Of IT don't, trouble me- bnt ! expect tne
digestion will be nearly hell"
Somehow the remark found Its way into
print thereabouts, and, behold, the standard
| dish of crow" became part OF the CUISINE OF
American politics for all time.
| / suppose that the friction OF our co5mo-
politan society Of Washington and the attrl-
tion Of greatness In our public life Will, IN the
course OF Senatorial term, modify, train
and polish the rugged character that George
brings from West Missouri down into some
| thing more after the regulation style OF the
Great American Statesman. But his friends
will not be gamers by 1t, though he may be;
for that to his friends-to those who know
him weIl-the character he brings here leaves
nothing to be desired.
OF
/ VANCE OF NORTH CAROLINA
it is enough to say that he is thrice welcome
IL a hf1 lNy
whose exit from place and power ever gave
me pleasure. Vance iS in his element mere,
but the solemn responsibilities OF the majority
seem to weigh down his humor somewhat.
else could prevent Zeb Vance being what he
lis-the most genial wit Of the South. And
this reminds me OF o story they tell OF my
poor, murdered friend Bob Aston. when
Bob was running the Atlanta Herald, Vance
! wrote him to say that he was about to start
on lecture tour and would like Bob to give
him a lift. "And, by the way" added Vance,
"you know the title OF nay lecture Is Inc
| DemagOgue
Poor Bob responded instantly. or course,
, he would do anything for his beloved friend.
, And, by the way, should he announce the lec-
ture as an autobiography!
There is a peculiar need OF Ieb vance on
( the Democratic side of the Senate. Fol. years
our greatest lack there has been that OF a wit
and satirist. We have always had plenty oh
eloquence, of heavy statesmanship, OF pom
.
, | we have been In want OF that sort OF hurnor
/, which Zeb Vance is full of-the sort which,
tender and genial among friends, becomes 2
t quiverfull Of barbed and sometimes poisoned
T arrows in the face Of the enemy. Let vance
alone One of these days he Will lmpale
Edmunds, or Blount, or Conkllng, or all three
t of them upon the point OF an epigram ana tne
Q implement will pass into history. Alreauy
he Is marshaing his forces. | stood Dy ms
desk the other day when Conkling and Eaton
9 were fitting at each other over the election OF
d the new officers. He was watching the tour,
D ney and his mirthful eyes twinkled ever % anu
I, anon. Once he turned to Frank Jonas VINO
L sits next him, and said, Those felloW5 are
very careless meaning Conkling and Blaine.
And then Jonas remarked to me- "Ihey Will
he more careful when tney Ilnd OUT That
g You may depend upon 1t that they will not
( be long finding out that Vance Is here.
, And speaking OF
. JONAS,
. the first Democrat who has come into the
D Senate from Louisiana without O contest In
g twenty years / must relate little anecd0te
q of Frank, too, as l seem to be in that VEN.
= The day before the adjournment had been
q talking to Jonas near the door OF the cloak
: room on the Democratic side, and then walked
over to the Republican side, where encoun-
tered one OF the venerable mediocrltles from
New England Said /, "Do you see that gem
tleman standing there just behind MeDon-
n AIDS seat? That Is our new Senator from
g Louisiana"
: What" calculated the venerable mediocre
ty, "that boyw
e 1The same" said l. "And you will find him
h mature enough before you get through with
q him."
% Frank is the youngest looking man in the
y Senate. and. for that matter, the handsomeSt,
q according to a vote taken by acclamation the
# other day In the ladies' gallery. / venture to
predict that, as he grows upon the Washing
> ton public he will be also the most popular
q With
e THE OTHER NEW SENATORS,
o Walker, of Arkansas, Call OF Florida, Slater,
of Oregon. and the venerable Gov. Houston,
Of Alabama, nave not yet become well
e enough acquainted to discrlbe them. But iso
q far as the South Is concerned, 1t Is easy 70
, see that the Senate has gained Immensely 10
Its new blood. It is enough to say that vance;
L succeeds Merrimon, Call comes In piace, ~ y
COnover, Houston takes the seat Ia WniTM gaa
Spencer has been rattling around IKE q 9plis @
pea for SIX weary years, Hampton iolowS
John Patterson and Walker suppianIS Dol sul
g sey to say nothing OF Slater appsa.iins pps. ~ +h
r stead Of Nipple Mitchell, and tafiey "a rdas. dLS
,o room Of Effigy Sargent. There is pau tsl ouol
le az the old gang vanIshes, but 1t is meeting,
y and the new men will speedily di5lniecI ING
- The conclusion of the whole is that the
70 Radicals will soon find ont the immense
l. eioni6cance Of the change. When the account
IF is made nm they will probably reconsider the
:, estimate nnon which they have evidently
"a Started ont. very little Of the settling
,s down of experience will demonstrate that the
;: Radicals are In the intellectual as we'll as In
a the voting minority. A. G. b.
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